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BMRCL Cancels Jobs 18 Months after It Published Marks List

01/11/2020

BENGALURU (Metro Rail News): The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) on Friday announced that it was cancelling recruitment to 174 posts for which exams had been conducted, and the marks list published nearly 18 months ago. In all, 39,330 aspirants had applied for these posts, and a section of them is now planning to take BMRCL to court over the issue. The posts advertised were that of 21 Junior Engineers, 19 Section Engineers and 134 maintainers.

On Friday morning, a note was posted on the BMRCL website under its Career section: “Due to administrative reasons, the recruitment to the above said posts in BMRCL stands cancelled. Examination fees paid by those applicants who have appeared for the qualification examination will be refunded.” The desire to bag a government job had made a huge number of aspirants respond to the job notification on January 2, 2019.
The marks list for three exams conducted by the Karnataka Examination Authority.
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was made public on its website on May 31, 2019. There was no news after that, and aspirants had been repeatedly interacting with BMRCL officials and others to know when they would be recruited.

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YFC Projects Wins Sarita Vihar Depot & Ramp Work of Delhi Metro

M K Rai

01/11/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): YFC Projects Pvt. Ltd. last week emerged as the lowest bidder to construct a new cut & cover ramp and remodel Sarita Vihar Depot (Package DC-26) on Delhi Metro’s 46.63 km Violet Line (Kashmere Gate – Raja Nahar Singh in Ballabhgarh) after the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) opened financial bids submitted by different infrastructure companies.
This work is part of the DMRC’s strategic plan to repurpose Sarita Vihar Depot for stabling and maintaining trains on the Phase 4 project‘s upcoming 20.201 km Silver Line which will connect Aerocity – Tughlakabad line in the future.
DMRC invited bids for Sarita Vihar Depot’s reconstruction in July with an estimated cost of Rs. 59.11 crore and expect the assigned contractor to complete all work within 730 days. Technical bids were opened in August which revealed 3 bidders and during technical bid evaluation, Vaibhav Construction’s bid was disqualified.

Financial Bid Values:

YFC Projects Pvt. Ltd. – Rs. 52.41 Crores

Dharamraj Contracts India Pvt. Ltd. – Rs. 59.84 Crores

The Scope of the work includes to Provide for maintenance facilities for the Vehicles on upcoming Tughlakhabad – Aerocity Corridor and Lajpat Nagar – Saket G Block Corridor and expansion of Depot cum workshop at Sarita Vihar. The civil work including Depot development works is to be undertaken in this contract consists of the construction of Ramp, Demolition and restoration of Blower Room, Civil works for Shifting of ETP, Road Works, Railing Works etc. including all the Design of temporary works to be undertaken by a designer under the arrangement of the contractor.

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Four Firms Participate in Chennai Metro Phase 2 Tunnel Works

M K Rai

01/11/2020

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) yesterday opened technical bids for constructing around 42 km long tunnels works. Four out of Eight firms have qualified for the Chennai Metro’s new 45.81 km Line-3 (Madhavaram – SIPCOT) after evaluation of technical bids.
These tunnels on the Line-3’s 26.7 km underground section in the 118.9 km Phase 2 project will be built as part of a 52.01 km prioritized sub-project which will first see the development of Line-3 between Madhavaram – Sholinganallur and Line-5 between Madhavaram – CMBT.
CMRL had invited tenders for both packages in January 2020 with estimates of approximately Rs 1800 crore and 2500 crore according to news reports with a deadline of 1460 days to finish all civil works.
Gulermak Agir Sanayi Insaat ve Taahhut A.S.(Gulermak), Larsen and Toubro Limited (L&T), Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (Singapore) Pte Ltd and Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) are participating in the bid process.

Scope of the work for TU01 includes Construction of approximately 9 km twin bored tunnels (total = 18 km) from the TBM Retrieval Shaft near Venugopal Nagar (of Line-5) to Kellys Station, and the construction of diaphragm walls, entry/exit structures of Madhavaram Milk Colony Station, Murari Hospital Station, Ayanavaram Station and Purasaiwakkam High Road Station, including launching and retrieval shafts at the above stations.

Scope of works under TU02 includes Construction of approximately 12 km twin bored tunnels from Kellys Station to Taramani Road Junction and the construction of diaphragm walls, entry/exit structures of Chetpet station, Royapettah Government Hospital Station, Thiruvanmiyu Station, and part diaphragm wall of Greenways Road Station, including launching and retrieval shafts at the above stations.

