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Chennai Metro to select General Consultant for Line 4 & 5 and part of Line 3 under Phase-2

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Chennai Metro to select General Consultant for Line 4 & 5 and part of Line 3 under Phase-2

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): CMRL invites online tender through E-procurement bids on Quality-Cost Based Selection (QCBS) for the NIT No- CMRL-P2-GC-02-2021- “Selection of General Consultant (GC) for Chennai Metro Rail Phase 2 Project – Corridor 4 and part of Corridor-3&5”.

Important Details

Tender Number – CMRL-P2-GC-02-2021

Name of Work – Selection of General Consultant (GC) for Chennai Metro Rail Phase 2 Project – Corridor 4 and part of Corridor-3 & 5.

Period of Work – 63 Months

Pre Bid Meeting Date – 16-Jun-2021 03:00 PM 

Document Download Start Date – 02-Jun-2021 09:00 AM

Document Download End Date – 14-Jul-2021 06:00 PM

Bid Submission Start Date – 01-Jul-2021 09:00 AM

Bid Submission End Date – 14-Jul-2021 06:00 PM

Bid Opening Date – 15-Jul-2021 06:00 PM

For more information and details on scope of work, tender documents can be downloaded by applicants from the CPP Portal – http://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app

Corridor-4 of Chennai Metro Rail Project under Phase-2 comprises construction of 26.1 km long corridor connecting Light House with Poonamallee with 28 stations on the route. The corridor will be both elevated and underground (18 elevated & 10 underground stations) with 16.03 km will be elevated while 10.07 km to be underground.

Phase-2 of Chennai Metro comprises construction of three lines covering a total of 118.9 km to be built at a cost of INR 61,843 crores with all three corridors are expected to be operational by the year 2026.

IAS Officer SVR Srinivas appointed as the new metropolitan commissioner of MMRDA.

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IAS Officer SVR Srinivas appointed as the new metropolitan commissioner of MMRDA.

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): S V R Srinivas was named Metropolitan Commissioner of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority by the state government on Thursday (MMRDA). R A Rajeev, who was refused a second three-month extension by the state government, is replaced by Srinivas. Rajeev was set to retire in February 2021 and was given a three-month contract to lead the MMRDA.

Srinivas, an IAS officer from the 1991 batch, formerly worked as an additional commissioner for MMRDA and the BMC.

Forest Secretary Milind Mhaiskar, who was also a candidate for Metropolitan Commissioner, will take over as the state’s new housing secretary in lieu of Srinivas. SICOM’s Managing Director, B Venugopal Reddy, has been appointed as the next Forest Secretary.

BEST’s new General Manager is Lokesh Chandra, who replaces Surendra Bagade, who is on central deputation.

Vikas Chandra Rastogi, Project Director of the Nanaji Deshmukh Krishi Sanjeevani Project in Mumbai, has been appointed Principal Secretary of the General Administration Department at Mantralaya.

S N Bhange, Managing Director of the Maharashtra State Fisheries Development Corporation in Mumbai, has been appointed Secretary (SDC) and Special Enquiry Officer (2) in the GAD.

Central Government approves Pune-Nashik Semi High-Speed Railway Line

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Central Government approves Pune-Nashik Semi High-Speed Railway Line

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The Central Government has approved the much awaited Pune-Nashik Semi High Speed Railway Project in Maharashtra. According to Chhagan Bhujbal, Gaurdian Minister of Nashik District, Government of Maharashtra, the central government has approved a proposal for the Nashik-Pune High Speed Railway project, which will give boost to the development of Nashik-Pune-Ahmednagar districts.

All the approvals have been received for starting this project and the work of this high speed railway line is being started expeditiously, he said while speaking at a review meeting on land acquisition of Nashik-Pune railway line held in the central hall of the Collectorate on Monday.

He informed that the project is expected to be completed in three and half years with land acquisition and the train will run at a speed of 200 kmph. The project will not only help in the development of three districts but also facilitate transportation of agriculture produce, he added.

For this project, 1300 hectares of land will be acquired in 101 villages from these three districts with proper compensation as per the government decision to farmers whose lands will be acquired for the project, the Minister Bhujbal said. He also said that along with these three districts, a proposal will be submitted to start Igatpuri to Manmad semi high speed railway line.

