Pune: Work on Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar Metro corridor gains momentum. The state government has given approval to offer 13.83 acres in Balewadi. This land will act as a bank for constructing the metro corridor under the public private partnership.
The land will be given to top bidder for 35 years as part of viability gap funding. The firm constructing the corridor will be able to use the same for commercial purposes.
This decision was taken today during the state cabinet meeting. During the meeting it was unanimously agreed to give 13.83 acres of land to top bidder.
Pune metropolitan region development authority (PMRDA)’s executive officer, Kiran Gittee shares that the land will handed over to top bidder. The land will act as a viability gap funding. The bidder will have the authority to make use of land for any commercial purpose.
Additionally Gitte informs that the bidder will develop the plot proportional to the Metro work progress. Once 25 per cent of metro work is finished; the operator can utilise 25 per cent of total land for construction.
The ownership of the plot will continue to be with PMRDA after completion of long-lease contract.
Gitte is happy with state government’s move as it will help in expediting tendering process.
Both the state and central government are not offering funds for carrying out work on the Shivajinagar to Hinjewadi Metro corridor. Instead the whole project will be operated under public private partnership.
Gitte adds that it is good idea to give land instead of subsidiary or grant. PMRDA is giving land in lieu of funds to operator.
The land in turn can be utilised for building metro corridor and operations, shares Gitte.
Tender for the same will be finalised by August 15 avers Gitte. The work on this corridor will be implemented differently as compared to that of Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited’s (Maha-Metro) two corridors. All works will be done under single tendering and no multiple tender processes to follow for every work.
Chenani:Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has planned to recruit every staff as women at the Shenoy Nagar station. The official sources said that Chennai Metro Rail plans to turn Shenoy Nagar into an all-women-run station within a week.
A staff member said that “women are more efficient and much more responsible. We think this will be a great move and give a major boost to women employees. It may now seem like a trivial step, but moves like these play a great role in creating a larger impact.”
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All Women Metro Stations at Shenoy Nagar and Koyambedu – Reg
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Sources added apart that from official staff the station to housekeeping, women will only control every aspect of running this station. Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) which covers 26 stations covering nearly 35 km. Till now there was a mix of men and women staff in each station handling responsibilities such as issuing tickets, checking passengers, housekeeping and monitoring stations. But this is first time not only in Chennai Metro but also in India that a station will be completely run by women.
The official also mentions that “we think it will greatly encourage women working here and give them a sense of pride. Also, we are taking extreme care to ensure no woman employee or passenger is harassed in our station. So far, we have not had any such case. The CCTVs are monitored meticulously throughout the day and the stations are well guarded too.
Chennai: The Chennai Metro Rail limited (CMRL) has floated tender for detail design consultant (DDC) for about 12 Km stretch in corridor from light house to Meenakshi College with 12 underground stations. For the detail designed consultant (DDC) for a part of corridor-4 which consists 167.55 km.
A Metro Rail official said that, “we are floating tenders for a detail design consultant much early as it was the final design of the time. When we built the 45 Km phase-I. It was one of the lessons we learnt while implementing the project.
The consultant is planning to draw a final design of the alignment, the underground stations which will also include the station box, ramps linking underground with elevated stations, other features in the station like ventilation and air-conditioning system, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing works as the track along the alignment.
The official also mentions that the conceptual design will be made first followed by a preliminary and a final design. The first design should take at least six to seven months.
Total time to complete the contract for the DDC is six years. The detail design consultant (DDC) will be helpful in assisting contractors during the construction stage. The line of phase-2 from light house and Meenakshi college in corridor will be ready in 6 year.
The phase-2 project which has three corridors including corridor-4 covering 17.1 km from light house to CMBT with 20 underground stations.The detailed project report will also help in extending the line to another 15 km from CMBT to Poonamallee whose estimated cost is Rs 3, 850 crore. The total cost of phase-2 project is Rs 85047 crore.
New Delhi: Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) bags one of the most talked about and highly anticipated Indian Railways global crore tender. The estimated value of the tender is Rs 25,000 crore and JSPL will cater to 20% long rails requirement of railways.
Steel Authority of India (SAIL), till now was catering to the demand of Indian Railways. They were providing ‘long rail’ to the railways. This time however, SAIL expressed their inability to meet the demand of rails. It is then Indian Railways invited tenders from global players.
