MRIDC starts process to build 20 railway stations for Pune-Nashik semi-highspeed rail line

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High-speed Rail corridor — image for representational purpose only copyright: Respective Authority

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (MRIDC) has started the process to construct 20 railway stations on the 235.15-km broad-gauge rail on Pune-Nashik semi-high speed rail line.

This ambitious project is estimated to cost Rs 16,039 cr and is expected to be completed in 1,200 days. This line will have 24 stations and 18 tunnels on the route passing through Pune, Ahmednagar and Nashik districts and is claimed to be the first low-cost semi-highspeed rail corridor in the country which will provide seamless connectivity to industrial zones of Pune and Nashik, such as Alandi, Chakan, Khed, Manchar, Narayangaon, Sinnar, Satpur.

The major reason why this project is much awaited is that it is expected to bring down the travel time between the two cities to less than two hours. “We have started the empanelment of civil contractors for the construction of railway station buildings along with that of residential accommodation, platforms, foot overbridges, station circulating areas and other utility structures, including architectural finishing, plumbing and high voltage electrical works, heating, ventilation and air conditioning in connection with the new high-speed electrified double rail line between Pune and Nashik,” said an MRIDC official.

The construction of approximately 20 stations in the Pune-Nashik line, including Pune, Hadapsar, Manjari, Wagholi, Alandi, Chakan, Rajgurunagar, Manchar, Narayangaon, Alephata, Bota, Sakur, Ambore, Sangamner, Nimon, Nandur Shingote, Sinnar, Muhdari, Wadgaon and Nashik has been started.
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The infrastructure such as station buildings and residential accommodation will be constructed as per Indian Railways’ standard specifications, guidelines and design parameters with solar panels installed.

The approval for this project was given by the railways in June 2020 and is expected to boost tourism, pilgrimage along the trade.

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Skywalk bridging New Delhi railway with adjacent metro station opens today

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New Delhi (Metro Rail News): The skywalk joining New Delhi railway station with the adjacent metro station which was announced by DMRC on Friday have been opened today on 5th March 2022 for public use.

The dedicated skywalk is constructed by DMRC in collaboration with Northern railway and has been opened at 10:00 am today. On social media handles the DMRC have announced the benefits of this skywalk such as it will provide immaculate connectivity between the New Delhi railway station and the metro station of New Delhi on the Yellow line and Airport Express Line and will also help in smooth movement of the traffic flow on the Ajmeri gate side of the railway station.

DMRC also posted about the situation and challenges which the engineers faced during the construction of this skywalk, especially during the covid-19 pandemic and added that “The Skywalk has been provided with escalators along with facilities such as CCTV surveillance cameras and many more”.

Regarding the traffic movement and construction, DMRC said that the structure had to be built above a functional underground metro station just 3 metres below with major traffic movement on Bhavbhuti Marg. Also, the bridge had to be connected to two pre-existing building structures at the far ends ensuring minimum inconvenience to the people, infrastructure and other buildings nearby.

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Kavach – India’s train safety system developed by Indian Railways

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DELHI (Metro Rail News): The successful trial of Kavach which is an indigenous Automatic Train Protection (ATP) System for enhancing the safety of running trains has been conducted today in the presence of Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways. During the trial, the driver didn’t stop the train but the train stopped automatically when it sensed another train coming from the other side avoiding a collision. Kavach conforms to SIL (Safety Integrity Level)-4 which is to the highest level of safety certification.

Kavach has been developed indigenously by research designs and standards organization (RDSO) in association with three Indian Vendors. According to Indian Railways, it is the cheapest yet the best protection system in the world. KAVACH has this unique feature that initiates automatic whistling without any intervention from the Loco pilot. The amalgamation of technologies such as Relay Based, UHF Radio, RFID, GSM and GPS will collectively aid in the effective and smooth functioning of this system.

Announced in the 2022 Union Budget as part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, 2000 Km of the rail network is planned to be brought under Kavach. In addition to the trial section of 250 km, at present Kavach is under implementation on 1200 Route km of South-Central Railway.

It has been deployed on over 1098 Route Kms & 65 locos in ongoing projects of South-Central Railway. It is planned to be implemented on Delhi–Mumbai & Delhi–Howrah corridors as a part of the “Mission Raftar” project.

