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NYT calls Delhi Metro 'a feat bordering on the miraculous'

GN Bureau | May 15, 2010

Delhi's pride and emerging life-line, Delhi Metro, is drawing attention from outside. The prestigious New York Times has called it a miracle that demolishes almost every known stereotype about urban India. In an article that appeared in the paper on Friday (May 14, 2010), the paper observed that "in a country where government projects are chronically delayed and budgets are busted, the Metro is on track to finish its 118-mile network by fall, right on schedule and within its $6.55 billion budget".

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