Any apprehensions about utility of Metro Rail are either ill founded and based on baseless imaginations OR are politically motivated with vested interests. We cannot forget that the same band of politicians who kept on delaying the project for decades raising similar issues, ignoring various technical surveys and expert reports, just because they had direct or indirect links with transport lobbies (blue lines and autos); later jumped to take credit once metro became a reality, and that too claiming credit through expensive ads in newspapers at public expense. High capacity bus system is a silly idea and shear waist of money. What we need is further and rapid extension of metro, including the coverage of inner and outer ring roads. These the govt is earning huge revenues and fund are not a problem. I dont see any reason why work on phase III and beyond cannot and should not be started right away! Perhaps the answer again lies in recent incidents of blue lines regularly crushing innocent lives and still able to carry on...., who owns these buses?
