New Delhi, July 12: As E Sreedharan walked out of the
eight-storey `Metro Bhawan` on Sunday after resigning as its
chief, his colleagues said they were shocked by the decision
of the "strong but very simple leader".
DMRC officials and workers said Sreedharan`s dramatic
announcement that he was resigning came as a "rude shock" for
them as they never expected such a decision from him following
the accident.
"He is a very simple man who took strong decisions
regarding the Delhi Metro. If not for him, the DMRC would not
have come to this level and completed projects well ahead of
schedule," a DMRC official, who requested anonymity, said.
"We are really upset with his decision and we also know
that he won`t go back on his decision to quit. I can say one
thing for sure that no one can replace him in DMRC," he said.
The official said Sreedharan completed several projects
of the Delhi Metro well ahead of the schedule. "Any other
country will take 50 years to achieve what Sreedharan has
achieved in 10 years."
Another worker at DMRC said Sreedharan was a "very simple
man and his decision has demoralised every worker of the
company".
"It came as a shock for us that he is resigning... we
never expected such a hard decision from him," the worker
said.
Bureau Report
