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Lucknow Metro Returns 07 Mobile Phones, Rs 5000 Cash, 15 Bags & 4 Laptops Among Other Valuables in a Month

02/12/2020

LUCKNOW (Metro Rail News): “The staff of Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited deployed at the metro stations is setting a new precedent in best passenger service and integrity for other Metro systems across the country with each passing day. Ever since Lucknow Metro’s first commercial run in 2017, the staff and security personnel deployed at metro stations have been receiving immense appreciation and gratitude from the passengers for their sheer dedication & commitment while performing their duties. The ‘Lost and Found’ cell stands as a fine example in this regard with the entire workforce going an extra mile to return the lost belongings, valuables, cash, bags, laptops, mobile phones, etc. while simultaneously helping those in need of assistance and extending support to even those outside the station premises”, it said in a statement.
“The recent incidents of the previous month present a similar picture. On November 02, 2020, a 20 yrs old female passenger accompanied by her father at Sachiwalaya Metro Station, suddenly felt dizzy, Ms Neha Shukla, an on-duty female security guard at the platform, informed this to her security officer, Mr Basantlal (Nodal). The female security guard and the male security guard (nodal) immediately assisted the female passenger and took her to the station controller, Ms Sarita Maurya, station controller who gave her glucose. After some time, when the female passenger became normal, she was allowed to leave the station along”, it added.

In yet another incident that occurred on November 4, 2020, an unclaimed bag lying at the gate of Alambagh Bus Stand Metro Station, containing 2 mobile phones, a body spray, 2 watches and Rs. 205 cash was spotted by the on-duty Sub-Inspector, Shri Tej Bahadur Singh who submitted the it to the Station Controller. Afterwards, Ms. Aishwarya Dixit, resident of Naubasta, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, came back looking for his belongings and was handed over his bag after official formalities & necessary verification by the station staff. He thanked the metro staff for their attitude, responsible conduct & timely prompt action.

In addition to these, on November 17, 2020, a commuter, Mr Mehndi Junaid Muzaffar, a native of Jammu & Kashmir, left behind a bag near baggage scanning machine at CCS Airport Metro Station containing 2 ATM cards 1 Aadhar card, 1 PAN card & passport. On-duty security guard submitted his belongings to the station controller Mr Subhash Chandra and after due verification, the bag was handed over to its rightful owner. He also thanked Metro for their pro-active response.
Speaking on this, Shri. Kumar Keshav, MD, UPMRC said, “It is our prime responsibility to provide a safe and comfortable commuting experience to our commuters. We assure the people that not only them but also their belongings are completely safe & secure in our Metro system. On the humanitarian aspect, Lucknow Metro’s entire staff has discharged their duty responsibly to meet the expectations of the public. With the co-operation from the people, Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited aims to provide a safe, secure and a barrier-free travel experience to all.”

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Technology and Climate Change in Urban Transport

M K Rai

02/12/2020

Whenever I hear this word ‘Climate Change’, I remember a very famous sentence:-
Nature has everything available to Satisfy our Needs but Not Our Greeds.

