Nagpur Metro invites tender for construction of Elevated Viaduct and 3 Elevated stations for Reach-4A

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Nagpur Metro invites tender for construction of Elevated Viaduct and 3 Elevated stations for Reach-4A

NAGPUR, (Metro Rail News): Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha Metro) invites tender for the construction of an Elevated Viaduct of length 4.856 Km and three Elevated Metro Stations for the 5.5 km long Reach-4A from Prajapati Square to Transport Nagar under Phase-2 of Nagpur Metro Rail Project.

Name of Work

Design and Construction of Elevated Metro Viaduct of length 4.856 Km Between Ch. (-) 580 M to Ch. (-) 5436.085 M in Reach 4A, and Construction of Three Elevated Metro Stations In-Reach-4A of NMRP Phase-2.

Important Details 

Tender Number: N2 C-02/2021

Approximate Cost of Work: INR 246.17 Crores

Completion Period of the Work: 30 Months

Sale of Bidding Documents: From 30.07.2021 at 16:00 Hrs to 31.08.2021 up to 16:00 Hrs

Pre Bid Meeting: 11.08.2021 at 11:00 Hrs

Date of Submission of Tender: Online submission till 31.08.2021 up to 16:00 Hrs

Technical Bid Opening Date: 31.08.2021 after 17:30 Hrs

Sale of a document, e-payment procedure, submission, and other details are available on Maha-Metro tender portal under section in e-tenders portal – https://mahametrorail.etenders.in.

Around 96.5% tunneling work completed for Line-3 of Mumbai Metro

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Around 96.5% tunneling work completed for Line-3 of Mumbai Metro

MUMBAI, (Metro Rail News): Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) achieved the 39th breakthrough at Mahalaxmi Metro Station on Wednesday out of the total 42 breakthroughs planned for the 33.5 km long Colaba-Bandra-Seepz underground line (Line-3) of Mumbai Metro.

The Robbins Company made TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine), named Tansa-2, operated by Doğuş and Soma JV has completed 1,117.5 meters of upline drive of tunneling from Science Museum Metro Station to Mahalaxmi Metro Station. TBM Tansa-2 took 257 days using 745 concrete rings to finish the breakthrough.

Package-3 (Mumbai Central–Worli) includes five stations namely – Mumbai Central, Mahalaxmi, Science Museum, Acharya Atre Chowk, and Worli Metro stations. It is the longest stretch of the corridor and has now witnessed a total of three breakthroughs out of six breakthroughs planned under this package. The three breakthroughs which are completed are – (Science Museum to Worli – upline-2072m and downline-2057m) and (Science Museum to Mahalaxmi – upline-1117.5m). 

Three more breakthroughs are remaining, all under Package-3, finishing of these breakthroughs will mark the completion of the tunneling work on this 33.5 km long fully underground line with 27 stations on the route.

“This was indeed a challenging task as this particular stretch encompasses tunneling below the buildings that are more than 80 years old and live western railway track between Mahalaxmi and Lower Parel Station. Our team has accomplished this tough task efficiently,” said Mr. Ranjit Singh Deol, Managing Director, MMRC. 

With this breakthrough, the overall tunneling completed on the project is 52.60 km out of the total 54.50 km double line which is approximately 96.5 % of the total project.

Mumbai Metro Line-3 (Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ) is a 33.5 km long fully underground line with 27 stations which would connect 06 business districts, 30 educational institutes, 30 recreational facilities, and domestic as well as international airport terminals. It will have a total of five interchange points for the suburban railway and one each for Monorail and ‘Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar’ Line-1.

MMRC, a joint venture of the Govt. of India and the Government of Maharashtra, is the nodal agency responsible for the implementation of the Mumbai Metro Line-3 project. 

Bidders name revealed for Chennai Metro depots at Madhavaram and Poonamallee

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Bidders name revealed for Chennai Metro depots at Madhavaram and Poonamallee

CHENNAI, (Metro Rail News): Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) recently opened technical bids for the construction of Metro Depots at Madhavaram and Poonamallee for Phase-2 of the Chennai Metro Rail Project.

Madhavaram Metro Depot

This depot will be the largest metro rail maintenance depot in Chennai and will be located in North Chennai to be exact. It will be constructed on 69 acres of land. It will work as the main center for the upkeep of driverless trains which will operate for Line-3 from Madhavaram to Siruseri (45.81 km with 48 stations) and Line-5 from Madhavaram to Sholinganallur (47 km, 46 stations) under Phase-2 of Chennai Metro.

