New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged-off the Delhi-Faridabad Metro Line that would allow hassle free travel for around two lakh daily commuters between the national capital and the industrial hub in Haryana.
The extension of the Delhi Metro connects Badarpur to Escorts Mujesar in Faridabad.
The total cost of the project from Badarpur to Escorts Mujesar is nearly Rs. 2,500 crore. Out of this, Rs. 1,557 crore was borne by the Haryana Government, the Centre contributed Rs. 537 crore, while the Delhi Metro provided Rs. 400 crore.
All these are elevated and located on either side of the Delhi-Mathura Road (NH-2).
“The nine-station metro corridor which was 95 per cent indigenously built will provide people a safe, affordable, quick, comfortable, reliable, environment-friendly and sustainable transport facility,” a Haryana government spokesperson said.
Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar, addressing a press conference on Saturday, had thanked the Prime Minister for “gifting” the Metro service which would take the city to “another level of progress” with better connectivity with other NCR towns.
He had also said that the Prime Minister would be announcing the go-ahead for connecting Gurgaon with Faridabad by Metro.
The total order inflow of the company stands at Rs 1,243.14 crore
NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Ahluwalia Contracts (India) has secured a new contract worth around Rs 530 crores. The company has bagged the order for construction of Mandale Depot of Mumbai Metro Rail project. It has secured the mandate from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). The total order inflow of the company stands at Rs 1,243.14 crore during the FY21. Net profit of Ahluwalia Contracts (India) rose 37.34% to Rs 17.95 crore in the quarter ended September 2020 as against Rs 13.07 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2019.
According to a report, the firm’s sales rose 0.19% to Rs 434.51 crore in the quarter ended September 2020 as against Rs 433.69 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2019.
KOCHI (Metro Rail News): Kochi will host the 14th Urban Mobility International(UMI) Conference, being organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) in October 2021. Mr Durga Shanker Mishra IAS, Secretary of MoHUA made the announcement during the valedictory speech made at the 13th UMI Conference held online. The theme selected for the Kochi UMI Conference is “Mobility for All”. UMI selected Kochi considering the growth Kochi City has achieved in the transport segment in the last few years.
A poster design shared by Kochi Metro.
The government selected Kochi considering the various transport-related developments happening in the city under the aegis of Kochi Metro.
“Kochi is the first city in the country to bring in an integrated Water and land transport model. The Water Metro is a unique project and other states in the country should adopt it. Kochi Metro has also achieved many firsts in terms of the cashless fare collection system, thematic station development, employment of women and transgenders etc. Kochi is also the first to implement the Metropolitan Transport Authority. There is a multimodal transport hub (Vyttila Hub) in the city which will be developed to international standards.” said Mr Durga Shanker Mishra. He also lauded the rich cultural heritage of Kochi as well as its backwaters and beaches. Additional Chief Secretary Mr Alkesh Kumar Sharma IAS, MD of KMRL extended a warm invitation and welcomed all the delegates to Kochi and Kerala. “UMI Conference is one of the most important and largest mobility-related conferences organised by the Government of India. It is a proud moment for Kochi to hold the event next October. We are also glad that the Union Ministry is lauding the efforts of Kerala Government promoting an integrated Transport system in Kochi and the major role of Kochi Metro in that.” he said. “The event will be held in Kochi from October 29, 2021, to October 31, 2021. The primary objective of the conference is to disseminate information to the cities, whose officials attend the conference to help them keep up-to-date with the latest and best urban transport practices globally. Delegates will also get the opportunity to visit many tourist places in and around Kochi during and after the event”, a statement read. buy xifaxan online https://www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/prescription/xifaxan.html no prescription
CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Three construction firms have submitted tenders to construct the 7.945 km elevated Package ECV-02 from Porur Junction to Poonamallee Bypass of Chennai Metro’s new 26.09 km Line-4 after the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. opened technical bids. This is the second elevated package of Line-4 (LightHouse – Poonamallee Bypass) of the upcoming 118.9 km Chennai Metro Phase 2 project where technical bids have been opened. Besides a viaduct, it consists of 9 stations and a depot-line to a train maintenance depot at Poonamallee. CMRL had invited tenders for its construction in August and it has set a deadline of 36 months for completing all civil works. The Bidders are Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. – KEC International (HCC – KEC) JV, Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T) & NCC Ltd.
