Bhopal Metro | Bhopal travallers wait for metro project to kick off

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Bhopal Metro | Bhopal travallers wait for metro project to kick off
Bhopal: For last eight years the Bhopal Metro Rail project is biting the dust. The project largely remains on paper till date with general public waiting to board the metro.With a population of over 20 lakh people, Bhopal fits the metro bill. But unfortunately, nothing concrete has been done to initiate work on metro rail. Bhopalis now wait for the authorities to work towards turning the proposed metro rail into reality.Bhopal too wants to want to find its name in the metro map. The mass transit system just wants the city wants. Many feel it is the complete package that will make traveling easier and better.The general public feels that if the metro project is launched in the city, it will lead to the creation of jobs directly as well as indirectly. It will also give the much-needed impetus to the real estate market.Residents who live along the proposed metro route are waiting for metro rail to roll in. Currently, people use private means of transport to travel within Bhopal. This leads to traffic congestion and also increases pollution levels.If metro rail comes, residents will have a reliable, economical and comfortable means of public transport.
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This will automatically reduce reliance on private vehicles, reduce traffic chaos and to some extent bring down pollution levels.There are several developing pockets like Kolar that are not well connected to the main city. With metro coming in, the lot of developing areas will get connected to other parts of the city too.The local public is now getting restless and wants the authorities to initiate some plan to implement the proposed metro project.The government of Madhya Pradesh has already taken a call to implement Metro Rail Projects in the cities of Bhopal and Indore. M.P. Metro Rail Company is also constituted to implement the metro rail projectsAs per the plan it is proposed to have a rapid transit light metro system for Bhopal Metro. There will be a total of 89 stations in 3 corridors covering a distance of 35 kilometers. The estimated cost of this project comes to around ₹80 billion (US$1.2 billion) approximately. The Bhopal metro will have a three-way system involving road, underground and bridges as part of the plan. The expected ridership is pegged at around 2, 20,000 riders per day.Three corridors have been proposed by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
  • M.P.Nagar to Mandideep
  • Suruchi Nagar to BHEL (9km, 9 stations)
  • Bairagarh to Mandideep.

