Anupam Kher travels in Mumbai Metro, gets mix response from riders

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Anupam Kher travels in Mumbai Metro, gets mix response from riders

Mumbai: Sometime back Bollywood producer Boney Kapoor traveled in Mumbai Metro. His presence at the metro station did surprise commuters. Now it is actor-author Anupam Kher who decided to take the metro to evade the traffic.

Kher is currently busy shooting for his upcoming film ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’ where he will be portraying former PM Manmohan Singh. The film is directed by Vijay Gutte, a young and upcoming talent in the film industry.

He traveled in Mumbai Metro and also captured moments from the train. Here is his tweet on his experience:

Commuters and people following Anupam Kher on Twitter were all praise for the actor. Here is what they tweeted:

There are those who had objected to Kher taking video inside the metro train which is prohibited:

Here is what people Tweeted:

It indeed is nice to see celebrities leaving their luxury cars and taking to metro for travel. This will encourage lot many to use public transport and leave their private vehicles at home. We hope other celebrities take inspiration from Boney Kapoor and Anupam Kher.

Commuters too feel happy to see popular names from Bollywood taking metro ride just like them. We will wait to see who takes the metro next.

State Govt, Maha Metro and Indian Rly signs MoU to run shuttle metro trains

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State Govt, Maha Metro and Indian Rly signs MoU to run shuttle metro trains

Nagpur: The Maharashtra government, MahaMetro and the Indian Railways on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)  at Suresh Bhat Hall. Nagpur and adjourning areas have achieved another important milestone.

The event was attended by State Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, Cabinet Minister Nitin Gadkari and other dignitaries.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal was praising the idea of connecting the cities with Nagpur through metro, said the Indian Railways will replicate the model in other parts of the country if it succeeds in the state.

Fadnavis said, “the new corridor will provide quicker transport of both goods and passengers across the state.”

Nitin Gadkari, addressing the event, said “the new service will benefit the people by lowering the transportation cost and also reduce pollution and risks of accidents.”

Nitin Gadkari, addressing the event, said “the new service will benefit the people by lowering the transportation cost and also reduce pollution and risks of accidents.”

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, who was present during the signing of the MoU, accepted a suggestion put forth by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavisto develop a parallel high-speed railway corridor to the Samruddhi Mahamarg between Nagpur and Mumbai.

The CM also suggested that the proposed high-speed railway corridor can be directly connected to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) for quicker freight transport.

The project would be first of its kind in the nation High speed fully air-conditioned coaches will run under the project. All formalities like timings, number of trips, revenue sharing pattern, special stations etc.

Nagpur-Mumbai high-speed rail project to reduce travel time

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Nagpur-Mumbai high-speed rail project to reduce travel time

Mumbai: If things go as planned then commuters will be able to travel from Mumbai to Nagpur in 5 hours. As per reports the government plans to build Nagpur-Mumbai High-speed rail network. This news comes as a big relief for many who frequently travel between these two cities.

China High Speed Rail Network
High Speed Rail

Currently it takes over 14 hours to travel from Mumbai to Nagpur. With high-speed rail project the time taken to travel will come down to only 5 hours. As per official sources from ministry of railways, they are planning to connect Nagpur -Mumbai Super Expressway (Samriddhi Mahamarg) to a railway track connecting Nagpur to Mumbai.

To start the process for building Mass Rapid Transit System in Nagpur, a MoU has been signed between MahaMetro and Indian Railways. The agreement is for connecting railway line with that of metro coaches.

Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Water Resources, Nitin Gadkari, commuicated  that the air-conditioned metro coaches plying on broad gauge railway lines will run at a speed of 100 km per hour. This speed is lot more than a usual passenger train.

Gadkari also shared that the high-speed rail project will also be bringing cities like Wardha and Bhandara nearer to Nagpur. This move will also aid in transforming these selected locations into satellite cities.

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited, known as MahaMetro is a jointly owned company of the Maharashtra and central government. Both the parties are equal partners. For the 700km long Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi Expressway, an estimated sum of Rs 46,000 crores will be spent by MahaMetro.

Railway ministry is also mulling to build high-speed rapid transit project in National Capital Region (NCR). This project will be covering cities like Nodia, Meerut, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Delhi.

