Delhi CM rejects DMRC chief E Sreedharan’s resignation
Jul 12th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Breaking News, Delhi News, India NewsTaking full responsibility for the Metro bridge collapse in Delhi on Sunday, DMRC chief E Sreedharan on Sunday announced his resignation, however Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit has refused to accept it.
Sreedharan said, “Technically, someone else should take the responsibility but I have decided to quit”. “As the head of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, I take moral responsibility for the incident.. So I have decided to resign and I have put in papers and I have sent it to Lt Governor Tejinder Khanna and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit”, he added. Sreedharan announced his decision at a crowded press conference, soon after his visit to the site of the collapse of an under-construction bridge of Delhi Metro in south Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar.