BMRCL MD gets Central posting

Ajay Seth was appointed the new Economic Affairs Secretary

IAS officer Ajay Seth, who had been serving as Managing Director of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL), was on Tuesday appointed the new Economic Affairs Secretary. The appointment at the Centre came on the day BMRCL was carrying out a trial run on the eagerly-awaited extension of the Purple Line. Mr. Seth, a 1987 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer, had taken over the reins of BMRCL in July 2018 from Mahendra Jain. He has been credited with several milestones of Namma Metro. The latest was the launch of the extended Green Line on Kanakapura Road in January this year, bringing huge relief for a large number of residents near the 6-km line from Yelachenahalli to Silk Institute. Last July, tunnel work under Namma Metro Phase II was started after a long delay, with Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa inaugurating the work at Cantonment Metro station. Under Phase II, the BMRCL plans to construct a 13.9-km underground line from Jayanagar Fire Station to Nagawara. The alignment will have 12 underground stations and 10.37 km of twin tunnels.