CMRL opened technical bids recently for the tender invited for this depot construction in February this year with an unknown estimated cost and completion period of 1030 days. Technical bids revealed names of 6 firms – 

  • BGR Energy Systems Ltd.
  • Hindustan Construction Company Ltd.
  • ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd.
  • JMC Projects (India) Ltd.
  • Power Mech Projects Ltd.
  • URC Construction Pvt. Ltd.

Tender No. – PHASE-II/CORR-5/CP16-MMC-DPT/2021

Name of Work – Construction of metro train depot with administration & workshop buildings at Madhavaram Milk Colony include civil, MEP, roofing, signage, architectural finishes, STP, external drainage, internal roads, boundary wall, and all associated works in Corridor-5 of CMRL Phase-II Project.

Poonamallee Metro Depot

This depot will work for the upkeep of driverless trains which will operate for Line-4 from Light House to Poonamallee (26.1 km, 28 stations) under Phase-2 of Chennai Metro. It will be constructed in 38 acres of land.

CMRL also opened technical bids recently for the tender invited for this depot construction in January this year with an unknown estimated cost and completion period of 1095 days. Technical bids revealed names of 5 firms – 

  • Altis Holding Corporation
  • BGR Energy Systems Ltd.
  • Hindustan Construction Company Ltd.
  • Power Mech Projects Ltd.
  • URC Constructions Pvt. Ltd.

Tender No. – CMRL/CON/PHASE-II/C4-DPT-01/2021

Name of Work – Construction of Depot at Poonamallee including Structural Works, Architectural Finishes, Plumbing Works, Signages, Utility shifting & Boundary wall and all Associated works.

Now bids for both these contracts will be sent for technical evaluation which will take a couple of months. After that, financial bids of the technically qualified bidders will be opened which will reveal the name of the lowest bidders and the most likely winners of these contracts. CMRL will operate 112 driverless metro trains on 3 lines totaling 118.9 km under Phase-2.

MGM Contractors is the lowest bidder for another contract of 5 bridges on Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR Corridor

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MGM Contractors is the lowest bidder for another contract of 5 bridges on Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR Corridor

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on Tuesday opened financial bids for the Package Number- MAHSR-P-1(C)which involves construction of one PSC bridge and four steel truss bridges located between Vadodara and Ahmedabad in Gujarat for the 508.17 Km long Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor.

Financial bids revealed the bid values of three bidders in which MG Contractors Pvt. Ltd. emerged as the lowest bidder by quoting bid value of INR 261.24 Crores in comparison to the bid value of INR 349.22 crore  + 14.79 million Yen from KEC – SAM India JV and INR 388.85 Crores from GRIL – GPT JV.

NHSRCL invited bids for this package in November 2020 with an unknown estimated cost and completion period of 3 years. Technical bids for the same were opened in March this year which revealed name of five bidders. Later, two bidders disqualified based on technical evaluation and the financial bid values of the remaining three bidders is mentioned above.

Package No. – MAHSR-P-1(C)

Name of Work – Construction of Bridges for Double Line High Speed Railway for 01 No. PSC Bridge (GAD 33) and 04 No. Steel Truss Bridges (GAD 28, 1967, 31 and 32) [excluding fabrication and transportation of steel truss girders] between Vadodara (MAHSR Km. 401.898) and Ahmedabad (MAHSR Km. 489.467), in the State of Gujarat for the Project for Construction of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail.

All these 05 bridges correspond to the under construction 87.569 km Package-C6 which runs from north of Vadodara to the south of Ahmedabad. Contract for this package was awarded to Larsen & Toubro (L&T). Piling and pier work is already underway for this package at different sites throughout the route.

As the NHSRCL estimate for this contract is not known, it will be interesting to know about the awarding of this contract which is still likely to be awarded to MG Contractors on account of being the lowest bidder among the three bidders.

Just few day back, MG Contractors was also the lowest bidder for the construction of 11 bridges [MAHSR-P-1(B)] which correspond to the under construction 237.1 km Package-C4 which runs from Zaroli Village at Maharashtra-Gujarat Border to the south of Vadodara.

