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JOY RIDE: N. Dharam Singh in Delhi Metro

NEW DELHI: Just two days after he had ruled out a review of the Bangalore Metro Rail Project, Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh, accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister M.P. Prakash, and around 60 elected representatives from the State, visited the Delhi Metro on Thursday.

The delegation included Janata Dal (S) State unit President N. Thippanna, general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party Ananth Kumar, Siddanagowda Patil of Communist Party of India, G.N. Nagaraj of Communist Party of India (Marxist), and Vattal Nagaraj of Kannada Chaluvali. Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President M. Mallikarjun Kharge, and Ministers H.K. Patil and R.V. Deshpande, also accompanied the Chief Minister.

They travelled from Central Secretariat metro station up to Kashmere Gate and back. They were escorted by the Managing Director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation E. Sreedharan, and Director (Rolling Stock and Electrical) Satish Kumar, who explained to them the features, routes and future plans of Delhi Metro. The visit of Mr. Dharam Singh, who expressed satisfaction at the Delhi Metro's success, assumes significance, as on Tuesday, he had firmly ruled out reconsidering the start of the project. Despite opposition to the project from President of Janata Dal (Secular) H.D. Deve Gowda, Mr. Dharam Singh had proclaimed that the proposed metro rail project will be started on November 1.

Mr. Prakash insisted here today that several issues raised by Mr. Deve Gowda on the affordability of the project are yet to be sorted out. He said that Mr. Dharam Singh will hold a discussion with Mr. Deve Gowda in this regard soon.

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