L&TMRHL unveils India’s first Electronic & Technology Mall ‘e-Galleria’

HYDERABAD (Metro Rail News): In tune with the tech DNA of Hyderabad city, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited has announced the repositioning of its Hi-Tec City Mall into e-Galleria, a whole new avatar as India’s first and exclusive Electronic & Technology Mall at Hi-Tec city in Hyderabad. Harboured in the middle of the City’s IT hub, e-Galleria is all set to be a launchpad and a one-stop hub for the tech-savvy city dwellers to indulge and enjoy life with a different note.

Attached to the Hi-Tec City Metro Station through a skywalk, e-Galleria offers a curated tech experience for spaces with both long-term and short-term leasing. It has been crafted as the destination for tech-talks, roadshows, and product launches, where one can get to know the emerging trends in technology in a fun-filled and engaging environment.

Speaking on this occasion, Mr. KVB Reddy, MD & CEO, L&TMRHL, said, “We are happy to launch e-Galleria as part of our growth plan for our Transit Oriented Development. Today, brands are exploring new marketing avenues and innovative product placements that e-Galleria as a launchpad will cater to as a one-stop hub. This new avatar will help us in harnessing the support and loyalty of brands and opportunity to grow together and develop a sustainably brighter future both for businesses and the city of Hyderabad.”

Key attractions of e-Galleria:

Exclusive Brand Stores:  A premium setting offering a world-class experience where global tech brands are laid out to explore.

e-Bazaar: Mall will feature ‘e-Bazaar’ that houses a galaxy of small shops selling a variety of products, accessories, consumables, services related to IT, mobiles, and household gadgets, at the most competitive prices.

Launchpad: An exclusive space in the atrium to launch the latest tech brands and products in the presence of city’s tech lovers, and interact with key tech leaders, niche consumers, and tech enthusiasts.

TechHive: A dedicated space for focused tech-talks, seminars, workshops, etc. to bring together geeks, tech leaders, and tech enthusiasts. This is where ideas take center stage enabling people to discuss, demonstrate and brainstorm the need and relevant opportunities to build better and future-ready tech products and services.

Startup Terminus: Hyderabad has emerged as a top startup hub in India in terms of deal count and funding. This dedicated zone with plug-and-play stalls offers the best space for the key people from the startup ecosystem of Hyderabad and beyond to showcase and discuss creative ideas, products, and services, and turn them into promising businesses.

Fun, Food & Entertainment: Top of the line restaurants, exceptional food options across all areas — such as fine dining and quick-serve restaurants, lounge bars, barbeques, coffee shops, food court, etc. mixed with gaming lounges, spa, cinema, and other entertainment avenues make e-Galleria the most happening hangout place in Hyderabad.

This A-Grade, centrally air-conditioned facility of e-Galleria has been built as per NBC norms and follows stringent fire & safety policy. It offers abundant parking with electric charging stations focusing on sustainability. The mall shall be professionally managed by the international facility management firm Jones Lang LaSalle.

TOD at Hyderabad Metro Rail offers around 18.5 million sqft of space for work, shopping, leisure, entertainment, healthcare among others. 1.28 million sft space of Transit oriented Development, consisting of 4 malls and an office block at Punjagutta, Irrum Manzil, HITEC City, and Musarambagh, is operational.

Two-day Tech Seminar, InnoMetro-2022 at Hotel Lalit on 23rd  & 24th May 2022

Symbroj Media to organize the 2nd Edition of the annual conclave on MRTS, Metro and tech happenings around the globe at Hotel Lalit, New Delhi on 23rd & 24th May.

The Delhi based media group which already is publishing a highly rated and popular monthly magazine Metro Rail News dedicated to news and updates of Metro, MRTS and the tech industry is the organising agency of their annual event – InnoMetro.

Speaking about the event, the chairman of the organising group, Mr. Narendra Shah told that InnoMetro is a global event to showcase Innovation & Technology for Metro, Railway, RRTS, High-Speed Rail & allied industries. He stated that InnoMetro helps in serving as a one-stop destination for leading brands to showcase their products where experts share their views and industry stalwarts speak about the latest trends and technologies of the industry. InnoMetro-2022 shall be the third consecutive annual event of the media group which already has made a good reputation amongst key players of MRTS and Rail Industry including RITES, etc. through their dedicated and informative activities related to Urban Transportation, Metro rail, Mass Rapid and light transit transport systems. He further added.

