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BMRCL invites DPR bids for Bangalore Metro Phase 3 Sarjapur – Hebbal Line

12/04/2022

BANGALORE (Metro Rail News): Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) has invited tenders on 11^th April to appoint a consultant to create a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Bangalore Metro Phase-3’s 37 km Hebbal – Sarjapur metro line.

This has happened weeks after Karnataka’s Chief Minister announced the re-addition of the line at an estimated cost of Rs. 15,000 crore. The line will pass through the center of the city and connect Carmeleram, Agara, Koramangala, Dairy Circle, Central College and Armane Nagar.

BMRCL has prohibited the firms from bidding in a consortium and the estimate has not been disclosed. The completion period for this contract is 8 months. The Bid Submission End Date is 17/05/2022 at 15:00 and the Technical Bid Opening Date is 17/05/2022 at 15:30.

The scope of this contract includes the Preparation of a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Metro Rail Corridor of length 37 km connecting Sarjapur to Hebbal through Agra, Koramangala and Dairy Circle for Bangalore Metro Rail Project, Phase-3.

The DPR will provide a baseline of the line’s length, underground & elevated route composition, number of stations, their locations, depot, coach requirement, ridership projection, operational game plan, total cost etc.

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Namma Metro Phase II estimated cost increased, to now cost Rs 36,695 crores

Abha Rustagi

11/04/2022

BANGALORE (Metro Rail News): The cost of Phase II of the Namma Metro project which is under construction has increased by Rs 4,290 crore. The BMRCL had estimated that the completion of the project would cost ₹26,405 crores for 72-km network but now, the cost has increased upto Rs 30,695 crores. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) revealed this information while giving a reply to the questions raised by Rajya Sabha member G.C. Chandrashekar.

BMRCL said that the compensation paid towards the acquisition of land is the reason due to which the cost has increased. The land acquisition cost is entirely borne by the Karnataka Government as per the ministry’s reply.

The reply also states that as of February 2022, the physical and financial progress of the project is 63.5% and 65.24%, respectively and out of the 72 km metro line, 13.65 km has become operational. The reply mentioned that “Phase II of the project is delayed due to delay in land acquisition, execution of contracts, permission for tree removal, and COVID-19 pandemic”.

According to the sources the ongoing Phase II project which includes the construction of two metro lines from R.V. Road to Bommasandra and Kalena Agrahara to Nagawara — 12,88, 206 sq. metres of the land was identified, out of which 12,77,433 sq. metres of the land has been acquired. The BMRCL has already spent a ₹6,495 crore towards the payment of compensation to the landowners.

An official said, “In 2011, it was estimated that land acquisition would cost ₹2,100 crore. Land acquisition for the project started in a phased manner in 2015. There are various factors for the rise in land acquisition costs, including the implementation of Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013; increased guidance value over the years; revision in the extension of land required for the project; widening of the road near metro alignment; and delay in acquisition of land due to litigations.”

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Rail Vikas Nigam signs MoU with ICF for Kolkata Metro Railway project

Abha Rustagi

11/04/2022

KOLKATA (Metro Rail News): Rail Vikas Nigam (RVNL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Integral Coach Factory (ICF) for acquiring metro coaches for Kolkata Metro Railway project.

The MoU is for the manufacture and acquisition of 296 numbers of communication-based train control system compliant metro coaches for the Kolkata Metro Railway project, which is currently under execution by RVNL.

RVNL handles the business of executing all types of railway projects which include new lines, doubling, gauge conversion, railway electrification, metro projects, workshops, major bridges, construction of cable stayed bridges, institution buildings etc. As of 31 December 2021, the Government held a 78.2% stake in the company.

The company’s consolidated net profit rose 4.3% to Rs 293.01 crore on a 35.3% jump in net sales to Rs 5,049.
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24 crore in Q3 FY22 over Q3 FY21.

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Paytm bags automated fare collection system contract for Delhi-Meerut RRTS

Abha Rustagi

11/04/2022

Delhi-Meerut RRTS — Representational Image

DELHI (Metro Rail News): National Capital Region Transport Corporation Limited (NCRTC) has awarded Paytm Payments Bank Ltd. the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line‘s Automated Fare Collection (AFC) system (Package 26B) in March. Paytm will be the financial partner for this RRTS Line. The RRTS will allow QR Code based ticketing (digital QR & paper QR) and EVM (Europay, Mastercard, Visa) open-loop contactless card ticketing based on NCMC (National Common Mobility Card) standards via a contactless bank card, phone or smartcard.

The passengers will have the option to use QR code tickets which can be bought at each station’s ticket vending machines, ticketing booth or generated digitally on NCRTC’s mobile app or website. Business Class riders have to validate twice which means once at the concourse level and the second on the platform level for access to the executive lounge for boarding the trains’ Business Class coach.

