Make in India escalators and lifts for Kanpur Metro

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.jpg — KANPUR, (Metro Rail News): The installation process of escalators and lifts has started for the 9 km long Priority Corridor running from IIT to Motijheel of Kanpur Metro Rail Project by the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC). (Photo: TOI)

KANPUR, (Metro Rail News): The installation process of escalators and lifts has started for the 9 km long Priority Corridor running from IIT to Motijheel of Kanpur Metro Rail Project by the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC).

Johnson Lifts Pvt. Ltd. had won the contracts to supply escalators and elevators (lifts) including maintenance of two years during the Defect Liability Period (DLP) and one-year Comprehensive Annual Maintenance beyond the DLP Period for the Kanpur Metro (Corridor 1 & 2) and the Agra Metro (Corridor 1).

A total of 27 escalators and 33 lifts will be installed on the nine stations of the Kanpur Metro’s Priority Corridor. The first escalator was installed on Monday on the first floor of IIT Metro Station.

All these escalators and lifts to be used under the project are ‘Make in India’ products and have been manufactured in Chennai. The escalators are equipped with Crawling Mode and can run at two different speeds and shall stop to conserve energy, if not used after a defined time, as reported by TOI.

The escalators also feature three emergency stop buttons to stop the escalator immediately in case of emergency in order to ensure commuters safety. The station control room has Remote Monitoring and Control System to monitor and control the escalator operations.

Johnson Lifts Pvt. Ltd. is one of the largest and leading manufacturers of elevator and escalators in India with headquarters at Chennai and has Pan India operations through its 54 branches.

Regarding construction update on Kanpur Metro, UPMRC has recently started the installation process of the Third Rail System for the Priority Corridor which it aims to start operation by December this year. On completion as per deadline, Kanpur Metro will become the fastest built and commissioned metro project in the world.

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Thales enters into an agreement in view of selling its Ground Transportation Systems business to Hitachi Rail

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04/08/2021

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Thales, (Metro Rail News): Entry into exclusive negotiations with Hitachi Rail on the sale of the “Ground Transportation Systems” business, for an enterprise value of € 1,660 million.

Euronext Paris (Metro Rail News): Entry into exclusive negotiations with Hitachi Rail on the sale of the “Ground Transportation Systems” business, for an enterprise value of € 1,660 million.

· Compelling valuation reflecting the effective turnaround

· Reinforcement of Thales’s strategic focus on 3 long-term growth markets: Aerospace, Defense & Security, Digital Identity and Security, driving accelerated EBIT margin accretion and further deleveraging

· Combined GTS and Hitachi Rail business to be positioned as a global leader in the rail signalling market

· Employee representative bodies of both Thales and Hitachi Rail are being consulted on this project, which is also subject to usual closing conditions

Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) and Hitachi Rail announce today that they are entering into exclusive negotiations on the sale of Thales’s Ground Transportation Systems Global Business Unit (“Ground Transportation Systems” or “GTS”) for an enterprise value of € 1,660 million.

With around 9,000 employees at the end of 2020, Ground Transportation Systems is a global leader in Rail Signaling and Train Control Systems, Telecommunications and Supervision systems and Fare collection solutions, key technologies for more sustainable mobility. Around 8 billion passengers benefit from GTS’s rail technologies every year.

Thanks to the engagement of GTS employees and, more globally, of Thales’s management team, the business achieved a remarkable turnaround over the past 5 years, delivering in 2020 and H1 2021 its best financial performance of the past 7 years, in spite of the Covid-19 crisis.

Thanks to the strong technical, geographical and commercial complementarities between Hitachi Rail and Ground Transportation Systems, the combination will create a leading rail signalling provider with a broader product offering and stronger capabilities to meet customer demand around the world. In addition, it will offer GTS’s employees enhanced professional opportunities. The combined strength of Hitachi and GTS’s digital expertise will also help Hitachi Rail to accelerate its Mobility as a Service (“MaaS) offering.

Through this transaction, Thales reinforces its strategic focus on 3 long-term high technology growth markets: Aerospace, Defense & Security, and Digital Identity & Security. Each of its businesses is an industry-leading pure player focused on intelligent systems and digital solutions, able to sustainably deliver double-digit EBIT margins. This move enables the Group to now target an EBIT margin of 12% in the medium-term.

The transaction will also strengthen Thales’s balance sheet and provide substantial cash optionality.