With JSPL winning the tender, they will now meet the 20 percent of the deficit demand. SAIL will be meeting 80 % of the total demand. The estimated total requirement of Indian railways is 487,000 tonnes of rails.
NA Ansari, CEO of JSPL on an enthusiastic note informs that this is a historic moment for JSPL. It is indeed a great achievement to win a global bid. All the top manufacturers of the rails had participated in it.
Ansari also shares that this tender is just a beginning. Their company is looking to build long term relationship with Indian Railways. JSPL wishes to partner with the railways in building a modernised railroad network in India.
The CEO says that JSPL is looking to begin the project. The company is eyeing for faster deliveries in order to aid Indian Railways. Ansari says timely delivery will ensure development of planned rail track rollout.
With this tender SAIL’s monopoly ends and paves way for private players. It also for the first time that Indian Railways invited bids for long rails.
Other companies that participated in the bid include East Metals AG, Sumitomo Corp, CRM Hong Kong.
A fact to be noted is that JSPL is the only private manufacturer of long rails in the country. They export rails to several countries in Europe and Asia. They are also manufacturer of longest track rails in the world.
Jindal Steel’s Raigarh plant produces 121 metres long rail tracks and factory welds them upto 480 metres.
As per JSPL, long rails manufactured by JSPL aid in bringing down cost drastically in welded joints. It helps in offering enhanced safety, travel comfort and cost reduction.
Apart from long rails, JSPL also manufactures ‘head-hardened rails’. These are used for metro and high-speed rails and here too they are the sole Indian manufacturer.
New Delhi: Delhi Metro’s intricate network – the Lajpat Nagar to Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus section – would soon be open to public. The Pink Line netwrok is scheduled to be operational from August 6. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
Kejriwal will be joined by Minister of State (Independent Charge), Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri. The inauguration will take place from Metro Bhawan via remote control. Passengers can board the train from 1:00 am onwards in the afternoon.
The total length of Delhi Metro that is operational will increase to 296 km once the stretch becomes operational.
In the new Pink Line stretch there will be 23 trains, running every 5 minutes 12 seconds in peak hours. During non-peak hours the frequency will be 5 minutes 45 seconds.
The new Pink Line stretch is part of Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar corridor. It will have six stations in all – Sir Vishweshariah Moti Bagh, Bhikaji Cama Place, Sarojini Nagar, INA, South Extension and Lajpat Nagar. Additionally INA and Lajpat Nagar to act as interchange stations for the Violet Line and Yellow Line respectively.
With this new line, a lot of traffic will be off Delhi’s arterial roads. Sarojini Nagar with multi-level parking is a nightmare. The parking lot is notorious for traffic growls.
Commuting for people travelling towards Gurugram and North Delhi will become easier. Thanks to NIA facilitating as interchange station.
Lajpat Nagar and South Extension have been reeling under traffic woes owing to metro construction. With the line open, these two areas will see immense relief from traffic.
Major Highlights
Shoppers are going to go gaga over this stretch. This new line connects four most popular shopping hubs. These include Lajpat Nagar, INA, South Extension and Sarojini Market. Footfalls in these markets will increase as shoppers will throng in large number.
The other remarkable aspect of this new Pink Line is that it will be the longest metro route. As per information it measure in 59km in length starting from Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar.
Mumbai:Mumbai Metro line-3 gets all 17 Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) in India. Now 16 TBMs are in Mumbai and one will arrive from Delhi in 3rd week of August 13 TBMs already in action. Second TBM of package 1 (Cuffe Parade-Hutatma Chowk) arrived at Mumbai Port.
TBM Surya-2 manufactured by Robbins Company approximate weighing 700-800 tonnes with a diameter of 6.65m, 98m long, will connect the areas between to Cuffe Parade to CST.
Managing director of Mumbai Metro Ashwini Bhide congratulated on this victory on her twitter account.
Hearty congratulations @MumbaiMetro3 on getting all 17 Tunnel Boring Machines in India. Now 16 TBMs are in Mumbai and one will arrive from Delhi in 3rd week of August. 13 TBMs alreday in action. #MMRC steadily marching ahead. @CMOMaharashtrahttps://t.co/HDKqmm3Lfw
Second TBM of package 1 (Cuffe Parade – Hutatma Chowk) @MumbaiMetro3 arrived at Mumbai Port. TBM Surya-2 manufactured by @Robbins_Co approximately weighing 700-800 tonnes with a diameter of 6.65m , 98m long, will connect the areas between to Cuffe Parade to CST #workinprogresspic.twitter.com/D4aXSzUp7h
The 13th TBM of Mumbai Life line is commissioned to build down line tunnel of 567 mts from Sariputnagar to SEEPZ Station.