The tenders for this package were invited in October 2021 by NCRTC under the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) which is the first of its kind for AFCs in India where NCRTC has appointed a systems integrator (Package 26A) and financial institution (Package 26B) to issue and receive services.

Technical bids for package 26B were opened in January 2022 in which only 2 bidders were present that are Paytm Payments Bank and State Bank of India (SBI). Paytm presented a premium of 0.06% below the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charge and other charges making them the winner.

The scope of this package is the selection of Financial Institution (FI) for Issuance of Open Loop National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) And Acquiring Services for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor Of NCRTC. Paytm will work with Datamatics Global Services – AEP Ticketing Solutions (DM-AEP-26A JV) – the winner of the AFC contract’s systems work (Package 26A).

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DMRC to introduce highly advanced baggage scanners at metro stations

Abha Rustagi

11/04/2022

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has taken a decision to install new highly advanced baggage scanners at metro stations. The decision has being taken to enhance the safety at metro stations which will also provide security to passengers. These advanced bag scanners will provide extra safety and security to passengers with their advanced features.

According to DMRC, it will be more convenient for passengers to lift and put heavy items for scanning. In phase-1 34 new high-tech baggage scanners have already been installed at interchanging stations that record, high traffic, such as AIIMS, Huda City Centre, Kashmere Gate, Rajouri Garden, Vishwavidyalaya, Mayur Vihar Phase-I, Palam, and Noida Sector-18 etc. 250 more such scanners will be installed across all Delhi Metro stations, the officials said.

As per DMRC officials, the new baggage scanners can scan 550 bags per hour whereas the old scanners could only scan 350 bags in an hour. Therefore it will help in faster baggage clearance. The officials also informed that the speed of the conveyor belt for the new baggage scanners has been increased from 18 cm per second to 30 cm per second, which will reduce the heavy passenger rush at checking points during peak hours.

The new baggage scanners come with better X-ray penetration of up to 35mm thick steel plates which will help in improving security surveillance systems at entry points of metro stations. Any kind of explosives or arms threat will be easily recognizable by the CISF on the large monitors with high-resolution images.

The new machines will also have an inclined input/output conveyor belt system with continuous audio-visual monitoring. The scanners will have 360 degrees camera installed above it that will prevent theft and arguments between commuters, security staff or others. The baggage scanning machines include supporting features like charging ports for wireless sets, hand-held metal detectors, etc., provisions of water bottle hanger, multi-utility movable rack for placing uniforms and other essential items, the officials said. Presently there are 400 X-BIS machines installed at Delhi metro stations.

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Madurai Metro feasibility report to be ready by May this year

Abha Rustagi

11/04/2022

MADURAI (Metro Rail News): The feasibility report for the mass rapid transit system (MRTS) in Madurai city is expected to be ready by May this year. RM Krishnan, the chief general manager (planning and business development) of Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) stated this in his reply to Madurai MP Su Venkatesan in January in regards to the implementation of the MRTS in the city.

Krishnan said that the Tamil Nadu government has already granted approval to conduct the feasibility study report for implementation of suitable MRTS in tier two cities including Madurai, Trichy, Tirunelveli and Salem.

He added that M/s Balaji Rail Road Systems Private Limited who were awarded the tender as consultant is expected to complete the report by this May.

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Forest department permits DMRC to remove 3,000 trees for Delhi Metro’s Phase 4

Abha Rustagi

09/04/2022

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Forest Department has permitted the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to remove or transplant 2,940 trees in the North Forest Division, and 450 trees in the South Forest Division. More than 3,000 trees will be transplanted or removed for the Delhi Metro’s Phase 4 line from Janakpuri West to R.K. Ashram, which will cover a distance of 29.26 km and have 22 stations.

The permission has been given by the Deputy Conservator of Forest (North) under the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994. Of the total 2,940 trees in the North division, 1,963 will be transplanted, while 977 will be cut down.

The trees will give way for the metro line between Janakpuri West and Mukarba Chowk, and Mukarba Chowk to Derawal Nagar.
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As per the Forest Department order, the trees will be transplanted to a park at Haiderpur and to the portion near the Outer Ring Road.

The Deputy Conservator of Forest (South) has also granted permission for the removal of 450 trees for the Khanpur to Sangam Vihar section of the proposed 23.6-km long metro line between Aerocity and Tughlakabad. However, 30,000 saplings will also be planted as a compensatory plantation on the Yamuna floodplains. A total of 20,000 saplings will be planted between the ITO bridge and NH-24, and another 10,000 saplings between Geeta Colony Bridge and Shantivan Drain.

