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Revisit provision of Metro Act, ensure no asset attached, says Puri

This comes days after Delhi HC asked Centre to decide on issue of granting sanction for attaching moveable and immovable assets of DMRC

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Asserting that Delhi Metro is the lifeline of the national capital and adjoining regions, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has directed officials to revisit a Metro Railways Act provision to ensure no properties or bank accounts of the metro can be attached ever.

The noting was made by Puri in the document attached in an additional affidavit filed by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in the Delhi High Court on March 3.

He refused to give permission to attach properties of Delhi Metro, saying it has become the lifeline of Delhi and the National Capital Region

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