CURRENT AFFAIRS

2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) terminated the contract of _________ for the Mumbai Monorail.
A
TATA steel
B
Larsen & Toubro and Scomi Engineering (LTSE)
C
Essar
D
Hindalco Industries
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The work on the congested Currey Road stretch was also extremely time consuming. With the project getting stalled, it was the change of guard at the MMRDA that led to the scrapping of the Monorail plans for Mumbai.

Detailed explanation-2: -The authority said that there had been issues such as poor maintenance of the monorail fleet since many rakes were found unfit. This ended another chapter in the sorry saga of a transportation experiment that was doomed from its very inception.

Detailed explanation-3: -Poor frequency There is no guarantee about when the next train will come. This is the Monorail’s biggest problem.” MMRDA officials said the Monorail operates at a peak frequency of 22 minutes. However, frequency drops to around 40 minutes routinely owing to breakdowns.

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