Delhi Metro - Things to be learnt from it

After watching the program on Discovery on Delhi Metro, I was really amazed the way in which it has been done within India and an international channel like discovery has appreciated it. Vision of one man - Shreedharan is amazing. Following are the things I felt that should be incorporated in our Bangalore Metro. 1. 1st and foremost important, enabling Physically Handicapped to travel in Train - Stations & Trains should be built for their easy movement 2. Security - After seeing Hyderabad's blasts, public crowded places are almost always on the hitlist of the terrorists - In Delhi Metro, there is lot of survillence cameras all over, commuters are checked with bomb detection equipments just like in flights and there are police walking all over in civil dress to identify suspects - These type of security should be incorporated even in Bangalore too - Bangalore has become very attractive with boom in IT - but, an attack would kill middle class or lower middle class. 3. Conservation of Heritage Buildings - Delhi Metro was constructed under Red Fort and other ancient heritage buildings of Old Delhi. Although Metro was opposed here, Delhi Metro line was laid underground and while doing the construction work, the vibrations were monitored. Old houses that were week under/nearby which Metro passes were strenghthened by DMRCL - Even in Bangalore, BMRCL track has been planned under Tippu's Summer Palace, age old Venkateshwara Temple in Market area. Also houses in Market/Balepet area under which BMRCL passes are very old with too many stairs and without a proper foundation.Hope BMRCL takes similar steps as Old Delhi. I feel that near Jayanagar, in RV Road, the line should have been diverted to parallel road which passes next to Jain Temple. It would not only save trees on RV Road,make complex nearer, but also Jayanagar Bus Stand can be used as a transport hub common to Metro and Cit Bus. 4. A single Metro system which is expected to cover near 312 KMS by 2020 and make it the second largest Metro System in the world has been planned for Delhi - Bangalore was confused by few politicians, few manufacturers and other few organizations to have BRTS / Monorail - With this we lost the focus - Currently no progress on Monorail front - BMRCL took of its hands saying that it cannot handle. No news on BRTS by BMTC. Bangalore Metro will be only 1/10th or even less of Delhi Metro. 5. Parallelization - To finish of any work, especially major projects like Bangalore Metro, parallelization is needed. In Delhi Metro, there were 5 divisions made and each had seperate chief engineers who took major decisions and the work was executed parallely in all the 5 divisons - We don't see such system in BMRCL - Only work has been started in MG Road - Nowhere else. 6. Cleanliness - First and foremost thing to make public transport attractive is cleanliness. People are of the notion that public transport in India is very unclean after having seen Railway Stations and Bus Stands where people spit on platforms, urinate many times on the track etc .. we feel public transport is very unclean. Delhi Metro is so cleanly and neatly maintained - I don't know if people of Delhi are clean or is it the system which has kept it clean. Similar to DMRCL, Bangalore Metro should be maintained clean and neat and attract commuters from all walks of life. Program on DMRCL in Discovery this Saturday was very good - It covered how Delhi Metro works from 5:00 AM to 11:00 PM, the challenges they faced and appraisals from Citizen. Critics were also shown - But, it was shown as if these critics will always be there - which is true also. Any infrastructure project is full of critics - If people executing the project gives ears to these critics - they cannot move forward which is true according to me. There is one more program in NGC on Thursday at 8:00PM which again covers mainly Shreedharan + Delhi Metro. Hats off Mr.Sreedharan - People like you are needed for each state all over this country. Post your views who have seen Metro Trains in other parts of the world.