Mauritius: "The minimum the metro express will cost is Rs50 or Rs55 billion"

I knew Poorranarnenden Sungeelee, mechanical engineer and key member of the consumer association, Association des consommateurs de l'île Maurice, was passionate about the metro. But I did not to what extent and I had no idea which direction he was going steer the debate. When I met him for the interview, he came with a file full of documents and press articles he had carefully cut and painstakingly filed. He knew the dossier inside out and information was flowing out with such speed and in all directions. I have tried to make it coherent for you. 'Tried' I said.

He did not wait for me to ask a question. It's as if he had been brimming and could not wait for the opportunity to get it off his chest. "So what do you want to know about the metro," he asked, and before I had a chance to answer he replied to his own question: "The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God?"

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