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ABB to set up traction motors unit in Vadodara, eyes on growing Metrorail market

Abha Rustagi

09/04/2022

GUJARAT (Metro Rail News): ABB India has started the process of setting up a dedicated unit for manufacturing 1,500 traction motors which will provide crucial propulsion to metros and other locomotives, in Vadodara. The company has taken this decision eyeing the growing metro rail market in India.

“We already have three units within our campus in Vadodara. We will be adding two more units, one of which will be for manufacturing traction motors that are used in metros and other locomotives. The plant is under construction and we are installing the machinery,” said Sanjeev Sharma, country head and MD, ABB during his visit to Vadodara on Friday.

ABB India’s largest manufacturing unit in Vadodara presently manufactures digital substation products, turbochargers, motors and generators.

“We will be setting up a fifth unit which will be a service unit. Over a period of time, we have developed a strong base in Gujarat. We have a lot of equipment installed in Hazira, Surat, and Jamnagar.
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Currently, these equipments have to be sent to Bengaluru for servicing. Now we are setting up a large facility here which will help us service equipment of our customers locally,” said Sharma.

The company officials did not disclose the investments proposed for the campus in Vadodara which was set up way back in 1962.

“The work on the new facility, which will have a capacity to produce 1,500 traction motors annually, is currently in progress,” said Indraneel D, location manager, ABB at Maneja. According to the official, ABB India has already manufactured traction motors for some of the metro projects in India, in the past.

“We make the traction motors here. The traction converters come from Bengaluru. In 2012, we had supplied 2,000 traction motors to Delhi Metro. After that, there was a gap and now again we have started supplying these motors from Maneja that are part of locomotives being supplied by Bombardier,” the official added.

As per the data presented in Lok Sabha, 754 km of the metro rail network is operational in country and various metro projects are at different stages of construction or have been proposed in cities like Delhi, Bengaluru, Kanpur, Agra, Patna, Surat, etc.

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Andhra Pradesh government is actively pursuing the Visakhapatnam Metro Rail project: APMRC chief

Abha Rustagi

09/04/2022

VISAKHAPATNAM (Metro Rail News): Andhra Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (APMRC) Managing Director UJM Rao said on Friday that Metro rail is emerging as a green and favoured sustainable mode of urban commute in India. He said it defines the city’s development and economic growth while delivering a lecture on ‘Metro Rail-The Economic Growth Engines of Urban India’, which was organised by GITAM School of Technology Civil Engineering Department and The Institution of Engineers, at the GITAM campus.

The private public partnership aspect is mandatory for the States to receive Central assistance for new metro projects under the Metro Rail Policy and the Andhra Pradesh government is actively tracking the Visakhapatnam Metro Rail project to launch it as early as possible, he said at the event.

“The Union government recently approved 13 new metro rail projects in 10 cities under the Metro Rail Policy (2017) and six new projects are under consideration. Metro rails are known for facilitating people’s safe, quick and easy movement and the National Metro Rail Policy has also advised the cities with a population of 20 lakhs or more to look for rapid transit systems,” he said.

The metropolitan cities in the world documented far higher GDP after metro rail implementation. Metro rail has seen considerable growth in India in recent years, and the rate of growth is going to double in the coming years.
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At present, 29 cities are covered with 60 metro projects by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), he added.

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Siemens bags Delhi Metro Phase 4’s Electrification contract

Abha Rustagi

09/04/2022

DELHI (Metro Rail News): Siemens Ltd. on 6th April has emerged as the lowest bidder for the 25 kV AC OHE traction contract of the 38.235 km Magenta Line’s new 2.03 km underground extension between Janakpuri West and Krishna Park Extension.

Previously Alstom Transport had won this tender for the 65.1 km Delhi Metro Phase 4 project in June 2021, but their bid was rejected because it was higher than the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)’s estimate.

DMRC shortly re-invited tenders under DE-05R with an estimate of Rs. 22,75,00,000 and 600 days completion deadline. Technical bids were opened in April to reveal 12 bidders for Package: DE-05R. Siemens bid of Rs. 19.56 crore was less than the DMRC’s estimate of Rs.
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22.75 crore.

The Financial Bid Values of the lowest 5 are as follows:

Firm	Bid (Rs. Crore)
Siemens	19.56
Kalpataru Power	20.29
Shalaka-Infratech	20.41
Vikran Engineering	20.49
KEC International	20.67

The scope of this package includes the Design, Detail Engineering, Manufacture, SITC of 25 KV AC Traction (RIGID OHE), 33KV ASS, Associated Cabling and SCADA Systems for Krishna Park Underground Station of Janakpuri west to R. K Ashram corridor (Extn. of Line-8) of Phase-IV Delhi MRTS.

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