Delhi Metro engineers to get training in Malaysia

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has said its engineers will go to Malaysia to improve their skills in underground tunnelling.

The company has tied up with the Tunnel Training Academy in Kuala Lumpur, and the first batch of its 10 engineers will be there next month.

DMRC Managing Director Mangu Singh said in a statement that the skills learnt in Malaysia will help the engineers to tunnel 53 km of Metro line in the existing network as well as two new lines.

"The training is aimed at increasing the level of skills of the Delhi Metro engineers in underground tunnelling," he said.

All this forms Phase III of the Metro network, Singh added.

DMRC also plans to open its own tunnel training academy in the national capital.

The Delhi Metro ferries about 23 lakh passengers every day on its network.