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BANGALORE METRO RAIL CORPORATION LIMITED THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005 (INFORMATION AS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE ACT) PROCEDURE OF APPLICATION NOTIFIED TO GENERAL PUBLIC SEEKING INFO UNDER RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005 1. Members of the public seeking information under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as Act) are to send their requests in writing on plain paper in the following format addressed to Public Information Officer at Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited, III Floor, BMTC Complex, K.H. Road, Shanthinagar, Bangalore - 560 027 at their own cost: (a) Name of the person seeking information, his/her age, occupation and postal address with contact phone no, fax no, e-mail ID if any. (b) Nature of the information sought such as data, extracts from records, noting, etc., or inspection of records. (c) Information or inspection desired in precise and specific terms. (d) Whether information sought is not available on the Company's website / published documents accessible to public. (e) Whether willing to pay the prescribed fees in the event of the request being admissible. In case of those 'Below Poverty Line', whether he /she can produce proof to that effect from competent authority. Vague and incomplete requests not conforming to the aforesaid format may not be entertained. 2. Requests received by the PIO will be acknowledged by the PIO stating the date of receipt and the action being taken to process the request. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act, there shall be no obligation on the part of the Company to give any citizen (a) Information which has been expressly forbidden to be published by any court of law or tribunal or the disclosure of which may constitute contempt of court. (b) Information including commercial confidence, trade secrets or. intellectual property, the disclosure of which would harm the competitive position of a third party. (c) Information other than the above as exempted under the Act. 3. On being found the request is admissible under the Act, the applicant will be intimated the amount of prescribed fee if any payable, the mode of payment and the deadline for remittance. If no fee is payable information will be sent in printed form by Registered Post within the period prescribed under the Act. 1 In case if fee is payable, upon receipt of the Payment as specified, the desired information will be sent in printed form by registered post within the period prescribed under the Act. In case no remittance is received or is received after the deadline; the Company will be absolved of its responsibility to furnish the subject information and such money remitted if any will not be refunded. 4. In the event of the request not being found admissible, a communication to this effect stating reasons thereof will be sent by Registered Post to the applicant and no further correspondence on the subject request will be entertained. 5. Applicant who does not receive a decision within the time specified under the Act or is aggrieved by a decision of PIO may within 30 days from the expiry of such period or from the receipt of such a decision prefer an appeal to the appellate authority designated by the Company. The rates of fee prescribed are as follows: (a) For obtaining information under sub-section (1) of Sec.6 - Application fee Rs.I0/- (b) For providing information under sub section (1) of Sec. 7- Rupee 1 for each page (in A-4 or A-3 size page) created or copied; actual charge or cost price of a COPY in larger size paper; actual cost or price for samples or models; and no fee for first hour for inspection of records and thereafter, Rs. 5/- for each 15 minutes (or fraction thereof). (c) For providing information under sub-section (5) of Sec. 7- Rs. 50 per diskette / floppy; and Rs. 2/- per page of photocopy for extracts from publication or at the price fixed for such publication. (d) No fee is payable by those 'Below Poverty Line'. The fee is charged by way of cash against official receipt or by DD or bankers' cheque payable to the BMRCL, Bangalore. 2 Section 4 (1) (b) PARTICULARS OF ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES The mandate given to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited is implementation of the Bangalore Metro Rail Project as below: 1) Phase-1 - 42.30Kms - completed 2) Phase-2-72.095 Kms - Work is under progressed target date is March 2021. 3)Phase-2A-17Kms - Tender documents are under preparation and Financing proposals are under ways for innovating financing. 