Event Manager Mr. Shyam Singh said that last year more than 500 speakers from major companies attended the three-day gathering, including Indian Railways, MoHUA, IRSDC, RDSO, RLDA, Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd., Cylus, MegaMetro, E2E Rail, GBCI India, RITES, CRIS, MMRCL, MMMOCL, Maha Metro, MMRDA, Technocrats Kohlhauer Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, Hyloc Hydrotechnic Pvt Ltd Axis bank, Mastercard, Rittal, JSPL and Green Furniture Concept etc.

More than 10+ giant conglomerates sponsored the event being the platinum, gold, silver and bronze sponsors. Last but not the least, over 1200 industry experts from India and other countries such as Thailand, UK, US, Sweden, Bulgaria, France, Qatar, and others participated in the event last year making it one of the most comprehensive events of the country on Metro, Rail and Urban Transportation.

Speaking about the agenda and purpose of the event, the organising committee said that the main objective of the event is to put in the cumulative efforts to bring forward and highlight the key developments in Rail & Metro sector across the globe and especially in India.

We’ll be having some serious discussions on policymaking, new innovations, approaches, future techniques and efforts for self-reliant and Aatmanirbhar Bharat with an event felicitated and attended by hon’ble MoS MoHUA, Shri Kaushal Kishore, Chairman and MD of various nodal and implementing agencies of Urban & Mass Transportation, High-Speed Rail Corridor such NHSRCL, IRSDC etc., the team informed.

The organizers informed that due to covid restrictions the event has been organized virtually for the last two years but this year it is going to be organized in a hybrid form i,e; the participants can join the event both physically and digitally. The event would take place on a digital event platform where each participant can watch the presentations and join the discussions in the room with several networking possibilities helping the participants contribute impactful breakthroughs, bring sophisticated ideas and innovations and find potential fields of improvement.


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Light House station to be first shallow underground station of CMRL

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Light House station is the first shallow underground station which is being built by Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL). This station is designed with a platform on the first level and a mini-concourse on the second. It is going to be the longest station of phase 2 which is built over 300 m. Passengers will go to level 2 to get a ticket and then come up to level one to board the train.

This is an important terminal station for the stretch between Light House and Poonamallee, and after its completion, people from across the city will have easy and quick access to Marina beach. CMRL has already obtained the Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) clearance necessary for the construction of this station.

CMRL has informed that they have planned it as a shallow underground station to secure the marine ecosystem. “In this location, unlike in other stations, where we go as deep as 20 m, the maximum depth will be 15 m. Also, the concourse is coming up on the second level and the platform on the first level, whose depth will be about 12 m. This is because we did not want to use the tunnel boring machines below the 12-m mark,” an official said, Hindu reported.

While one entry and exit will be near Queen Mary’s College, another will be constructed near Light House, and the space will be small, just about 70-80 m long, resembling a subway. The entry and exit structures of the station will be designed aesthetically to give a view of the beach as well.

“While the platform itself will be 140 m, the whole station length totals to around 300 m because it has to accommodate facilities like stabling and crossover,” another official said. Also, to operate the system even in case of heavy rains or flooding, the entry/exit structures will have flood gates, and the tracks will have sumps to pump out any water seepage.

Officials said they would take various steps during construction as it would be pretty tough to build an underground station due to the sandy soil.

“We have to take measures so that the soil does not collapse. For that, we have to create a trench, increase the density of bentonite (a substance used in construction as a binding material) and use bentonite slurry, do concreting, lower the reinforcement cage and then build a diaphragm wall (a station box),” the official added.

Dwarka Sector 21-IICC metro line segment expected to be authorized by July

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): On the 28th Foundation Day of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation at Metro Bhawan on 3rd May, DMRC chief Vikas Kumar said that a 2 km long Delhi Metro line between Dwarka Sector 21 and the upcoming India International Convention Centre (IICC) is expected to be commissioned by July.

“The work on this section is in the final stage, and the new station at IICC, will have entry gates both inside and outside the complex,” he said.

Situated in Dwarka Sector 25, the IICC is going to be a modern exhibition-cum-convention centre, with facilities like financial, hospitality and retail services. Dwarka Sector-21 is the last station at the end of the long and busy Blue Line which is also an interchange point for the Airport Line.
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Speaking on the development of the Delhi Metro and ongoing projects, the DMRC chief said “Work is underway on the three priority corridors of Phase-4 of DMRC, and our target is to finish it by 2025. Deliberations are going on as far as the remaining three corridors of it are concerned.”