Apparently, a Rapid Rail service is expected to commence from shortly from Delhi to Panipat in Haryana. Out of the 111 km distance to be covered by it, 2 km will be underground and 109 km will be elevated. Similarly, the same high-speed train service will be made operational in near future connecting Delhi and Meerut.

Mumbai Metro | MMOPL seeks more riders, seeks collaboration with private firms

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Mumbai Metro | MMOPL seeks more riders, seeks collaboration with private firms

Mumbai: The Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) is the first to operate metro corridor Versova- Andheri- Ghatkopar. To have more people to use Public transport, MMOPL wants to collaborate with companies so as to appeal for employees to commute to Metro 1. For this, they have issued the bulk pass for the companies who are convinced by this idea.

MMOPL is a joint venture company which is owned by RATP Dev Transdev Asia and Reliance Infrastructure. It stands in the eighth highest passenger density of any metro line in the world.  It carries 3.40 lakh commuters and on other days it carries 4 lakh passengers.

MMOPL has recently corded with three companies and has issued about 200 bulk passes and have pitched around 430 companies and 1000 housing society so as to tell the benefits of metro and how easily people can travel without any traffic fuss.

Over a past few years, office space users increased in the areas of Seepz, Andheri link road, MIIDC, Naka, Marol etc.

Currently, Metro line 1 has to tackle more passengers as there is an increase in ridership so there is a need for more coaches. Metro line 1 has four coaches in each train so commuters have demanded to increase the number of coaches.

 MMOPL Spokesperson’s said, “The sales team keeps in regular contact with HR/Admin heads of various corporate offices around the alignment and provides customized service”

MMOPL Spokesperson’s said, “The sales team keeps in regular contact with HR/Admin heads of various corporate offices around the alignment and provides customized service”.

The spokesperson also stated that Metro 1 team regularly visits the housing societies and added that “Posters with important information regarding Metro such as first train, last train, call center number, etc are being put upon society notice boards. This helps in keeping Mumbai Metro on top of the mind of society residents,”.

As in the increase in the ridership of Metro MMOPL is planning to buy new coaches. A week ago, they also increased the number of trips from 386 trips daily to 382 trips daily to carry 6000 commuters during peak hours.

Pod taxi start again, Critics says it’s rikshaw in air

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Pod taxi start again, Critics says it’s rikshaw in air

Bangaluru: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) proposed pod taxi as one of the commuting options for citizens. The BBMP earlier abandoned the project because of the assembly elections for not being in the controversy but now it has started talking about it again.

Pod taxi is that mode of transport which resembles cable car. It accommodates four to six people and is also driverless and runs on electricity. Critics say it’s rickshaw in the air.

The BBMP officials say that the proposal is approved by the Council, will be sent to the government for further approval. The project costs ₹1,500 crore but the BBMP does not have to invest as it is being proposed under the PPP model. We have already floated the tender and work would be awarded after the government approves it.

People still say that this will not help in reducing congestion in the large metropolis like in Bengaluru. They also say that it might clash in Namma metro phase 3 as it might take the same alignment.

The BBMP last week took up the council for the pod taxi. It had to be postponed as the corporates needed more details.

Mayor R Sampath Rah told Media, As requested by the council members, I have asked officers to prepare for a detailed presentation. We will take up the project after arriving at a consensus among the corporators.

Land row stalls Bullet Train project, Japan stops funding to project

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Land row stalls Bullet Train project, Japan stops funding to project

Ahmedabad: The ongoing land row has become a major road block for the ambitious Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train. As per sources Japan has not released second phase of funds with news on land acquisition issues doing rounds.

The protest is causing a major hurdle and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has not released latest installment. JICA is funding agency and it has stopped payments with no evident progress in resolving land acquisition controversy.

According to sources in Gujarat government, JICA’s funds for last quarter have not been disbursed.

The source, a senior state official shared on grounds of anonymity that as per the payment agreement funds will flow if work is going as per plans. With issues arising in Gujarat and Maharashtra over land, things have reached stalemate.  The first instalment of Rs 125 crore was made during Japan’s Prime Minister visit to Gujarat in September last year.