Package: C4-ECV-02 Scope of the work includes Construction of Elevated Metro Stations At Construction of Elevated Metro Stations at Chennai bypass crossing, Ramachandra Hospital, Iyyapanthangal Bus Depot, Katupakkam, Kumanan Chavadi, Karayan Chavadi, Mullai Thottam, Poonamallee Bus Terminus, Poonamallee Bypass & associated viaduct from chainage 17982.240 to chainage 25928.186 and approach to the depot at Poonamallee & all associated works. The bids have now been sent for technical evaluation which can take a couple of months to complete. This section of the Line-4 will be partly financed by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) through a $356.65 million (approx. Rs. 2700 crore) loan. The loan’s concept review was approved on December 13, 2019.
Aspiring candidates are being cheated by fraudsters via fake recruitment emails.
LUCKNOW (Metro Rail News): After the recent recruitment process of 183 (official, executive and non-executive) posts in Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC), some fraudsters are trying to make money from job seeking candidates by circulating fake recruitment advertisements in the name of the company. In the past, many cases of cheating people through fake documents related to the appointment have been reported. “This time, a person disguised as a UPMRC employee is misleading the candidates through fake e-mails and luring money to recruit for positions like Graduate Engineer Trainee, Senior Engineer, Junior Engineer in UP Metro. The email comprising a fake offer letter has also demanded Rs.50,000 in favour of the recruitment. A fake mobile number has also been given in the name of the company and the candidates have also been asked to contact it if there is any problem with the documents. UP Metro Rail Corporation has been reiterating time and again that all recruitment is done entirely on merit basis and candidates should beware of falling prey to any such fraud”, UPMRC appealed through a statement. Moreover, all the recruitment related information including vacancy announcement, examination details, results, etc. is available on our official website www.upmetrorail.com “This is the only website that’s operated by UPMRC and any other websites should not be trusted. UPMRC appeals everyone to be vigilant and not trust any source of information rather than the official website www.upmetrorail.com, Facebook and Twitter account @OfficialUPMetro that have verified blue ticks”, the Metro Corporation has said.
CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) recently published a notice inviting tenders to build 29 underground stations of Chennai’s new 45.81 km Line-3 which will connect Madhavaram and SIPCOT in the 118.9 km Chennai Metro Phase 2 project. These 29 stations of the line’s 26.7 km underground section between Madhavaram Milk Colony and Taramani Road Junction will be built through 5 civil packages, UG-01 to UG-05, and financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The brief scope of each package indicates the contractor(s) will be responsible for the entire civil works at 21 stations and partial civil works at 8 stations. Those 8 stations’ remaining partial works and approximately 21 km long twin tunnels (total 42 km) connecting all 29 stations will be built as part of Packages TU-01 and TU-02, and for that CMRL received 8 bids (2 each) from Gulermak, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), STEC-WH JV and Tata Projects (TPL).
Package UG-01 The Scope of the works under this package includes Construction of five underground stations at Thapalpetti, Moolakadai, Sembiyam, Perambur Market and Perambur Metro and Crossover at Sembiyam and works other than diaphragm wall of two underground stations at Madhavaram Milk Colony and Murari.
Package UG-02
The Scope of the work includes Construction of four (04) underground stations at Otteri, Pattalam, Perambur Barracks Road and Kellys and works other than diaphragm wall of two underground stations at Ayanavaram & Puraisaiwakkam High Road cum Crossover Box. This package will consist of Civil work at 4 stations and partial works at 2 stations.
NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News):Alstom, a leader in sustainable and smart mobility, achieved another milestone today in India. It’s SriCity factory in Andhra Pradesh that manufactures Rolling Stock (MetroTrains) for Urban Metro projects, successfully completed production of its 500th Metro Car. As Alstom’s largest Urban Rolling Stock manufacturing unit in the Asia-Pacific region, this facility is delivering metro trainsets to not only Indian cities but also global ones – Chennai, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Sydney and Montreal. The currently operational metro trainsets built at this facility have clocked over 27 million kilometres cumulatively.
Alstom Stastistics.
Known for its state-of-the-art manufacturing standards, Alstom’s SriCity facility started operations in September 2012, with manufacturing for Chennai Metro. So far, the site has recorded over 2 million manufacturing & testing hours and has a capacity to build 480 cars per annum. Most recently, after the advent of Unlock 1.0 in India, the site successfully dispatched the first batch of two trainsets for the Canadian city of Montreal (Réseau Express Métropolitain). Presently, the site is manufacturing for Mumbai Metro L3 (Aqua Line), Montreal Metro – Réseau Express Métropolitain and Sydney Metro (City and Southwest extension). This factory also has more than 15% of women employees in various roles, as supervisors, planners, shopfloor engineers etc.
Speaking on this milestone, Alain SPOHR, Managing Director of Alstom India and South Asia said, “Despite the global pandemic that has disrupted business across industries, our teams continue to work tirelessly, to ensure on-time deliveries to Metro Corporations who are working on upgrading urban mobility in various cities. We are manufacturing trainsets that incorporate the highest safety features along with enhanced passenger experience. Our commitment continues towards Make-in- India, and localization is over 75% for all domestic projects.”