The whole process of global warming and climate change is just a manifestation of human greed. It’s the human greed of wealth and money which has turned Earth into a place whose existence itself is in question. The ongoing Pandemic itself is a process which has been caused by many problems created by the world of human beings.
Before discussing the various aspects of climate change on Urban Transport System, let’s discuss here something about Climate Change, which is becoming a matter of urgent attention today. This is not the first instance of Climate Change today, but the process occurred before as well. Our past few generations have over Exhausted the resources of Mother Earth, which may drive our future generations into trouble.
When we come to its famous definition, then we see that Climate Change includes a lot of factors. This isn’t only a process influenced by human interference, but there are a lot of other factors. This is, however, inevitable today that humans are the one who has critically affected the climate of Earth and henceforth, the process of Climate Change.
Climate change includes both the global warming driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century, the rate of human impact on Earth’s climate system and the global scale of that impact has been unprecedented.
With the onset of the Industrial Revolution in Europe, which further increased the pollution level of the cities rapidly made the Introduction of a better Public Transport System inevitable and necessary. As the size of London increased rapidly with huge masses of migrants coming to the city, the first underground Metro System was introduced.
Today, as we proceed forward, we see a lot of changes taking place in and around us. The pollution of the Capital City of Delhi itself touches alarming levels every year during the winters. Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and all other major Indian Cities have a characteristic feature in common, and that is “The Rising Pollution”.We have in all major cities developing Metro Projects, but the rush on the roads is not over. Indeed, it is increasing day by day as time passes and we have no other way than to regret on our conditions. The governments have been doing their work as usual with the public using the same old ways of travelling.
As the purchasing power of people has increased after with the introduction of Globalisation, the lifestyle of people in the developing countries have also started maintaining cars. This new crowd of car owners have not only created traffic problems, but they are contributing a lot towards the increased carbon emissions. This further enhances the problems with increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks. These all are linked to climate change which also causes wildfires. These all factors further result into declining water supplies, reduced agricultural yields, health impacts in cities due to heat, and flooding and erosion in coastal areas are additional concerns.
The traffic which we see in our everyday life is increasing day by day. According to different reports, By 2031, some 600 million people are expected to live in India’s cities. However, only about 20 Indian cities with populations over 500,000 have any kind of organized public transport systems. And, only a few can lay claim to a system for mass rapid transit. The share of public transport in large Indian cities declined from 70% in 1994 to almost 40% in 2007. Furthermore, India’s accident and fatality rates are among the highest in the world, mainly affecting the poor and vulnerable who do not have their own means of transportation.
The scenario has to be changed. A lot of factors need to be replaced as the increasing traffic may increase pollution by a higher level. The increasing problems need to be addressed. The people should be made aware of the fact that the Public Transport System is more secure and safe. Furthermore, the public transport system is more environmentally friendly than private ones.
Here, I am explaining it with the example of Mumbai. Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) was the first multi-modal project of its kind in India. It included improving the roads, rail, buses, bridges, and the traffic system of Mumbai.
Over 17,000 households – including thousands of squatter families living in shacks along railway tracks – were relocated to safe permanent dwellings and given legal title to their new housing. This whole process was challenging and required tremendous efforts in terms of assessment, building of resettlement sites, consultation, negotiation, relocation, and post-resettlement support.India’s public transport systems are largely run by public sector monopolies. They typically suffer from poor service, inefficient operations, and deteriorating finances, resulting in dramatically declining mode shares. On the other hand, private transportation is often costly, extracting a huge cost from the urban population, especially from the very poor.
Things need to be understood in a better and effective way. The people now need to be more aware and responsible for their role. The use of the public transport system needs to be encouraged and adopted by the people. The growing population is in itself a bigger concern and global warming along with climate change, another big issue.
The climate change will further influence the climate of individual places, and henceforth, it will further need to make necessary changes in the way of urban transit set up. For example, if flooding becomes a new feature of a City influenced by climate change, the setup and planning of urban transport system, there needs to be changed. In such circumstances, technology will play a vital role in the future of our cities.
Climate Change, Global Warming and greenhouse effect has taken together may create huge problems for the human civilizations in time to come. It’s an urgent need of time to address these issues and challenges to make sustainable development look realistic. The people of Urban Centres will play a crucial role in this, and the Urban Transport System will form the backbone of Future India.

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The Third Rail System Gets Power in Kolkata’s Dakshineswar Metro

M K Rai

01/12/2020

Noapara-Dakshineswar Metro Rail Project Map — Image for representation.

KOLKATA (METRO RAIL NEWS): For the first time, electricity was charged along the third rail of Metro’s 4-km Dakshineswar extension on Sunday. The third rails supply power to the rakes through the third rail current collector (TRCC). The power connectivity to the third rail has been going on for the last week. “But the charging was done for the first time today. This is being done for trial, to check whether the system is functioning well,” an official of implementing agency Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) was quoted by a news agency.

The power connection is a prelude to trials for the Dakshineswar Metro, which is veering towards commissioning. The 4-km extension of the city’s existing north-south stretch to the temple town of Dakshineswar may be launched in end-December, Metro Railway general manager Manoj Joshi had said when he inspected the stretch on a trolley on November 10.
The tracks and the two stations — Dakshineswar and Baranagar — dotting the 4-km extension of India’s oldest Metro, which currently operates along 27km from Kavi Subhas station in New Garia, are ready. “But the entire system must be in place before the 4km new line gets off the block and the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) comes for his inspection,” a senior RVNL official said.

The CRS, under the ministry of aviation, gives the safety nod to any new Metro project across India. The crucial Train Protection Warning System (TPWS) equipment, sophisticated software that prevents accidents, arrived from Germany’s Siemens in November and is now being tested. Had the TPWS not run into lockdown restrictions, Dakshineswar Metro would have been launched in July.

