Bengaluru Namma Metro Update: Padma Shri Awardee Mohandas Pai Calls Out Repeated Delay In Operation Of Yellow Line, ‘Lousy Work Culture’

Padma Shri Awardee and former Infosys CFO TV Mohandas Pai has criticised the repeated delay in the completion of Bengaluru Namma Metro’s Yellow line. Taking to the X, Mohandas called for the suspension of the official responsible. He described the situation as ‘lousy work culture’. 

Pai in his tweet directly questioned the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, DK Shivakumar, about another delay, asking if there is no value in deadlines. "Minister DK Shivakumar, what is happening? Is there no value in deadlines? Delay after delay! Is there any management at all. They are letting you down very badly again and again. Please suspend the official responsible. Very bad lousy work culture. This could have been done long back," he wrote, asking, "Is there any trust in Metro deadlines now?" Pai wrote on X. 

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The yellow line of Bengaluru Namma Metro, spanning 19.15 kilometres, was initially expected to start operation by mid-2024, but according to a report of Deccan Herald, there seems to be no way for the metro to get started before the end of July or August. 

Indicating towards problem in the signalling system, officials from Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL)  told the publication that Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) approvals for the signalling systems are pending. Glitches were found in the software database during review, which held the certification. "Train movements are controlled entirely by software. Even a minor error defaults the system to a safe mode,” a senior BMRCL official was quoted as saying by the publication. The official added that for the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) to inspect the safety standards, approval from the ISA is crucial.