Mangu Singh appointed Delhi Metro chief

Delhi Metro's Director Mangu Singh was on Wednesday formally appointed as the organisation's new Managing Director succeeding E Sreedharan who retires on December 31.Singh, a civil engineer from Roorkee University was instrumental in the construction of the high-speed Airport Metro Express.Singh is an Indian Railways Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer of the 1981 batch and worked with Sreedharan in the Kolkata Metro project. He has been associated with the Delhi Metro since its inception.A three-member panel consisting of Union Urban Development Secretary Sudhir Krishna, Delhi Chief Secretary P K Tripathi and Sreedharan selected Singh for the post.Singh is also in-charge of the Delhi Metro's Phase-III that envisages bringing another 103 km of the capital under the Metro network.Singh is also in-charge for consultancy works undertaken by Delhi Metro for planning Metro systems in cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Kochi.