Sheila Dikshit-led government rejected Sreedharan's resignation as it viewed that his continuation was necessary for successful completion of projects related to Delhi Metro.
The Delhi Government tonight rejected the resignation of Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan. Highly placed sources told PTI that the Sheila Dikshit-led government rejected Sreedharan's resignation as it viewed that his continuation was necessary for successful completion of projects related to Delhi Metro ahead of the Commonwealth Games next year.
In a dramatic announcement, Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan today said he was quitting from the post, owning moral responsibility for the accident at a Metro construction site that claimed five lives.
Sreedharan, who turns 77 today, announced his decision at a crowded press conference this afternoon, soon after his visit to the site of the collapse of an under-construction bridge of the Delhi Metro in Jamrudpur, in South Delhi's Lajpat
Nagar area.
"As the head of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, I take moral responsibility for the incident.... So I have decided to resign and I have put in papers and I have sent it to lt
governor Tejinder Khanna and Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit," he said.
Asked whether his decision would delay the Metro projects, scheduled to be completed before the Commonwealth Games, he said, "The views you are making may be correct but my personal conviction in this matter cannot be compromised."
Dr Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, the poster boy of modern India’s transport infrastructure development and head of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), on Sunday resigned, accepting moral responsibility for the early-morning collapse of an under-construction metro stretch in south Delhi that killed six workers and injured 15.
While the Delhi government rejected his resignation, it wasn’t clear if Sreedharan was willing to continue. The accident, caused by a reportedly already detected defect which was being repaired rather than replaced, raises questions if the DMRC — under pressure for completion ahead of the Commonwealth Games, 2010 — was speeding up phase II of the project. The first phase was completed three years ahead of schedule in 2005.
Incidentally, the mishap occurred on Sreedharan’s 77th birthday.
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