DMRC, Kannada Sangha tie themselves in knot over Sir MV

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, June 23 2019: Moti Bagh Metro station in the national capital has been on the minds of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) officials a lot these days, with confusion galore prevailing. 

The Metro station was renamed ’Sir M Vishweshwaraiah Moti Bagh’ Station to honour the great engineer from Karnataka, officials have been blank. The reason: the legendary figure’s name has been wrongly spelt in English.

R Sridharan, Chairperson, National Financial Reporting Authority, wrote a letter to DMRC chairman Mangu Singh recently, saying the English spelling used at Moti Bagh Station — Sir M Vishweshwaraiah — was incorrect.

Sridharan, who is a Karnataka cadre retired IAS officer, pointed out that late Bharat Ratna spelled his name as ’M Visvesvaraya’ in English.

“The Department of Posts, which has issued new stamps, spells his name as Dr M Visvesvaraya, which is correct,” said Sridharan.

Requesting the DMRC to correct the mistake, Sridharan also suggested using the honorific Bharat Ratna as a prefix instead of knighthood given to him by Great Britain.

However, the DMRC and Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs added a twist to the knotty affair. Both pointed out that the spelling was being used as per the suggestion from Delhi Kannada Sangha, an association of Kannadigas in the national capital. When asked M Venkatachala Hegde, president of Sangha, said it is an oversight.