R-Infra pulls out of Airport Metro, DMRC poised to take over - Indian Express

Dipankar Ghose : New Delhi, Sat Jun 29 2013, 00:54 hrs The Reliance Infra-owned Delhi Airport Metro Private Limited (DAMEPL) has issued notice to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), stating that the company will not operate the 22.7-km Airport Metro after June 30. In an emergency board meeting called on Friday, Sudhir Krishna, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, and DMRC chairman, said the letter was "in violation of the concession agreement and ongoing arbitration proceedings". The statement also said in case DAMEPL does not continue to operate the line, the "DMRC shall step in and operate the line in larger public interest". Sources in the Ministry of Urban Development revealed that DAMEPL had intimated, although verbally, that they intended to stop operating the line earlier this week. Since the letter reached the DMRC on Thursday, the emergency meeting was called on Friday. "The crucial issue in the meeting was whether the DMRC should operate the line, or if operations should stop until another operator is found. However, ultimately, in public interest, it was decided that the DMRC should step in. The issue of penalties stipulated in case of termination will be discussed in the coming days," an official said. Sources in the DAMEPL, however, denied that the termination was in violation of the contract, and said that their intention to stop operating the line was not new. A source said: "There have been several issues with the Airport Metro line, and our decision to terminate the contract is not new. The notice that we have sent is in line with the clauses of the concession agreement, and there is no question of any violation. When we intimated the DMRC this week that we would withdraw, they did not tell us that they saw it as a violation of the agreement or arbitration proceedings." They added that they had first submitted the notice of termination in October 2012, but were persuaded to stay on "in public interest". ... contd. ALSO READ US woman, roommate allegedly raped by landlord during power cut in South Delhi DDA sits on policy, 2,300 EWS houses Bisht looks to past to secure future Govt draws plan to avoid Yamuna flood Please read our terms of use before posting comments TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s). via Business - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE-EGirN-OW2PdVqun_NtMCnLrJRg&url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rinfra-pulls-out-of-airport-metro-dmrc-poised-to-take-over/1135340/

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