Under the approved segment of Phase-4, 65 km of new metro lines will be constructed across three different corridors which include 45 metro stations. These new sections will provide inter-connectivity among the already operational lines of the Delhi Metro.

According to the DMRC, the Mukundpur-Maujpur, R K Ashram-Janakpuri West and Aerocity-Tughlakabad corridors were approved by the Cabinet.

8 firms bid for Surat Metro’s 22.77 km Line-1

SURAT (Metro Rail News): Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) has received bids from 8 firms for the 40.35 km Surat Metro Phase 1 project’s 4.15 km Sarthana – North Ramp section.

Package CS4 is the 4th and final section of Surat’s 22.77 km Line-1 which will connect Sarthana to Dream City via 20 stations. It includes 4 elevated stations at Sarthana, Nature Park, Varaccha Chopati Garden and Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Kalakunj in the north-east part of the city.

The government of India has signed a Euro 442.26 million loan with KfW in December 2021 who will be funding this civil package.

GMRC had invited tenders for this package in February with a Rs. 286 crore estimate whereas the deadline is unknown. Technical bids were opened on Monday which revealed the following 8 bidders:

  • Ashoka Buildcon Ltd. (ABL)
  • Dineshchandra R Agarwal (DRA) Infracon
  • Evrascon – Varindera Construction JV
  • Kalthia Engineering & Construction
  • KEC International
  • MCL – YFC JV
  • Ranjit Buildcon Ltd. (RBL)
  • Rail Vikas Nigal Ltd. (RVNL)

View the tender notification here: https://www.gujaratmetrorail.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Qualification-and-Evaluation-Criteria-1.pdf

The scope of this contract includes the Construction of a 4.15 km (ch. -450 to ch. 3700) elevated viaduct dead end of Sarthana station to end of UG ramp including 4 stations (Excl. E&M, Architectural finishing and Roofing) for Surat Metro Rail Project Phase – 1, Corridor-1.

The bids have now been sent for technical bid evaluation and after the evaluation is done, the financial bids of the technically qualified bidders will be opened to reveal the lowest bidder.

GMRC invites bids for Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2’s rolling stock contract RS3

AHMEDABAD (Metro Rail News): Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) has invited tenders to manufacture and supply 30 new coaches for Ahmedabad Metro’s Phase 2 project.

Ahmedabad’s 28.254 km project which is under construction includes the north-south Red Line getting extended by 22.838 km from Motera Stadium to Mahatma Mandir via 20 stations and a 5.416 km spur from GNLU to GIFT City via 2 new stations.

GMRC aims to operate 10 trains in a 3-coach configuration and stable them at the proposed Indroda Depot in Gandhinagar. This systems contract will be funded through a loan from France’s Agence Française de Développement (AFD).

The estimate and completion period are not disclosed whereas the bid submission deadline is on 13th June, 2022.

The scope of this contract includes Design, Manufacture, Supply, Testing, Commissioning and Training of 30 nos.
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of Standard Gauge Cars for Ahmedabad Metro Rail Phase-II Project

Trial runs on Ahmedabad Metro’s Red Line started in February between APMC – Jivraj Park.

Hitachi and Nippon Signal revealed as bidders for Chennai Metro Line 3’s Signalling contract

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) had opened technical bids for Metro Line-3’s Signalling and Train Control and Video Management systems’ contract (ASA04). Hitachi Rail STS India Pvt. ltd. and Nippon Signal Co. Ltd. have been revealed as the bidders for this contract.

This 45.81 km stretch of the 119.8 km Chennai Metro Phase 2 project will run in a north-south orientation to connect Madhavaram – SIPCOT 2. This project’s development is being financed through a loan by JICA.

CMRL invited tenders for this contract in August 2021 for which the estimate is unknown and the deadline is of 1640 days (4.5 year). The scope of this contract includes the Design, Manufacture, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Signalling and Train Control System and Video Management System

The bids for this contract have now been sent for technical bid evaluation which can take a couple months to complete. When that is done, the financial bids of the technically qualified bidders will be opened to reveal who’s the lowest bidder and most likely supplier.

NITI Aayog approves Pune-Nashik Semi High-Speed ​​Rail: Raosaheb Danve

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The Pune-Nashik Semi High-Speed ​​Rail has been approved by the NITI Aayog, Minister of State for Railways Raosaheb Danve informed on Friday, 29th April. Now the project has gained speed and will go to the Union Cabinet for final approval.

Land acquisition has also started after the project received approval from the state government as well as the Railway Board. This route will require 1,470 hectares of land in 102 villages. A joint survey for land acquisition and alignment in villages is being completed. Land acquisition has been done in five villages and they have been given proper compensation.