This Semi High Speed Corridor will reduce the travel distance between the two cities to 1 hr and 45 minutes from 6 hrs at present.
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The project will be executed by Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (MRIDC), an equal joint venture between the state and the railways.

The expected cost of the project is Rs. 16,039 crore. The total length of the corridor will be 235 km and passengers trains will operate at top speed of 200 km per hour while freight trains will operate at top speed of 100 km per hour. There will be 24 stations along with 18 tunnels and 19 viaducts on the route. It will be completed by 2024

NHSRCL began LiDAR Survey for Mumbai-Hyderabad High Speed Rail Corridor

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NHSRCL began LiDAR Survey for Mumbai-Hyderabad High Speed Rail Corridor

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): Aerial LiDAR survey has commenced on Mumbai-Hyderabad High-Speed Rail Corridor by the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) to prepare the final alignment as Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the corridor.

In January 2021, Monarch Surveyors & Engineering Consultants Pvt. Ltd. wins a contract from NHSRCL for the work – Final Alignment design including Aerial LiDAR survey and other related works for Mumbai-Hyderabad High-Speed Rail Corridor with completion period of 150 days and cost of INR 13.26 Crores.

LiDAR survey (Light Detection and Ranging) is a technique in which laser enabled equipment is mounted on a helicopter or plane to carry out ground survey. This technology gives accurate survey data and findings in less time.

According to NHSRC spokesperson, “We are adopting LiDAR technology which provides all the ground details and data in 3-4 months. Wherein this process normally takes 10-12 months.”

NHSRCL has been entrusted the work to prepare the Detailed Project Reports (DPR) for seven High Speed Rail Corridors in India and LiDAR survey technology will be utilized for ground survey in all these corridors.

Mumbai-Hyderabad High Speed Rail project is a proposed 711 km high speed railway line connecting Mumbai with Pune and Hyderabad through 11 stations in Maharashtra and Telangana. The proposed stations are Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Lonawala, Pune, Daund, Akluj, Pandharpur, Solapur, Kalaburagi , Zaheerabad and Hyderabad.

Once operational, distance between Mumbai and Hyderabad will be covered in less than 3 and half hours with high speed trains operating on the route at top speed of 350 km per hour. At present, it takes 14-15 hours to complete journey between both cities.

Similar Aerial LiDAR survey has already started for the 865 km long Delhi-Varanasi High Speed Rail in January 2021 and also recently in March for the 741 km long Mumbai-Nagpur High Speed Rail.

Recently, Growever Infra Pvt Ltd emerged as the lowest bidder for the work of final Alignment design including Aerial LiDAR survey and other related works for Varanasi-Howrah High Speed Rail Corridor (about 760 km long).

Maha Metro held trial run on Nagpur Metro Reach II from Zero Mile to Kasturchand Park

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Maha Metro held trial run on Nagpur Metro Reach II from Zero Mile to Kasturchand Park

Nagpur (Metro Rail News): Despite adverse conditions prevailing due to Covid-19 pandemic, Maha Metro successfully held trial run of a Metro train on Reach II between Zero Mile Freedom Park and Kasturchand Park stations, on Wednesday morning. This is the first step towards making Reach II (Sitabuldi to Automotive Square) operational in December 2021.

A distance of 1 km was covered at a speed of 20 km per hour. The work of signaling, overhead equipment (OHE) and track had been completed in this portion and proved to be perfect during the trial run. Work on remaining portion of Reach II is going on at full swing under leadership of Maha Metro Managing Director Dr Brijesh Dixit.

The train passed through Zero Mile Freedom Park station building, which will be 20 storied, located on the fourth floor. Special precautions were taken in the form of train supported on floating slabs to minimize the transmission of train vibrations to the building. Such unique feature does not exist in other Metros of India.

Maha Metro is developing Zero Mile Freedom Park and Kasturchand Park stations. A tender has been flotaed for the Zero Mile Freedom Park station for construction of a dedicated electronics goods market above the station. 21 shops will be built here. Around 2.40 lakh square feet commercial space will be created above the market on public private partnership (PPP) basis, tender for which will be floated soon.

