Cabinet approves Metro projects in Bhopal and Indore

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Cabinet approves Metro projects in Bhopal and Indore

New Delhi: Ahead of crucial state assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Cabinet on Wednesday approved Metro Rail projects in both cities.

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad made the announcement after the Cabinet meeting and said that the project in Bhopal would be a 50-50 arrangement between the central and the state governments and the line would run for 27.87 kilometers. The total expenditure of the project is estimated at Ras 6,941.40 crore and would be completed in four years.

Prasad further said that the project in Indore would be longer – at 31.55 kilometers and would cover most of the city. The total cost of the expenditure is estimated at Rs 7,500.80 crore and would also take four years to complete.

A number of cities in India are looking at Metro projects to fulfill their public transportation needs. While the Kolkata Metro was the first in the country to begin operations – back in 1984, Delhi Metro – which began operations in 2002 – is the longest in terms of network and is a modern network which has connected the length and breadth of the city.

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. 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.

Mumbai Metro | Mum Metro to celebrate Daan Utsav

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Mumbai Metro | Mum Metro to celebrate Daan Utsav

Mumbai: October 01, 2018, the Reliance Infrastructure promoted Mumbai Metro One will be celebrating a week-long Daan Utsav between October 2 and 8, 2018. Daan Utsav (earlier called the Joy of Giving Week) is India’s ‘festival of giving’. Launched in 2009, the festival is celebrated every year – commencing on Gandhi Jayanti. Mumbai Metro has been celebrating Daan Utsav from past 3 years. This will be the 4th consecutive year of celebration by Mumbai Metro.

During this week, organizations and individuals can celebrate the joy of giving in any form. As an organization that is thoughtful and caring towards its ecosystem, this festival is a great opportunity not only to impact lives in a positive sense but also set a great example. This  Mumbai Metro will collaborate with multiple NGOs working for the cause of differently-abled, underprivileged kids and elderly people. The objective will be to engage with its commuters and encourage them to support the cause.

Mumbai Metro One will be holding a series of fun activities at Andheri, Chakala (J.B. Nagar), Airport Road, Marol Naka and Saki Naka Metro stations as a part of its promotion of Daan Utsav Week. This year Mumbai Metro has partnered with NGOs like CRY, Joy Skill Crafts, HelpAge India and iVolunteer for Daan Utsav. On 6th Oct at 6 pm will be this year’s attraction: a Zumba session specially organised by iVolunteer for Mumbai Metro’s security personnel and housekeeping staff, who can enjoy stress buster moments off their routine schedules.

Mumbai Metro will be providing space and necessary logistical support to collect donations from commuters for differently-abled, underprivileged kids and elderly people for their education and healthcare needs. Besides, Mumbai Metro will be doing promotion of the festival by using digital screens, train and station announcements, train posters, social media, live updates and telecast of workshops, Mumbai Metro website, e-mailers to employees, wallpapers and digital banners.

The building activities at the stations including innovative games to sensitize Metro commuters about the need to give so that we turn into a more caring society. The commuters will be given receipts for their donations on the spot and later emailed the details of the utilization of their donations by the NGOs.

An MMOPL spokesperson said, “We regularly undertake appropriate CSR measures having a direct and positive impact on the community in the local area where we operate. We are elated to celebrate Daan Utsav to foster a sense of compassion within our own organization as well as our commuters. We are not merely a public utility but also an organisation with the humane side. We sincerely urge Mumbai Metro employees and our commuters to come forward and relish the joy of giving back to the society.”

Lucknow Metro | school children from different parts spread gandhiji’s message inside moving metro train

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Lucknow Metro | school children from different parts spread gandhiji’s message inside moving metro train

Lucknow: On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the school children from different parts of Lucknow on 2nd October, spread Mahatma Gandhi’s message of “Cleanliness and Sanitation” inside moving Metro train between the operational 8.5 km corridor from Charbagh to Transport Nagar. Approximately 120 school students disseminated this message to all Metro commuters between this stretch through various activities like sketching/drawing, fancy dress show etc.

