Hyderabad: The L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited, the concessionaire executing ₹ 16,375-crore Hyderabad metro rail project under the PPP (public, private partnership) mode, has reiterated its commitment to complete the project as per schedule.
S N Subrahmanyan, Deputy Managing Director and President, L&T & Non-Executive Chairman, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited, in a statement said, “The project is moving on the right track and L&T is committed to the project. There is whole-hearted support and cooperation from the Telangana Government under the Chief Minister.”
“City obstructions that crop up are being tracked and addressed at regular intervals at the highest level, to make sure that the momentum is not lost and the project is completed,” he said.
Providing a mid course project update, he said two stretches of metro project have secured safety certificates.
Of the 72 km metro project, thus far duct foundations for 59.05 km, Piers in 56.61 Km, Span Erection in 47.66 km and track work on 35.70 km has been completed.
And works on 17 stations has been completed in Stage 1 and work at 3 Interchange Stations and other 30 Stations are in progress.
Thus far all the 57 trains (rolling stocks) have arrived at the depots. While one of the rail over bridges has been completed, work on the remaining 7 ROBs is in progress.
Overall 67 per cent of the total work has been completed as of September 30, 2016, which by all standards is a speedy execution, he said.
“Working in crowded and difficult stretches like Sultan Bazaar area is on brisk pace in spite of rains and festive season. We reiterate our commitment to complete this prestigious project expeditiously with all the support and cooperation of Telangana Government,” he said.
According to the transport Minister four initial tenders have been received for this project and they intend to invite financial bids to implement this project soon.Mr Gadkari said that this pilot project will be implemented under NHAI (National Highways Authority of India).He said that he had a recent meeting with the Urban Development Minister and in the meeting, there was a discussion on whether to implemented this project under Tramways Act or the NHAI Act. It was eventually decided that the pilot project will be executed under NHAI act.Transport Ministry officials have said that initially there will be 13 stations. The official further added that four global companies have been successful for the technical bids. This includes a company from London which has done work in this context in the UK’s busiest airport Heathrow. One company each from US and UAE have also been successful for the bids. A Polish company has also qualified in the technical bids.The Metrino is considered to be extremely environment-friendly as it will run on electricity. The pods will be suspended 5-10 meters above the ground.The Prime Minister of India and the Union Cabinet was given a presentation of this ambitious project a few months ago.The Metrinos are also considered cost effective as compared to the Metros. According to news reports, the capital cost of a Metrino per Km is 50 crore whereas the Metros cost much higher at 250 crores per km.In the coming times, it will be interesting to see how the citizens of the metro respond to this latest form of transport and if this new project by the government to decongest the capital roads will be successful.(Author: Gaurav Kumar Kataki)
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“In Baranagar municipality area there are around 400 encroachments, out of which 41 have been shifted. The municipality has promised to vacate the land by September 30,” Chauhan said.Similarly, in Kamarhati municipality area there are around 200 settlements which need to shifted for the work to begin, he said. Besides this, the first phase of the East West Metro Corridor project from Sector five in Salt Lake to Sealdah (9.4 km) is planned to be commissioned by June 2018.By April 2017, two rakes will be received from the Integral Coach Factory, the Metro official said adding they are trying to finalise the order for another 10 rakes. The Metro Railway has also been trying to conserve energy and therefore, have installed 500 KWP solar plants on the roof of Kavi Subhash and Tollygunj stations, which have been declared green stations.To counter heavy rush of passengers during the Durga Puja festival next week, Chauhan said they will increase the services by around 11 per cent compared to last year.Altogether, there will be 1,624 services during the festival days.