The official also added that next instalment will be made when the land acquisition issue will be resolved in India. Only when some level of progress is achieved, the funding agency will release the funds.

According to the agreement, JICA has agreed to offer approximately Rs 80,000 for the country’s High Seep Rail Network. The projected cost of the entire project comes to around 1 lakh crore.

The funding agency will be giving the amount in installments in the form of soft loans for 15 years. JICA will release the funds in the form of installments.

Maharashtra and Gujarat government will jointly pay Rs.

20,000 crore and that too in installments. The special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the project was formed with the equity of Rs. 500 crore in previous September only.

Gujarat Dr JN Singh who coordinates with various agencies on behalf of Gujarat government has said that the government is hardly aware about cash flow issue. Singh also added JICA funding is not part of their preview and that funding will come as with each level of project implementation.

Gujarat government on the other hand is working hard to work out amicable solution with farmers. Kaushik Patel, revenue minister also shares the Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has asked that farmers should not be face injustice during the land acquisition process.

Kochi Metro | 400 shops to be affected on metro rail line to Kakkanad

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Kochi Metro | 400 shops to be affected on metro rail line to Kakkanad

Kochi: As per the survey for the proposed 11.2-km Kochi metro rail link from the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kaloor to the InfoPark in Kakkanad, 400 shops to be affected. The survey states that 40 shops will be completely destroyed and 360 shops will be partially ripped off.

In the primary findings of the survey it is estimated that land from 280 landowners will have to be acquired. The study was conducted ahead of acquisition for Kochi Metro.

Initial work on metro rail extension to Kakkanad has began and officials are optimistic that the central government will give due clearance soon.

On the other hand representative from the Kerala Voluntary Health Service held discussions with those who will lose their commercial establishments and land. KVHS conduct studies on social implication of such project on those likely to be affected directly.

KVHS is likely to complete the study by the end of this month and the findings will be submitted to district administration. The study is undertaken to understand the implication on area where the land will be acquired. It also aims to facilitate fair price to landowners and rehabilitation to those who are likely to be affected. Specifically, those who will lose jobs and livelihood with land acquisition.

Kochi Metro Rail Limited along with revenue department has completed joint study on plots to be acquired and ancillary studies. Land to be acquired in an 11 meter both side of land earmarked for the project. Marking stones have been placed post measurement of area and location identified.

Association of land owners held a meeting and demanded market price for the land acquired. Besides, they also demand that families who will be affected should be looked after by assuring one job for the member of the family.

The association has also asked to undertaken metro construction after the authorities build parallel roads at the metro sight to divert and control traffic.

Chandigarh now plans a Monorail, after dumping Metro rail project

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Chandigarh now plans a Monorail, after dumping Metro rail project

Chandigarh: After the rejection of metro rail project in last year in the month of July now, the Chandigarh administration is now planning to have a monorail. As an alternative model of mass transport in the city.

Monorail is a rapid transit system which consists of a single track, typically elevated, with trains suspended from it.

Intamin Transportation Limited, a Switzerland-based company has given a presentation as well as the proposal regarding constructing the monorail network to senior Union Territory officers last week.

In the first phase, 20km network is proposed. It will connect the Tricity — Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali.

During the presentation, the monorail company stated that the monorail has the capacity to ferry 10,000 to 12,000 passengers per hour per direction. The cost of construction will be around Rs 2,500 crore according to the current system, which translates to Rs 125 crore per km.

traffic in Chandigarh
traffic in Chandigarh (photo: the Indian express)

Company’s representative Suniti Varma said, “monorail is an environmentally friendly transportation system that runs on clean electrical energy.”

‘Applicable for tricity’

“The best part is that the project is viable in the tricity because of the light-weight track system that can be easily incorporated into the existing infrastructure,” said Suniti Varma.

A senior UT officer said the company has given its presentation and now the administration is studying the proposal in detail. He said “We will have another round of meeting before giving the project a go-ahead,”

If the project is approved, a technical and engineering feasibility study of the routes will be conducted followed by the development and submission of a business plan and detailed project report. While private industries are expected to contribute 80% cost of the project, the remaining 20% will be carried out by the Chandigarh administration.

