In India, we have a Railway Safety Commissioner. That institution has been locked in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. It has no connection to the Railways because the Safety Commissioner's institution should be independent of the Railways. Therefore, the Cabinet has also taken a decision that wherever new metros are located, that institution of Railways Safety Commissioner will take care of those metros; that institution needs to be beefed up and strengthened. WE are taking all steps in the direction. Shri Alok Mehta has referred to the proposal from Patna. I wold like to clarify one thing that these are all initiatives to be taken by the State Government. If a State Government proposes, as the Government of Kerala has proposed, we will certainly take a favourable view of Patna as well. However, we were prepared to sanction the project of a Bus Rapid Transit System for Patna. It is still under consideration. Shri Suresh Prabhu is a very experienced Member with a very positive appraoch. He suggested the need for a comprehensive piece of law. That is being looked at. There are constitutional aspects to this problem. Therefore, we are dealing with it installment by installment. He suggested that all the metros be built below the surface. While such a proposal is welcome, we must look at it from the angle of economic viability. Typically, underground metro is three times costilier. Unless the geological conditions or the local conditions compel us, we will not be able to afford underground metros. Sir, he wanted the metros to operate in cooperation with the other civic agencies. That is what is really happening. No metro can operate without the active, positive cooperation from all the civic agencies including the Police. You have rightly for pleaded.