Bharat Exhibitions, the 4th edition of National Summit on 100 Smart Cities

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Bharat Exhibitions, the 4th edition of National Summit on 100 Smart Cities
New Delhi: On August 24, 2018, Bharat Exhibitions organized the 4th edition of National Summit on 100 Smart Cities India 2018 and the theme of this event was ‘Roadmap for Innovations, Sustainability, Surveillance and Development for smart Cities’. The main objective of the forum was to explore various aspects of infrastructure that needs to be planned, designed, built and operated in order to provide the ‘Smart’ attribute to a city development. There were also conversations about the key challenges that are being faced in the implementation of smart cities.The Indian government has chalked out an ambitious $7.3 billion smart city mission for implementing smart solutions to improve infrastructure and service delivery across Indian cities. The underlying objective is to make sure that urbanization is not seen as a challenge but as an opportunity. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the roadmap for the smart city program, he had said that “Cities in the past were built on riverbanks. They are now built along highways. But in the future, they will be built based on available optical fiber networks and next-generation infrastructure.”Mr. Chetan Hebbalae, Senior Director of Product Management, Cambium Networks said, Traffic control, public Wi-Fi, increased public safety through video surveillance, and increased efficiency for municipal services are the cornerstones of any smart city initiative. Each of these requires reliable connectivity to reach control systems, access points, cameras and sensors in dense urban environments. Wireless broadband is a proven cost-effective solution that can be rapidly deployed to provide an affordable infrastructure to enable these applications.Smt. Shubha N. Bhambani, PGM (C&M), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited said, “Smart city initiatives provide a catalyst for urban communities to become more resilient and sustainable. BSNL has a strong focus towards smart cities and is constantly developing new cost-efficient and indigenous smart solutions”.While we keep talking about what will be the enablers for Smart City and the challenges we are facing, Mr. NSN Murty, Partner & Leader (Smart Cities), PwC brought the attention to the fact that it is actually the citizens that have voted for it and asked for it. “It is the first, world’s largest competitive exercise by means of which these cities have been selected”. He also touched upon how the to intend has now moved from the center to state. “It is always a central government initiative but now there is an increased interest at the city level”.Shri Rajan S. Mathews, Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India agreed that the intent was there and said, “To realize the vision of Smart Cities the government and the industry have to come together along with all of its subsidiaries to put forth a cohesive effort”.While the intent is certainly there, the adoption may not be happening at a similar pace. To elaborate the same Mr. Vineet Kshirsagar, Director for Government Business, NetApp Marketing & Services Pvt. Ltd., spoke on how the digital transactions were still very low. He added, “The role is ICT is very critical in this sphere. When it comes to ICT, data is extremely critical. We are participating in many smart cities and going forward we know that there will be a lot of data that will be generated. So there is clearly a need to make a data fabric for smart cities”.During the course of the conference, Mr. Sunil Joshi, President, Business Operations, GIFT City gave the delegates a glimpse of the kind of work that has been happening in this sphere in GIFT City. He mentioned, “GIFT provides a business platform and it is the first operational Smart City and IFSC, which is generating a large number of employment opportunities in the region”.Taking the conversation to the next level, Shri Ashutosh Vasant, Director (POM), RailTel Corporation of India Ltd. said, talked about making smart cities sustainable. “Every business makes sense only till the time it is sustainable and every penny of the taxpayers’ money that is being spent should be accounted for.”Shri Vinit Goenka, Member of Governing Council and CRIS, Ministry of Railways and Member Taskforce IT, Ministry of Road, Transport & Highways and Shipping, Govt of India, said, “While answering why do we need smart cities, we should address the three Es. Whether it is Ethical? Are we being Environment-friendly and lastly if it is economical? It has to have some economic gain”.Apart from sustainability, there were other challenges such as data protection, surveillance etc were also touched upon in the forum. National Summit on 100 Smart Cities India 2018 was sponsored by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, NetApp, CSG, Cambium Networks, Savitri Telecom Services, Secura, Amdocs Optima, AMNEX, Qognify, Height8 Technologies, LigoWave, and Sensors. The event was supported by CEN, CENELEC, ETSI, COAI, TAIPA and WiFi SPFI and the Knowledge Partner was Broadband India Forum.

NITI Aayog to review standardisation progress of Metro rail systems

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NITI Aayog to review standardisation progress of Metro rail systems
New Delhi: NITI Aayog to be engaged in reviewing progress of indigenisation and standardisation of metro rail systems. This decision has been taken by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.This step is taken to monitor the progress of various metro rail projects being implemented across the country. As per the ministry this initiative is taken in order to promote central government’s ‘Make-in India’ initiative while implementing Metro rail projects in various states.An official while interacting with media shared that the ministry has standardised specifications of rolling stock, signalling and telecom systems for Metro rails projects undertaken in the country.The officials while speaking with Economic Times said, “It has been decided that NITI Aayog’s Member (Science) will review the progress of standardisation and indigenisation of Metro rail systems by the Housing and Urban Affairs ministry to ensure time- bound progress”.It was in June when Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave his nod for formation of a committee to lay down standards for metro rail projects in India. This committee will be headed by none other than  Metro Man Sreedharan.The official also added that this will pay way for indigenisation of many metro rail projects currently being executed.As per the data on hand with the Ministry of Housing and Urban, there are around 22 ongoing and under-construction Metro rail projects in Kolkata, Delhi, Noida-Greater Noida, Lucknow, Ahmedabad,Bangalore, Jaipur Mumbai, Chennai, Nagpur, Pune, Kochi, Hyderabad and Gurugram.The ministry informed that Phase-IV of Delhi Metro is likely to conclude by December, 2020. On the other hand Phase-II of Bangalore Metro (72 km length) is expected to be wrapped by March 2021. In addition, proposed length of 23 km metro project in Lucknow is most likely to be finished by March 2019.Even the Nagpur Metro project, which was approved in March this year, will be concluded in December 2019. 

