NEW DELHI: Former DMRC chief and Metroman E Sreedharan has written to Prime Minister

voicing his concerns against the proposal of free ride for women in

. He has suggested PM to "intervene" and not to agree to the proposal.

He has suggested that if the

government is keen to help the women commuters, it can pay directly to them rather than making travel free on the Metro.

The former chief of DMRC has said that Delhi Metro being a joint venture of Delhi government and Centre, "one share holder" cannot take a unilateral decision to give concession to one section and push the Metro system in to "inefficiency and bankruptcy".

Sreedharan said there was in-principle decision not to give concession when services started in 2002. Even then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee had bought token for travelling during the inaugural run.