Case Study on:

DELHI METRO IS GOOD PUBLIC SECTOR

PROJECT

Submitted to: Submitted By: Gr.(VI)

Prof Sartaj Khera Jitender Katoch
Sumeet Sharma
Avinash Kumar
Manoj Bhatt
Atul Tripathi
Arjit Jain
 ABSTRACT:

• The Delhi Metro project gave Delhi a world-class mass

rapid transit system. More importantly, it stood out
from most other public sector projects in India in that it
was completed on schedule and within the budgeted
cost.
• The case describes the organization and planning of the
project and highlights the steps taken by the DMRC to
ensure the successful completion of the project. It also
explains how the DMRC managed the various
stakeholders like the central and state governments, the
contractors, and the citizens of Delhi, to ensure that the
project was implemented smoothly. The case ends with
a brief discussion on the future plans of the DMRC.
 ISSUES:

• Understand the preliminary activities to be taken up

before a large infrastructure project can be started
• Appreciate the significance of the role of a project
manager in project execution
• Understand the importance of the right work culture
in successful project management
• Recognize the importance of managing the various
stakeholders in a project
• Appreciate the difficulties involved in the execution
of large infrastructure projects in developing
countries, and how these can be overcome
 KEYWORDS
• Delhi Metro, Construction of Delhi Metro,
Project management of Delhi Metro, DMRC,
Sreedharan Delhi Metro, Project planning,
Stakeholder management, Project
implementation, Project evaluation
• “Everyone who has traveled by the Delhi
Metro wants one in his or her city. Today, there
is a national resurgence in public interest in
urban public transport."
 INTRODUCTION

• With a 6.5 km section of Line 3 becoming operational in

April 2006, Phase I of the Delhi Metro3 project was
nearing completion. Of the total length of 65.16 km of
the first phase, 62 km had been completed and opened
for service. This phase was set to cost Rs. 98 billion. As
of early 2006, around 450,000 passengers were
traveling by the Delhi Metro every day.
• The first steps to build a metro system in the city were
taken in the early 1990s. In 1995, the Government of
India (GoI) and the Government of the National Capital
Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) formed the Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation Ltd (DMRC) under the Companies Act to
construct the Delhi Metro.
 THE DELHI METRO PROJECT

• In order to implement the Delhi Metro

project, the GoI and the GNCTD set up a 50:50
joint venture company called the Delhi Metro
Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC). The company
was incorporated under the Companies Act in
May 1995. The DMRC was to complete Phase I
of the project within 10 years, i.e., by the end
of 2005.
 OUTLOOK

• The Delhi Metro was expected to play a major

role in relieving the transport problems faced
by the city's residents. Moreover, with the GoI
planning extensions to the Metro, it appeared
that the benefits of an efficient transport
system would be enjoyed by people living in a
wider geographical area than originally
planned. The GoI and the GNTCD had prepared
a comprehensive plan to extend the Delhi
Metro to 244 km by 2021 in three subsequent
phases.