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Experts appointed to check Delhi Metro pillars
NDTV Correspondent, Wednesday July 15, 2009, New Delhi

After two major accidents in a span of 24 hours, the Delhi Metro has called for a complete re-examination of safety and quality of structures built in Phase-II of the project by independent structural experts, besides ordering a probe into the mishap.
 
Structural experts Shirish Patel and Associates have been appointed for this purpose.

They would check other pillars or civil structures as specified by the DMRC.

The Delhi Metro also decided to appoint a former NALCO chief to inquire into why a crane toppled over.
 
The move comes in the backdrop of the collapse of an under-construction bridge in south Delhi on Sunday, killing six people.
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Posted by Prem on Jul 15, 2009
The Delhi Govt must accept the resignation of E.Sreedharan and should replace with a able adminstrator. He should have had put in a place a third party quality company to review the quality of these structures on the first place.He was a new face of shining India, but age dawns on him and this could have contributed to the slack on his work. We are unable to develop new faces and always get stuck glorfying the same individual. There are many Sreedharan around and would be better to give them chances and boost them. These project impacts the life of common man, who depend on daily wages to run their family.
Posted by Neetu Banga on Jul 15, 2009
The two tragedies at the construction site of Metro raises serious question on adherence to safety norms. We take pride in adopting the most modern technologies in our infrastructure projects but hardly we follows the safety norms as is the practice in developed nations from we get technology. These accidents at construction of Metro is point to structural damage mainly cracks in pillar caused perhaps by weak foundations and poor load bearing capacity of soil in and around Zamrudhpur. The load bearing capacity of soil is major factor that demands maximum attention in the execution of such massive projects. I request to metro Chief this parameter should critically look by metro engineers during inspection of Phase %u2013II.
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