Comments on: Has Sreedharan set an example by resigning?

By: Anmol

Anmol — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:24:50 +0000

DMRC is one of the most challenging projects of utmost national importance that needs an aggressive leadership . Mr Shreedharan has provided an unparalleled leadership and management support to this project for a long time. DMRC is now facing even tougher challenges like growing connectivity and thus complexities, budget restrictions and tougher time lines because of approaching common-wealth games. Though, a mishap in construction business is not rare, in modern days safety is considered primary. So for me, what’s more important for a nation like ours, is to keep the pace of progress maintained and steady. Mr Shreedharan seems to have over reacted on this situation. He could have had accepted the moral responsibility of the mishap in some other way, resigning is no option out at this moment. Not at-the-least what we Indians were looking out from him at this stage.

By: SIRIGERI GOUTAM SHETTY

SIRIGERI GOUTAM SHETTY — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:41:59 +0000

Look at the confidence level? Does any other person dare to do this? Every one love the position but not the job or work. Taking his success rate in to account this incident is just a minor mole in his career…

By: anand dalal

anand dalal — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:14:03 +0000

project are unique and it has diffent event and activity to complete the project.in project there is risk which impact the project. at this impact time leadership quality of the project manager is very important.
when any accident take place the manager should give the reason why such type of accident take and avoid such accident in future. just taken the moral responsibily and resign from job not right decision. give reason of accident and avoid such accident in future is important.
as india need metro rail project in urban city.so E.Shreedharan not to resign from the job and avoid the accident in future.

By: R. Cherian

R. Cherian — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:57:30 +0000

Efficient execution does not always imply compromise on safety. Best examples are heavy industries in Korea or Japan. In such big shipyards, top class ships are delivered on a weekly basis. The difference is the emphasis on safety.which shall be given the highest priority. Safety is a culture brought in through sincere efforts from management through education, awareness and stringent measures. This process in itself happens slowly, but it is utmost important to develop considering the vast infrastructural projects in the pipeline in India.
Question is not about somebody resigning or remaining; but how fast we recognize and act.

By: Pranav Desai

Pranav Desai — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:57:37 +0000

this is very unfortunate that metro project has witnessed two fatal incidents living behind human casualties. Sreedhran would have felt his responsibilities behind these incidents happened just in 12 months and thats why he has resigned. I don’t know the nitty gritty of entire project but this resignation is pretty disappointing in the context of project completion time limits. This is the high time that govt should look into the matters, lean lessons and should take corrective actions swiftly rather just forming a committee to investigate the case. Let’s see how things will move forward in coming days.

By: divakarssathya

divakarssathya — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:01:01 +0000

BTW, in the light of recent events,can we dare hope that the media will break its strange silence on the Skybus Metro?
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By: PURAM BOAKKU

PURAM BOAKKU — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:55:25 +0000

IN INDIA, We dont give importance to human lifes. We take the human fatalities in road accidents, train accidents, factories, killing by goons, mafias, killing by terrorist attacks… all with a sorry note… and just leave it.

One gentle man/ lady has written

//In such huge projects, though very unfortunate, it is not practical to eliminate the possibility for some mishaps, some time or the other//!

Projects bigger than these , much bigger than these can be executed without loss of any life.

We work based on Engineering, there are means and ways to carry out every work. It has to be scuratanised and confirmed before we proceed to work. This accident is due to careless, in sincere way of doing work, this is due to lack of procedures or lapse in following the procedures!

As an Engineer, I say that these works are not impossible tasks! We are not lifting Himaalayaas, we are just lifting steel girders.

Thousand years ago, pyramids were built in EGYPT.

I Request leaders to visit the Big Temple at Tanjore in south India, and see the massive single rock stone being positioned at the top of the Tomb- thousand years ago- no cranes, no diesel, no petrol no electricity at that time!

I dont want to MR. Sridaharn to be victimised, but we cant leave the responsibilty to supervisors, junior engineer, masions, helpers…etc.

If the Top Boss is strict in adopting the safety proceedures, then every one would have to follow down the line!

If a General Manager of a Railway division visit any GATE CROSSING only once in a year, and check whether the gate keeper is in duty, not drunk..then divisional Managers would check the same once in a Month. If the Generala Manger is just only signing the files in the room, the Junior Mangaers will also do the same only!

By: Hari kiran Reddy

Hari kiran Reddy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:56:36 +0000

I am glad that his resignation has not been accepted.

People of his integrity are few in our country.

Way to go “Metroman”.
He is an inspiration to men/women of all ages.

By: K R Bala

K R Bala — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:09:03 +0000

Mr.E Sreedharan’s tendering resignation may be a kind of protest against political intervention from people in the high places.In India there is no govt sponsered projects worth the name that does not enforce its influence for the benefit of a select band of people.I am sure even project metro inspite of Mr Sreedharan on the helm may not have been spared.What we need is a political audit to weed out even a remote political influence to project Metro.Left alone I am sure Mr.Sreedharan will once again come unscratched in the public eye

By: Nitin

Nitin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:02:45 +0000

No. resignation should not be accepted in any case.One person who is struggling to run against the system and determined to change the way we look at infrastructure projects should not be made to go out of the system because of an accident.
It was an accident and can happen anywhere and its been there several times, the over bridge collapsed due to disbalancing and its not like other already working bridges that collapse.CM,delhi has done a good job by not accepting the resignation.We dont want metro projects in hands of corrupt bureaucrats