NCRTC is doing Micro Tunneling at its under-construction Anand Vihar RRTS station before actual tunnel construction for utility diversion work

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NCRTC is doing Micro Tunneling at its under-construction Anand Vihar RRTS station before actual tunnel construction for utility diversion work

DELHI (Metro Rail News): Keeping public convenience in mind, NCRTC has chosen micro tunneling technique for diverting existing interceptor sewer line of Delhi Jal Board at Anand Vihar RRTS station site. This interceptor sewer line was infringing RRTS corridor at this location. 

Micro tunneling is a trenchless underground tunnel construction technique generally used for constructing smaller tunnels for utilities diversion such as drainage pipelines etc. to minimize the public inconvenience caused during the construction. 

It is using Micro Tunnel Boring Machine (MTMB) which follows the proposed diversion alignment with the help of a guidance system and uses pipe jacking method for laying the pipes behind the shield while moving forward.  

About 600-meter-long interceptor sewer line of 900 mm diameter high capacity non-pressure (NP-4) concrete pipes will be laid at a depth of about 6 meters below the ground surface. 

Micro Tunneling is an efficient, fast and reliable way for installing RCC or concrete pipelines of various diameters below highways, railroads, runways, ports and environmentally sensitive areas without disturbing the surface activities and users. 

It allows free public movement in the area, therefore mostly adopted in places where footfall is quite high and trenching is not advisable as the extraction of debris cause blocking of passages restricting people movement. It is also very helpful for preserving existing infrastructure from any physical damage or alteration. 

Anand Vihar RRTS station site is one of the busiest commuter transit hubs having a huge daily footfall, as it is surrounded by a Metro station serving two metro lines, a Railway Station and two ISBTs – one at Delhi side and the other one at Kaushambi, UP side.  

Like all other NCRTC’s construction sites, here also during the execution of this work, NCRTC is taking all necessary measures to ensure minimum disturbance to the day-to-day life of public over there. For this construction is being done in a barricaded zone; a detailed study of soil quality and construction situation survey has been done before the start of the work and precautions are being taken to avoid any air or noise pollution during construction. 

Apart from providing a next-generation mobility solution in the National Capital Region (NCR), many basic utility infrastructures are also being constructed, upgraded or relocated by NCRTC which are infringing the alignment of the RRTS corridor. This Delhi Jal Board’s sewer interceptor line is one amongst them. Residents of NCR will be benefitted from this improved infrastructure for a very long period of time.  

 The construction activities at Anand Vihar, Delhi is going in full swing with the work of launching shaft of tunnel boring machine, measuring 20 m in length and 16 m in width. 

Two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) will be lowered in the launching shaft to bore RRTS twin tunnels of 6.5 meter diameter from Anand Vihar towards Sarai Kale Khan to construct around 3 km of tunnels. 

It will be the longest tunnel section between any two stations amongst the available Metro Systems in the country. 

Surajit Bhattacharya assumes Chief Operating Officer role at Louis Berger International South Asia (WSP)

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Surajit Bhattacharya assumes Chief Operating Officer role at Louis Berger International South Asia (WSP)

Gurugram,(Metro Rail News): Louis Berger (A WSP Company), a global professional services corporation, announced the appointment of Surajit Bhattacharya as Chief Operating Officer for Louis Berger International (LBI)-Asia.

In this expanded role, Surajit will continue to oversee all support functions such as Finance, Tax, Human Resources, and Talent Acquisition, IT, Legal and Contracts, Administration and Project Controls, while assuming an active managerial role on operations matters across LBI-, Asia. As COO, Surajit will continue to report to Kshitish Nadgauda, Senior Vice President and Managing Director for LBI-Asia.

Surajit’s illustrious career is in its Silver Jubilee year, with his overall experience of over 25 years in Operations and Management. He joined Louis Berger in 1997, soon after the company established a permanent presence in India.
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Over this period, he has successfully held key portfolios and responsibilities and possesses sound knowledge and understanding of the infrastructure industry that is the firm’s proficiency.

Kshitish Nadgauda, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, LBI-Asia, while congratulating Surajit in this new role said, “Surajit’s proven track record and contributions in his 25-year-old career at Louis Berger are invaluable. I am proud and honored to work alongside Surajit in his expanded COO role. Surajit will lead our efforts to strengthen LBI-Asia’s operations and accelerate sustainable growth in South Asia.”

