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Delhi Metro is unsafe and unviable
by Siddharth Hemmadi on Apr 20, 2006 06:52 PM   Permalink

The Delhi Metro which is winning accolades all over costs close to Rs.200 crores per KM compared to a Skybus which is 100% indegenous and costs only Rs.50 crores per km. The metro is unsafe as it has a potential to topple and the wheels can jump the track, When there is a positive solution which is certified by TUV of Germany as safe for public transport, why is the Government not willing to try it...Simple the reason being vested interests rather than the interest of the comon man. Skybus does not require any govt guarantees that means no borrowing of funds from other countries giving Govt guarantees. Today it may sem fantastic but it is fools like us who end up paying all those taxes to fill their pockets. Skybus creates urban space and does not eat into it like Metro. Hey guys why dont we have Mr.Sridharan (DMRC), Mr.Rajaram (skybus) and the guy promoting Monorail on the big fight talk show, it will reveal all the details to people like us and how our Govt has become a remote control to foreign countries.Will they agree to this talk NO WAY cause they have becone suckers of Foreign countries borrowing money which we and our children will pay for the rest of our lives

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Is Delhi Metro a costly mistake?