The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) celebrated its 21st foundation day on Sunday.
Urban Development Secretary and DMRC chairman Madhusudan Prasad, who was the chief guest at a function here on the occasion, presented awards to 43 employees for their outstanding contribution to the metro rail service that has transformed commuter travel in the national capital region.
"Delhi Metro has changed the course of public transport in India. DMRC has maintained the reliability and punctuality of Metro services. The punctuality of the trains during 2014-15 remained 99.88 per cent," he said in his address at the function at the Manekshaw Centre in Delhi cantt.
To commemorate the occasion, a photo exhibition on the activities of the Delhi Metro was organised. In his address, DMRC managing director Mangu Singh said: "The scale of activity in the present phase of metro construction in the National Capital Region(NCR) has been enormous."