4) Phase-2B-29.062Kms - Alignment is finalized and DPR is yet to be approved. The norms in respect of the services, facilities in the Stations etc. are in accordance with the respective national / international standards. BMRCL gives top priority to safety. For this purpose, SHE Manual is in place which is scrupulously followed. BMRCL implements the project mainly through awarding contracts of various packages of work. Such contracts are awarded through a system of open tender which involves competitive bidding. The company is complying with the requirements of KTPP Act and the various Labour Welfare legislations, applicable to BMRCL. Presently the Company has two Wings, viz. the Project Wing and the O & M Wing. The Company is headed by the Board of Directors. The Managing Director is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Organization Charts both in respect of the Project Wing and the O & M Wing are at Annexures ‘A’ and ‘B’ which describes the hierarchy and the channels of supervision. Decisions are taken by the Board / Managing Director / Officers as per delegation of powers. Decisions are arrived at after analyzing issues through discussions / consultations etc. and all decisions are reduced in writing on file with due approval of the competent authority. All payments are made after Pre Audit. 3 Statement of Boards, Council, Committees and other bodies constituted as its part. LIST OF BOARD / COMMITTEES EXISTING IN BMRCL 1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Board of Directors comprises of Chairman, Managing Director, Directors and Functional Directors. Present constitution of the Board is appended. Minimum number of four Board Meetings are held in a calendar year as per statutory requirement. The Agenda and Minutes of the Board Meeting are not for public inspection and copies thereof shall not be furnished. As per Articles of Association of the Company, the Board of Directors may constitute a Board Committee of Directors on specific issues. 2. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD Shri Mahendra Jain … Chairman Shri I.S.N.Prasad … Member Shri L.K. Atheeq … Member Shri K.K.Aggarwal … Member 3. INVESTMENT & RESOURCES COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD Shri I.S.N.Prasad … Chairman Shri Pradeep Singh Kharola … Member Director (Finance) … Member and Company Secretary, BMRCL, as “Convener”. 4. NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD Shri I S N Prasad … Chairman Shri Mahendra Jain … Member Shri M K Sinha … Member Shri L K Atheeq … Member Shri Pradeep Singh Kharola … Member The Meetings of the Board and the Board Committees are not open to public. 4 DIRECTORS ON THE BOARD OF BANGALORE METRO RAIL CORPORATION LIMITED GOVERNMENT OF INDIA NOMINEE DIRECTORS Shri Durga Shanker Mishra, Shri M.K. Sinha, Secretary – Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, OSD (UT) and Ex-Officio Joint Secretary, Government of India & Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Chairman, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited, Government of India & Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 011. Director, BMRCL, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 011 Shri H.S. Anand, Shri K.K. Aggarwal, Director (Rolling Stock), Executive Director-Works (Planning), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd & Railway Board, Ministry of Railways, Director, BMRCL, Government of India & Metro Bhawan, 13, Fire Brigade Lane, Director-BMRCL, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi-110 001 Room No.504-A, Rail Bhavan, Ministry of Railways, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110 001. Dr. M. Ravi Kanth, Chairman & Managing Director, Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited & Director-BMRCL, HUDCO Bhawan, 7A, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003. GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA NOMINEE DIRECTORS Shri Mahendra Jain, Shri I.S.N. Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Urban Development Department, Finance Department, Government of Karnataka & Government of Karnataka & Director, BMRCL, Director-BMRCL, Vikasa Soudha, Bengaluru - 560 001. II Floor, Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru-560 001. Shri L.K. Atheeq, Shri Mahendra Jain, Principal Secretary to Hon’ble Chief Minister, Managing Director, Government of Karnataka & Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd., Director, BMRCL 3rd Floor, BMTC Complex, Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru-560 001. K.H.Road, Shanthinagar, Bengaluru - 560 027 FUNCTIONAL DIRECTORS Shri Vijay Kumar Dhir , Shri N.M. Dhoke, Director (Project & Planning), Director (R.S.E.), Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd., Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd., 3rd Floor, BMTC Complex, 3rd Floor, BMTC Complex, K.H.Road, Shanthinagar, K.H.Road, Shanthinagar, Bengaluru - 560 027. Bengaluru - 560 027. 5 Directory of Officers SL NO NAME DESIGNATION DIRECT MOBILE INTERCOM EMAIL ID 1 Mahendra Jain Managing Director 22969202/203 [email protected] 2 Vijay Kumar Dhir Director ( P&P) 22969206 9449874560 [email protected] 3 N M Dhoke Director (RSE & 22969231/217 9449874537 [email protected] O&M) 4 Deepa Kotnis Executive Director 22969395 7899318878 210 [email protected] ( Finance) 5 A S Shankar Executive Director 25191046 9448291158 [email protected] (O&M) 6 D.R.K Reddy Executive