Students beautifully displayed their talent depicting the importance of a clean environment, clean Metro and the role of Lucknow Metro in keeping the city clean and green. Prominent schools of the capital like the Lucknow Convent Public School, SKD Academy, Red Rose Senior Secondary School, Rhyme and Rhythm International School and the Career Academy sent their students to participate in the events at Lucknow Metro for conveying the noble ideals of the Father of the Nation.

On the occasion, Shri Kumar Keshav, Managing Director/Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) said,” Bapu’s messages in the field of cleanliness and hygiene were showcased by school students through sketching/drawing and fancy dress in Metro train. Bapu’s ideas continue to inspire us and LMRC is the right platform to reflect his ideas among the fellow citizens.” “LMRC is a role model of an eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable mode of Mass Rapid Transportation System(MRTS) and will prove to be the lifeline of the city in the long run.”, he added.

A group of students from the Career Academy and the wards of Lucknow Metro officials dressed in the attire of Mahatma Gandhi also travelled in Metro train between Charbagh and Transport Nagar to propagate the message “Swachta Hee Sewa” through Gandhiji’s character.

Lucknow Metro | LMRC successfully completes the erection of 60 metre special steel span

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Lucknow Metro | LMRC successfully completes the erection of 60 metre special steel span

Lucknow: On 29, September, Lucknow Metro repeated its historic feet by successfully completing the erection of a 60 Meter Special Steel Span near Nishatganj over the mainline Railway operational track at the location. This achievement has been accomplished by the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) Engineer under the leadership of Shri. Kumar Keshav, Managing Director in just 5 days without hampering the movement of the mainline railway and the vehicular traffic plying along the adjacent Indra Bridge.

The launching activity of this 470-ton steel span over Metro viaduct was a daunting task in itself as this activity was performed during night hours at a height of approximately 16 meters above the ground level. Lucknow Metro had applied the ‘Push Launching Methodology’ to achieve this engineering feat. Earlier, in August 2016, LMRC had achieved the similar feat for the first time at the Awadh Rotary between the operational transport Nagar- Charbagh Metro Corridor.

 

Speaking about this milestone achievement, Shri Kumar Keshav, MD, LMRC, said, “This is a huge accomplishment for us as it has been completed in just 5 days. We had to take several precautions during this operation for the safety of the public. Every activity was minutely monitored to check the deflection and vibration of the support structures considering the huge load factor associated with the movement of the machinery.”

The erection activity for this job was started in the night of 24th September 2018 and the final erection of the 60 Meter Special Steel Span was achieved in the early morning hours of 29th September 2018. During night hours, the launcher was moved or pushed ahead over the supporting trestles with an automatic movement. However, this movement was not continuous as the span could gain only 500 mm of distance in one go considering the trickiness of the job and the heavy traffic movement during night hours.

What made it even more challenging was that it had to be erected above the 25000V OHE of Indian Railways without disrupting their operation.

Chennai Metro | Commuter suffers injury at metro station

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Chennai Metro | Commuter suffers injury at metro station

Chennai: Falling tiles and breaking of glass panels at Chennai Metro station is now a cause of concern for the authorities. Chennai Airport suffers from the same problem where instances of glass breaking or tiles falling have been registered. Last week a metro commuter was injured when a tile fell on her head while she was on her way to buy tickets.

The commuter was rushed to the hospital by Metro officials for treatment. Thankfully, the commuter did not sustain serious injuries.

Vijaya, a 28-year-old resident of Bharathi Nagar was on her way to board a train from Shenoy Nagar Metro Station. As she entered the concourse level – the location where tickets are bought, a tile from the roof fell on her head. She was injured as the tile came crashing down and was immediately rushed to the hospital.

Staff stationed at the metro station rushed her to the hospital where she was treated and discharged.

This is not the first time a tile broke off from the roof in a Metro Rail station. A few weeks ago, a passenger had a narrow escape when a tile fell close to him as he was walking inside the Egmore station, a source said.

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) officials while confronted said that the construction is done under strict supervision. They agree that this was indeed an unfortunate incident and that they will ensure such incidents are not repeated.

Even while the CMRL official gives assurance, such incidents have become common. Earlier glass panels broke at the Nehru Park and Pachaiyappa’s College stations. Two months back, glass panels broke at the Pachaiyappa’s College station. At Nehru Park Station two glass panels broke.