“After discussions with key market players, Thales has selected the best industrial partner to ensure a successful long term development of its ground transportation business. This move is creating significant value for our clients, employees and shareholders, and enables Ground Transportation Systems to be at the forefront of growth in sustainable mobility.” – Philippe Keryer, EVP Strategy, Research & Technology, Thales

“With this major strategic move, we will be able to focus on the development of our 3 high-tech long-term growth businesses, each of them able to sustainably deliver double-digit margins — Aerospace, Defense & Security, and Digital Identity & Security — further strengthening their best-in-class market position.” – Patrice Caine, Chairman and CEO, Thales

“Today’s announcement marks an exciting opportunity for the teams at Hitachi Rail and Thales’s Ground Transportations Systems business to create new value for our customers, cities and passengers around the world. Not only will we grow the reach of our core signalling capabilities as part of our turnkey offering, but we are also bringing together our digital and MaaS capabilities. The strong teams, customer relationships and technologies at GTS will help us grow to become a major player, further enabled by Lumada and the digital engineering of our teams at GlobalLogic and the broader Hitachi Group.” – Andrew Barr, Chief Executive Officer, Hitachi Rail.

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Metro Rail News Published its August 2021 Issue

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Metro Rail News Published its August 2021 Issue

Dear Readers,

Metro Rail News would like to express its gratitude to all of its devoted and frequent readers by making a special offer to publish a research thesis of the reader’s choosing every month.

For decades, city traffic and transportation have been a hot topic around the world. However, because of an ever-increasing population, fast urbanisation, and a transfer of people in greater numbers to cities, the situation of commuters has continued to deteriorate, particularly in third-world and developing countries. As a result, people living in the area are already facing increasing pressure on precious and limited resources.

Factors such as the development of the electric mobility ecosystem by bringing together diverse stakeholders are likely to have a substantial impact on how various stakeholders conduct their business across the mobility ecosystem (OEMs, component manufacturers, policymakers, etc.). The importance of innovative and new business models based on data analytics, as well as continuously changing automotive R&D, are all factors to consider. Connected mobility is becoming more popular (sharing mobility, SIM powered telematics, personalised infotainment, autonomous cars, etc.).

The economy is steadily recuperating as restrictions and bans are gradually lifted around the country in a cautious manner. We must stay vigilant and cautious, sticking to all measures and safety guidelines. I’m pleased to share the August 21 issue, which urges you to be safe and healthy in the face of a dangerous pandemic.

The August 2021 issue of Metro Rail News features a cover story on Restoring Passenger Confidence in Metro & Rail. Jammu-Srinagar Metro is selected as the project of the month. An exclusive interview with Mr. V. R. Sharma, MD of JSPL, Mr. Sudhanshu Mani, Ex. G.M, ICF, Chennai, Mr. Vinay Kumar Singh M.D of NCRTC. Mr. Sanjeev Sachdev, MD, Toshi Automatic Systems Pvt. Ltd. Along with regular columns such as Articles, Case Studies, News, Tenders, Events, and Jobs information. We owe it to you to keep you informed and up to date on all topics concerning urban, metro rail transit and development.

Sincerely acknowledging, we did like to express our thankfulness to our Readers, and Promoters for their active participation in subscribing to Metro rail news, Because of your commitment and loyalty, this magazine was successfully released and widely appreciated and acclaimed by the participants.

We would also appreciate if you (readers) would share this and encourage your friends and family to participate in Metro Rail News by subscribing and enjoy reading our monthly updates in the rail sector and stay tuned with all the latest innovation and technologies, this keeps our motivation inflow so that we can come next month with a lot of positive vibe in our magazine.

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Delhi-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project to have 14 stations including Gurugram

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Delhi-Varanasi bullet train — Image for representation purpose only (Photo: Twitter)

NEW DELHI,(Metro Rail News): Delhi-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor will have a total of 14 stations including Gurugram for which a Detailed Project Report (DPR) is being prepared.

For this purpose, the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) organised an environmental and social consultation meeting on Friday.

The meeting was presided over by Additional Deputy Commissioner, Gurugram, Vishram Kumar Meena, in the presence of a senior official from the NHSRCL, Anil Sharma.

Sharma informed that this rail corridor will start from Sector 21 in Dwarka, Delhi, whose alignment is proposed with the Dwarka Expressway in Gurugram. From Gurugram, it will go to Rewari along the Gurugram-Jaipur rail line. From there, going parallel to NH-48, it will reach Ahmedabad.

“Under this project, a total of 14 stations are proposed from Delhi to Ahmedabad, of which Manesar is one. Its length is about 886 km and it will pass through four states, namely Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat. The total length of this project in the state of Haryana will be 78.22 km,” Sharma said.

