NEW DELHI: Indian Railways (IR) claims another milestone in its intensive drive to achieve complete electrification of its entire rail network. In the year 2020-21, as per Ministry of Railways, IR electrified a total route length of 6015 km which is now a record and it’s achieved despite the Covid-19 pandemic

The electrification in the year 2020-21 surpassed the previous best of 5,276 km achieved in 2018-19. As on 31st March 2021, a total of 45,881 km route i.e. 71% of the total broad gauge rail network in India has been electrified out of the 64,689 km (including Konkan Railway). IR plans to electrify the entire Indian Railway network by 2024.

From 2014-21, a record 24,080 km have been electrified  in comparison to 4,337 km electrified from 2007-14 and is almost five times more electrification for the said period. Out of the total electrified route of 45,881 km till now, 34% of it is achieved in last 3 years.

Another achievement is the commissioning of 56 Traction Sub Stations (TSS) in comparison to the previous best of 42 TSS. In last seven years, a total of 201 TSS have been commissioned.

Some major sections electrified by the IR over the year are –

• Mumbai-Howrah via Jabalpur
• Delhi-Darbhanga-Jaynagar
• Gorakhpur-Varanasi via Aunrihar
• Jabalpur-Nainpur-Gondia- Ballarshah
• Chennai-Trichy
• Indore-Guna-Gwalior-Amritsar
• Delhi-Jaipur-Udaipur
• New Delhi-New coochbehar-Srirampur Assam via Patna & Katihar
• Ajmer-Howrah
• Mumbai-Marwar  
• Delhi-Moradabad-Tanakpur

With completion of electrification of Indian Railway network, India will save a lot of foreign exchange with less dependence on imported fuel at the same time being energy efficient, eco-friendly and making operation of trains (both freight and passenger) faster through adoption of modern and innovative technologies.

IR has set a target of becoming zero emitter of carbon by the end of 2030. Recently, West Central Railway Zone of IR becomes the first fully electrified railway zone in the country with total zonal route of 3012 km being electrified.

PUNE (Metro Rail News): Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (Maha Metro) invites bids from eligible applicants for the supply and commissioning of Solar PV projects including its operation and maintenance for Pune Metro Rail Project.

Name of Work

Design, Engineering, Manufacture, Supply, Storage, Civil work, Erection, Testing & Commissioning of the Rooftop and Boundary Walls mounted Solar PV projects under RESCO model including Operation and Comprehensive Maintenance (O&M) of 5.0 MWp Solar PV project for a period of 25 years after commissioning of 10 Nos. of Elevated Stations and 2 Nos. of Depots for Pune Metro Rail Project.

Important Details

Tender Notice Number – P1EG-02R/2021

Completion Period –

• Execution/ Erection Period:  1.5 Years (including Monsoon Period) from the date of issue of LOA
• PPA Period: 25 years from the date of commissioning & commercial operation (COD).

Document Download Date – From 23.03.2021 at 16:00 Hrs to 22.04.2021 till 16:00 Hrs.

Pre Bid Meeting Date – 06.04.2021 at 11:00 Hrs

Date & Time of submission of Tender – Online submission till 22.04.2021 up to 16:00 Hrs

Date & Time of Opening of Tender – 22.04.2021 at 16:30 Hours

Further Details

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

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

Pune Metro Rail Project comprises construction of 3 Corridors with total route length of 54.58 km at present –

Line-1 (Purple Line) -PCMC Bhavan to Swargate (16.59 km) with 14 stations

Line-2 (Aqua Line) – Vanaz to Ramwadi (14.66 km) with 16 stations

Line-3 – Hinjawadi – Civil Court (23.33 km) with 23 stations

GURUGRAM: RITES Ltd and SMEC International Pty Limited JV have sign agreement with Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation (HRIDC) for providing General Consultancy Services for Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC). The value of contract is INR 72 Crores.

In February 2021, Consortium of RITES-SMEC emerged as the lowest bidder for this contract quoting price of INR 60.98 Crores for this work.

The scope of work as per tender document includes General Consultancy Services for successful planning, basic & detailed designs, preparation of specifications, preparation of proposal documents and tender assistance, checking designs, project management and supervision including construction supervision, safety, quality and environmental management, interface management, testing and commissioning of the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC).