CMRL official informed that the glass panels are made of toughened glasses. Even if they crack, they will not break. These special panels are designed to hold glass particles together.

An expert at IIT-Madras said that the fact that such issues were cropping up in a relatively new structure showed that the construction was shoddy.

PIB approves Rs 13,359 cr for Bhopal & Indore metros

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PIB approves Rs 13,359 cr for Bhopal & Indore metros

New Delhi: Public Investment Board (PIB) of Ministry of Finance has agreed Rs 13, 359 crores for Indore and Bhopal Metros. This decision comes ahead of Assembly polls this year in Madhya Pradesh. The project proposal will now be sent to Union cabinet for consideration post-PIB’s clearance.

It was in 2009 that the proposal for setting up the metro project in Indore and Bhopal was mooted. This was also the first metro rail project made on lines of New Metro Rail Policy.

As per top sources, PIB has approved Rs 6,397 crore for Indore metro and Rs 6,962 crore for Bhopal metro.

In the first phase, 31.55 km would be covered in Indore and 27.87 km would be covered in Bhopal. As per the plan, there will be 30 metro stations on both of the metro lines proposed under Phase-I. The per km expenses is likely to be between Rs 182-200 crore. Both Indore and Bhopal metro rail projects will impact at least three dozen Assembly seats in the Madhya Pradesh.

Close sources reveal that in the PIB meeting there were few members who suggested having a light rail transport system. They felt that metro rail project will not be a feasible for the two locations. Many members felt that the state government should reconsider the decision.

But after long deliberation, the idea of light rail transport was rejected.

Now that PIB has given a nod for financial assistance, the proposal will be sent to Union cabinet. MP government has already gone ahead and appointed a consultant for both the metro rail projects.

With Assembly election around the corner, the current government wants to expedite the project at the earliest. The project will benefit business hubs and people living in the capital city of MP.

Proposed Indore Metro Rail Project is planned to be a rapid transit system. They will be offering free Wi-Fi connectivity for the metro commuters. This will also be the first driver less trains in India and the project is likely to be wrapped up by before 2020.

On December 2016, the MP government had approved the detailed project reports of both the metros at the total outlay of Rs 14,485.55 crore.

Indore metro rail corridor:

  • Will cover – Palasia, Rajwara,  Bada Ganpati, Airport,  Bhawarsala, MR10, Vijay Nagar, Radisson and Bangali Chouraha in the phase-I.
  • Proposed length of entire Indore metro project is 104.25 km
  • the estimated cost is Rs 26,762 crore

Bhopal metro rail corridor

  • Will be covering 14.99 km linking Karond Square, Bhopal Talkies, Railway Station, Bharat Talkies, Bogda Pul, Shubhash Nagar underpass, DB Mall, Board Office Square, Habib Gang,  Naka, Alkapuri Bus Stand and AIIMS.
  • The Bhopal metro is 95.03 km.
  • The estimated cost is Rs 22,504 crore.

Hyderabad Metro | HMRL changing the location of four pillars on the route

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Hyderabad Metro | HMRL changing the location of four pillars on the route

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) is changing the location of four pillars on the route in order to ensure sufficient carriageway for traffic movement and also to avoid Metro pillars in the middle of the road between Cyber Towers and Shilparamam flyover.

According to the original plan, the pillars were to be constructed in the middle of the road, which would permanently reduce space on the already narrow carriageway between Cyber Towers and Shilparamam flyover.

Now the pillars are being shifted adjacent to the flyover and they are being accommodated in the central median of the flyover. To this effect, the ramp portion of the flyover is being widened through an engineering solution of strengthening and rebuilding the sidewalls of the ramp of the flyover.

On 30th, September Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited Managing Director, NVS Reddy along with the engineers of L&TMRHL inspected the works from Cyber Towers to Raheja Mindspace Junction.

The engineers were instructed to take up several activities in parallel mode in order to expedite the construction of 22 Metro pillars and viaduct beyond Hitec city station to Hotel Trident for the creation of train reversal facility.