‘Why no to metro’

plan for Chandigarh metro tricity plan which is now a history
Plan for Chandigarh metro tricity plan which is now a history (photo: Rajbir Singh)

It was in July last year during the home minister’s advisory committee meeting in New Delhi that Rajnath Singh said a big no to the metro project in Chandigarh, calling it non-viable, and asked the officers to look for alternative modes of transportation.

Even the Chandigarh officers admitted that at Rs 14,000 crore, the project is not financially possible. Also, neither Punjab nor Haryana had given their consent in writing for the metro project.

Member of Parliament (MP) Kirron Kher had already opposed the project stating that it would uproot the city. As a solution to traffic congestion.

Mumbai Monorail | Scomi employees appeal Chief Minister to restart monorail operation

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Mumbai Monorail | Scomi employees appeal Chief Minister to restart monorail operation

Mumbai: Employees of the Malaysian based Scomi Engineering involved in operations of India’s first Monorail in Mumbai. They have now appealed to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to find some solution for their salary issue. They urged the Chief Minister to restart operation of Monorail so that their issues can be resolved. If once the operation start employees will get new ray of hope that the will get their unpaid salaries since April 2018. In June, company told some employees to work from home and some were sent on leave due to issues raised between MMRDA and the Scomi Engineering.

Fadnavis who is heads Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) which is the asset owner of Mumbai Monorail.

Scomi worker written a compliant to CM Maharashtra
Scomi worker written a compliant to CM Maharashtra

The fire incident in November 2017 stopped the monorail services between Chembur and Wadala. This fire incidence not only affected first phase, the second phase of Monorail between Wadala and Mahalaxmi was also could not be made operational. As there was not surety of services and commuters safety.

The employees have also appealed on Twitter saying how they have been not received their salary from last three years, their pay scale has also not increased. The cost of living is increasing every other day but they are not able to receive for which they are working.

The employees of Scomi are from different department viz. electrical, rolling stock, operations, systems, security, pilots and also station masters. Even vendors, suppliers, other agencies have not got their payments.

“Mumbai Mono Rail employees suffering in delay of salary payment, even employees did not got appraisal from past 3 years and from 2016 onward delay of salaries has been hovering, from April 2018 more than 200 employees has not got their payment. Which creates insecurity in the minds of employees’ even numbers of employees has left their job. This also reduces the number of employees from 350 to 200 only,” stated Scomi employees.

“We have not got our salaries since April 2018 and are also left jobless considering we are asked to sit at home. We have appealed that the state government should take immediate action to restart the Monorail operations”, employees added.

Delhi Metro | DMRC invites bids for procurement of 229 electric CNG buses

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Delhi Metro | DMRC invites bids for procurement of 229 electric CNG buses

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) has a metro route network of 288 kms with 208 metro stations. Last mile connectivity is a critical component for provision of an effective integrated public transport. It is essentially required to promote the use of public transport and to provide speedy & easy access to metro stations and to transit point/destination. With this objective, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC), at the behest of STA, GNCTD, has been providing feeder services to metro stations. Various last mile connectivity modes include feeder buses, e-rickshaws, cycle sharing services, etc. In order to provide further comfort to the passengers and to simultaneously contribute to the environment, DMRC is planning to introduce Air Conditioned CNG and Electric bus services on feeder routes.

In order to facilitate the passenger for last mile connectivity, DMRC intends to provide feeder services under North, central and east cluster by way of Air Conditioned Electric buses. In this regard, bids are solicited from interested Applicants who shall be responsible to procure 229 CNG buses (7-8 Meters length, 16-22 seater, low floor, Air Conditioned buses) to Operate & Maintain the same.

For the purpose, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) floats this open e-Tender to select a bidder, who would be entrusted with the following tasks: –

  • To procure, operate & maintain 229 AC CNG buses 7-8 Meters length, 16-22 seater, low floor, Air-Conditioned Electric Buses.
  • To procure, install, commission, operate & maintain battery charging Infrastructure for these 96 Air-Conditioned Battery Operated Buses in the depot
  • To develop bus depot infrastructure for repair and maintenance of buses on land/plot
    provided by DMRC at Majlis Park and Kohat Enclave as per Appendix-35 of SCC.
  • To procure, install, commission, operate & maintain auto bus washing/ cleaning plant and requisite tools, equipment, machinery for repair and maintenance of buses in depot provided by DMRC at Majlis Park and Kohat Enclaveas per layout plan attached at SCC- Appendix-35.