It was informed in the meeting that this high-speed rail corridor would be built in Gurugram at a length of about 48.08 km, which would affect 33 villages of the district.
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“In Haryana, this train will pass through two districts, namely Gurugram and Rewari. This high-speed rail corridor will be elevated like the Metro and the maximum speed of the train will be 350 kmph, while its average speed will be 250 kmph.”

“The survey work is being carried out by the NHSRCL after which the DPR will be prepared and sent to the Ministry of Railways. With the launch of this project, the journey from Delhi to Ahmedabad can be covered in just 3 to 4 hours,” Sharma said.

Meena said that although this project is in its initial stages, the high-speed rail corridor will get full cooperation from the district administration.

“The project will generate employment opportunities for the local people,” he said.

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First full-height pier casted for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project

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First full-height pier casted for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project. (Photo: Twitter)

NEW DELHI, (Metro Rail News): In a significant step towards the construction of India’s first high-speed rail corridor, the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on Saturday has casted first full-height pier near Vapi, Gujarat at Chainage 167 on Mumbai Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor which will run through 12 stations connecting Maharashtra, Dadar & Nagar Haveli and Gujarat.

According to NHSRCL, the average height of the pier on this corridor is approximately 12-15 meters and the exact height of this casted pier is 13.05 meters, which is almost equivalent to a 4 storey building. The pier is casted with 183 cubic meters of concrete quantity and 18.820 MT of steel. The special shuttering arrangement in the lift is one of the major features of the corridor providing better quality in 8 hours.

This major construction milestone has been achieved despite a severe shortage of manpower and other logistical challenges because of the ongoing pandemic and the ongoing monsoon season in the region. There is a number of such piers planned to be casted in the coming months paving way for the first high-speed rail corridor.

NHSRCL is the executing agency mandated with building India’s first high-speed rail corridor between Mumbai & Ahmedabad.

Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project is India’s first high-speed rail line connecting Mumbai with Ahmedabad with a route length of 508 km. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2023 but has been delayed due to land acquisition issues-particularly in Maharashtra and the Covid-19 pandemic with now expected to become fully operational by 2027 with some portions in Gujarat to become operational by 2023.

Once completed, the travel distance time between the two cities will be reduced to 2 hrs with trains operating at top speed of 320 km per hour.

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East-West rake rolls in under Sealdah, busiest surburban railway station.

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03/08/2021

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East-West rake rolls in under Sealdah, busiest surburban railway station( Photo credit https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/east-west-metro-rake-rolls-in-under-sealdah-busiest-surburban-rly-station/articleshow/84931673.cms)

Kolkata, (Metro Rail News): On Saturday, history was made as the first rake arrived at the Metro station 17 metres below Sealdah, the busiest suburban railway station, opening the way for the 2.3-kilometre extension of the East-West circuit beyond Phoolbagan. Commuters will be able to travel 1O km in 20 minutes after this seventh stop is added to the East-West Metro before the end of the year. The end of August should see the commencement of continuous trials.

The corridor currently runs between sector V and Phoolbagan for 7 kilometres. It will eventually run for 16 kilometres till it reaches Howrah Maidan. On Saturday, Metro Railway general manager Manoj Joshi said, “We aim to commission the Sealdah extension by December.”

Joshi boarded the rake at Phoolbagan shortly before 3 p.m., along with Kolkata Metro Railcorporation (KMRC) MD Manas Sarkar and other executives. Because the signalling system at the station’s mouth is still in its infancy, the BEML make train slowed to 15kmph for the last 300 metres to the Seadah platform.

“It’s a watershed moment for us.” N C Karmali, KMRC’s director of projects, said, “This is the first time a Metro train has chugged into a railway station in Kolkata.”

“Howrah station, which has the country’s deepest Metro station at 30m, is the other railway station along the East-West corridor,” said KMRC chief engineer Biswanath Dewanjee. However, trials at Howrah station and the rest of the corridor, which runs from Sealdah to the Howrah Maidan terminal, would not begin until the following year.

The integrated trial in Sealdah, which is required before receiving mandatory approval from the Independent Safety Assessor (ISA), will last three months, after which Metro Railway will request for approval from the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS).

Metro Railway is optimistic that the Sealdah expansion will boost ridership on the East-West line, which is currently underutilised.

“In normal times, Sealdah is a suburban railway hub with an 8 lakh to 10 lakh daily passenger count. According to Joshi, at least 40,000 commuters should utilise the East-West Metro, which will transport them to Sector V for a very low cost.