Beyond the Hitec city station to Trident Hotel, for the creation of train reversal facility, all measures will be taken to reduce the duration of each activity on the viaduct on the crucial 650-meter length.

Now on the temporary basis Temporary, the partial closure of the road from Cyber Tower junction to Cyber Gateway junction is being planned. And apart from this, the discussions are on for partial road closure and traffic diversion measures with Cyberabad traffic police.

Apart from this, there are also plans are onto make Cyber Towers flyover as a temporary one-way flyover towards Cyber Gateway and diverting the traffic through Deloitte crossroads – Oracle Junction – Google crossroads – Hitex – Shilparamam – Hitec city Junction, etc.

To immediately strengthen all the alternative roads to facilitate traffic diversion, directed to the HMRL and L&TMRHL engineers. This will highly aid in taking up Metro Rail works round the clock in order to meet the target set by the Governor ESL Narasimhan to launch Metro services on Ameerpet-Hitech city route by December.

Chandigarh to revive monorail project after 21 years

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Chandigarh to revive monorail project after 21 years

Chandigarh: It was in 1997 that the proposal to launch monorail in Union Territory was mooted. Now after 21 years, the administration is planning to revive the project after shelving the idea of metro train.

Local MP Kirron Kher and UT adviser Parimal Rai had a meeting with Swiss Transport Company Intamin at the UT Secretariat in Sector 9 last week. The Swiss company shared presentation on monorail. The Union government in 2006 had rejected the Chandigarh monorail project, instead had asked to explore metro rail project.

Post meeting Kirron Kher while speaking to Times of India said, “The administration is exploring different ways of improving public transport and connectivity with the nearby cities, and monorail is one of those models. The Swiss company has only submitted its proposal presentation so dar.”

Senior UT official on the other hand shared that monorail will cost about Rs 2,500 crore. He added that metro rail would have cost Rs13,600 crore.  Monorail will be connecting Chandigarh with Panchkula and Mohali. The project will not require digging up the city unlike the case for metro project.

The UT official stated that they only had a meeting with the Swiss Company and that they have not finalised anything.  For Metro project the official said that the project largely remains on paper as it will not be feasible to carry it out in the city. It would be tough to identify 200 acres of land and cost of setting up metro is also exorbitant.

French company Systra MVA is also in race to work towards offering urban mobility solutions. As per its proposal, there should be four means of transport. These are: light rail transit (LRT), bus rapid transit, modern tram, and monorail systems for three corridors.

In 2017, home minister Rajnath Singh has made it official that metro project was not a viable option for Chandigarh. He has asked the authorities to explore other options. It is now that monorail project is gaining momentum.

 

Bullet Train gets Rs 5,500 crore loan from International agency JICA

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Bullet Train gets Rs 5,500 crore loan from International agency JICA

New Delhi: Finally Bullet Train project is getting the much needed impetus. As per Business Standard reports, Japan The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed an agreement with the Indian government to provide an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan of 89,547 million Japanese Yen (approximately Rs 5,500 crore) as Tranche 1 on the ‘Project for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR)’ corridor, commonly known as bullet train project.

The purpose of MAHSR is to build up a high-frequency mass transportation system. The proposed route for building the High-Speed Rail is between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The project will be made on lines of Japan’s Shinkansen technology (Bullet Train). This will go a long in way in enhancing mobility in India as well as aid in regional economic development.

JICA said in a statement that Japanese state-owned funding agency has also signed another agreement to provide ODA loan of 25,903 million Japanese Yen (approximately Rs 1,600 crore) for building a metro rail system between Howrah Maiden to Salt Lake Sector V, including an underwater section, as a part of the ‘Kolkata East-West Metro Project (III).’

Business Standard further reports that the Kolkata East-West Metro Project (III) will tone down traffic jams, bring down air pollution, decrease road accidents and facilitate smoother travel for commuters. The metro project will link Howrah Maiden to Salt Lake Sector V through Esplanade and make available an enhanced admission to the public from the west gateway area to the central business district as well as the residential-cum-institutional complex areas.

Two ODA loan agreements were signed between Katsuo Matsumoto the Chief Representative, JICA India and C S Mohapatra the Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance.