Mumbai Metro line-3 also referred to as the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ line. This is a part of the metro system for the city of Mumbai. The metro line-3 will connect Cuffe Parade business district in the extreme south of the city to SEEPZ in the north-central with 26 underground and one at grade station.
Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) is implementing the project. This line will cover Nariman Point, Churchgate, CST, Girgam, Worli, Dadar, Mahim, Kalina University, Bandra, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Santacruz East and past the domestic and international terminals of Mumbai Airport, through Andheri MIDC and terminates at Seepz.
Bengaluru: Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) is waiting clarity on the indigenization of the proposed Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train. Indigenization of coaches comes under the Central government’s ‘Make in India’ program. At initial stage assemble of the coaches for the bullet train project will be done. At later stage local production will be looked by state-owned company.
BEML Chairman and Managing Director D K Hota said, “We are keen in the indigenization of bullet train coaches. BEML had tied up with Japanese company Hitachi in this regard. There is nothing final yet on the quantum of the indigenization project or total order for the coaches.”
On yesterday he was in the city to sign a MoU with Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd for cooperation in manufacturing of high-value mining equipment.
Hota said, “We are also well-placed for the project, as we already make rail and metro coaches, the only difference being they (bullet trains) will be have aluminum bodies.”
He further mentions that total of 240 coaches will be procured for the project and some of them would be assembled in India. “BEML is aiming at 30-per cent rise in the bottomline in the 2018-19 fiscal,” Hota said.
Bullet train operations are aimed to complete by 2023 between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Japanese investments and technology, and the government will help for this project. Government has already formed National High Speed Railway Corporation to execute the project.
About Mumbai – Ahmedabad Corridor:
In 2009–2010 Rail Budget the Mumbai–Ahmedabad corridor, along with 5 other high-speed rail corridors, was introduced for a feasibility study. With 650 km long high-speed rail corridor, this will run from Pune Railway Station to Ahmedabad Railway Station via Mumbai.
At initial it was proposed to have 32 services between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.On 14 February 2013 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Railway and the Societe Nationale des chemins de fer francais (SNCF) in New Delhi.
Lucknow: The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) has completed over 80 per cent of the civil work for a 177 meters long balanced cantilever Metro bridge which is being constructed over river ‘Gomti’ by erecting special spans in an extremely challenging geographical condition in the capital city of Lucknow.
Once constructed fully, this special cantilever bridge will connect both the ends of the river, thereby, providing seamless Metro connectivity to the trans ‘Gomti’ region of Lucknow. Soon the residents of Hanuman Sethu Mandir locality, students and teachers of Lucknow University, Colvin Taluqdar College and the nearby residents, people residing in Police Line and New Hyderabad Colony shall be travelling by Metro.
Construction of this cantilever bridge posed a great challenge for Lucknow Metro as the construction had to be done without disturbing the flow of water in the river. LMRC, therefore, adopted the cantilever construction methodology and constructed only two pillars (one on either side the river bed) in Gomti and installed an 85 meters long span crossing the entire river flow from one end to the other to complete this work. In addition, two spans measuring 46 meters each have also been constructed on either side, thereby, making it a 46m + 85m+ 46m = 177 meters long cantilever Metro bridge.
Lucknow Metro is slated to complete the entire Metro construction work between Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport to Munshipulia (North – South Corridor) by early 2019 so that the entire 23 km long North-South corridor is made ready for commissioning as per the target stipulated by the Government.
Lucknow: Looks like good news is finally coming for Uttar Pradesh. The state will become the first state in India to have a rapid rail system. It will receive the rail system during the first implementation of RRTS.
As per sources, work on country’s first rapid rail is also on track. The rapid rail first corridor network will connect Delhi and Meerut. The central government is likely to give its nod, ahead of 2019 election.
In a meeting chaired by UP Chief Secretary in Lucknow, the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) team presented the plan. Experts from UP’s Metro Rail Corporation as well as other officers were also part of the meeting.