Chennai Metro | By end of 2018, rail track laying to begin in North Chennai

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Chennai Metro | By end of 2018, rail track laying to begin in North Chennai
Chennai: Construction of 9Km metro rail corridor is going on a breath neck speed in North Chennai. To keep the momentum of work going, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) is going ahead with preliminary work to lay ballastless tracks. These will be a requisite for the functioning of metro trains.Looking at the progress of the work, the 9km Phase 1 extension line between Washermenpet and Wimco Nagar is likely to be constructed by March 2020.As per senior metro official, they have already invited tenders for both track work and MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing). The official shared that they are optimistic on beginning track work by end of this year.
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In North Chennai the extension line comprises of — a 2km underground section connected by two stations and a 7km elevated stretch linked all the way through six stations.When this line will be constructed, North Chennai commuters will seamlessly be able to commute to several localities in the city that are connected by metro rail network.It was in 2016 that work on extending the North Chennai metro rail network began. By the end of 2017, construction of two tunnels the length of a 2km stretch from Washermenpet to Korukkupet was concluded. After this, work was initiated for building elevated corridors. This construction is under progress and going on a steady pace.An elevated maintenance deport is also under construction at Wimco Nagar. CMRL has also invited tender off late to identify a company that will aid in supplying, installing and commissioning electrical and mechanical systems at the depot. Metro rail is optimistic on getting all these systems in place in about 18 months.Work is going as per the schedule and looking at the progress rate, officials are hoping to wrap up work on time.

Hyderabad Metro | Old city area soon to have metro rail network

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Hyderabad Metro | Old city area soon to have metro rail network
Hyderabad: Old city area of Hyderabad will soon usher in metro connectivity. As per reports, work on building the metro network in the old city to begin soon. In the next few days work will be initiated with the alignment issue between MGBS and Falaknuma finally headed towards revolvement.Five years ago several other metro projects began in three corridors. Some stretches have already begun operations. It was the metro project in the old city area that got stalled. The main reason was the alignment issues between MGBS and Falaknuma.In the second Corridor II design plan, Old City Metro rail is part of it (JBS to Falaknuma). At the moment, work is progressing till MGBS and is likely to be completed by March 2019.As informed by Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) authorities, work on Old City Metro rail network will begin soon.  The Metro officials will first carry out a detailed survey. This will be followed by peg marking of the tentative station locations on the ground and metro pillar position.
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Metro officials while speaking to the media said that marking on affected structures would also be completed as per the Road Development Plan (RDP). This is prepared by Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) for widening the road to 100 feet.As per reports as many as 1,000 properties will be displaced at some level while setting up 5.5 km metro rail stretch.HMRL’s managing director, NVS Reddy authorities will take over six months to prepare the plan and groundwork for initiating metro work. They will have to fine tune the RDP, carry out soil testing, acquire land and conduct an actual survey of properties located on the stretch.HMRL’s MD along with MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi along with MLAs from Old city inspected the planned Old City Metro route. The stretch will start from MGBS (Dar-ul-Shifa Junction) to Falaknuma.

Lucknow Metro | LMRC in association with GOONJ organize collection Camp

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Lucknow Metro | LMRC in association with GOONJ organize collection Camp
Lucknow: On 27, August to 29 August the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) in association with ‘GOONJ’ – a voluntary organization that channelizes cloth and other material like utensils, footwear, school material, office equipment etc. from cities as a powerful development resource in the most far-flung villages of India – shall be organizing a Collection Camp at the Alambagh Bus Stand Metro Station.The southern state of India, Kerala is currently struggling with the catastrophic floods and concerning the situation, LMRC has also extended its support by participating in the relief mission in association with ‘GOONJ’.This collection camp will be organized at the Alambagh Bus Stand Metro station from August 27, 2018, to August 29, 2018. The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) has come forward to provide Alambagh Bus Stand Metro Station area as the venue for the collection camp and has also committed storage, manpower and logistics support for the camp. This will go a long way to generate awareness and participation in the cause from the people of Lucknow.People can give their contributions at Gate No. 1 & 2 of the Alambagh Bus Stand Metro Station from 12 PM to 6 PM during the defined period. They can contribute clothes, mosquito nets, footwear, umbrellas, sanitary napkins, medicines, food materials and other required miscellaneous items like candles, gloves, face mask, raincoat, water purifier tablets, sleeping mat etc. The dirty, soiled or substandard material should not be contributed to the camp.LMRC has also encouraged its staff and officers to participate in this relief mission. It has always taken initiatives for bringing a positive change in society. In the recent past, ‘GOONJ’, had organized similar collection camp in collaboration with LMRC at the Krishna Nagar Metro Station. Persons who are interested in donating may contact the GOONJ volunteers namely:
  • Meetika Srivastava (9807562174)
  • Raveesh Srivastava (8604627365).
This is such a good initiative by LMRC, if all other metros take forward step for such contribution, then such contribution can help victims people of Kerala.

