Wonderful article, Chaitanya. I liked these the most.
The unassuming railway engineer never lost hope and never stopped believing in his project. Disclaiming that he is workaholic, Sreedharan says he simply likes to get the job done, for the job at hand is not just his duty but also his dharma. On Jan 30, 2008 10:16 AM, Chaitanya Ganesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Raghu Venkatnarayan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Jan 30, 2008 10:10 AM > Subject: [IITMAA-DiscussionGroup] Sreedharan is CNN-IBN Indian of the Year > 2007 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > There are many, on this board, who crib about India's politicians, its > corruption, its bureacracy... > > And there are some, not on this board, who, at the age of 76, build India. > To those of the first category, who had never heard of the second category, > read on... > > > http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sreedharan-is-cnnibn-indian-of-the-year-2007/57663-3.html > > Metro Man Sreedharan, who was also the winner in the Public Service > category, was chosen for achieving the near-impossible, for breaking through > bureaucratic red tape and defying the naysayers of modern > infrastructure-building to build the Delhi Metro. > The 76-year-old Sreedharan is the Managing Director of the Delhi Metro > Rail Corporation, its builder and executor. The Delhi Metro has proved to be > a Godsend for the city as every morning, over six lakh Delhiites today use > the network to commute to work. > Sreedharan faced numerous challenges. Bureaucratic red tape tried to > delay his work. Contractors would not meet commitments. Corruption > threatened to slow him down. > But the unassuming railway engineer never lost hope and never stopped > believing in his project, which changed the face of urban transport in > India. > With 56 kilometres of the network on track and only two more phases left > to be completed, the $2 billion project is running ahead of time and > strictly within budget. > In just two more years, the high-speed train will be accessible to every > resident of Delhi. > *Meet the man behind the Metro* > Sreedharan reports for work on the dot at 8.45 every morning, 15 minutes > before his staff. Disclaiming that he is workaholic, Sreedharan says he > simply likes to get the job done, for the job at hand is not just his duty > but also his dharma. > Although Sreedharan is hardly ever seen in public, rarely gives > interviews or attends public functions, his honesty and integrity are > legends. > The Konkan Railway project came to him after he had retired from the > Railways. It was a daunting task – 760 km of rail tracks from Mumbai to > Kochi through the rugged mountains of the Western Ghats. > Environmentalists had protested and politicians said it could never be > done. The project ran short of money. > But in an unprecedented initiative, Sreedharan raised public bonds to > finance it and today, the Konkan Railway chugs merrily down the coastline. > Sreedharan was also one of *Time* magazine's Asian heroes, but to > CNN-IBN, and perhaps the rest of India, he is much more – one of modern > India's greatest sons, one who is not just a dreamer but a builder and one > who has dedicated his achievements to every Indian > > ------------------------------ > 5, 50, 500, 5000 - Store N number of mails in your inbox. Click > here.<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_mail_4/*http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/> > > >