Commenting on his new role, Surajit said, “My 25-year journey with Louis Berger has been phenomenal, and these critical growth phase times are indeed exciting, and a challenge I am more than happy to take up. We are eager to propel our organization to new heights, contributing significantly to society through our projects.”

“I am glad that I have developed and progressed professionally at Louis Berger over the past two decades. In this expanded role, I am committed to steering the company to newer heights under the WSP umbrella in our pursuit of sustainable growth.” he added.

Surajit holds a Postgraduate Degree in Master’s in Business Administration (Finance) with over 25 years of experience in Operations, Finance, Strategy, Project Management, Business Development, and Marketing.

3 Firms in race to construct Chennai Metro’s Line-3 Southern Elevated Section

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3 Firms in race to construct Chennai Metro’s Line-3 Southern Elevated Section

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) opened technical bids on Monday for the work related to construction of Elevated Viaduct of length 10 km approximately for Line-3 of Chennai Metro. It also includes construction of 09 Elevated Metro Stations from Sholinganallur Lake to SIPCOT-2.

Total three firms submitted bids for this contract, tenders for which were invited in January this year with completion period of 36 months.  However, the estimated cost for this work is not known. The names of three bidders are –

  • Larsen & Toubro
  • ITD Cementation
  • JMC Projects

Tender Number – CMRL/CON/PHASE-II/C3-ECV-01/2021

Name of Work – Construction of Elevated Viaduct (approximate Length of 10 km), Nine (9) Elevated Metro Stations at Sholinganallur Lake, Sri Ponniamman Temple, Sathyabama University, Semmeancheri, Gandhi Nagar, Navallur, Siruseri, SIPCOT-1 and SIPCOT-2 and Stabling Viaduct at SIPCOT.

Now bids for this civil contract will be sent for technical evaluation which will take a couple of months. After that, financial bids of the technically qualified bidders will be opened which will reveal the name of the lowest bidders and the most likely winners of this contract. This elevated section will be financed by Asian Development Bank (ADB). The package also includes construction of stabling viaduct at SIPCOT.

This elevated section comprising 09 Elevated stations is at the extreme southern end of the 45.8 km long Line-3 from Madhavaram to Siruseri Sipcot 2 which is a part of Phase-2 of Chennai Metro which comprises construction of three lines covering a total of 118.9 km. This Phase is expected to become operational by 2026.

YFC Projects is the lowest bidder for Patna Metro’s Line-1 Elevated Section

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YFC Projects is the lowest bidder for Patna Metro’s Line-1 Elevated Section

PATNA (Metro Rail News): YFC Projects Ltd. emerged as the lowest bidder for Package PC-04 of roughly 8 km with two different elevated sections on Line-1 of Patna Metro after Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) opened financial bids on Monday.

The first section is from Danapur to Pataliputra Junction of roughly 4 km passing through four stations. The second section is from Mithapur Ramp to Khemni Chak Station of another roughly 4 km passing through three stations. Khemni Chak Station is the interchange station for Line-1 and Line-2 under Phase-1 of Patna Metro.

The package also includes the construction of seven stations namely – Danapur, Saguna More, RPS More, Patliputra, Mithapur, Ramkrishna Nagar and Jaganpura Station.

DMRC invited bids for this package in September 2020 with an estimated cost of INR 527.62 Crores and completion period of 36 months. Technical bids were opened in November 2020 which revealed name of four bidders.

Later, one bidder disqualified among the four based on technical evaluation and financial bids of the remaining three technically qualified bidders opened yesterday. Name of firms and financial bid values is given below –

  • YFC Projects Ltd. – INR 553.49 Crores
  • Sam India Builtwell Pvt. Ltd.– INR 587.63 Crores
  • NCC Ltd. – INR 614.94 Crores

As the bid value by YFC Projects is slightly on the higher side in comparison to DMRC estimated cost for this contract, based on evaluation, it is still highly likely that the contract will be awarded to YFC Projects in the coming weeks.

Line-1 (East-West Line) of Patna Metro under Phase-2 will have length of 16.86 km from Danapur Cantonment to Khemni Chak with total 14 stations on the route.

These 14 stations are – Danapur, Saguna More, RPS More, Patliputra Junction, Rukunpura, Raja Bazaar, Patna Zoo, Vikas Bhawan, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna Junction (Interchange), Mithapur, Ramkrishna Nagar, Jaganpura  and Khemni Chak (Interchange).

