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E Sreedharan resigns as Delhi Metro chief






NDTV Correspondent, Sunday July 12, 2009, New Delhi 



















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E Sreedharan has resigned as the chief of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation 
after five people were killed when an under-construction flyover of the Delhi 
Metro collapsed in south Delhi early Sunday morning. Thirteen people were 
injured and rushed to the AIIMS trauma centre.
"I take full moral responsibility for the accident. As head of the 
organisation, I have to take the responsibility," said Sreedharan, adding that 
this is the worst accident in the history of Delhi Metro.
He also said that the accident has caused a damage of Rs six crore.
Sreedharan submitted his resignation to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit 
after visiting the site of the accident. However, sources in the CM office have 
said that the resignation won't be accepted in a hurry.
The DMRC has set up a five-member committee to probe into the mishap.
Meanwhile, the Delhi Chief Minister visited AIIMS to meet the injured. She has 
announced compensation of  Rs 5 lakh for the families of those who died, Rs 2 
lakh for those with serious injuries and Rs 50,000 for those with other 
injuries.

About 30 workers were at the site when the mishap occurred. One of the pillars 
broke, leading to the collapse of the concrete slab. A water pipeline also 
burst as the heavy slab fell on it.

Police, fire brigade and ambulance are at the spot and rescue operation is 
being carried out.

In a similar incident in October 2008, two people died and 16 were injured when 
a portion of the an under-construction bridge collapsed and fell on a bus on 
east Delhi's busy Vikas Marg.
 
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation blamed the contractor 
Afcons Infrastructure for the accident but the contractor wasn't changed as 
DMRC said that would mean major delays. 

The company said it had put many more safety measures in place after this 
incident.

Some of other major metro-related accidents in the past: 

On July 18, 2008: A faulty crane at a metro construction site dropped a 
four-ton iron beam on a passing car and injured two people.

August 28, 2007: A crane driver died after a concrete block fell on him.
http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/3_killed_7_injured_in_delhi_metro_bridge_collapse.php


 


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