Matsumoto said MAHSR is will become the economic pulse as had the Shinkansen done for Japan. With this project, they look forward to simplify mobility, offer seamless connectivity and augment regional economic development with a safe and dependable inter-city transport system.

The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) is the Executing Agency of the MAHSR Project.

Monorail | Global monorail systems market 2018-2025 report overviews

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Monorail | Global monorail systems market 2018-2025 report overviews

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Recently in a panel was constituted by Mumbai Metro Rail Development Authority (MMRDA) on August 15 to bring closure to the deadlock between monorail operator and MMRDA over per-trip expense. After discussions and deliberation, the committee has in its report suggested on increasing the per-trip cost to ₹10,600 from ₹4,600. MMRDA was already incurring losses while operating the 8.

9-km section of the monorail between Chembur and Wadala Phase-1.

Bangalore Metro | Commuters delayed after technical snag on green line

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Bangalore Metro | Commuters delayed after technical snag on green line

Bengaluru: On Thursday commuters on Bangalore Metro’s Green Line were forced to wait for over half-an-hour for a train after a technical glitch in one of the trains while it was travelling from Yelachenahalli to Nagasandra.

At around 9.45 am the problem occurred, when the train was en route National College Metro Station and many passengers at subsequent stations were left waiting. Due to glitches services was delayed hundreds of passengers while they were commuting to work.

Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) Managing Director Ajay Seth said that on Thursday about at 9.46 am, a train running from Yelachenahalli to Nagasandra on the Green Line developed a technical snag while approaching the National College Metro Station. We introduced an additional train from Nagasandra, two trains from Rajajinagar and one train from Peenya industry to normalise the situation. Passengers had to be offloaded at National College, Rajajinagar, Peenya Industry and Sampige Road and cleared by the following trains.

The incident halt the schedules of hundreds of commuters headed for offices out of gear. The commuters at the time had to get off at National College, Rajajinagar, Peenya Industry, Majestic and Sampige Road stations.

BMRCL confirmed the problem was fixed and train services were restored as per the schedule from Yelachenahalli to Nagasandra stations, at approximate 10.

57 am.

A train on the Green Line unexpectedly stopped near Rajajinagar Metro Station. While BMRCL maintained that the train operator brought the train to a halt as a precautionary measure, has claimed that the incident occurred since the train was being driven by a junior and inexperienced employee and that he had travelled too fast near a curve on the tracks, claimed BMRCL Employees’ Union vice-president Suryanarayana Murthy.

Mumbai metro | Children below 12 can travel in for Rs 5 during weekends

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Mumbai metro | Children below 12 can travel in for Rs 5 during weekends

Mumbai:  The Reliance Infrastructure-led Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL) has announced a promotional fare for children below the age of 12 years. The long-lasting decision over increasing of ticket fares of Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro-1 was stuck for almost four years now. Now children will be able to travel at a discounted price of Rs 5 for single journey during weekends. The existing fares are Rs 10, 20, 30, and 40.

The children can become ambassadors for the Mumbai Metro services, and it is a special bonanza to mark the festive season, said metro operator.

According to the announcement, a child below the age of 12 will be able to ride in the Metro – on Saturday and Sunday – at a discounted fare of just Rs 5. However, return journey will be charged Rs 10. In addition to this, children under 3 feet will be able to travel free of charge along with their parents.

“We introduced this special fare for children on weekends so that they can experience the first Metro of Mumbai. Children being early adopters will become ambassadors when delighted by the services of the city’s Metro,” said MMOPL spokesperson.

Earlier, MMOPL had also proposed to increase the fare for Metro-1, which ferries more than 3.50 lakh passengers on a daily basis during weekdays. The Fare Fixation Committee (FFC) had also suggested an increase in the fare but the Bombay High Court had decline their recommendation of FFC, and had directed them to form a new FFC.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) official said that while the FFC had recommended the new fare to be between Rs 10 to 110, MMOPL had proposed a slab of Rs 10, 20, 25, 35 and 45. However, now a new FFC will be formed, and that will recommend the new fare slab,. Mumbai Metro Railway Development Aauthority (MMRDA) owns around 26 per cent stakes in Metro-1.

