Media Report: DNA -21st Sept, 2010
METROLINE – 1st TO COMMENCE FROM AUGUST 2011
Reply to Media
As expected the December 2010 deadline is now officially pushed to August 2011.
It is an irony that the government officials get away with such misleading statements with the support of the media, only to get sympathy from innocent citizens. There is no provision in the system to penalize these bureaucrats for deliberate under-estimation of time and costs.
Mrs. Ashwini Bhide (Jt. Metropolitan Commissioner) as reported in today’s DNA and other dailies that “trials would begin by March 2011 and actual operations by August next year”. Although she further claims that “the complicated bridge over Andheri Rail Station will take alteast another eight months” which means not before May 2011 ! It needs only common sense that project can’t be on track even with the extended time.
She also claims “stations such as Ghatkopar, Asalpha, WEH and Andheri are more or less on schedule” which is once again deliberate misinformation. In any case there is no visible sign of remaining eight stations –
1. Versova
2. D.N. Nagar
3. Azad Nagar
4. Chakala
5. Airport Road
6. Marol Naka
7. Sakinaka and
8. Subhash Nagar
The concern for us is not just false hopes which Media generates but the government is all set to pay thousands of crores of rupees of our money by way of damages to the Concessionaire for these types of known delays. And dumping us in lurch, forever.
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Nitin Killawala : Architect
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