NITI Aayog to review the progress of Metro rail systems

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NITI Aayog to review the progress of Metro rail systems
New Delhi: To review the progress of standardization and indigenization of Metro rail systems across the country. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs will engage NITI Aayog.As per the ministry, the main motives remain to promote the government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative for executing Metro rail projects in states. The number of construction and manufacturing Industries also promoting their work under the Make in India program.The ministry has standardized specifications of rolling stock, signaling and telecom systems for Metro rails across the country, the official said.
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An official also mentions that it has been decided that NITI Aayog’s Member (Science) will review the progress of standardization and indigenization of Metro rail systems by the Housing and Urban Affairs ministry to ensure time-bound progress.In June this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also approved the proposal to set up a committee which will be headed by Metro Man Sreedharan to lay down standards for Metro rail systems in the country.Indigenisation will be ensured in several Metro rail systems being implemented across the country, the official said.Some ongoing Metro work:
  • The Metro project of proposed length of 23 km in Uttar Pradesh’s capital Lucknow which is expected to be completed by March 2019.
The Nagpur Metro project, which is already sanctioned in March 2018, will be completed in December 2019

Hyderabad Metro | HMDA Calls tenders for green lungs soon

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Hyderabad Metro | HMDA Calls tenders for green lungs soon
Hyderabad: Chief Secretary SK Joshi on Friday asked the officials concerned to complete the green lungs tender process in one month to develop 59 urban forest parks under Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) limits.At a review meeting at the Secretariat here with officials on urban forest parks spread in seven districts, he said: “the related works had to be completed by next March.” The Chief Secretary said, “59 sites had been identified in HMDA limits which could be developed as forest parks.”He directed different departments including the Forest Department to take up the works and to develop 15 parks. HMDA should develop 17 parks, TSIIC 11, Tourism 7, Forest Corporation 4, GHMC 3 and Metro Rail 2 and complete the fencing and tender process works as per schedule, he said.Joshi also asked to conduct a baseline survey through EPTRI and assess the underground waters, air quality and other factors to be involved. The officials were directed to frequently check the works by conducting inspections to ensure the quality of works.
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All the parks, he said, should be developed for the benefit of the people in a pro-environment manner.Principal Secretary of Forest Ajay Mishra, Principal Secretary to Industries Jayesh Ranjan, Secretary to Tourism B Venkatesham, HMDA Commissioner Chiranjeevulu, Metro Rail MD NVS Reddy, EPTRI DG B Kalyana Chakravarthy and other officials were present.

Mumbai Metro III | Bombay High Court allows night-time construction

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Mumbai Metro III | Bombay High Court allows night-time construction
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has said the construction work of Mumbai Metro III can be done at night. Mumbai Metro III project’s construction that was stayed by the court for almost a year is finally set to resume. The year-long stay had cost the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) an estimate of Rs 6,100 crore.After hearing the petition, Chief Justice Naresh Patil said, “We allow the MMRCL to carry out work even during the night hours, i.e. from 10 pm to 6 am.”
After hearing the petition, Chief Justice Naresh Patil said, “We allow the MMRCL to carry out work even during the night hours, i.e. from 10 pm to 6 am.”
The stay on metro construction at South Mumbai during the night was implemented because residents had complained of high noise pollution. Metro authorities can work easy now as the stay has been lifted and they are now allowed to work at midnight. The authorities will have to implement the National Environmental Engineering Institute (NEERI) recommendations to curtail noise levels. The state will also have to initiate a facility that the residents can approach to complain about grievances regarding noise levels.
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noise pollution at the construction site of Mumbai Metro III
While preparing its report NEERI founds out that the MMRCL had not taken some measures to keep the noise levels under control. Some of the measures that were flouted by the authorities included putting noise barriers around sites, using sound mufflers, erecting acoustic enclosures around noise-making equipment and machines.
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Mumbai Metro III map
Once completed, the 33-km underground Colaba-Bandra SEEPZ Mumbai Metro III project will connect Cuffe Parade in South Mumbai to the SEEPZ economic zone and the international airport in Andheri. The metro line is likely to benefit many commuters once the project is completed.

