Metro Man E Sreedharan always made headlines for his sterling achievements in execution of mega civil engineering project

E Sreedharan, Chairman of DMRC, inspects the site of the accident at Metro site on July 12



Metro Man E Sreedharan always made headlines for his sterling achievements in execution of mega civil engineering projects. But his 77th birthday on July 12 turned out to be a sad day for him. On that day, he woke up to hear that a portion of the Metro overbridge under construction had collapsed, killing six people. Sreedharan quit owning moral responsibility for the collapse of the overbridge, but the Delhi government rejected his resignation, saying his continuation was necessary for the completion of the Metro projects in time.

Sreedhran is yet to identify the real cause of the accident at Metro site. An expert panel is going into that question. The accident at the Delhi Metrol site has raised concerns about the safety of similar Metro projects under construction in major cities in the country. Karnataka governemnt has ordered a thorough review of the safety aspects of the under-construction Bangalore Metro.