L&T wins contract worth INR 1989 Crores for Patna Metro’s Underground section

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L&T wins contract worth INR 1989 Crores for Patna Metro’s Underground section

PATNA (Metro Rail News): Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) opened financial bids on Monday for Patna Metro’s Package PC-03 in which Larsen & Toubro (L&T) emerged as the lowest bidder for this contract by quoting bid value of INR 1,989 Crores.

This contract work includes construction of twin tunnels by TBM connecting underground Ramp at Rajendra Nagar with Patna Junction Railway Station passing through six underground stations for a section of roughly 8 km in length. This is the second and final package out of the two packages for Line-2 under Phase-1 of Patna Metro with the first package (Package PC-01) is under construction at present, the contract for which was awarded to NCC.

The six stations to be constructed for this section are – Rajendra Nagar, Moin Ul Haq Stadium, University, PMCH, Gandhi Maidan and Akashvani. It also includes architectural finishing, water supply and other works on New ISBT to Patna Station.

DMRC invited bids for this package in September 2020 with an estimated cost of INR 1958.81 Crores and a completion period of 42 months. Technical bids were opened in January this year which revealed names of four bidders.

Later, all four qualified the technical evaluation round and financial bids of all four bidders were opened yesterday. Name of firms and financial bid values is given below –

  • Larsen & Toubro (L&T) – INR 1989.00 Crores
  • Afcons Infrastructure – INR 2044.80 Crores
  • ITD Cementation India Ltd. – INR 2098.79 Crores
  • Tata Projects – CAI JV – INR 2122.31 Crores

As the bid value by L&T is very much close to DMRC estimated cost for this contract, it is highly likely that the contract will be awarded to L&T in the coming weeks.

Line-2 (North-South Line) of Patna Metro under Phase-2 will have length of 14.05 km from Patna Junction Railway Station to New ISBT with total 12 stations on the route.

Delhi Police asks DMRC to close 7 stations if needed due to farmer protest

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Delhi Police asks DMRC to close 7 stations if needed due to farmer protest

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Delhi Police has asked the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to keep extra vigil at seven metro stations and if needed, close these stations in view of the farmers’ protest against the three farm laws outside the Parliament from July 22.

According to Delhi Police, the protesters may use metro to reach the New Delhi area since it is the most favoured form of conveyance in the national capital.

These seven stations are Janpath, Lok Kalyan Marg, Patel Chowk, Rajiv Chowk, Central Secretariat, Mandi House and Udyog Bhawan.

Delhi Police sent a letter regarding this to DMRC after having a meeting with a delegation of farmers, ahead of their planned protest starting from July 22.
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Farmer unions are planning to protest till the scheduled end of Parliament’s monsoon session to demand scrapping of three farm laws passed in September last year and a legal guarantee on Minimum Support Price (MSP).

“DCP, New Delhi district has requested to keep extra vigil at the seven metro stations as well as other stations which lies in the New Delhi area, and may be closed w.e.f 19.07.2021 onwards till the monsoon session is over, at very short notice to refrain the protestors from reaching Parliament via metro and avoid any untoward incident,” the letter said.

According to a senior police officer, it is just on a precautionary basis and if required, only then the metro stations will be closed.

DPR of Jammu Metrolite Project reviewed by Divisional Commissioner

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DPR of Jammu Metrolite Project reviewed by Divisional Commissioner

JAMMU (Metro Rail News): Divisional Commissioner of Jammu Dr Raghav Langerreviewed the Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared for the proposed Metrolite train project for the Jammu city on Sunday.

The Managing Director of Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRTC) briefed Dr Raghav Langer that the project formulation has got expedited on the directions of the office of Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor.

The MD gave a detailed presentation and apprised Langerthat in October 2016, a memorandum of agreement was signed between RITES Limited and Government of Jammu and Kashmir through JK ERA for techno-economic services and formulation of DPRs for MRTS in the capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar.

The RITES submitted the DPR of Light Metro in 2020 which was approved by the Administrative Council and was then submitted to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Government of India for its approval and funding.

However, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has raised some observations on the PHPDT (Peak Hour Peak Direction Traffic) figures and feasibility of the Light Rail Metro system in view of the economic viability. Following which, the RITES Ltd shared a revised DPR and recommended Metrolite instead of Light Rail Metro.

The main objectives of the Metrolite are to optimize the mobility pattern of people and goods rather than of vehicles, to focus on the improvement and promotion of public transport, to provide a recognized and effective platform for integrating land use and transport planning, a low carbon mobility growth scenario for the city.