Surat Metro | Metro rail work in Diamond city to be launched in 2019

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Surat Metro | Metro rail work in Diamond city to be launched in 2019
Surat: The diamond city of Gujarat will soon add another diamond to its crown. As per recent development, metro rail project in Surat is likely to be launched in 2019. There is news that the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Surat Metro Rail will be approved by the state government. In couple of days the nod is likely to be given and this will set the ball rolling for the ambitious metro project in the city.Surat will then become the second city in Gujarat to launch metro rail network after Ahmedabad. The estimated project value of metro project is around Rs 21,600 crores. The project will be launched in the first quarter of 2019 and work for the same might be wrapped up in four years. As per the tentative plan four elevated stations will be constructed under public-private partnership (PPP) model.M Thennarasan, municipal commissioner of Surat while interacting with media said that amendments were made to include private player in the project.He informed that the DPR is with Government of Gujarat’s finance department. Post approval, a decision will be taken whether the project should be undertaken by MEGA (Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad) or a new company to be formed to implement the Surat Metro project, added M Thennarasan.As per the revised DPR there will be a total of 38 stations constructed on 40km long two metro corridors. There will be four elevated ones and built at a cost of Rs111.88 crore on PPP system.The elevated Surat Metro stations will come up at Rupali canal and Althan tenement on metro corridor number 1. On metro corridor 2,  aquarium and Athwa Chowpaty stations will be constructed. Corridor one will start from Sarthana up to Dream City.  While corridor number 2 will begin from Saroli up and extend up to Bhesan.Surat Municipal Corporation also plans give close by commercial plots to developers.   

Hyderabad Metro | CEIG inspect the Hyderabad Metro Station

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Hyderabad Metro | CEIG inspect the Hyderabad Metro Station
HYDERABAD: The inspection of 33 kV and 415V indoor substations in four Hyderabad Metro Rail stations from Madhura Nagar, Yousufguda, and Jubilee Hills Road: No 5 and Jubilee Check Post, has been done by Chief Electrical Inspector, Government of India (CEIG) for Hyderabad Metro Rail project, DVS Raju.These stations which are part of Corridor-III (Ameerpet to Hitech City stretch) of the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project. The main motive of this inspection is a process of the sanction for Energisation of stations which will facilitate the testing and commissioning activities of Railway Systems viz. Signaling, Telecommunications and Automatic Fare Collection etc. in this section.All the Metro Rail Stations receive power at 33 kV voltage from 132/33/25 kV Receiving Substation (RSS) located at Yousufguda and Uppal.After the inspection,” the commissioning of these Auxiliary Substations in Metro stations will further boost the progress and hasten up the completion of Metro Rail section between Ameerpet and Jubilee Check Post of Corridor-III,” DVS Raju said.Managing Director, K V B Reddy said that this is an important development for Corridor-III. The commissioning of these Four Stations (Madhura Nagar to Jubilee Check Post) auxiliary power supply is made available from Ameerpet to Jubilee Check Post.” L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited