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Smart Trains and Connected Urban Rail with Improved Public Transport and Inclusive Mobility

M K Rai

01/12/2020

8 Firms have submitted bids for the GC Contract of Gurugram Metro's New Line — Image for representation.

The major problem which our developing cities are suffering from today is the lack of efficient and effective public transport system. The modern cities in India are not modern in planning in any sense. The planning lacks everywhere and can be seen in every aspect of the urban planning, designing and development. There are many problems which a new or existing city experiences today in developing nations like ours.

Enhancement of the Urban Transport System will surely result in easy access to transportation to cater to the growing needs of the residents of these cities. There are a lot more factors which may play crucial roles in the development of progressive cities for a developed India which We all have been aspiring for!

The industrial “internet of things” has had a major impact on the transportation industry, with the advent of autonomous vehicles and improved cargo management. One area that has seen less coverage is the connected railway.
“The fact that trains operate at such high speeds through tunnels and extreme weather conditions presents real challenges when it comes to deploying IoT systems. But advances in networking have made smart trains a possibility, and one that could provide significant benefits when transporting goods, providing comfort for passengers and increasing operators’ return on investments”, says one expert.

As we see today, infrastructure is gradually being replaced by train management systems in which trains become interconnected, which may be called communication hubs. They are then so interconnected that it is easy for them to transmit data among themselves, which further helps them to manage network control centres effectively, and receiving instructions from control centres. Technology and Artificial intelligence are today playing crucial roles in the enhancement of Urban Transport Systems.

As we progress further in future, we will see a whole system being developed not only in the developed nations but also in the developing countries mainly of Asia and Africa. One of the problems which Indian Railways regularly faces is delayed arrival of trains. The derailment of trains is another big issue pertaining to the safety and security of commuters. Systems have been developed today by Engineers that can display train velocity for drivers and report speeds back to central control systems. These may reduce the chances of train accidents, and it will further lead to a sharp decline in the number of average rail accidents in any country.

Furthermore, on-board monitoring systems are interconnected with outdoor signalling systems that can regulate train speeds or even remotely command trains to stop based on track conditions, the positions of switches, the presence of other trains on the track and other factors. This may help in protecting the trains from crashes and derailments once these technologies are brought into use.

The Technologies are being developed which will not only help in the vision of running Smart Trains, but these will also provide the efficient, effective and best way of transportation to the cities. The governments are trying to bring more infrastructural projects for providing an efficient mode of the public transport system in the cities. India is also introducing the RRTS System. RRTS is a new, dedicated, high speed, high capacity, comfortable commuter service connecting regional nodes in NCR. According to the NCRTC which is the nodal agency for the development of Delhi -Meerut- Ghaziabad RRTS project, “RRTS is different from conventional Railway as it will provide reliable, high frequency, point to point regional travel at high speed along dedicated pathway”.

Delhi- Ghaziabad – Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System is an 82.15 km long, under-construction, semi-high speed rail corridor connecting Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut. RRTS is different from the metro as it caters to passengers looking to travel a relatively long distance with fewer stops and at higher speed and this will further help in the better travel facilities to the people of Urban Centres of Trade and Commerce.

The future indeed seems to be very bright for the urban transport system. Many more Metro Projects are coming up. The concept of Bullet Train is now not unknown to India. High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport that runs significantly faster than traditional rail traffic, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks. While there is no single standard that applies worldwide, new lines in excess of 250 kilometres per hour (160 mph) and existing lines in excess of 200 kilometres per hour (120 mph) are widely considered to be high-speed.

In India, the upcoming Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet Train corridor will be 508 km long high-speed train corridor and will be India’s first Bullet Train corridor. It will be based on Japan’s E5 Shinkansen technology. The ambitious railway project will boast speeds of over 300 km per hour. This is the first of its kind in Indian Subcontinent. What I want to say here is that things are changing today in each and every perspective. The RRTS and High-Speed Rails are two different projects which show the progress of our country towards modernization of Urban Transport Systems.

As compared to the traditional Rail Systems, the Smart Trains are going to be of great help and use. When we compare the signalling systems, then we find that a lot more things are changing with the advancement in technologies. Signalling systems control the movement of a train by remotely adjusting train speed and braking.

More traditional signalling systems are based on radio-frequency identification along the train track, but wireless train to ground signalling is getting more and more common in both railroad and metro systems as of the trends now. The new European high-speed railroads are today equipped with European Train Control System Level 2, a signalling standard that requires constant radio communication between the train and the group.

These all changes are going to bring a lot of changes in the Public Transport Systems which will not only improve the things but will also help in inclusive mobility and economic growth. The time is set to change and we will see a new dawn of hopes and dreams when these all systems get fully developed and implemented in the Indian Transit System. The hopes will always be there as science is never at rest nor the scientific advancements.