As per the project, as soon as the high-speed train leaves Pune railway station, it will run on the elevated route to Hadapsar. After that, it will run from Hadapsar to Nashik railway station. The train will stop at Chakan, Manchar, Narayangaon, Alephata, Sangamner, Sinnar and Nashik. The train will run at a speed of 200 kmph on this route and can reach a maximum speed of 250 kmph. The total cost of this project is Rs. 16,039 crore.

The inclusion of the railway budget in the central budget has been beneficial. Between 2009 and 2014, Maharashtra received Rs 1,100 crore. But this year, Rs 11,000 crore has been given to Maharashtra, said Danve. 

Vande Bharat train services to start in Thiruvananthapuram soon

KERALA (Metro Rail News): Kerala is all set to get Vande Bharat Express that will serve from Thiruvananthapuram division. The state will receive two rakes, one unit comprising 16 passenger cars with a seating capacity of 1,128.

The Railway Board has directed authorities to start preparations for the service in Thiruvananthapuram. A facility will be constructed in the division for managing and repairing the two rakes.

Due to existing railway track conditions in Kerala, Vande Bharat Express trains will not be able to run at the anticipated speed, therefore the Ministry of Railways has decided to run trains through Kerala even if the speed is reduced a little.

Construction of specially designed Vande Bharat trains is undergoing at the Chennai Integral Coach Factory. The construction of the first train will be completed by August. The railway is planning to provide 75 trains to various railway zones before August 2023.
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The Thiruvananthapuram division will receive train in the second phase.

100% contract placed for civil, track work on Gujarat area of MAHSR project: Railway Minister

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): All civil and track work contracts for the 352-km stretch of the bullet train project on the Gujarat side have now been awarded from which Rs 3,141-crore worth track contract has been given to Larsen and Toubro, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday, 30th April.

“BulletTrainProject NHSRCL contracts for track work worth Rs. 3,141 Cr awarded. 100 per cent contract placed for civil and track work in Gujarat area,” Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tweeted.

A statement from the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) said the ballast-less slab track system as used in the Japanese HSR (Shinkansen) will be deployed in India’s first High-Speed Rail project.

Japan Railway Track Consultant Co. Limited (JRTC) has provided the detailed design and drawing of major HSR track components like RC track bed, track slab arrangement, and continuous welded rail (CWR) forces for the contract, the statement said.

This contract to L&T is the second one for the design, supply, and construction of the track and track-related works for the Mumbai Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor.

“National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited awards second contract (related to track works) for supply and construction of the track and track-related works for Double Line High-Speed Railway between Vadodara and Sabarmati Depot and Workshop in the State of Gujarat (MAHSR T-3 Package) to M/S Larsen & Toubro Limited at a total approximate cost of INR 3141 Cr,” a statement from NHSRCL said.

Mumbai-Delhi travel time to be reduced by 33% by March 2024

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The travel time between Mumbai and Delhi will be reduced by more than 33 per cent after March 2024 as the Railway is targeting to complete the up-gradation of Mumbai Delhi routes up to 160 kmph.

Rajdhani is presently the fastest express train for the Mumbai-Delhi route which covers 1,386 km distance in 15 hours 40 minutes at a speed of 89 kmph.

“On Saturday, VK Tripathi, CEO and chairman of Railway board reviewed the progress of the project. During the review, concerned officials assured him that this project will be completed before March 2024,” said a Western railways official.

The project is being done under the ‘Misson Raftar’ which is in full swing. Out of the total 56 tenders, 42 have been finalised, while 14 will be finalised soon,” the official said.
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The scope of the project includes fencing, automatic train protection systems, and automated mechanised diagnostic systems, which will considerably enhance safety and reliability.

“Increasing the speed of the Mumbai-Delhi section to 160 kmph will ensure up to 60% increase in the average speed of passenger trains and doubling of an average speed of freight traffic,” the official added.

Presently, around 90 passenger train services and an equal number of freight trains run on the Delhi-Mumbai corridor daily. “Once this route is upgraded to 160 km per hour speed, there will be scope for launching more passenger trains in the section. This will reduce the waiting list of passengers in some of the popular trains as many more such services with similar facilities will be on the offer,” said an official.

“Increasing the maximum speed on the route will also increase the chance of introduction of semi-high speed trains like the Vande Bharat express and allow such trains to unlock its full to travel at a speed of 160 kmph,” said an official.