Part of station as the Freedom Park will have theme of Indian Freedom Struggle and Indian Defence Forces. The station will depict various incidents and happenings related to the freedom Struggle of 1857 and 1947 – the year of Indian independence. These both momentous events have their historical legacy in the city. The events related to Nagpur in general and Civil Lines locality, in particular would be on display at the Freedom Park Station. A two-level basement parking is under construction adjacent to Kasturchand Park station for use of Metro commuters.

This portion of Reach II is very important as the track passes near prominent landmarks of the city like Vidhan Bhavan, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Kasturchand Park. The Zero Mile and Kasturchand Park stations cater to Civil Lines, which has a large number of government, semi-government and private offices. Thousands of people work in these offices.
Once Reach II becomes operational, people from various parts of the city will be able to reach their workplaces in Civil Lines using Nagpur Metro. Feeder vehicles like shared cabs, shared autorickshaws, e-rickshaws, e-scooters, low speed scooters, e-cycles, etc. will be available at Metro stations for last mile connectivity.

Divisional Commissioner inspected the Metro Track from IIT to Gurudev by walking

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Divisional Commissioner inspected the Metro Track from IIT to Gurudev by walking

KANPUR (Metro Rail News): Kanpur Divisional Commissioner Shri Raj Shekhar inspected the construction works of the Kanpur Metro Project along with the higher authorities of Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (UPMRC) and he has not only expressed satisfaction over the progress but also the quality of work.

The unexpected and extraordinary happening about the visit was that the Commissioner along with the Metro officials travelled 5 km by walking on the Metro Viaduct from IIT to Gurudev. Commissioner also visited IIT-K Metro Station and inspected the finishing work of the station. Here he was informed that the technical rooms of all the 7 Metro Stations from IIT-K to Rawatpur are equipped and the system installation work is going to be started very soon.

Throughout the visit Commissioner, Shri Raj Shekhar was also informed by the Metro officials that 80% of civil construction and 40% finishing work of 9 km long Priority Corridor, which is being built between IIT-K and Motijheel, has been almost completed to date.

Near IIT-K Metro Station, while inspecting the track, Shri Raj Shekhar paid special attention to the work of crossover which is being prepared to change the track of Metro Trains. At the same time, Metro Engineers also explained to him about the technology and the progression of the Rail Welding Plant mounted on the viaduct itself. He further informed by the officials that a segment or part of a Metro Rail is about 18 meters long and with the help of the Track Welding Plant, many kilometers long Rails are prepared by connecting them.

Maha Metro’s best-ever performance during worst times

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Maha Metro’s best-ever performance during worst times

Pune- NAGPUR (Metro Rail News): Best ever performance when conditions are the toughest and most challenging, is the hardest thing to achieve. But that is what has been precisely achieved by Maha Metro in Nagpur & Pune Metro projects in the March 2021 and the year 2020-21 in terms of our physical and financial progress, despite the gravest challenges posed by Covid-19 pandemic through the year.

This has been made possible by the use of Five Dimensional Building Information Modelling (5DBIM) system. We have achieved best-ever performance during worst times,” said Dr Brijesh Dixit, Managing Director of Maha Metro.

The expenditure in March 2021 was Rs 685 crore and in 2020-21 was Rs 3,303 crore. The previous best was in March 2019 – Rs 669 crore and 2018-19 – Rs 2,894 crore.Maha Metro has thus surpassed its own previous records and proved that even the pandemic could not deter it from overcoming its set targets. The percentage rise in March 2021 expenditure as compared to March 2019 was 2.39% while the rise for 2020-21 as compared to 2018-19 was 14.13%.

5DBIM is a BIM based approach in which individual 3DBIM components (with complete information) are linked with time information in schedule and equivalent cost information. By integrating three dimensional (3D) model with time and cost information one can view virtual construction of 3D model. Maha Metro has taken a pioneering step to integrate 5DBIM with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application to create ‘One Project One Platform’ thereby automating its project management process.