Alstom India Car Shed.
Alstom’s footprint in India is spread across various states – focused on developing Engineering solutions at the Innovation Center in Bangalore, Electric Locomotives (eLoco) at the Madhepura unit, Rail Components in Coimbatore and eLoco Car Body Shell production in Kolkata.
Alstom in India
Alstom has established a strong presence in India. It offers a complete range of equipment and services, from high-speed trains, metros, trams and e-buses to integrated systems, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. With more than 5700 full times employees, and in line with Government’s Make-in-India’ initiative, Alstom has been investing heavily in the country to deliver world-class rolling stock, research & development and components to not only serve the domestic market but also rest of the world. We have four industrial sites in the states of Bihar (Madhepura), Andhra Pradesh (SriCity), Tamil Nadu (Coimbatore) and West Bengal (Kolkata). India also houses in Karnataka (Bengaluru), the largest Engineering centre for Alstom, outside of France. Additionally, Alstom has a localized sourcing and supply chain, to the extent that most projects are over 75% built from indigenous materials.
NOIDA (Metro Rail News):Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) celebrated its 6th Foundation Day today with great enthusiasm. NMRC had a two-day celebration including Annual Sports Competition and a colourful cultural programme at its Depot in Greater Noida.
“Smt. Ritu Maheshwari, MD /NMRC and CEO / Noida Authority graced the celebrations with her presence.Praveen Mishra, ED / NMRC and ACEO Noida Authority; Shri R. K. Saxena, Chief Operating Officer (NMRC); Shri Manoj Vajpayee, GM (Technical) / NMRC; Shri Pankaj Malhotra, GM (Finance) / NMRC; Shri Rajneesh Pandey, AGM (HR) / NMRC, Shri VPS Komar, OSD to MD / NMRC along with officers and staff of NMRC and DMRC’s handholding team.Smt. Kalpana Saxena, Commandant / 49th Battalion (PAC) also graced the occasion with her presence”, it said in a press release.
Mrs Ritu Maheshwari presenting awards.
The celebrations were spread over a span of two days (4th and 5th November 2020).On 4th November, NMRC organised a Sports Event in which all NMRC employees participated with great enthusiasm and vigour. The event included a number of indoor and outdoor games like Race (100 mts and 400 mts), Discus Throw, Table Tennis, Carrom, Chess and Tug of War. This event was flagged off by ED / NMRC.
On the second and final day of celebrations which was held on 5th November 2020, MD/ NMRC felicitated the NMRC employees who had performed exceedingly well in the past year. These employees received the prestigious MD Award by MD / NMRC. The Award for Metro Man of the Year was given to Mr Sudhir Kumar Prasad /Train Operator, the Award for Metro Woman of the year was given to Ms Prerna Priya /Station Controller and the Award for Best Cleaned / Maintained Station was given to Pari Chowk Metro Station. A total of 35 NMRC employees were awarded today for exemplary work in their fields.
“The winners of the competitions conducted during Hindi Diwas were also felicitated. The winners of the Sports Competition were also given certificates by MD / NMRC and participants of the cultural programme were also given certificates and award for their participation. Special certificates were also given to the six employees of the Transgender Community deployed at Sector 50 Metro station to motivate and encourage them”, it added.
NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The National Capital Region Transport Corporation and the Bharat Electronics Limited inked a memorandum of understanding on Saturday to develop indigenous platform screen doors, which act as a safety barrier between the passengers and tracks, under the self-reliant India scheme. According to an official in the NCRTC, which is tasked to implement the country’s first regional rapid transit system (RRTS), platform screen doors (PSD) are currently imported and that the new move will give an impetus to ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India). The official said the NCRTC and the BEL would indigenously develop the PSD system for the upcoming bus rapid transit system (BRTS), mass rapid transit system (MRTS), RRTS and high-speed rail projects in India, as well as abroad.
According to the NCRTC, besides helping in better crowd management at the stations, PSDs also prevent any untoward incidents like jumping or falling on the track. It not only helps in reducing the risks of accidents but also prevents suicides. The Delhi Metro has also installed PSDs at some of its stations.
“Existing metro systems are also realising the need to install PSDs for ensuring passenger safety. The NCRTC and BEL in collaboration will design and develop PSDs for different rail-based systems in India and abroad,” the official said. Asked when the indigenous PSDs would start coming, a source said the prototype would be ready in the next two-three years.