The authorities are anticipating a long and arduous build-up to the commissioning. The westbound tunnel will continue to serve as a shaft (opening) for winding up the tunnel boring machine TBM) Urvi, which concluded digging on May 15.

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UPMRC Starts Third Rail Installation Work in Priority Corridor; MD Shri Keshav Praises The Team Effort.

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03/08/2021

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WhatsApp Image 2021-08-03 at 9.14.24 AM — Third Rail System has advantages of low maintenance and better aesthetics as compared to the Overhead Electrification System.

Kanpur, (Metro Rail News):—Third Rail System has advantages of low maintenance and better aesthetics as compared to the Overhead Electrification System.

Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (UPMRC) has started the installation process of the Third Rail System in the Priority Corridor of the Kanpur Metro Rail Project i.e. being built between IIT & Motijhel. After a Pooja Ceremony, Metro engineers have started the installation of Third Rail System equipment at the Polytechnic Depot and the commissioning process of Power Transformers at the 220 kV Receiving Sub-Station (RSS) located in Lakhanpur.

Congratulating the Metro team on the achievement, UPMRC’s MD Shri Kumar Keshav said, “Whole Traction team is leaving no stone unturned to achieve the set target and while moving rapidly with the installation of various systems including signalling, telecom, track & electrical, we are heading towards the target of trial run on the Priority Corridor in November this year, with full positivity. Owing to the dedication of Metro engineers, UPMRC will always be remembered for its hard work and commitment. ”

Third Rail Traction System & Its Advantages:

—Kanpur Metro Project is going to have a 750 Volt DC Third Rail Traction System for the operations of Rolling Stocks/Metro Trains. Metro Train operations will be facilitated with the electric supply through the third rail which will be laid parallel to the Metro track.

—Third Rail system has the advantage of low maintenance as unnecessary tripping of electric supply can be avoided that usually happens because of kite-flying.

—This system also allows for maintaining a better aesthetic of the city’s infrastructure as no set-up of wires gets visible to the public.

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Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited

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Maharashtra: Metro’s second tunnel boring machine reaches Budhwar Peth station site

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02/08/2021

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Pune, (Metro Rail News): On Saturday afternoon, MahaMetro’s second tunnel boring machine arrived at the Budhwar Peth (Kasba Peth) station, completing tunnel excavation operations on the Agriculture College to Budhwar Peth section. On the route for the Up and Down lines, two parallel tunnels have been excavated.

Ten days ago, the first tunnel boring machine (TBM) arrived at the Budhwar Peth site. Both machines covered about 1.9 kilometres.

Officials from MahaMetro (Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporate on Limited) said that almost half of the tunnelling work has been accomplished so far. The tunnel’s excavation on the remaining 2km stretch from Budhwar Pethto Swargate would be accelerated.

“In the first phase of the tunnelling project, we began excavating from Agriculture College to Civil Court. The second phase began in the Civil Court and ended at Budhwar Peth. We will finish the remaining tunnel work from Budhwar Peth to Swargate in the third phase “MahaMetro’s general manager (PR), Hema Sonawane, stated.

Another MahaMetro official stated that the excavation of both tunnels from Agriculture College to Budhwar Peth went without a hitch. The tunnels are approximately 18 to 25 metres below ground level.

The tunnels’ route has been marked. Other infrastructure including train lines, signalling and telecommunication cables, and power will now be installed in the finished portion of the tunnels, according to the official.
An official who spoke about the remaining work claimed that excavation of one tunnel from Swargate to Budhwar Pethhad had begun. The MahaMetrois intend to use a machine that has already arrived at the Budhwar Pethsite to dig the other tunnel.

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Timely completion of Infrastructure Projects is the need of the hour for bringing back Indian economy on the fast track

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Pankaj Rastogi CEO, Protecon BTG (P) Ltd.

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One of the feasible solutions to bring the Indian economy back on track today is the execution of Infrastructure Projects that are already planned but require faster physical performance now than ever. GOI is already in action to fast track these projects.

“Indian Infrastructure Projects, in general, are notorious for abnormal delays in completion and exorbitant cost overruns” is not an overstatement. However, we are also witnessing the change in this trend. A few transportation projects are being executed within a reasonable timeline and cost, while others are slogging at a snail pace. Delays in projects contribute most to cost overruns. Therefore, Timely completion of the projects is the need of the hour.

What are the factors which enable some projects to complete on time and not others? We have tried to analyze data, reports, and previous research on this subject and [1] after sieving out effects of political and community interferences, inordinate delays in land acquisition and delays in fund allocations, our findings are classified as below:

The top reason which enabled projects to remain on track is how efficiently the project was managed. We can see that wherever projects [mostly with external funding] are managed with adequate project management processes, teams and leadership, they are completed within reasonable time and cost.