  • `Co-ordinated team work was done duly addressing challenges of pandemic’: Commenting on the record performance, Mr Mahesh Kumar Agrawal, Director (Project), said, “A co-ordinated team work for construction of station, viaduct, double decker bridge and track was carried out duly addressing severe challenges of Covid-19 pandemic. Special tasks were assigned to key officials of Metro to ensure that construction labourers strictly follow the guidelines issued by Government of India (GoI). Another task of keeping the morale of labourers, staff and engineers, high was also successfully achieved.”
  • `Metro achieved best progress despite nation-wide lockdown’: Mr S Sivamathan, Director (Finance), said, “Despite nation-wide lockdown, exodus of labourers from site on few occasions, Maha Metro achieved best ever physical and financial progress during financial year 2020-21. Best ever cash expenditure incurred during the year 2020-21 was Rs 3,303 crore as against previous best of Rs 2,894 crore in 2018-19, due to meticulous planning, proper care of contractors’ labourers by providing food, shelter, etc.”
  • `Safety of workers was not compromised while working’: Mr Sunil Mathur, Director (Rolling Stock), said, “The record performance has been achieved due to excellent team work. We did the work in a distributed manner without burdening anybody. While working we ensured that safety of workers was not compromised.”
  • `Contractors’ employees worked unmindful of their personal discomfort’ : Maha Metro has hired the services of General Consultant for the Metro Rail Project. Commenting on Maha Metro’s best-ever performance, Mr R Ramanathan, Project Director, General Consultant (GC), said, “Even during Covid pandemic in 2020 and 2021, contractors’ workers under the guidance of GC and Maha Metro officials duly following all safety precautions unmindful of their personal discomfort.” GC is a consortium of consulting agencies.
  • `Workforce is the main pillar to achieve the best deadlines’: Maha Metro has employed some of the best companies for execution of Nagpur Metro Project. Afcons – a unit of ShaporjiPalonji Group

of companies is one such firm. Mr AmarsinhRaut, local head of Afcons, said, “Workforce is the main pillar to achieve the best deadlines. Their health, safety and wellbeing were of utmost priority to all of us.”

Despite extremely adverse conditions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Maha Metro achieved its best performance in 2020-21. It continues to do excellent work on Nagpur and Pune Metro projects in 2021-22. According to Dr Brijesh Dixit when the going gets tough, the tough gets going and this applies to Maha Metro.

NCRTC invites bids for Operation & Maintenance of Delhi-Meerut RRTS

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NCRTC invites bids for Operation & Maintenance of Delhi-Meerut RRTS

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) invites bids from eligible bidders for the operation and maintenance of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS).

Important Details

Tender Reference Number – DM/OM/COR-OF/144

Work Description – Operation and Maintenance of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS).

Pre Bid Meeting Date – 20.07.2021 at 15:00 Hrs

Bid Submission Start Date – 10.08.2021 from 1500 Hrs

Bid Submission End Date – 20.08.2021 up to 1500 Hrs

Opening of Technical Bids – 21.08.2021 at 1500 Hrs

Scope of Work

The Scope of work for the Operator includes the following –

  1. Preparation of Plans, Modules, Standard Operating Procedures, Manuals for Operation and Maintenance of Transit System.
  2. Setting up of organization including recruitment and training for O&M of Transit System.
  3. Witnessing of Testing and Commissioning of Transit System in accordance with the provisions of draft O&M Agreement.
  4. Taking over of Transit System for Operation and Maintenance.
  5. O&M of Transit System in accordance with the provisions of draft O&M Agreement
  6. Maintaining and updating Asset Management System in accordance with the provisions of draft O&M Agreement.
  7. Procure and maintain inventory for Spares in accordance with the provisions of draft O&M Agreement. • Develop, operate and maintain Non-Transit Assets.
  8. Maximize Transit and Non-Transit Revenues.

For more information, applicants can download tender documents from the website –www.eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app.

The Delhi–Meerut RRTS is a semi high speed rail corridor of length 82.15 km connecting Delhi, Ghaziabad and Meerut. It will have 22 stations. Once completed, the distance between Delhi and Meerut will be covered in less than an hour with trains operating on the route at top speed of 180 km per hour.

Priority section of 17 km length between Sahibabad and Duhai is expected to become operational by March 2023 while the whole corridor is expected to become operational by 2025.

NCRTC invites tender for supply of EMV based Open Loop AFC System for Delhi – Meerut RRTS

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NCRTC invites tender for supply of EMV based Open Loop AFC System for Delhi – Meerut RRTS

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) invites open e-bids under single stage two packet system for the supply and commissioning of EMV based Open Loop Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) System for Delhi – Meerut RRTS Corridor.