The Jammu Metrolite Rail System will have a length of 23 km with 22 stations between Bantalab and Bari Brahmana Station. The Metrolite will connect Bantalab to Bari Brahmana passing through various stations including Roop Nagar, Janipur, Amphala, Secretariat, Exhibition Ground, Jammu University, Panama Chowk, Railway Station, Greater Kailash, Kalu Chak, Sidco Factories and Bari Brahmana.

It was also informed that no major land acquisition shall be required for the metro train service in Jammu as according to the DPR prepared the whole track will be elevated over the existing roads.

The officers also gave presentations on the alignment of the first phase, stations, Metrolite specifications and other components.
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It was informed that each station area will emerge as a major market hub in future.

The Divisional Commissioner has directed the Jammu Mass Rapid Transit Corporation to hold a meeting with all concerned departments for discussing the alignment of the Metrolite as there are other major development projects coming up like Jammu Katra Express Highway, expansion of Jammu railway station, flyovers etc.

He also suggested the early appointment of interim consultants for the project. Once the revised DPR gets approved, the project shall be submitted to GoI for freezing the funding model.

MGM Contractors is the lowest bidder for construction of 11 bridges on Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR Corridor

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MGM Contractors is the lowest bidder for construction of 11 bridges on Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR Corridor

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on Friday opened financial bids for the Package Number-MAHSR-P-1(B) which involves construction of four PSC bridges and seven steel truss bridges located between Zaroli Village at Maharashtra-Gujarat Border and Vadodara in Gujarat for the 508.17 Km long Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor.

Financial bids revealed the bid values of three bidders in which MG Contractors Pvt. Ltd. emerged as the lowest bidder quoting bid value of INR 549.67 Crores in comparison to the bid value of INR 618.05 Crores + 246 million Yen from KEC – SAM India JV and INR 677.77 Crores from GRIL – GPT JV.

NHSRCL invited bids for this package in November 2020 with an unknown estimated cost and completion period of 3 years. Technical bids for the same were opened in March this year which revealed name of four bidders. Later, one bidder disqualified based on evaluation and the financial bid values of the remaining three bidders is mentioned above.

Package No. – MAHSR-P-1(B)

Name of Work – Construction of Bridges for Double Line High Speed Railway for 04 No. PSC Bridges (GAD 9, 10, 11 & 1441) and 07 No. Steel Truss Bridges (GAD 68, 1134, 12, 61, 14, 15 & 62) [excluding fabrication and transportation of steel truss girders] between Zaroli Village at Maharashtra-Gujarat Border (MAHSR Km. 156.600) and Vadodara (MAHSR Km. 393.700), in the State of Gujarat and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli for the Project for Construction of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail.

All these 11 bridges correspond to the under construction 237.1 km Package-C4 which runs from Zaroli Village at Maharashtra-Gujarat Border to the south of Vadodara. Contract for this package was awarded to Larsen & Toubro (L&T). This is the longest section of the line with four stations at Vapi, Bilimora, Surat and Bharuch in Gujarat.

As the NHSRCL estimate for this contract is not known, it will be interesting to know about the awarding of this contract which is still likely to be awarded to MG Contractors on account of being the lowest bidder among the three bidders.

GR Infraprojects emerged lowest bidder for balance work of Bangalore Metro Pink Line

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GR Infraprojects emerged lowest bidder for balance work of Bangalore Metro Pink Line

BENGALURU (Metro Rail News): Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) opened financial bids on Friday for completing the balance work on Pink Line stretch of 7.5 km from Kalena Agrahara to Swagath Road Cross stations under Phase-2 of Bangalore Metro in which GR Infraprojects emerged as the lowest bidder for this contract.

The work consists of the construction of an elevated viaduct and five stations on a stretch of length 7.50 Km from Gottigere to Swagath Road Cross including the Kothanur Depot entry line. The metro stations to be constructed are Gottigere, Hulimavi, IIMB, JP Nagar 4th Phase and Swagath Road Cross.