Key points of the TENDER No. DMRC/OPERATIONS/FBS-04/2018

Schedule of work: Provision of Feeder Services under north Cluster for last mile connectivity with procurement, operation, and maintenance of 16-22 seater low floor AC Electric (Battery Operated) Buses.

Tender Notice No. TENDER No. DMRC/OPERATIONS/FBS-04/2018: Provision
of Feeder Services under North Cluster for last mile connectivity with procurement, operation and maintenance of 16-22 seater low floor AC Electric (Battery Operated) Buses.

  • Approximate Cost of work: Rs.396.67 Crores (inclusive of 18% GST)
  • Amount of Tender Security: Rs. 3.96 Crores
  • Period of work: 10 Years from the commencement date of services
  • Tender Document on sale: From 18.06.2018 to 03.08.2018 (up to 15:00 hrs) on e-tendering website https://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app
  • Cost of Tender Documents: Rs. 23,600/- (Non-refundable)
  • Pre-bid Meeting: 13.07.2018 at 11:00Hrs
  • Last date and time of submission of Tender online: 03.08.2018 to 15:00 Hrs
  • Date & Time of opening of Tender (Technical Bid): 06.08.2018 at 15:00 Hrs. Financial  Bid will be opened later.

Key points of the Tender Notice No. DMRC/OPERATIONS/FBS-05/2018

Schedule of work: Provision of Feeder Services under Central Cluster for last mile connectivity with procurement, operation, and maintenance of 16-22 seater low floor AC Electric (Battery Operated) Buses.

Tender Notice No. DMRC/OPERATIONS/FBS-05/2018: NIT, for the work: Provision
of Feeder Services under Central Cluster for last mile connectivity with procurement, operation and maintenance of 16-22 seater low floor AC Electric (Battery Operated) Buses.

  • Approximate Cost of work: Rs.287.07 Crores (Inclusive of 18% GST)
  • Amount of Tender Security: Rs. 2.87 Crores
  • Period of work: 10 Years from the commencement date of services
  • Tender Document on sale: From 18.06.2018 to 06.08.2018 (up to 15:00 hrs) on the e-tendering website https://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app.
  • Cost of Tender Documents: Rs.23,600/- (Non-refundable)
  • Pre-bid Meeting: 13.07.2018 at 11:00Hrs
  • Date and time of submission of Tender online:  Tender submission start date: 26.07.2018 from 11:00 Hrs
  • Tender submission end date: 06.08.2018 to 15:00 Hrs
  • Date & Time of opening of Tender (Technical Bid): 07.08.2018 at 15:00 Hrs. Financial  Bid will be opened later

Key points of the Tender Notice No. DMRC/OPERATIONS/FBS-05/2018

Schedule of work: Provision of Feeder Services under East Cluster for last mile connectivity with procurement, operation and maintenance of 16-22 seater low floor AC Electric (Battery Operated) Buses.

Tender Notice No. .DMRC/OPERATIONS/FBS-03/2018: NIT, for the work: Provision
of Feeder Services under East Cluster for last mile connectivity with procurement, operation and maintenance of 16-22 seater low floor AC Electric (Battery Operated) Buses.

  • Approximate Cost of work: Rs. 242.18 Crores (Inclusive of 18% GST)
  • Amount of Tender Security: Rs. 2.42 Crores
  • Period of work: 10 Years from the commencement date of services
  • Tender Document on sale: From 18.06.2018 to 02.08.2018 (up to 15:00 hrs) on the e-tendering website https://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app.
  • Cost of Tender Documents: Rs. 23,600/- (Non-refundable)
  • Pre-bid Meeting: 13.07.2018 at 11:00 Hrs
  • Date and time of submission of Tender online: Tender submission start date: 24.07.2018 from 11:00 Hrs
  • Tender submission end date: 02.08.2018 up to 15:00 Hrs
  • Date & Time of opening of Tender (Technical Bid): 03.08.2018 at 15:00 Hrs.. Financial  Bid will be opened later.