Monorail | MMRDA and LTSE trip rate tussle soon going to resolve

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Monorail | MMRDA and LTSE trip rate tussle soon going to resolve
Mumbai:  Good news for all the employees of Larsen & Toubro-Scomi Engineering (LTSE). Since long-lasting deadlock between the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and its monorail contractor {a consortium of Larsen & Toubro-Scomi Engineering (LTSE)} for trip rates is likely to be resolved soon as per official information.In last week MMRDA’s one-member committee submitted its report.Mr. Rajeev Metropolitan Commissioner said that the report has been submitted and now we hope that LTSE will accept its recommendations. It has suggested increasing the trip rate. We will disclose the figure only after they agree to it.This committee report which has been prepared by former Central Railway General Manager Subodh Jain. In his committee report, he recommended that rising of trip rates from Rs 4,600 per trip. This was the rate in place until services were disrupted in November due to a fire. However, it has also rejected the contractor’s demand for Rs 18,000 per trip on the Chembur-Wadala line.He further added that the earlier trip rate was a part of their three-year contract with MMRDA. Now that the contract is over they can demand a higher trip rate but it still has to be reasonable and they cannot make undue profits from public money. They need to get something but they should make profits with their efficiency.He also added that we have suggested trip rates and if the LTSE accepts the recommendation we will disclose the rates. We have suggested an economic and sustainable trip rate. After going through all the parameters it will cost approximately Rs. 2.50 per passenger per kilometer.Further, the report has also given some other recommendation:
  • No hiking of fares till the monorail runs at full capacity.
  • The staff at all stations will be limited to only 50 people, including security.

Ahmedabad Metro | MEGA Authority scrap all rumors about closing relief road

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Ahmedabad Metro | MEGA Authority scrap all rumors about closing relief road
Ahmedabad: On Wednesday the Metro Rail Authority scrapped all rumors about closing relief road for two years to facilitate Metro work. The Chief Minister Vijay Rupani stated this during an event of Metro rail tunnel work inspection.From few past days, this fake message has been viral on social media that due to the ongoing Metro work, relief road will be closed for traffic movement for two years.IP Gautam, MD of Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA) said that the Metro work is not going to affect any vehicular movement on any road in the walled part of the city. Around 6.5 km of Metro in this portion will run underground. We are working 20 meters below the surface. Therefore, the message is baseless.

A big leap for transportation

After the visit of a part of the tunnel near Kalupur,  “The city has taken a big leap forward vis-a-vis transportation.”Mr. Rupani said that there will be an amalgamation of three modes of railway connectivity at Kalupur. The metro rail is a big leap for transportation which will give last mile connectivity to people.While visiting Kalupur Metro Station outside platform no 12 of Ahmedabad Railway Station.  He further added that we have instructed the authorities to complete the project within the given time frame and to start operations on a priority basis on the stretch between Apparel Park and Vastral by January 2019.He has also assured that vehicular movement will remain smooth. And said that we have instructed the Metro authority to take all necessary measures to cause the least inconvenience to the citizens during the construction as well as operational stages.The Phase I of Metro rail project is 39.25 km out of which 6.5 km is underground and the rest is elevated. This project will connect four corners of the city with 2 corridors and 32 stations.

From next month the Indian Railways will start trials for semi-high speeds trains

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From next month the Indian Railways will start trials for semi-high speeds trains
New Delhi: The Indian Railways will start trials for indigenously-built and much-awaited semi-high speed ‘Train 18’ from next month, a senior official of the ministry said, three months after its scheduled unveiling.Once, successfully tested, it shall be inducted in the railways fleet.The Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO), which is a technical adviser to the Indian Railways, will conduct testing and give its validation to the train.Rather than being pulled by a locomotive, ‘Train 18’ sets are powered by traction motors fitted underneath each coach to render them self-propelled, just like metro trains. The made-in-India fleet was earlier scheduled for roll-out in June.The Train 18, which is built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, would promote Make in India, and is capable of running at a speed of 160 km per hour, the official said.
The Train 18, which is built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, would promote Make in India, and is capable of running at a speed of 160 km per hour, the official said.
Train 18 series will replace existing fleet of the Shatabdi Express trains. The ICF will make six such train sets, out of which two will have sleeper coaches, the official saidLaced with state-of-the-art features, all of its coaches will be inter-connected by fully sealed gangways, automatic doors with retractable footsteps, onboard Wi-Fi and infotainment, GPS-based passenger information system, modular toilets with bio-vacuum systems, rotational seats which can be aligned in the direction of travel (available only in the executive class), roller blinds and diffused LED lighting and accessible toilet for people with disability.Upon successful implementation of Train 18, the IFC will start working on ‘Train 20’ which will have an all aluminum body. Aluminum will make the train more aesthetic, lightweight, energy efficient, and durable.On 7 March 2018  proposal for the Delhi to Jaipur semi-high speed train just in 90 minutes has been disclosed.
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