The 17-km priority corridor of the 82-km Delhi-Meerut RRTS from Sahibabad to Duhai in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh will be operational in 2023, and the entire corridor will be operational in 2025. The RRTS trains can attain a top speed of 180 kilometres per hour.
In a statement, NCRTC managing director Vinay Kumar Singh said: “NCRTC is working continuously towards identifying items that are presently being imported for MRTS/RRTS/high-speed rail projects and make strategies to bring such technologies to India through RRTS project to trigger domestic capacity development.” “Indigenous development of PSDs is one such step towards realising the vision of an Atmanirbhar Bharat. Made in India PSDs will not only benefit the upcoming RRTS corridors but will also benefit the upcoming and existing BRTS/metro rail systems/high-speed rail projects of the country…,” Singh was quoted as saying in the statement.
In September, the Centre had unveiled the first look of the RRTS train whose design is inspired by the Lotus Temple in Delhi and can attain a top speed of 180 kilometres per hour on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor.
The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry had said with a radiating stainless steel outer body, the aerodynamic RRTS trains would be lightweight and fully air-conditioned. The other two-phase I RRTS corridors are Delhi-Gurgaon-SNB (Shahjahanpur-Neemrana-Behror) and Delhi to Panipat in Haryana. According to the NCRTC, pre-construction activities are in full swing for Delhi-Gurgaon-SNB corridor and its detailed project report (DPR) is under active consideration of the Centre for sanction.
The DPR of the Delhi-Panipat RRTS corridor is also under active consideration of the respective state governments for approval, the NCRTC had said in September.
LUCKNOW (Metro Rail News): This year, The 13th Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference is being organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on 9th November 2020. A day-long conference will be held online through Video Conference/Webinar. The main theme of this year’s event is “Emerging Trends in Urban Mobility” with focus on innovative measures taken at the national and international levels to address the challenges posed by Covid-19 pandemic to provide accessible and convenient transport to the people.
“Shri. Hardeep S. Puri, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs will deliver the Inaugural Address while the Key-note Address will be by Prof. Jan Gehl, Founder and Senior Adviser of M/s. Gehl Architects. Shri. Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, Minister Delegate for Transport, attached to the Minister for the Ecological Transition and Dr Claudia Warning, Director General for the Asia, South–Eastern and Eastern Europe, Middle East, Latin America; Civil Society, Churches, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development ( BMZ) will also be speaking at the Inaugural Session. Shri Durga Shankar Mishra, Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry will be chairing the Plenary Session on Emerging Trends in Urban Mobility.”, a statement by UPMRC said.
“Along with many other appreciations received by UP Metro the preceding year, Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC), emerged as the Best Mass Rapid Transit system at Urban Mobility India Conference (UMI), where, more than 1,000 delegates, including foreign delegates from 10 countries and international organizations, students, urban transport experts, practitioners, resource persons, researchers, scholars and senior government officials from 30 States and Union Territories across India attended the Conference, it added.
KANPUR (Metro Rail News): During the one-day visit to Kanpur, MD of Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) Mr Kumar Keshav inspected the civil construction works of Kanpur Metro. Kumar Keshav reviewed the status of all the metro stations of the 9 km long elevated priority corridor which is being constructed between IIT Kanpur and Motijheel. buy viagra pack online no prescription
After the assessment, he expressed gratitude towards the engineers and other staff. He also directed to explore the possibilities of speeding up the work. At the same time, Mr Keshav asked the engineers of UP Metro to explore possibilities for the work to be done at a faster pace.
Throughout the inspection, the Managing Director said, “I am very happy with the work of Engineers UP Metro and Contractor AFCON, after the reviewing of the progress of the civil construction of Kanpur Metro, but at the same time, as a public undertaking, it is also our core responsibility to find more possibilities to work even better and faster, constantly and we will endure this to ensure that world-class metro services to be made available for Kanpur residents within the stipulated time frame.”
He further added, the foundation of civil construction of Kanpur Metro was done by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on 15th November 2019 and after almost a year our team has consolidated the project to the present level by working day and night. Gradually, the Metro’s corridor viaduct has started to appear in the middle of the city, due to which the picture of the city has also started changing.
The various beats of works of priority corridor including construction, finishing, electrical, and track development are being assigned to the different agencies, UP Metro using this specific working style to ensure that all agencies can deliver their work at the same time so that the work can be completed within the period.
”So far more than 85 per cent of the piling work has been completed under the Priority Corridor and 2005 piles have been excavated, out of 2330. Along with this, 279 piers out of 506 piers (pillars) have also been prepared. Not only 160 out of 384 double T-girder has been prepared to form the base of the concourse of metro stations but also 130 out of 638 U-girders have been placed at the designated locations to form the basis of the metro track”, the UPMRC said in a statement.