BMRCL invited bids for this work in March this year with an estimated cost of INR 339.21 Crores and completion period of 21 months. Technical bids were opened in June which revealed name of three bidders and after subsequent process of evaluation, financial bids were revealed of the three bidders which is given below –

  • GR Infraprojects – INR 364.87 Crores
  • Afcons Infrastructure – INR 388.51 Crores
  • ITD Cementation India – INR 393.05 Crores

Tender – BMRCL/Phase-2/Reach -6/Elevated/Via&Stn/RC/2021/75

Package – R6-CC-01BW

Name of Work – Construction of Elevated Structures (Viaduct & Stations) of length 7.50 Km (approx.) from Gottigere to Swagath Road Cross (Chainage 00.00m to 7501.818m) including Kothanur Depot entry line, road widening & allied works and 5 numbers of metro stations viz. Gottigere, Hulimavi, IIMB, JP Nagar 4th Phase, Swagath Road Cross in Reach-6 line of Bangalore Metro Rail Project, Phase-2 (Balance Works).

The contract for this work was originally awarded to Simplex Infrastructures in September 2017 with a completion period of 27 months but the contract was terminated due to poor progress of work in February 2021. At that time 37% of the work was completed.

As the bid value by GR Infraprojects is slightly on the higher side in comparison to BMRCL estimate, it is still likely that the contract will be awarded to GR Infraprojects in the coming weeks as the work on this stretch is already got delayed.

As mentioned earlier, the Pink Line (Reach 6) under Phase-2 of Bangalore Metro has a total length of 22.87 km from Kalena Agrahara to Nagawara with 18 stations. The line is expected to become fully operational by 2024.

Indian Railways to roll out 10 Vande Bharat Trains connecting 40 cities by August 2022

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Indian Railways to roll out 10 Vande Bharat Trains connecting 40 cities by August 2022

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): In a major development for India’s semi high-speed rail connectivity, Indian Railways is planning to roll out at least 10 new Vande Bharat Trains, also known as Train-18, connecting 40 cities by August 2022 as India celebrates its 75th Independence day.

India’s new Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav recently reviewed the project and directed that the rollout plan be advanced to connect at least 40 cities with the Vande Bharat Trains by August 2022 to show a visible upgrade in the country’s rail services, as reported by The Indian Express.

For achieving the same, Hyderabad-based engineering firm, Medha Servo Drives Ltd Medha has been told to advance its production plan so that at least two prototypes can be rolled out by March next year following all trials.  Medha Servo had won the contract worth INR 2,211 Crores to supply the electrical systems for 44 Vande Bharat Trains in January this year.

There is a contract condition that along with all the trials and testing that are needed to give approval to a Vande Bharat Train, the prototype train should also complete 1 lakh Kms of commercial run with passengers before the following lot can be placed for production. As a result of this condition, the Vande Bharat Trains could take months to hit the tracks commercially. Without this impetus, the first set of trains was to roll out in 2 years i.e. by the end of 2022 or early 2023.

A meeting was also conducted by the Railway Board headed by Chairman Suneet Sharma on Saturday to work out the nuts and bolts of the new plan on a war footing. The meeting was attended by Board members concerned, General Managers of production units, the Research Design and Standards Organisation and other engineers.

As per officials estimates, if all three production units are put to use, Indian Railways can manufacture around six to seven Vande Bharat train sets every month. The idea of the new plan is to get maximum train sets rolled out by 2024 by utilising Integral Coach Factory in Chennai, Modern Coach Factory in Raebareli and Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala.
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Vande Bharat Train is India’s first semi-high speed train with the potential to completely change the travel experience for the Indian masses. It is a self-propelled train that runs on distributed power mechanism and does not require an engine to haul them. As a result, the Vande Bharat Train has faster acceleration and deceleration, helping it to maintain a higher average speed despite stoppages. This ensures that the Vande Bharat takes less time in completing its runs than ordinary loco-hauled trains and is even faster than the Rajdhani and the Shatabdi Trains, wherein time and speed are lost when a train has to stop and gather speed again.

Vande Bharat Trains has a modern features like automatic doors, chair car type sitting, side destination boards, automatic intercommunication door, speakers, mobile and laptop charging sockets, CCTVs, emergency talk back units with networking system, diffused lighting for luggage racks, continuous LED lights, GPS antenna and many more other features.

The eventual plan is to roll out 100 Vande Bharat Trains which will criss-cross most of the Indian landscape, providing a whole new modern travel experience with enhanced facilities to the Indian masses. It would cost around INR 11,000 Crores to manufacture 100 such trains, with each individual train of 16 coaches to cost around INR 110 Crores.

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