Authority and place for submission of tender cost & Tender Security (EMD), seeking clarifications on tender documents and the pre-bid meeting is CGM/Contracts, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd., 5th Floor, A-Wing, Metro Bhawan, Fire Brigade Lane, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi –110001 (Tel: 011-23415838).

Godrej moves HC over land for Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train

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Godrej moves HC over land for Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train

Mumbai: The Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train now finds itself in a new controversy with Godrej challenging the land acquisition. In a fresh controversy, Godrej has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the 8.6 acres of land located in Vikhroli area of Maharashtra.

The protest from Godrej group comes as the 8.6 acres of land is part of the business house real estate. The land will eat up Rs 500 crore worth of land and so Godrej has asked for realignment of land for the project.

Godrej has requested for realignment and even offered alternative land. This will only be possible if the National High-Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRC) – the nodal agency executing the project, concurs to realignment. In case if a compromise is not arrived at, Maharashtra government will have to forcibly acquire land for bullet train project.

With Godrej jumping into land acquisition problems, resistance for the popular bullet train project increases further. The project is already reeling under issues with regards to land acquisition. Both Gujarat and Maharashtra government are locked in a deadlock with many villages in both the states. In Gujarat it is 195 villages whereas in Maharashtra the government is on head-on collision with 104 villages. The 108-kilometre stretch in Maharashtra is among the most productive and fertile farm belts, well-known for its fruit plantations.

Despite of so many issues the authorities are confident at meeting the completion deadline of 2022. They are optimistic that the ride will open for public by August 15 in 2022.

High-Speed Bullet Train is an ambitious project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. The all-Japanese high-speed technology ‘Shinkansen’, the project investment has been estimated to be around Rs 1.10 lakh crore – 81 per cent of which will be covered by a soft loan with a 20-year moratorium on payments from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

In face of the land acquisition controversies, many feel that the deadline for bullet train will be extended further. Godrej is the new entrant opposing land acquisition along with farmers in Gujarat who have filed five writ petitions in Gujarat High Court.

On the other hand public hearing by the NHSRC in Palghar was interrupted for the second time in the row, by farmers a few weeks back.

Delhi Metro | Corruption results fare hike, Delhi Govt. seeks CBI probe on Airport Line scam

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Delhi Metro | Corruption results fare hike, Delhi Govt. seeks CBI probe on Airport Line scam

New Delhi: Delhi Metro aim was to provide facility to commuters with affordable prices. From last few months Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is continuously increasing fare by which its main motive of public services remain just for the name. Fare hikes need to be done for the maintenance of metro, statement given by Union Urban Affairs minister Hardeep Sing Puri, but the reason behind it is completely different. Delhi Metro has always remain silent when it comes to fare hike, employees salary issue, Rs 4000 crore scam on Airport Line project, Khyber Pass depot land scam, property business scam, poor infrastructure in Mundka staff quarters etc.

Recentally  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has demanded a CBI inquiry, in the airport metro rail line reason behind its termination of the concession agreement of Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Ltd (DAMEPL). There is no report for Rs 4000 crore which was allotted for this line. Actually there was a loopholes in the base of this airport line. The detail project report that was prepared in this line was not only away from practicality, but also the decisions taken for this line also remained in the center of disputes rather than its characteristics. Arvind Kejriwal submitted letter to Union Urban Affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri, a copy of this has been circulated to Home minister Rajnath Singh. Delhi chief minister said that when he received reports about impending liability of around Rs 5,000 crore faced by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).


Delhi Metro Airport express line is the first Metro line in Delhi, which was constructed under Public Private Partnership (PPP), but this experiment was completely unsuccessful. The reason for this was that the Delhi Metro and it was not compatible with the private company chosen for the operation. Sources of housing and urban work ministry say that the foundation of this line, that DPR was created for this line was also far from reality and it was also questioned by the ministry, but the public investment board who raised the but later it was withdrawn by the ministry itself.

July 8 2012, operations on the Delhi Airport Express which will connects the New Delhi Railway Station to Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, was came to halt. Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Ltd (DAMEPL), the company which is equally responsible to operate the line through with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), closed the line citing defects in the civil structure on the elevated section of the line. DAMEPL is a company promoted by Reliance Infrastructure, which is owned by Anil Ambani. Also wants to quit Delhi Airport Express project.