Work on constructing the first Delhi-Meerut corridor has begun. Currently, road widening work has started from Duhai to Sahibabad in Ghaziabad is currently underway. Tender invitation work is put on fast track to speed up work.
Central government too is taking cognisance of projects that can be initiated in couple of months. Rapid Raid network is one such project and preparations are underway.
A rapid rail network will help in easing out traffic problems, save time and money. Most importantly, it will curtail the level of air and noise pollution owing to traffic jams.
As per recent data around 46 million people live in 58 thousand square kilometres of NCR. And 39 per cent of the NCR population lives in Delhi. A rapid rail network will be a commuter friendly transport and is need of the hour. This network will be linked to metro stations, major airports and ISBT.
As part of the plan -Kashmiri Gate, Sarai Kale Kha, Anand Vihar, Airport, IFFCO Chowk, Mohan Nagar are earmarked as bigger interchange points.
In first phase three corridors are planned with Meerut-Ghaziabad-Delhi being the first corridor. In the second lap Delhi, Gurgaon, Rewari and Alwar will be covered. In the third corridor Delhi, Panipat and Sonipat will be connected.
For the second phase, the officials plan to have five corridors. These include:
The first corridor will cover Delhi, Faridabad and Palwal
The second corridor will touch Ghaziabad and Khurja
In third, Delhi-Ballabhgarh-Rohtak
In fourth Ghaziabad-Hapur
Fifth corridor Delhi, Shahdara and Barot to be covered
NCRTC is a joint venture between government of India and state government of four states – Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. The body is formed to carry out design, construction, operation and maintenance work rail based Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) in the National Capital Region.
Vinay Kumar Singh is heads the NCRTC and was earlier working with Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) – a railway PSU involved in the study of high speed rail corridors.
Singh holds excellent track record professionally. He was instrumental in starting construction of Delhi Metro on ground. Singh was also the first chief executive officer of the High Speed Rail Corporation of India. He is now the first Managing Director of NCRTC.
New Delhi: It is indeed rewarding to stay alert, especially if you are working with Delhi Metro. That is what Delhi cops did, it felicitated alert Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) staffers who saved metro commuters life.
This novel initiative by Delhi cop has come as a positive step, both for public and metro staff members. In the list of awardees there are drivers, train operators as well those working with DMRC.
Citing an example, a train driver saved life of a 57-year-old man who jumped in front of a moving metro train at JLN Stadium. Thanks to the alertness of Delhi metro train driver, this man who was allegedly attempting a suicide was saved within no time.
There was another attempt by a 23-year-old man who was spotted on tracks of Udyog Bhawan metro station by train operators. The train was stopped right on time and this man’s life was saved by DMRC train operators on spotting him on the tracks. This incident took place on July 18.
These many such incidents wherein DMRC’s staff members’ alertness has saved many lives. Many staff members will now be rewarded under Delhi Police’s initiative.
The aim of this initiative is to build a rapport with DMRC’s officials. Alert staffer will be awarded certification of appreciation.
DMRC has also welcomed this new initiative.
Executive Director, Corporate Communications Anuj Dayal of DMRC appreciating the gesture. Dayal informs that all train operators under intensive training at their institute before put on job. It is due to training and their commitment towards their job that help in saving lives.
All employees have to appear for psychometric test before joining the project. The tests assesses the incumbents ability to react quickly adds Dayal.
During DMRC’s foundation day celebration DMRC had awarded a Delhi Police.
A cop from Delhi Police was conferred with Managing Directors Award for meritorious performance. DMRC was aided by cop in a metro cable theft case. This officer was awarded by DMRC on Foundation day.
Mumbai: Settle into a pod in a vacuum tube, fasten your seat belt and whizz across to Pune from Mumbai in 20 minutes. Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra’s chief minister, believes the regular inter-city traveler will be able to do and afford this by 2024.
By the end of 2018, construction is set to begin on a 15-km test track for the Mumbai-Pune hyperloop. For the uninitiated, the Hyperloop is a still-untested high-speed mass transportation concept floated by American entrepreneur and innovator Elon Musk.
It involves building a near-perfect vacuum tunnel or tube, a railway track and a vehicle that floats above the track using magnetic levitation. Cargo and—if all goes well—passengers can then be loaded into this vehicle, which accelerates through electric propulsion and picks up speed due to extremely low friction in a vacuum.
travel time down to 20 min. with Mumbai to Pune
If the technology can prove its promise, hyperloop might one day become the fastest transit option with the lowest fuel (electricity) consumption rates.