To make Kavach a world class ATP system the few additional features that will be incorporated in the future are:

Direct interface with Interlocking
Functionality for Temporary Speed Restrictions
Development of Balise for Kavach
Development of Kavach on LTE

This system creates a safety envelop around trains and if two trains approach each other, then both automatically stop. This will also help in bad weather conditions and foggy weather when there are chances of more accidents

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The final CMRS inspection for Navi Mumbai Metro scheduled for 7th and 8th of March 2022

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MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The final CMRS inspection for Navi Mumbai Metro (NMM) has been scheduled forthe 7^th and 8^th of March. This the final test for NMM and once the metro receives the certificate, the decks will be opened for commercial operation on Phase 1 of Line 1 of the metro which stretches from Belapur to Pendhar covering around 11 km, with 11 stations and a depot at Taloja.

The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) was appointed for this project. The rolling stock (coaches, electrical) of CIDCO’s Navi Mumbai Metro was approved by the Railway Board of the Government of India.
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To strengthen the public transport system in Navi Mumbai, CIDCO has developed four elevated routes under the Navi Mumbai Metro and the MahaMetro was appointed by CIDCO to provide engineering assistance for the Belapur- Pendhar route. Previously the Metro has completed trails related to oscillation, electrical safety, emergency brakes, etc. successfully and has obtained the certificates from the RSDO. Once this metro is on and running it will be a major support to the commuters of the city

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MMRDA is searching for a consultant to review new rakes design for Mumbai monorail

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Mumbai Monorail — Photo Copyrighted: MMRDA

Mumbai (Metro Rail News): Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has taken some key decisions recently and have decided to involve Indian manufacturers to develop new rakes. MMRDA is now looking for a consultant who will review the design of new rakes and will take care of other ancillary services such as the timeline of manufacturing, supply, testing and commissioning.

According to the sources, ‘Medha Servo Drives Private Limited’ is at the designing stage. They have already appointed a consultant from their end to look after the work. Meanwhile, the Mumbai monorail team learning from its past mistakes has asked the manufacturer to provide a checklist of components that will be required to be repaired and replaced, in case, after the defect liability period. The source also said that the previous operator SCOMI had not given the checklist of components therefore, the officials were not aware of what components were required. Now in new rakes, they don’t want to face this issue as they already have a list of it. Besides, the manufacturer will also provide a different vendors list from which these components can be procured and added that there are nearly 2500 components in a single monorail rake.

The MMRDA provided two years six months’ time to Medha Servo Drives Private Limited to finish the design, manufacturing, supply testing and commissioning work and six months have already passed. As per MMRDA, in January 2023 first prototype new monorail rake will arrive at its Depot and then the testing and commissioning work will begin. After safety clearance is obtained the rake will be put for commercial operations while the other remaining nine rakes will be provided in the next nine months’ time.

The MMRDA has given the contract for 10 new rake procurement to this Indian manufacturer at a value of over Rs 500 cr and is promoting the Make in India initiative of the Central Government, which is largely appreciable. Currently, the Mumbai monorail services on the track from Chembur to Sant Ghadge Maharaj Chowk run at a frequency of 22 minutes with limited rakes in operation; therefore with new rakes in service, the frequency of monorail will improve offering more trips to the commuters.

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Gujarat Govt allocates 772cr for Various Metro and Metrolite projects

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GANDHINAGAR (Metro Rail News): Gujarat government have announced their budget 2022-23 on 3 March 2022. In the budget, the government have put up a provision of Rs 772 crores to provide services of Metro Rail and Metrolite in municipal corporations of the state and a provision of INR 700 crores for Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot & Gandhinagar corporations & Dahod municipality under the smart city. When the budget will be finalized, the Metro route’s land price will rise and the FSI in Vadodara, Rajkot & Surat will rise as well.

In Gujarat, only Ahmedabad Metro is available, which is the 12th metro system in India. It is built and operated by the Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited. The first section of the metro was inaugurated on 4 March 2019 and opened for the public on 5 March 2019, with the East-West Corridor.

