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The man who got Delhi on track

The first section of Delhi's modern mass transit system was opened to the public in 2002. E Sreedharan was managing director of the Metro project.

India's capital city built a brand new mass transit system to tackle its traffic jams and air pollution. The first section of the Delhi Metro was opened to the public in 2002. E Sreedharan was managing director of the Metro project and he's been speaking to Prabhat Pandey about the challenges he faced.

Photo: the inside of a Delhi Metro carriage. Credit: Getty Images.

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Thu 21 Nov 2019 13:50GMT

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