Metro Railway Paragraph

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The Delhi Metro Railway is a company under the name DELHI METRO RAIL CORPORATION was registered on 03-05-95 under the Companies Act, 1956.

DMRC has equal equity participation from GOI and GNCTD.

Structure
Chairman
Managing Director
Total No. of Directors - 17 (Including Chairman)
Nominee of Govt. of India - 5
Nominee of Govt. of NCTD - 5 (Including MD)
No. of full-time functional Directors at present including MD - 8
The corporate office of the company is located at Metro Bhawan, Fire Brigade Lane, Barakhamba Road New Delhi - 110001, Indi

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has network of 213 Km with 160 stations.

The DMRC opened its first corridor between Shahdara and Tis Hazari on 25th December, 2002.

The first phase of construction worth 65 kilometres of Metro lines was finished two years and nine months ahead of schedule in 2005.

The DMRC today has 216 train sets of four, six and eight coaches.

DMRC has also been certified by the United Nations (UN) as the first Metro Rail and Rail based system in the world to get carbon Credits for reducing Green House gas.

Top Management
Dr. MANGU SINGH
MANAGING DIRECTOR, DMRC

Awards won by DMRC:
Environmental Awards :
Asia Pacific Regional Network Leadership Awards 2016 by World Green Building Council

ISO 14001 EMS (Environmental Management System) Certification during construction

Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2005

Environmental Partnership Programme in 2004

‘Best Clean Development Mechanism Award’ at the Institute of Urban Transport (IUT)
Awards, 2011

Integrated ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 during operation. (Delhi Metro has received this
recognition consistently since 2002)

Environment Leadership Award by the United States – Asia

National Conservation Awards – Second Prize in Zonal Railways category, 2008.

Awards for Engineering :
PSU of the year Award by All India Management Association (AIMA), 2016

National Award in 2000 by the Indian Institute of Bridge Engineers (IIBE) for the Metro Rail

ACECC Outstanding Civil Engineering Project Award, 2010.

Most Improved Metro Award at the 3rd Metro Awards Ceremony in London in March, 2010.

CNBC TV18-Essar Steel Infrastructure Excellence Awards, 2011 – for the ‘Best Urban Infrastructure Project’

Safari India Magazine’s Award for ‘Convenient and Fast Travel’, 2013

ABP News’ Best City Awards, 2014

Skoch Order of Merit at the Skoch Renaissance Awards, 2014.

Bridge across the Yamuna for using the most innovative construction engineering techniques

Asian Pacific Region Network Award by World Green Building Council, 2016

Dainik Bhaskar India Pride Award, 2010 for India Image Enhancement/ Creating a Global Brand

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President’s Award 2012

CBIP Award for developing /Introducing latest technology for speedy constructions of
infrastructure projects.Awards for Engineering

Contact Information
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Metro Bhawan Fire Brigade Lane, Barakhamba Road,
New Delhi - 110001, India
Board No. - 011-23417910/12

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