If the budget is finalized, it will help majorly in the development of the city as it will improve the transport system which will help the commuters in the long run and will increase the connectivity. However, Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar are the only 2 places that are connected by the metro line, so it is still a long way ahead.

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DMRC to provide last-mile connectivity through electric e-rickshaws

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NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), which introduced electric feeder buses the previous year under many metro stations, will now operate electric e-rickshaws on some routes with women as the drivers. The service is announced a few days before Women’s Day as it is a step taken to increase women’s employment in this sector.

In October 2020, the Delhi government launched its scheme for registration of 1406 electric e-rickshaws through its transport department, of which 33 per cent were reserved for women drivers. The government in February this year received 20,589 applications, out of which 19,846 were from men and 743 women.
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To date, 823 women have applied for the permit of an e-auto, and Transport Minister Ashok Gehlot said that the remaining permits will be given to DMRC and they must ensure that they will hire women drivers for these autos which will run under the metro stations providing the last mile connectivity to the commuters. The department has also come up with a colour scheme that the autos with lilac colour will be driven by women drivers and the rest of the autos will be blue in colour. This will increase visibility and ensure that the scheme is not being misused.

DMRC already have close to 100 electric feeder buses which can travel about 120 km on a single charge. These e-buses have ‘validators’ installed at the front doors where a commuter can tap a Delhi Metro or Metro DTC smart card and cross a turnstile to enter the vehicle. These plans and schemes are majorly helping in providing jobs to women and easing the travel for the commuters of the Delhi metro.

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MMRDA invites tender for supply of Roof Top Solar PV project

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MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has invited Request for Proposal (RFP) from eligible bidders through MMRDA e-tendering Portal.

Tender Ref No: MMRDA/Metro- PIU/0002726
Name of Work: Design, Engineering, Manufacture, Supply, Storage, Civil Work, Erection of Suitable Structure, Testing and Commissioning of Roof Top Solar PV Project Including Operation and Comprehensive Maintenance (O and M) of the Project in RESCO Model for a Period of 25 Years at Station Site of Mumbai Metro Rail Project for Line 7 and 2A totalling around 4.43 MWp
EMD Fees: 100000
Tender Security amount: INR 8.66 Lakh
Completion period of the Work: 15 Months from the date of issue of LOA.
Tender documents sale date: From 03.03.2022 to 18.04.2022
Date & time of Tender Closing: From 18.04.2022 to 18.04.2022
Pre-bid Meeting: 21.03.2022
Date of opening of Tender: 19.04.2022

TENDER SCHEDULE

Sr No.	Department Schedule	Supplier Activity:	Duration	Start Date And Time	End Date And Time
1	Tender Authorization and Publishing		0 Days 3 Hours 15 Minutes	17/01/2019 02:45 PM	17/01/2019 06:00 PM
2		Tender Document Download	110 Days 17 Hours 59 Minutes	17/01/2019 06:01 PM	08/05/2019 12:00 PM
3		Bid Preparation and Submission	110 Days 20 Hours 59 Minutes	17/01/2019 06:01 PM	08/05/2019 03:00 PM
4	Tender Closing		0 Days 3 Hours 59 Minutes	08/05/2019 03:01 PM	08/05/2019 07:00 PM
5		Online Control Transfer of Bid	0 Days 15 Hours 59 Minutes	08/05/2019 07:01 PM	09/05/2019 11:00 AM
6	Opening Envelope A – Tender Fees, EMD		0 Days 6 Hours 55 Minutes	09/05/2019 11:05 AM	09/05/2019 06:00 PM
7	Opening Envelope B – Technical Bid		0 Days 6 Hours 55 Minutes	09/05/2019 11:05 AM	09/05/2019 06:00 PM
8	Opening Envelope C – Financial Bid		0 Days 6 Hours 55 Minutes	09/05/2019 11:05 AM	09/05/2019 06:00 PM
9	Tender Award

The MMRDA has posted the following message on the site that Tenderers are requested to note that this tender is being invited through e-procurement. Tender documents can only be obtained online from MMRDA e-Tendering Portal: https://etendermmrda.maharashtra.gov.in. For detailed information and subsequent Addendum / Corrigendum, the tenderers can log on to the above e-Tendering Portal.