Kaustubh Dhavse, an officer on special duty to Fadnavis, said the chief minister’s office is closely monitoring the project. “Work (on the test track) will start by end of this year,” Dhavse says.
Hyperloop plan for Mumbai and Pune commuters
“It won’t take a long time to build because the construction is simple. But we need to build a regulatory framework that cuts across various ministries and is beyond the purview of the state government. The ministry of civil aviation, the railway’s ministry—all of these need to be involved. An interdepartmental panel for the Hyperloop has been constituted.”
Virgin @HyperloopOne plans to send engineers to Pune shortly.
PMRDA has identified 15 km row demonstration track for #Hyperloop . It is noteworthy that 70% of materials and components required for Hyperloop can be sourced within Maharashtra itself. pic.twitter.com/97D2nHgGAf
The only working model right now is a test site built by Virgin’s Hyperloop One in the Nevada desert, which Fadnavis has visited. In February, Fadnavis signed a MoU with Richard Branson’s Virgin Hyperloop One to build the Mumbai-Pune track.
While Dhavse refuses to give cost estimates for the whole project, the demo track, the initial 15km stretch proposed near Wakad, Pune, is expected to cost roughly ₹3,000 crore. Virgin will foot this bill.
Virgin Hyperloop One’s website estimates that the top speed for a passenger vehicle or light cargo will be 670 miles (1,080km) per hour. “That is 2-3 times faster than high-speed rail and magnetic levitation trains, and 10-15 times faster than traditional rail. The average speed that the vehicles will travel at will vary based on the route and customer requirements,” the site says.
estimated Hyperloop cost
Dhavse adds, “The cost of this project will evolve but the cost per km will be about the same as the overhead metro, that’s about $15-25 million per km. What we had to study (before approving the test track) was the cost for commercial rollout, (and) what are the certifications needed for human trials.”
When it does become commercial, Dhavse believes the cost of Mumbai-Pune hyperloop commutes would be comparable to road or rail alternatives.
India’s future plans demo
A recent report published by the McKinsey Global Institute said Mumbai needed $220 billion (approximately ₹14,74,000 crore) of investment in hard infrastructure and smart technology over the next 20 years to be “future-proof”. This pales in comparison against the city corporation’s smart city proposal of under ₹2,000 crore while the city’s recent Development Plan 2034 doesn’t lay out a cohesive infrastructure strategy or investment outlay for the city.
Suveer Sinha, partner, McKinsey, believes it’s too early to look at technologies like hyperloop. “The cost of building hyperloop is not as high as the cost of building hard infrastructure because it doesn’t need a lot of hard infra, besides the tunnel, the train track, and the pod that carries people. It will be much faster than conventional railway, which can then carry a much higher number of passengers, so the cost (which can be apportioned across a wider base) will be lower. The challenge is that this tech is not proven. It’s still an early phase of development and I think we should wait until the pilot is done and then see how this can be scaled up.”
Initial tests of hyperloop technology around the world have achieved speeds approaching about half the speed of sound. But that’s not the only speed early adopters are worried about.
It’s also a race to see who builds the first working model. In the Gulf, a hyperloop proposal wants to crunch travel time between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Fadnavis’ office must surely be monitoring that project as well.
Nagpur: As the city gears up to travel in Nagpur metro rail, the public transport lifeline of Nagpur is heading towards closure. In an ironically situation, the city buses will be shut down owing to shortage of funds.
On the other hand Rs 6,000 core is been spent on setting up Nagpur Metro network in the city. There is no fund for reviving city buses that will stop operating from August 1. It is increasingly becoming difficult to run the buses owing to financial challenges. There are outstanding dues, loans and unfortunately, representatives are not doing enough to improve the situation.
Sources reveal that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is not showing any interest in the corporation issues. His attention is diverted towards Nashik owing to higher GST grant for the city.
It is not just Fadnavis, but even union minister from Nagpur Nitin Gadkari projects have not materialised. They are stalled due to paucity of funds.
Sources from corporation aver that only if 25% of outstanding dues is cleared for city buses, things are likely to improve. If the due are not cleared the red buses will be pulled off the road.
