Delhi Airport Metro shuts down for safety repairs

New Delhi: The Delhi Airport Metro Express will be shut down from Sunday till August-end to carry out repairs of faults that have been identified as “small” but “crucial” to passenger safety.
On Saturday, the Union Urban Development Ministry, the Delhi government and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), which carried out civil works on the line, said they agreed with the concessionaire, Reliance Infrastructure’s decision to close down the service for repairs. However, there is no clarity on who was responsible for the faults and who will foot the bill.
Urban Development Ministry Secretary Sudhir Krishna said he would wait for a report by an expert committee on what led to the faults.
08/07/12 Smriti Kak Ramachandran/The Hindu

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Categories: airports Jul 2012