Metro Line 7 from Andheri (E) to Dahisar (E) is 16.475 km. long elevated corridor with 13 stations which will provide interconnectivity among the existing Western Express Highway, Western Railway, Metro Line 1 (Ghatkopar to Versova), the ongoing Metro Line 2A (Dahisar to D N Nagar) and the proposed Metro Line 6 (Swami Samarth Nagar to Vikhroli). Whereas Metro Line 2A from Dahisar to D N Nagar is 18.589 km. long elevated corridor with 17 stations which will provide interconnectivity among the existing Western

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L&T emerged as the lowest bidder for Delhi-Meerut RRTS package 3 contract

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Delhi (Metro Rail News): Larsen & Toubro have won the Delhi-Meerut RRTS package 3 contract on 27^th February 2020 as they were the lowest bidder for constructing the 32 km Duhai (EPE) – Modi Nagar North – Shatabdi section of the 82.15 km Delhi-Meerut regional rapid transit system (RRTS) line, National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) opened the financial bids on 26th February 2020 for which they invited tender bids for Package 3’s civil construction in July 2019 with 2 sub-packages which were financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

NCRTC estimated the construction work of each lot to cost Rs. 860 crore and Rs. 1097 crore respectively. The second lot in comparison to first lot is the longer one and includes 2 stations at Partapur and Rithani which will also be a part of Meerut’s metro system.

Package 3 – Lot 1
DM/CN/COR-OF/058, LOT-P3L1: Construction of elevated viaduct from Duhai (EPE) to start of Modi Nagar North and 2 elevated stations viz. Murad Nagar & Modi Nagar South [excluding architectural finishing & pre-engineered steel roof structure of stations] of Delhi–Ghaziabad–Meerut RRTS Corridor.

Bid values submitted by each firm are as follows –

Firm	Bid
NCRTC’s Estimate	Rs. 860 cr
L&T	Rs. 784 cr
Afcons	Rs. 871 cr
NEC	Rs. 969.74 cr
JMC	1035.05 cr

Package 3 – Lot 2
DM/CN/COR-OF/059, LOT-P3L2: Construction of elevated viaduct from start of Modi Nagar North Station to Shatabdi Nagar Station and 5 elevated stations viz. Modi Nagar North, Meerut South, Partapur, Rithani & Shatabdi Nagar [excluding architectural finishing & pre-engineered steel roof structure of stations] of Delhi–Ghaziabad–Meerut RRTS Corridor

Bid values submitted by each firm are as follows –

Firm	Bid
NCRTC’s estimate	Rs. 1097 cr
L&T	Rs. 1014 cr
Afcons	Rs. 1115 cr
NEC	Rs. 1235 cr
ITD Cem	Didn’t Qualify

If there are no issues, then the NCRTC will assign L&T as the contractor and award them with the line’s 3 & 4th major civil construction contracts.

The contract prior to this were awarded to APCO Infra – CRFG JV and KEC–CCECC JV for the 18 km ‘priority corridor’ section connecting Sahibabad – Ghaziabad – Guldhar – Duhai.

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Platform 1 and 2 to remain closed for 6 months at Baiyappanahalli Metro Station

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Bangalore (Metro Rail News): Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has decided to close platforms 1 and 2 at Baiyappanahalli metro station starting from 2nd March 2022. The Namma metro train will now operate from platform 3 for a period of 6 months.

The decision has been taken to continue the infrastructure development work on the Baiyappanahalli-Whitefield metro line. The metros have been arriving and departing from the same platform which led to certain confusion, so BMRCL has been making constant announcements from 11 am of 2nd March to decrease the problems faced by the commuters.

The authorities have said that there will be no change in operational timings and frequency of the trains and that they will try to maintain full decorum so that the commuters don’t have to face any difficulties during this period. BMRCL has assured us that they will continue making announcements for 6 months to avoid any problems.

According to the sources, the BMRCL has completed 97 per cent of the civil work on 1A extension (Biappanahalli-Visvesvaraya Industrial Area) and 99 per cent on 1B extension (Visvesvaraya Industrial Area-Whitefield).
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