Important Details

Tender Reference Number – DM/ST/COR-OF/142

Name of Work – Design, Supply, Installation, Testing & Commissioning and Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract of EMV based Open Loop Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) System for Delhi – Ghaziabad – Meerut RRTS Corridor of NCRTC.

Completion period of work – 1240 days to achieve COD and 10 years Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract (CAMC) period including DLP period. CAMC period shall start from the date of COD of Last section/stage-4 (whichever is later).

Pre Bid Meeting Date – 11.06.2021 at 15:00 Hrs

Availability of Bid Document – From 26.05.2021 to 27.07.2021 till 15:00 Hrs

Bid Submission Start Date – 20.07.2021 from 15:00 Hrs

Bid Submission End Date – 27.07.2021 up to 15:00 Hrs

Opening of Technical Bids – 28.07.2021 at 15:00 Hrs

For more information, applicants can download bidding documents from the website of NCRTC –  www.ncrtc.in or CPP Portal –  https://etenders.gov.in/eprocure/app.

About Automatic Fare Collection System –

  • An Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) System is a method of providing automated revenue management.
  • An AFC system facilitates the purchase of pre-paid tickets that can be used to permit access to/from various transport modes through the use of electronic systems and thus eliminating all human error and confrontation.
  • An AFC system also provides valuable information for the management of the transport system and helps to enforce the safety and security policy of the transport system.
  • For the RRTS, the proposed ticketing system shall be Automatic Fare Collection with Contactless Smart Token/Cards.
  • Equipments for the system shall be provided at each station and will be connected to a local area network with a computer in the station Master’s room.

The Delhi–Meerut RRTS is a semi high-speed rail corridor of length 82.15 km connecting Delhi, Ghaziabad and Meerut. It will have 22 stations. Once completed, the distance between Delhi and Meerut will be covered in less than an hour with trains operating on the route at a top speed of 180 km per hour.

NMRC reinvites tender to connect Noida Sector 51 to Gr. Noida Sector 2 under phase 2

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NMRC reinvites tender to connect Noida Sector 51 to Gr. Noida Sector 2 under phase 2

NOIDA (Metro Rail News): Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) has again invited tender from eligible applicants for the construction of an elevated viaduct and five elevated stations for the 9.6 km long extension of Aqua Line from Noida Sector 51 to Greater Noida Sector 2 under Phase-2.

Important Details

Tender Number: NMRC/Civil/NGNC/149/2021

Name of Work: Part Design and Construction of Elevated Viaduct and 5 elevated stations viz NOIDA SEC -122, NOIDA SEC-123, GR. NOIDA SEC-4, ECOTECH-12, GR. NOIDA SEC-2, (excluding Architectural finishing Works and PEB works of stations) from Chainage 0.00 m to Chainage 9605 m of Noida -Greater Noida Metro Rail Project.

Approximate cost of work: INR 563.04 Crores

Period of Completion: Two Years

Tender Documents on Sale: From 31/05/2021 at 15:00 Hrs to 30/06/2021 up to 15:00 Hrs

Pre Bid Meeting: 14/06/2021 at 15:00 Hrs

Tender Submission Start Date: 31/05/2021 from 1500 Hrs

Tender Submission End Date: 30/06/2021 till 1500 Hrs

Tender Opening Date: 30/06/2021 at 15:30 Hrs

This is the fourth time tenders are invited for this work with the previous three cancelled due to a lack of extensive participation in this tender by the construction companies.

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet in December 2019 approved the construction of 14.95 km long extension of Aqua Line from Noida Sector 51 to Knowledge Park V in Greater Noida with nine stations on the route at an estimated cost of INR 2,602 Crore.

The extension corridor is to be built in two phases. The first phase would be between Noida Sector 51 and Greater Noida Sector 2 (9.6 km). There will be five stations in the first phase, they are Noida Sector 122, Noida Sector 123, Greater Noida Sector 4, Eco Tech 12, and Greater Noida Sector 2 for which this tender is reinvited while the second phase would be between Greater Noida Sector 2 and Knowledge Park V (5.8 km) which will have four stations, they are Greater Noida Sector 3, Sector 10, Sector 12 and Knowledge Park V.

Hope this time NMRC received bids from an adequate number of companies as the estimated cost is also increased this time and work finally gets started with awarding of tender and subsequent initiation of civil construction works.

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