India, Sept. 15 -- The Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation (HMRTC) has decided that Gurugram Metro Rail Limited (GMRL), its special purpose vehicle, will take over the operation and maintenance of the city's Rapid Metro line from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), officials said.

The process has been initiated but the timeline has not been defined.

A senior government official aware of the matter said the decision followed the induction of key officials into GMRL. "As Gurugram Metro Rail Limited, the special purpose vehicle of HMRTC, is developing into an organisation and it has managed to induct key officials, it has been decided that operation and maintenance of Rapid Metro should be carried out by GMRL," the official said....