CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has provided Platform Screen Doors (PSD) in the platforms of Underground Metro Stations under Phase-I of Chennai Metro Rail Project to enhance the safety of the passengers, which were imported.
Now, in order to indigenize the PSD System, CMRL and Bharat Electronics Limited
(BEL) have joined hands to develop the system in India under “Make in India”
initiative.
In this connection, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on 27th
October 2022 between CMRL and BEL at Chennai Complex of BEL.
Thiru. M.A. Siddique IAS, MD, CMRL and Thiru. Dinesh Kumar Batra, CMD, Bharat
Electronics have signed the MoU for development, installation and commissioning of
Half Height PSD systems at seven Metro Stations (13 Platforms) in Corridor 1 (Blue
line) between Wimco Nagar Depot and New Washermenpet Metro station.
Under the arrangement, the work development of half height PSD system for
Chennai Metro will be executed by Panchkula unit of Bharat Electronics Limited in
three phases over a period of 36 months.
In the first phase, a prototype of PSD system will be developed and certification from Independent Safety Assessor will be obtained for the required Safety Integrity Level.
In the second and third phases, the system will be installed and commissioned progressively at 13 Platforms of Phase 1 Extension Metro Stations between Wimco Nagar Depot and New Washermenpet Metro station.
During this event, Thiru. Rajesh Chaturvedi Director (Systems and Operations),
Tmt. Prabha Goyal, General Manager, BEL, Panchkula unit and other officials from
CMRL and BEL were present.
the BEL pachkula unit engineers are doing nothing but visiting already installed sites of other PSD vendors and copying the design even documents from NCRT Delhi.
All they are doing is plagiarism.