Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Re: [IAC#RG] Kejriwal gang's 'pol' to be exposed soon in DMRC scam

 Regarding Mail of Sarbajit Roy-

First Para of News item of Times of India dated 10th MAY 2017 is reproduced below. Since 2009, while cost of Railway Metro inputs have gone up by 100%, even consumer price index has gone up by 80 - 85%.
At least the version has been changed fro AAP bashing to both AAP and BJP.
I am not politician. I only do some rational analysis and thinking. I only know that IAC#RG and AAP people were one before they fell out and started venom against each other.
I am not apologist for any one. I am against discrimination, hypocrisy resulting in unjustified abusing of any one.
Regarding last Para of Sarbajit's mail - I will accept his verion f he has proof that -
  •      The concessionaire Reliance Industries allowed Sreedharan to chose contractors for them
  •      That all contractors of DAEMPL were Chinese
  •      That Arbitration was by Chinese contractors for which huge awards were given by DMRC to Chinese contractors
  •      That Arbitration award given to Reliance for termination of their contract was more than the cost DMRC would have    incurred to construct the Airport Metro, resulting in ruining of finances of DMRC.

"Metro fares hiked after 8 years, will go up by maximum of 67%
Dipak K Dash
| TNN | Updated: May 10, 2017, 10:17 IST
Highlights
•The minimum fare will now be Rs 10 instead of the present Rs 8 and the maximum fare will be Rs 50 from Wednesday.
•The second round of fare hike will happen in October, with the maximum fare set to be Rs 60.
NEW DELHI: Metro fares in the capital will rise between 25% and 67% from Wednesday, the first increase since 2009. The next hike has been planned in October, when most of the fare slabs will be up by Rs 10. .
 From Wednesday, the minimum fare will be Rs 10, up from Rs 8; the maximum Rs 50 against the existing Rs 30, after the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Board gave its go-ahead on Monday for the fare hike recommended by a panel.
 However, there will be concessions for passengers using the Metro on Sundays and national holidays. The fares on these days will be between Rs 10 and Rs 40 till September-end. This has been done to encourage ridership on these days. The concessional rates will be revised from October 1 as well. NEW DELHI: Metro fares in the capital will rise between 25% and 67% from Wednesday, the first increase since 2009. The next hike has been planned in October, when most of the fare slabs will be up by Rs 10.

From Wednesday, the minimum fare will be Rs 10, up from Rs 8; the maximum Rs 50 against the existing Rs 30, after the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Board gave its go-ahead on Monday for the fare hike recommended by a panel.

However, there will be concessions for passengers using the Metro on Sundays and national holidays. The fares on these days will be between Rs 10 and Rs 40 till September-end. This has been done to encourage ridership on these days. The concessional rates will be be revised from October 1 as well. Metro fares hiked after 8 years, will go up by maximum of 67%. "

R.N.Malhotra


From: Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com>
To: indiaresists <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>
Sent: Wednesday, 11 October 2017 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] Kejriwal gang's 'pol' to be exposed soon in DMRC scam

Dear Mr. Malhotra

1. I usually board the metro at Dwarka Sector 12 and detrain at Dwarka Sector 21, to catch the Airport express into town. Before the 4th FFC it cost Rs. 12 now it costs Rs. 30. You do the maths (it is not 67% but closer to 3x). I can also cite station pairs where it was Rs.10 and is now Rs. 30 (exactly 3x).

2. If you want to be an apologist for Mr. Kejriwal, that is OK, we have many AAPians on this channel. But TRUTH comes paramount. Let us see when Kejriwal first made any protest against this FFC hikes. As far as IAC is concerned our objections were lodged with 4th FFC within 10 days of their public notice in June 2016. Thereafter there has been intense correspondence, public grievances and vifgilance complaints  filed between us and MoUD on DMRC fare hikes. I am prepared to put all of it into public domain if you can assure me that Kejriwal will do the same. Doodh ka doodh and paani ka paani ... Our friends at Swaraj India say that Kejriwal Govt missed attending 14 of 16 DMRC meetings.

3. Let me very clearly say that BJP and AAP are both equally corrupt in matter of DMRC fare hike.

4. Let me also educate you that these steep fare hikes are "needed" because of your very honest friend Sreedharan and rapid construction of DAEMPL just before Commonwealth Games using Chinese contractors chosen by Sreedharan, and the subsequent huge arbitration awards for Airport Express line which resulted in favour of Anil Ambani's DAEMPL which have been paid out and thereby ruined the finances of DMRC's remaining lines for decades.

Sarbajit Roy

On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 2:58 PM, ravindra malhotra <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net> wrote:
 It is surprising that unbridled false statements are being made by some regular members of this forum e.g. fares of metro have been increased 3x in 8 years. Increase over 8 years is 67%, much less than the rise in cost index over this period.

Kejrival has consistently been speaking against the hike. He wrote to Central Govt, threatened MD of DMRC. Central Govt turned down Kejrivals request to join him in stopping the rise. Still Delhi Govt is stated as 'partner in this loot'.

Evidently, none of the members seem to be interested in fighting corruption. They are only interested in venting their personal grudges against their erstwhile brothers in arm.

R.N.Malhotra



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