HORC is a broad gauge double railway line for passenger and freight traffic. The total length of corridor is 121.7 km connecting Palwal with Sonipat via Sohna, Manesar, and Kharkhoda in the state of Haryana.

Benefits of HORC –

• Once completed, the corridor will provide seamless connectivity to Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) at Prithla station and to Indian Railways at Palwal, Patli, Sultanpur, Asaudha and Harsana Kalan stations. 

• It will reduce traffic congestion in Delhi by diverting both passenger and freight trains not originated or destined for Delhi.

• Trains will operate on this corridor at top speed of 160 km per hour facilitating faster movement of goods between ports and areas around Delhi.

• It will be beneficial to industrial and logistics hub of Sohna, Manesar, and Kharkhoda.

• The corridor will pass through Palwal, Nuh, Gurugram, Jhajjar and Sonipat districts in Haryana. All these districts will be the major beneficiary of this project.

• It will lead to overall development of the whole region by boosting economic and social activities.

• According to Ministry of Railways, 20 thousand passengers will use this corridor every day and around 50 MT of cargo will be transported on this route every year.

The project is approved by the Union Government in September 2020 with an estimated cost of INR 5617 Crores and is funded by Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) with HRIDC as the implementing agency (Joint Venture of Ministry of Railways and Haryana Government). The corridor is expected to be completed in 5 years.

MUMBAI: In an another major breakthrough for Line-9 of Mumbai Metro on Wednesday, J Kumar Infraprojects Ltd placed the first two 25m U-girders for the 11.3 km line which is a northern extension of Red Line-7.

Line-9 (Red Line) will have 8 elevated stations from Dahisar (East) to Mira Bhayandar. The girder was erected at piers numbers P63-P64 located right from Thakur Mall near Pandurang Wadi Station. On 31st December 2020, the first 9.5m pier cap of 60 MT was placed at top P63 while the casting of first pier i.e. P63, began in November 2020. 491 piers will be cast for this line in the north-western suburbs according to a news report.

The contract of this line’s construction, under Package CA-48, was awarded to J Kumar Infraprojects by the MMRDA in January 2020 after being emerged as the lowest bidder for this package in September 2019.
The scope of work, as per Package CA-48,  includes Design and Construction of elevated viaduct and nine (9) elevated stations (excluding architectural finishes and PEB roof structure) including two (2) flyovers, and underground twin tunnel, cut and cover, ramp and one (1) underground station (including architectural finishes and PEB structures) for corridor of Mumbai Metro Line 9 i.e. Extension of line 7 from Dahisar (East) to Mira Bhayandar and Andheri to CSIA of Mumbai Metro Rail Project of MMRDA.

The Red Line of Mumbai Metro consists of 3 lines i.e. Line 7, Line 7A and Line 9 having total route length of 31.1 kms with 23 stations connecting Mira Bhayandar – Dahisar(East) – Andheri (East) – CSIA Terminal 2.

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Wednesday introduced a new facility to Delhi Metro passengers of recharging Delhi Metro Smart Cards through Amazon Pay. DMRC has introduced this service in collaboration with Amazon Pay. The service will provide more convenience to the Delhi Metro commuters.

The facility was jointly introduced by DMRC’s Managing Director Dr. Mangu Singh and Amazon Pay, Director & CEO, Mahendra Nerurkar through video conferencing.

According to Dr. Mangu Singh, “The initiative is in line with DMRC’s commitment towards supporting the digital drive to promote cashless transactions among the Delhi Metro commuters, at a time when social distancing has become a new normal for everyone”.

Director & CEO, Mahendra Nerurkar of Amazon Pay stated that “As part of our commitment to our customers, we are constantly innovating and creating new experiences to make digital payments seamless across a variety of use cases. Commute is a very important aspect of daily lives of our customers and Delhi Metro is the lifeline for millions of daily commuters in Delhi-NCR. By enabling our customers to recharge their Delhi Metro cards in a contactless manner, we aim to make their lives more convenient, safe, cashless and secure.”

In order to avail this new facility, passengers needs to follow below given steps –

• First and foremost, commuters need to have Amazon shopping app in their mobile or you can download the same.

• Open the app and click on the ‘Metro Recharge’ option under Amazon Pay Tab.

• Enter your Metro Smart card number and you can choose any amount between INR 100 to INR 2000 to recharge your metro card.

