The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has proposed an amendment to the Metro Railways (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002 that would prevent attachment of any property or funds of Metro rail administrations across all cities in case of a dispute.
In a draft amendment and background note circulated for inter-ministerial feedback on March 17, the ministry said the need to amend section 89 of the Act was felt after a recent Delhi High Court order that asked the Centre to take a decision on whether the assets of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation can be attached to pay the pending arbitral award won by Reliance Infrastructure-owned Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt. Ltd (DAMEPL).
