Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) is a centre-state joint venture that operates the

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. The DMRC is also involved in the planning and implementation of metro rail,

monorail A monorail (from "mono", meaning "one", and " rail") is a railway in which the track consists of a single rail or a beam. Colloquially, the term "monorail" is often used to describe any form of elevated rail or people mover. More accurat ...

, and high-speed rail projects in India and abroad. The work of DMRC is broadly fragmented into various parts which are controlled by the respective directors under the direction of a managing director.

History

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. was created on 3 May 1995 with E. Sreedharan serving as the first managing director. Sreedharan handed over charge as MD of DMRC to Mangu Singh on 31 December 2011. In 2010

completed 10 years of operation, which was a major milestone to achieve. To mark its 10th anniversary,

introduced 8 coach train for the first time. A commemorative souvenir book titled "Delhi Metro: A Decade of Dedication, 10 Years of Metro Operations” was also launched. An exclusive 'METRO SONG-zindagi hai Delhi metro' composed by music director

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was also released and played at metro stations and FM stations. DMRC has made it compulsory to wear safety helmets on construction sites. It also earns

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s with

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at metro stations and runs an

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programme for workers. DMRC received ''Outstanding PSU of the Year'' (2016) award conferred by

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(AIMA). DMRC was awarded for its "Outstanding Contribution" for promoting world-class services in Urban Transportation and adopting best practices of Project Management.

Work on other projects

Consultancy

The DMRC has a business development department that is in charge of consultancy services. DMRC has served as the project consultant and has prepared detailed project reports (DPR) for every metro and monorail project in India, except the

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and

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, which were constructed before the formation of the DMRC. The DMRC also provides lighter consultancy operations, such as preparation of DPRs and feasibility reports for proposed systems in places such as

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, Amritsar and

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. DMRC also serves as consultant and prepared the DPR for the proposed Thiruvananthapuram - Mangalore High-Speed Passenger Corridor. In September 2012, DMRC entered into a partnership with eight other international companies for management consulting for the Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit system. This was the DMRC's first project outside India. The DMRC stated that its main responsibilities in the JV were the "finalisation of the organisational structure of the Jakarta Metro, recruitment of personnel, development of training facilities and the training of the employees for various categories required for commencing the operations". In February 2014, the DMRC was invited by the Government of

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to act as a consultant for the proposed metro system in Kuwait City.

Implementation

The DMRC is involved with the implementation and/or construction of

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, Jaipur Metro,

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and

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Delhi Metro Rail Academy

DMRC trains its staff at the DMRA at

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, Delhi. It is the only metro rail training institute in South Asia. DMRC has trained 300 staff from

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, Rapid Metro Gurgaon and Jaipur Metro, and Noida Metro. It provides trained staff to new metros on a temporary basis at initial stages. DMRC in partnership with the

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offers a one-year postgraduate diploma in metro technology. The course produces 25 executives of various streams, viz. Electrical, Civil, Architecture, Signalling, and Telecom, a year to staff metros across India. The Indian Institute of Technology Madras also offers a similar course for the Chennai Metro.

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