Cabinet secretary reviews Bangalore Metro work

In a sudden visit to the city, Union cabinet secretary KM Chandrasekhar decided to review the Metro work. He also took a ride on Reach 1 from Byappanahalli to MG Road with Bangalore Metro chief N Sivasailam and BMRCL officials on Saturday.
“The cabinet secretary reviewed the Metro work in the morning and also took a ride, which indicates his interest and support to the project,” said Sivasailam.

When asked if a set of four rules, which are yet to be gazetted by the Centre and are mandatory for going ahead with the project, are causing the delay in the safety inspections, he replied: “The four rules are not required for  the safety inspections to be done by the Commissioner  for Railway Safety (CRS).

Two rules have already  been approved and those,  for now, are enough for the safety trials.” However, he said that those four commencements would be required during the operation of the Metro. Hence, it would be beneficial if they are gazetted at the earliest.

“The four rules that the Centre is yet to gazette deal with fare fixation and claims that are to be settled and other things that we would require knowledge of to guide us during the metro operation,” said Sivasailam, indicating  that the date for the
Reach 1 launch from Byappanahalli to MG Road, too, depends on those  gazetted orders.