I am hopeful that the Indian government work for this cause and the Ministry of Railways bring rapid transformations in the Railway Sector. Although Metro Networks are using many modern technologies, it’s a time of upgrading some existing old and traditional practices. I hope we get Smart Trains and adopt these new technologies very soon in the next couple of years.

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Congress asks State Election Commission to Remove TRS Ads from Metro Rail Pillars in Hyderabad

M K Rai

01/12/2020

HYDERABAD (Metro Rail News): Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President & MP N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Saturday demanded that the State Election Commission remove the advertisements of TRS party from the pillars of Hyderabad Metro Rail and other public places.“The TRS party has put up advertisements on all pillars of L&T metro rail in the ongoing GHMC elections.

L&T Metro rail is a public-private partnership firm and state and central governments funding. There is government shareholding in L&T metro rail company. The Government of India has also given viability gap funding of over Rs.2,000 crores. The State government has given precious land for L&T metro rail. Also, TRS party has put up advertisements on RTC bus shelters, public toilets etc.,” Uttam Kumar Reddy said in his complaint lodged with State Election Commissioner C. Parthasarthy.
Speaking to media persons later Uttam Kumar Reddy said that there was an established norm that no advertisements of political parties should be put up on govt or semi-govt properties during the election campaigning period. “We request that the SEC issues an order for removal of TRS party advertisements on L&T metro rail pillars, RTC bus shelters, public toilets etc., This is a clear breach of code of conduct. We demanded that the SEC take action against the TRS party,” he demanded.

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Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet Train: NHSRCL Chief Urges Industries to Develop Alternatives for Chinese Machines

M K Rai

01/12/2020

Bullet train — Representational photo Image Source: Twitter

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): As the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) is building the country’s first high-speed rail corridor connecting Ahmedabad and Mumbai, Indian industry has been urged to come up with an alternative to the high-tech machines that are needed to build viaducts at the desired pace, which at present are only made in China. India’s trade with the neighbouring nation, China has been affected by the border tension in eastern Ladakh. According to an IE report, the mega carrier as well as launcher machines are ubiquitous in large-scale connectivity projects of China.

Typically, under this technology, a vehicle carrying a full girder travels on a girder that is already launched to place the next girder. According to the report, the speed is nearly seven times that of the girder launching mechanism that is often used in India. While one-and-a-half girders are set up in a week’s time with this, the machines developed in China enable two girders a day.

According to Achal Khare, MD NHSRL, each machine costs nearly Rs 70-80 crore and the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet Train project will need up to 30 such machines. He further said to build 237 km in four years, there is no other way other than to use this technique. Khare said these carrier-and-launcher machines are produced in China. So this is one of the challenges which the corporation has posed to the industry, including L&T and the academicians, that why can’t these machines be developed rather than imported from China.

According to NHSRL MD, the machines are “no joke” as they are capable of carrying loads of 1000 tonnes-plus. At present, girders are carried in little segments by road. He further said even Japan, which is helping India with the high-speed rail corridor project, had not designed such machines. While China came up with them over its development of 25,000 km of high-speed rail, Khare said.

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Civil Construction Gets a Boost for Delhi-Meerut RRTS

M K Rai

30/11/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Larsen & Toubro has started the construction works for the 33 km Duhai – Modi Nagar North – Shatabdi Nagar section of the Delhi – Meerut RRTS and the work is gaining a rapid pace with time.
According to an official, L&T has been carrying out piling works, tying up rebar on-site for piers and they have already been casted 12 of them between Shatabdi Nagar and Partapur on NH-34.
The firm was awarded Package 3 worth Rs 1797 crores in March this year after it emerged as the lowest bidder.

Package 3 – Lot 1: Elevated viaduct from Duhai (EPE) to start of Modi Nagar North and 2 elevated stations viz. Murad Nagar & Modi Nagar South
Package 3 – Lot 2: Elevated viaduct from the start of Modi Nagar North Station to Shatabdi Nagar Station and 5 elevated stations viz. Modi Nagar North, Meerut South, Partapur, Rithani & Shatabdi Nagar.

L&T has a deadline of 910 days for the project and it has already begun piling works for the viaduct’s foundation at two different locations. The RRTS is supposed to get operational by the year 2023 which will make travel in the entire NCR area much better and smoother.

