DMRC takes officers to Cairo to showcase work

Jaipur: Two senior IAS officers of the State have returned from a week-long foreign trip. Principal Secretary UDH Kunji Lal Meena and CMD of Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) P Ramesh went to Cairo (Egypt) from January 23rd - 27th.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had taken them abroad at its own expense to show the work of its Metro Rail going on in Cairo so that the officers themselves could see the work of DMRC on the spot.

The State Government has given the construction work of Phase-1C (Badi Chaupar to Transport Nagar) and Phase-1DC (Mansarovar to Ajmer Highway) of Jaipur Metro to DMRC. An MoU was signed between Jaipur Metro CMD P. Ramesh and DMRC Director Pramit Garg in this regard last week.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in his last budget had announced the extension of Jaipur Metro. Now execution of announcement has started. A total of Rs 1,100 crore will be spent on the work of both the new phases.

When Ajitabh Sharma was the CMD of JMRC from April 2022 to August 2022, he got the DPR (Detailed Project Report) prepared for both the phases from DMRC. The file with DPR and financial approval was sent to the Finance Department. At the same time, he had also proposed that it would be appropriate to get the work done by DMRC only. Now the government has taken a beneficial and good decision to hand over the construction work to DMRC instead of any other company.

DMRC had executed phase 1 A of Jaipur Metro. Currently DMRC is working on Metro Rail in Cairo. The environmental conditions and archaeological sensitivity of both Cairo and Jaipur are similar. It is believed that by giving work to DMRC, the hassle of tender, etc. has been relieved. Along with this, the work will be completed with right quality, the right cost, & on time. Apart from this, time of 4 to 6 months will be saved.