Exclusive Interview of IAS Pankaj Kumar Bansal, MD, Chennai Metro Rail Ltd.
Recently, Metro Rail News has conducted an interview with IAS Pankaj Kumar Bansal , Managing Director of Chennai Metro Rail Limited. In 2013, Mr. Pankaj Kumar Bansal took over the charge of Chennai Metro as Managing Director, he wondered why platforms of 240 meters needed to be constructed when the train required only 140 to 145 meters to park at the station. He is the 1997 batch IAS officer, ensured that in two years, his team came up with a ‘Yes, We Can’ answer to his 145 meter challenge, arguably “for the first time in the world.” Two key lines were flagged off recently, with passengers now able to travel from Chennai Central to the Airport, with a frequency of a train every 5 minutes, likely to go up to one every two and a half minutes, at just seventy rupees. Here are excerpts from the interview. How long will the project take to complete and what sort of arrangements have been made to ensure commuters do not face any hurdle during the constr...