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Chennai Metro phase I Extension Project to Get a 25 KV Power Boost

M K Rai

29/11/2020

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Chennai Metro Rail Limited plans to start the 25kv power supply in the phase I extension project in north Chennai between Washermenpet and Wimco Nagar this week.
“While one track will be energised on Monday, the other will be done on Saturday.
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They are planning to conduct a trial run in two weeks as well”, a news agency reported.
According to CMRL officials, they will monitor and check the line for any issues that emerge during this phase and resolve them in the next two months. Since CMRL plans to complete this 9 km stretch by the end of January 2021, it has to install and check the functioning of all important systems in the next month.“We want to carry out the trial run first by operating a locomotive engine by mid-December. Then, in a few weeks, we will operate a train as well,” an official was stated saying.
The construction of stations and installation of telecom and signalling system has been underway now, and officials hope to finish it by mid-January. “Installation of platform screen doors in the underground stations has commenced and may be finished in a month,” a source added.

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Lowering of Country’s Largest TBM Begins in Mumbai

M K Rai

29/11/2020

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): Larsen & Toubro and Freight Wings on Friday transported the largest tunnel boring machine (TBM), which has been used ever in India, over to its launch site for building twin 1,920m tunnels of Mumbai’s 29.2 km Coastal Road (Western Freeway) project.
“The TBM with a diameter of 12.19m was manufactured by China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. (CRCHI) and arrived in Mumbai’s Priyadarshini Park neighbourhood in April 2020″, sources said.
Larsen & Toubro will deploy the machine on the project’s 3.93 km Package-4 for constructing 12m wide twin tunnels under Malabar Hill (75m deep) and Girgaum Chowpatty (25m deep) between Priyadarshini Park and Marine Drive in South Mumbai. On Friday, Freight Wings transported the TBM’s assembled shields weighing about 1500MT using a 200 wheel self-propelled modular transporter from the assembly area to the launch ramp.
“The TBM will be lowered by Freight Wings into the shaft using a 2500MT capacity customized Strand Jack system for this project. This system is similar, but way larger, than the one deployed by them to retrieve and lower Dogus-Soma JV’s TBMs 1238 and 1239 for Mumbai Metro’s Line-3″, according to a news report.

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Nagpur Metro Appeals to People for Using Metro for a Cleaner City

M K Rai

28/11/2020

Nagpur Metro giving infra projects a good name — Nagpur Metro

NAGPUR (Metro Rail News): “Maha Metro is executing one of the greenest projects in Nagpur. The various aspects of the green project have been very well taken care of. Extensive use of solar energy, planting different kind of trees, creating a vertical garden are a few steps aimed at making a difference in the lives of the citizens. Thus Maha Metro is serving as Green Lung of the city”, it said in a statement.
A Metro ride also makes a significant contribution to maintaining one’s health. Use of metro as a means of transportation reduces the carbon footprint as it also prevents toxic emissions from vehicles using petroleum products. The green energy used by Metro also plays an important role in preventing pollution. Maha Metro thus plays a multi-purpose role in keeping citizens in a healthy frame of mind and body.

Toxic fumes affect human body: Noted doctors and medical specialists from the city agree that Metro plays a vital role in providing a healthy life. “A journey by Metro train ensures that one travels in an environment-friendly zone. One is not exposed to the toxic emissions from two, three and four-wheelers. The fumes from such vehicles could damage one’s body,’’ said Dr Meena Mishra, Professor, Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Nagpur.
Studies have shown that major pollutants emitted by motor vehicles including Carbon-mono-Oxide (CO), Nitrous Oxide (NOx), Sulphur Oxide (SO), Lead (Pb) and Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) have exhibited damaging effects on both human health and ecology.

Emission could be Reduced: As per the detailed project report prepared by Maha Metro, emission amounting to as much as 68.47 thousand tons of Carbon-di-Oxide (CO2) could be reduced by 2022 by using Metro train as a mode of transport.
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Similarly, the quantity of other toxic gases expected to be reduced by the same time is 2.62 thousand tons. Added noted cardiologist Dr Shantanu Sengupta, emissions as those by vehicles cause respiratory problems.

Thus, the lesser the number of vehicles running on petrol and diesel on city roads, the better it would be for the Nagpurians. This can be achieved by avoiding personal vehicles and using Metro train instead, he said. Maha Metro serves as city’s Green Lung, he said and urged Nagpurians to use Metro.
“Maha Metro is providing passenger services on Orange and Aqua Lines. Maha Metro has always urged citizens to use Metro as a mode of transport. The city doctors have also exhorted citizens to use Metro, not just to keep the city clean and green, but also to ensure that one stays healthy”, the statement further added.

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