Haiderpur Badli to be highest station of Delhi Metro

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Delhi Metro‘s under-construction Janakpuri West-RK Ashram Marg corridor is going to get one of the world’s tallest stations at Haiderpur Badli. It is also one of the highest sections of the Delhi Metro. Haiderpur Badli is going to be an interchange point between the existing Yellow Line (Samaypur Badli-Huda City Centre) station and the upcoming station of the Magenta Line extension.

Anuj Dayal, principal executive director (corporate communications), DMRC said that at a height of 24.
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25 metres at the platform level and 23.2 metres at the track level, the Phase-IV Haiderpur Badli station is going to be the highest elevated metro station in the world and will be as tall as a seven-storey building.

“Currently, work is in progress to install the pier caps for the adjacent viaducts after the erection of pillars is completed,” he said. “The work for the interchange facility started in December 2019. The provision for an interchange was made when the station was constructed for Yellow Line expansion in Phase III. The roof slab of the Yellow Line platform will act as the platform for Magenta Line,” he added.

The average height of the pillars of the Janakpuri West-RK Ashram corridor is 10 metres, but it will reach 20 metres at Madhuban Chowk, where the corridor will cross Red Line (Rithala-Shaheed Sthal) and increase above 25 metres at Haiderpur Badli as it crosses over Yellow Line.

The work of this station was challenging for DMRC as the construction of the pillars and launching of spans was to be done without impacting operations on Yellow Line which is one of the busiest corridors. DMRC has installed CCTV cameras and other monitoring equipment to keep a regular check on operations and a team of engineers is deployed 24×7 who monitor the progress.

Chennai Metro opens recruitment process for 14 posts

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Chennai Metro Rail Limited has released a recruitment notification for 14 contractual and deputation posts for which eligible candidates can apply up to 14th May.

For the recruitment notification, application form and other details, visit the Careers portal on https://chennaimetrorail.org/ Here are more details about the posts.

Contractual: 

General Manager (Signalling & Telecom): 1 post

General Manager (Operations): 1 post

General Manager (Electrical): 1 post

General Manager (Human Resources): 1 post

General Manager (Planning & Business Development) 1 post

Additional General Manager (Underground Construction): 2 posts

Additional General Manager (IT & AFC): 1 post

Joint General Manager (Underground Construction): 1 post

Joint General Manager (Architecture): 2

Deputy General Manager (Marketing): 1

Deputy Manager (Transport Planning): 1

Chief Vigilance Officer: 1

The applications for these posts have to be submitted offline. Candidates “should submit the duly filled application form as per attached format in hardcopy along with prescribed application fee (DD/NEFT) supported by Bio-Data and one set of self-attested copies of educational qualification certificate, experience certificate, birth certificate, community certificate and latest passport size photo through proper channel to the following address on or before 14-May-2022,” as per an official statement. 

The address to send applications is: 

Joint General Manager (HR)

Chennai Metro Rail Limited, CMRL Depot, Admin Building, Poonamallee High Road, Koyambedu, Chennai – 600107. 

To check eligibility and other details, click here.

Southern Railways to set up CCTV cameras at 26 railway stations in Chennai

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Southern Railways has accelerated the work of setting up CCTV cameras at 26 city railway stations in Chennai and aims to complete the work by November this year. These cameras will be installed at 74 stations in the Chennai division under Nirbhaya fund which will improve security and reduce crime against commuters.

The 14 mass rapid transit system (MRTS) stations include Chintadripet, Chepauk, Light House, Perungudi, and Taramani, Thiruvallikeni, Indira Nagar which are huge buildings that remain largely deserted with little surveillance will come under CCTV surveillance by November this year together with 12 suburban stations on the Beach Tambaram route.

The MRTS stations will have 12 CCTV cameras installed while a majority of the suburban stations on the Beach-Tambaram route will get 24 CCTV cameras. Bigger stations like MMC and Fort will have more than 30 cameras.

“The platform, concourse and entry and exit level will be covered in the MRTS stations. Work is in progress and will be completed by November. Railways has sanctioned Rs 2014crore under Nirbhaya fund for the zone for the cameras,” said Southern Railway, chief public relations officer B Guganesan, TOI reported.

Apart from stations within the city, 30 stations on Chennal-Arakkonam route and 16 stations on Chennai-Gummidipoond route will also get CCTV cameras soon.

Seven stations-Nungambakkam, Arakkonam St Thomas Mount. Pazhavanthangal Jolarpet. Changa bet, Thirumalla are already under CCTV surveillance.