If this will be the condition of Delhi Metro, which has largest extending network among all the metro.Then Metro transportation will remain only for elite class of people not for the common people. There must be proper inspection for all this happening. No auditing by Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) till 2021 has upgraded the corrupt practices in Delhi Metro.

Delhi Metro | Reva Ultra Mega Solar of Madhya Pradesh to supply solar power

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Delhi Metro | Reva Ultra Mega Solar of Madhya Pradesh to supply solar power

New Delhi: In the next two months, the Madhya Pradesh based Reva Ultra Mega Solar Ltd (RUMSL) will start giving green power to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

This will be the first project in the country which will supply power to an inter-state open access customer. The power purchase agreement (PPA) has been signed between the DMRC and RUSML for supply of solar power to run trains in Delhi.

The DMRC would get around 25 percent of the total power generated by the RUMSL. This arrangement would meet around 90 percent power demand of the DMRC, as claimed by Madhya Pradesh Renewable Energy Principal Secretary Manu Srivastava. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will get solar power from the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Ltd (RUMS) within the next two months.

He further said that the RUMSL has started generating 10 MW power from July 6 this year. The project is estimated to meet 90 percent of the daily electricity demand of the DMRC. Besides, it would save Rs 1,400 crore of Delhi Metro in the next 25 years. The DMRC would pay around Rs 3.67 for per unit of solar power, including the transmission charge.

The DMRC would get around 25 percent of the total power generated by the RUMSL, which would meet around 90 percent power demand of the DMRC, told by the Madhya Pradesh Renewable Energy Principal Secretary Manu Srivastava. He added, “The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will get green power from the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Ltd (RUMS) within the next two months”. He said the RUMSL has started generating 10 MW power from July 6 this year. “The project is estimated to meet 90 percent of the daily electricity demand of the DMRC. Besides, it would save Rs 1,400 crore of Delhi Metro in the next 25 years”. The DMRC would pay around Rs 3.67 for per unit of solar power, including the transmission charge.

Currently, the DMRC is buying power at Rs. 7 per unit. Delhi metro presently has a network of 208 stations with 288 km stretch which has now crossed boundaries of Delhi to reach Noida and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh easily and Faridabad and Gurgaon in Haryana.

The DMRC will get a benefit of 24 percent from the power produced from the Rewa Solar power while the 76% will get to the MP power management company limited which supplies power to the Discoms.  RUMSL will go full steam by this year-end.

“RUMSL is the joint venture between the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam (MPUVN) which has roped in private players in setting up the plant. Under the plant, three units of 250 MW each will produce a unit of green energy for less than Rs 3.67 per unit”, said Srivastava who is also the managing director of MPUVN.

As per the air quality data compiled by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for mega cities the Delhi was ranked as the sixth most polluted city in the world.

Kochi Metro | Chennai Silks opens its showroom at MG Road Metro station

Darshana Shukla
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Kochi Metro | Chennai Silks opens its showroom at MG Road Metro station

Kochi: Kochi Metro elevates itself into a shopping circuit with the second interconnection with The Chennai Silks. It’s a major milestone in the history of the 56-year old establishment, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary in Kochi this year.

It was indeed a day to rejoice for every shopaholic Kochinite when Chennai Silks, MG Road Kochi will become the second business establishment to connect with Kochi Metro as per the interconnection policy approved by Kochi Metro Rail Limited.

Commuters travelling via MG Road Metro station will now be able to shop at the favorite store. In fact, it is an additional reason to travel in a metro as you get to shop and ride in a comfortable, air-conditioned metro coach.

On Sunday, amidst fanfare and celebration, Chennai Silks opened its showroom. Cultural event was part of the inauguration ceremony.

Here are some of the glimpses from the event:

Kochi Metro recently completed one year and marked the anniversary celebration with several contests and cultural fest. Metro officials are making sure that they keep commuters interest in mind in order to motivate more people to take to metro over private vehicles or other means of public transport.

With opening up of a new showroom, commuters can look forward to shopping at the metro station itself.

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