• Once payment is successful, you need to tap your card at the automatic vending machine (AVM) at any Delhi Metro station

• After that, select ‘Top-UP’ to add the balance to your card to use it any station of Delhi Metro network.

NEW DELHI: Ircon International Limited invites online bid in Two Packet system for the supply and commissioning of Substation Automation & SCADA Systems for Delhi-Meerut RRTS.

Name of Work

Tender for Design, Manufacturing, Supply, Testing & Commissioning of Substation Automation System (SAS) for all RSS, ASS, Depot, Switching Post (SP, SSP, FP etc.) & SCADA System at OCC & BCC for the work of Delhi – Ghaziabad – Meerut RRTS Corridor of NCRTC (Lot -1& LOT-2)

Important Details

Tender Reference Number – NCRTC 5037-38 CRP SAS SCADA OT-22

Estimated Cost of Work – INR 20.77 Crores

Completion Period – 1460 Days

Document Download Start Date – 30-Mar-2021 from 06:55 PM

Document Download End Date – 20-Apr-2021 till 03:00 PM

Bid Submission Start Date – 14-Apr-2021 from 09:00 AM

Bid Submission End Date – 20-Apr-2021 till 03:00 PM

Bid Opening Date – 21-Apr-2021 at 03:00 PM

SCOPE OF WORK

The scope of work is to Design, manufacturing, supply, testing & commissioning of SCADA system (including SAS) in line with the technical specifications, GTP, Type Test for the complete Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor of NCRTC which includes Receiving Substations, Auxiliary Substations, Traction and Auxiliary Networks, Metro Stations, OHE system Switching Stations (SP, SS, SSP, FP, etc). There will be two OCCs situated at Jangpura and Duhai-Depot. Initially DuhaiDepot OCC shall be operated as Main OCC until Jangpura OCC is commissioned. After commissioning of OCC at Jangpura, Main OCC will be at Jangpura and Back-up OCC will be at Duhai-Depot. The work shall include but not limited to –

1. Substation Automation System (SAS for Monitoring, Control, Protection, Disturbance Recording, Event logging etc.) (Numerical IEDs must be fully IEC 61850 compliant). The SAS shall be provided at each RSS integrating all the relays at 220kV/66kV/33kV/25kV levels and the Bay Control Unit (BCUs) for 220kV/66kV/33kV/25kV levels. The system architecture will be realized through IEC-61850 communication infrastructure. No external converters shall be used and provision shall be there for connectivity to the Operations Control Centre (OCC) & BCC on IEC 60870- 5-104 existing compatible protocol.

• SCADA System for OCC including provision of Gateways and other required hardware & software for the entire corridor of NCRTC.

• Bidder is required to supply IEDs (as per the Chapter-5 “Functional Requirements” of Particular Specifications) for 33kV Gas Insulated Switchgear Panels (for both RSS & ASS) which will be delivered to the manufacturer of 33kV Gas Insulated Switchgear Panels for fixing on Board at SAS & SCADA Contractor cost and further the SAS & SCADA Contractor shall extend necessary support for integration of IED’s in 33kV Gas Insulated Switchgear Panel. However, complete testing and commissioning shall be in the scope of SAS & SCADA Contractor.

• Integration of RSS, Traction and Auxiliary Networks, Metro Stations, OHE system Switching Stations (SP, SS, SSP, FP, etc.) with OCC through all Gateways on mainline (elevated, UG, at grade & depots).

• All the signals as per I/O List (not limited to) shall be incorporated in SCADA system.

• Testing & commissioning of RSS, ASS & Switching posts, Integrated Testing & Commissioning, Interface with OCC & SLDC.

• Interface with Power Supply Authorities, with all protections etc. as per the Technical Specifications.

• LAN, WAN, Patch chords, ethernet switches, software’s, LIU, OFC link for connectivity of Station ASS to Telecom Equipment Room (TER) and from Telecom Equipment Room of OCC to SCADA Hardware etc. and other items as required for completion of the work shall be in the scope of SAS & SCADA Contractor.

• SCADA software, operating systems and all required licenses. The software supplied shall be capable of being augmented or modified as and when required for making necessary changes in the application and for addition or deletion of equipment ‘Controlled’ under SCADA

1. All other work as required for completing the work of supply, Testing & Commissioning of the SCADA System.