The following factors are identified at the conceptual stage, and the execution stage of the project, which contribute most to the timely completion of the project are:

CONCEPTUAL STAGE

At the onset of the project conceptualization, Integrated Master Implementation Plan [MIP] is a must. MIP must be maintained, updated and detailed out throughout the project duration. It provides management a bird’s eye view of the project and brings out the missing links, which become significant bottlenecks in the project if not taken care of in time. Therefore, an integrated Master Plan is ideally developed in Primavera P6, and they must contain the following at a minimum:

a) Scope definition and Technology Selection: Construction Technology selection through constructability analysis is the primary tool to control the time and cost of the project at this stage.

b) Scope Breakdown, i.e., work packaging [primarily based on constructability analysis and selected technologies], should reduce interfaces.

c) Identified design and construction interfaces within and out of the projects

d) Interfaces with other concurrent or planned projects

e) Overall Project Execution Strategy in line with the Strategic Goals

EXECUTION STAGE

Another attribute of successful projects is SMART decision-making during the execution of the project. The most critical link found in our study is the direct relationship between the pace of decision making and the pace of the project. Effective decision making requires timely and correct information through an Integrated Project Management System [IPMS], preferably a digital system capable of providing automatic notifications and warnings about missed instructions and missing deadlines at the lowest level and presenting a transparent picture of the project status and critical issues/interfaces to the decision-maker.

Lack of collaboration among various disciplines, departments working in silos within bureaucratic structures coupled with interfaces with multiple internal & external agencies presents the biggest challenge in fast decision making, which can be mitigated with the help of Integrated Project Management System.

Current mega projects such as High-Speed Railway HSR and Rapid Rail Transport System RRTS projects are already using Integrated MIP / IPMS. The improvement in the pace of execution is visible to all. If all our National Infrastructure Projects can take the cue from these projects and reap the benefit of already established systems and processes, results will be phenomenal.

Protecton BTG has been instrumental in setting up these systems at India’s first bullet train project MAHSR and is currently in active discussion with other important infrastructural projects for providing MIP services and implementation/operations of SMART PMS.

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18.46 lakh passengers travelled in Chennai Metro Trains in July, 2021

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Narendra Shah

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02/08/2021

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Chennai, (Metro Rail News): Chennai Metro Rail Limited has been operating its passenger services from 21st June 2021 post lockdown imposed by the Government of Tamil Nadu due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Presently CMRL is operating its Metro Train Services with 50% capacity as per the instructions of the Government of Tamil Nadu.

A total of 22,02,045 passengers have travelled in the Metro Trains from 21.06.2021to 31.07.2021.

A total of 3,55,579 passengers have travelled in the Metro Trains from 21.06.2021 to 30.06.2021.

A total of 18,46,466 passengers have travelled in the Metro Trains from 01.07.2021to 31.07.2021.

On 26.07.2021 a maximum of 74,380 passengers has used the Metro Trains to commute.

In the month of July, 2021 a total of 30,160 passengers have utilised the QR Code ticketing system, while 10,06,615 passengers have used Travel Card Ticketing System.

CMRL offers a 20% discount on QR Code ticketing namely Single Journey Q.R Ticket, Return Journey Q.R Ticket, Group Q.R Ticket and Q.R Trip passes from 11.09.2020. 20% discount fares on using Metro Train Travel Cards from 22.02.2021.

In addition, a penalty of Rs.200/- is being imposed for not properly wearing Face Masks in Metro Trains and Metro Stations. So far a total of 102 passengers have been levied penalty from 21.06.2021 till 31.07.2021 for non-adherence and a sum of Rs.20,400 has been collected as a penalty.

Covid-19 Safety measures are undertaken by CMRL:

All Passengers and Staff are screened at the entrance of Metro Stations through Thermal Scanning.

Only asymptomatic passengers are allowed to enter the metro stations.

Guidelines for Do’s and Don’ts have been put up at all Metro Stations for creating awareness among passengers.

Crowd Control/Platform Management Staff have been deployed in Stations and Suitable markings like “X” have been indicated on alternate seats both in trains and platforms to ensure social distancing.

Avoid unnecessary travel outside your home. It is mandatory to wear face masks at all Metro Station Premises and inside Metro Trains. Passengers a re-requested to maintain social distancing while waiting in the Metro Stations and during travelling in Metro Trains and request all passengers to co-operate in the fight against the spread of Covid 19.

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