During his first ever visit to the Delhi Metro network on Monday, former President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam described the Delhi Metro as an asset to the nation and congratulated it for cultivating a culture of excellence in its functioning.
“DMRC is indeed a great organisation of excellence. It is environment, user friendly and above all DMRC is an asset to the nation,” Kalam wrote in the visitor’s book during a visit to the Delhi Metro system.
The 11th President boarded the train at the Central Secretariat Metro station and travelled up to Rajiv Chowk, where he saw the interchange arrangements for the Jahangirpuri-HUDA City Centre (Yellow line) and the Dwarka Sector 21-Noida City Centre (Blue line) corridors. From Rajiv Chowk, he travelled up to Ramkrishna Ashram Marg station to see the elevated section and then travelled back up to Barakhamba Road on the underground section from where he came to Metro Bhawan, the corporate headquarters of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
He lauded the Delhi Metro for maintaining a clean, safe and environment friendly system. “Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has been rightly certified by the United Nations as the first Metro rail and rail-based system in the world to get ‘carbon credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions’ and helping in reducing pollution levels in the city by 6,30,000 tonnes of every year. let me congratulate all the members of DMRC for operating and maintaining a clean, safe and efficient transport system for the citizens of Delhi and other commuters,” he said.
He added that DMRC ensured that scheduled stations were completed by target date or before and within their respective budgets through excellent programme management expertise.