Looking at the current data, over two lakh commuters use Aapli Bus Service. It is indeed unfortunate that the state government is not willing to spend Rs 60 crore in reviving bus services.
It is Green Buses verses Red Buses
In stark contrast, corporation is plying Green Buses that hardly carries four passengers. On the other hand red buses carry substantial number of passengers. Even the fuel cost of operating Green Buses is higher than that of red buses. Despite of this reason, Nagpur Municipal Corporation has ordered closure of 36 Reb Buses.
Inside sources inform that Green Bus is Gadkari’s project. If that is pulled off road, the corporation will invite Gadkari’s ire. The union minister has been advocating use of alternative source of fuel. Green Bus seems to fit the bill perfectly. This explains why NMC is operating Green Buses despite of running in huge losses.
Many feel that money pilferage and unprofessionalism in running the bus service has caused problem. Both these issues need to be addressed and the services need to be brought at par with those in Mumbai and Pune.
Noida: Noida-Greater Noida’s Aqua Line Metro for Noida Sector-83 had a trial run on Tuesday for the first time. It’s trial run started from Sector-83 Metro station to Metro depot located in Greater Noida from Wednesday. During this time the metro will cover a total of 23 Kms. A total length of track of Aqua Line Metro is 29.707 km. Metro trial will be started on the entire track till next month.
Speed test is also to be done in the Metro trial. This will be done under the leadership of the test research design and standard organization. After this, permission from Metro Rail Safety Commissioner (CMRS) will be allowed. Noida to Greater Noida Metro Route is to be operated by December 2018.
Signal system has been completed up to Sector-83 stations on the track.
The Aqua Line Metro, which will be operated from Sector-83, it will be officially operated from the Sector-83 Metro station from Wednesday to the depot. This operation has to be done for about a month.
Examination of technical aspects before the trial
Metro on Tuesday reached the Aqua line at the station located at Sector-83 its trial will begin on Wednesday. In this way, several technical aspects were examined before the trial before metro speed, time to arrive at the station, track status.
Research Design And Standards Organization (RDSO) will investigate
During the trial, the speed of the Metro will be examined by Research Design and Standards Organization (RDSO). The track has to be operated at a speed of about 80-kilo meters per hour. In such a situation, special attention will be given to speed according to time its intensity will be examined.
Metro will pass through these stations
The Metro will go from Sector-149, 153, 147, 144, 143, 142, 137, 85 and 83 to Greater Noida Depot. After one month, there will be a trial on Dadri Road and its stations. After the trial, the Metro will be started after getting approval from the Metro Rail Safety Commissioner.
Civil work on PD Upadhyay (Executive Director, NMRC) Metro route has been completed. The work of its bio duct is also completed. From today Sector-83 will be on trial. After this, there will be a further trial.
Bengaluru: Recently the Namma Metro is facing conflict between Hindi speaking people and those resisting the language’s imposition on non-Hindi speaking states down the Vindhyas. Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (large number of group of members) recently held a protest in front of the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation(BMRC) office. They are demanding to end to the practice of trilingual announcements and signage (in English, Kannada and Hindi) in the newly-launched Metro.
Kannadiga groups are arguing that the Centre hasn’t similarly insisted on triple-language announcements and signage across Metro trains in Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu that have stuck to just English plus the regional language.
When the news in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, the hashtag #StopHindiChauvinism began spread on Twitter. When DMK leader MK Stalin noticed that the numbers of milestones on highways were being written in Hindi by replacing English signage. From history we can see that, Tamil Nadu has always come up with emotive responses whenever there has been attempt at the imposition of Hindi. While framing of Constitution of India, there was lots debate goes on that where Hindi should be adopted as official language of India or not. Finally, the proposal was accepted with a slender one-vote margin. This was supposed to replace English in 1965 as the language of government but the status quo had to prevail in light of violent protests and agitations in many states.
“Hindi was India’s national language and that it “is our misfortune that we give too much importance to English.” The BJP’s vice presidential candidate could not be further off the mark. India is a melting pot where people speak 122 major and 1,652 other languages. The citizens of every state are free to decide on the language of communication and as a result, the country can boast 22 ‘official’ languages, said Information and broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu.
In west Bengal there was such disruption when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s announced that Bengali language will be compulsory in schools then the state’s Nepali-speaking areas gave rise to fresh demands for Gorkhaland.