A MMRDA official further said that we have nominated a member from the state government to the Centre to form the new FFC. Now, it’s on the central government to nominate the remaining members who will later study the project, and recommend a new fare slab, if necessary.

Hyderabad Metro | CEIG inspects 33kV/415V substations at 4 Metro stations

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Hyderabad Metro | CEIG inspects 33kV/415V substations at 4 Metro stations

Hyderabad: On 27th September Thursday L& T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) announced that the Chief Electrical Inspector to Government of India (CEIG) for Hyderabad Metro Rail Project D.V.S. Raju has inspected 33kV/415V indoor substations installed in four stations from Peddamma Temple to Hitech City.

These stations are part of Corridor-III (Ameerpet to Hitec City stretch) of the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project. This inspection is a kind of formality to process according sanction for energisation of stations which will facilitate the testing and commissioning activities of railway systems like signalling, telecommunication and automatic fare collection in this section.

CEIG D.V.S. Raju observed that the Metro rail stations receive power at 33kV voltage through ring main fed from 132/33/25 kV receiving sub-stations (RSS) located at Yousufguda and Uppal. Commissioning these auxiliary sub-stations will boost the progress and hasten the completion of metro rail section between Ameerpet and Hitec City of Corridor-III.

L&T Metro Rail MD & CEO K.V.B. Reddy said that a month ago, Mr. Raju had inspected the indoor substations in four other metro rail stations from Madhuranagar, Yousufguda, Jubilee Hills Road No 5 and Jubilee Hills Check Post on the same route. This is an important development for Corridor-III (Ameerpet to Hitec City stretch) as commissioning these stations will make auxiliary power supply available for the entire stretch of 10 km.

Record footfalls at L.B. Nagar station:

HMR MD N.V.S. Reddy also said that in just two days of being brought under the metro rail network, the terminal station of L.B. Nagar has overtaken all other stations in having 10,200 passenger footfalls like Miyapur 8,800 and KPHB 8,600. Ameerpet interchange station continues to be in the top clocking 14,700 passengers a day, informed.

He also added that 1.66 lakh passengers had travelled on Wednesday out of whom 1.50 lakh were paid passengers. The new section of Ameerpet- LB Nagar has added 82,000 and hence, the number of passengers using Corridor 1 – L.B. Nagar to Miyapur of 29 km was at 1.16 lakh. The 17-km stretch of Corridor III (Ameerpet-Nagole) accounted for 50,000 footfalls.

 

Hyderabad Metro | DPR in the final stage for Rail Phase-II

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Hyderabad Metro | DPR in the final stage for Rail Phase-II

Hyderabad: In the final stage of Phase – II express connectivity to be made viable between Raidurg and international airport at Shamshabad. This is as per the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the Hyderabad Metro for second phase.

The DPR will be prepared by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) and they are expected to submit the report soon.

Managing Director, NVS Reddy of Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) while speaking to the press said that they had an internal discussion and then DPR will be sent to state government for getting nod.

The second phase will also include development of other Hyderabad Metro stretches; this apart from offering metro express connectivity to airport.

Reddy while talking The New India Express stated that HMRL under Phase-II  has proposed to take up other routes from BHEL-Lakdikapul corridor via Kondapur, Gachibowli, Shaikpet, Tolichowki, Mehidipatnam and to connect the gap between LB Nagar and Nagole, Falaknuma to Shamshabad airport.

Further by 2019, phase-I of metro that covers 72km stretch will be completed barring Old City stretch.

L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited is expected spend an extra Rs 2,500 crore to wrap up the Hyderabad Metro Rail project.  As a concessionaire, LTMRHL has spent around Rs 13,000 crore of the Rs 14,132 crore taken up under public-private partnership.

While the State government has offered nearly Rs 2,300 crore for acquiring land, right of way and connected infrastructure ensuring timely completion of the project.

HMRL has already conducted survey and marked properties lying in metro stretch.

L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited MD & CEO, KVB Reddy assured that Hyderabad Metro work in on track. He further added that they have managed to use best of technologies to implement the project successfully with the help of HMRL. There were few glitches and challenges but together both HMRL and L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited managed to overcome them.

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