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Kochi Metro Slashes Parking Charges for Commuters

M K Rai

01/11/2020

Ridership increased in the Kochi Metro post Lockdown — Image Source: Twitter

KOCHI (Metro Rail News): Kochi Metro Rail Limited has slashed parking rates for its commutters. Kochi Metro’s commuters can now enjoy upto 50% discount on parking charges for both cars & two wheelers.KMRL has also introduced 12 hour and 24 hour slabs for cars and two wheelers with additional discounts. For the daily commuters of Kochi Metro, KMRL has introduced monthly passes from 1st November 2020. For cars the monthly pass is Rs 1000 while it is Rs 380 for bikes. Users can park their vehicles for upto 10 hours a day.
“We monitored the commuter behaviour for a month before slashing the rates. We have received a lot of suggestions and few complaints from our commuters with regard to the parking fee. The new rates will help our commuters to travel regularly. ” said Alkesh Kumar Sharma IAS.
“The new rates will be valid from Nov 01, 2020 (Sunday). The new rates for cars at the metro station parking will be Rs 20 for first two hours and Rs 5 (Rs 10 earlier) every additional hour. A commuter will have to pay Rs 60 to park a car for 12 hours and Rs 100 for an entire day (24 hours)”, KMRL said in a statement.
“For bike users, the parking fee is Rs 10 for first two hours and Rs 2 (Rs 5 earlier) per additional hour. For keeping the bike for 12 hours the fee is Rs 25 and for an entire day (24 hours) the fee is Rs 40”, it added.

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RPF Personnel Saves Woman who fell from a Moving Train

M K Rai

01/11/2020

AC local trains — Image for representation.

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): With help of a Railway Police Officer’s (RPF) a fatal accident where death could be inevitable was avoided at a railway station in Mumbai. The whole incident was caught from CCTV footage recovered from the platform. The alert RPF constable saved a woman from possibly being killed (or harmed) under a train after she fell while trying to board a moving train.
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The accident happened at Ghatkopar railway station, a busy spot for local trains with heavy foot traffic on the platforms, on Wednesday, October 28. The CCTV footage shows the harrowing the accident, where a woman can be seen darting through the crowded platform, eager to get reach the train which can be seen slowly accelerating. She jumps forward, hoping to enter through the wide-open doorway, but she collides with the iron rod in the middle of the open door. The impact is severe as she ricochets off the train and onto the platform. Soon, due to the inertia, she almost slips towards the edge of the platform. She would have slipped under the train if it weren’t for the vigilant RPF constable who can be seen rushing to her aid and pulling her away from the moving train.

If he was a little late in reaching, the woman would have gone under the local train bogie. The constable saved her from a fatal fate of getting crushed under the speeding train. Their identities are not known as of now. This is not the first time an RPF officer saved someone’s life from a speeding train in Mumbai. In February of 2019, RPF personnel, Praveen Kumar saved a woman’s life at the Malad railway station. The woman had fallen from the train and was being dragged away on the tracks. Kumar received many praises for his alertness and heroic act.

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Paras Railtech Awarded Delhi Metro Grey Line’s Tunnel Work

M K Rai

31/10/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Tuesday awarded Paras Railtech with an Rs. 43.92 crore contract for constructing a 289.65-meter cut and cover tunnel (Package CC-126A) on the 1.218 km Najafgarh – Dhansa Bus Stand extension of Delhi Metro’s Grey Line.
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This underground tunnel of the Phase 3 project’s Package CC-126 was earlier awarded to Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. – SUCG Infrastructure India Pvt Ltd (STEC – SUCG IN JV) in October 2017, and tunnelling breakthroughs were recorded by the team using one tunnel boring machine (TBM) on January 18 and June 26, 2019.

DMRC invited bids for this tunnel’s pending work on September 21 with an estimate of Rs 48.99 crore and opened technical bids on October 13. The duration of the work shall be four months according to the tender document.

Financial Bid Values:

Paras Railtech Pvt. Ltd. – Rs. 43.92 Crores

Pragati Construction Consultants – Rs. 54.81 Crores

The Scope of the work includes Construction of Cut and Cover tunnel box from Chainage 5050.35 (UP Line) to 5340.00 (UP line) for extension of Dwarka Najafgarh Metro Corridor of Delhi MRTS Phase-III.

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L&T Awarded Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR First Civil Contract After it Emerged as The Lowest Bidder

M K Rai

31/10/2020

Bullet train — Representational photo Image Source: Twitter

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Larsen & Toubro recently announced that it had been awarded the contract to build the 237.1 km Package C4 of the 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR Bullet Train) which will connect these two cities through 12 stations. The estimated cost of the project is Rs. 1.1 lakh crore (US$15 billion). It shall be noted that it is first of its kind in India.
Package C4 which is the first package to be awarded for the main-line. It represents 46.66% of the main-line making it the longest amongst all and runs elevated from Zaroli Village on the Maharashtra – Gujarat border to Vadodara Station through 4 stations at Vapi, Bilimora, Surat and Bharuch in Gujarat. National High-Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) had opened financial bids from 3 firms on October 23. In the process, L&T emerged as the lowest bidder among all.
The final contract value has not yet been made public either by L&T or the National High-Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL). It can be a matter of negotiation as experts suggest.

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Kochi Metro starts Auto Feeder Service in a Move to Provide last mile Connectivity

M K Rai

31/10/2020

KOCHI (Metro Rail News): Kochi Metro Rail Limited on Friday kicked-off the auto-feeder service at Petta Metro station. The introduction of feeder service is part of KMRL’s efforts to provide last-mile connectivity to its commuters.

1604061231981110001 attach 138233540325470210 — Inaugaration of the Auto Feeder Service.

“Kochi Metro has engaged 12 auto-rickshaws as the feeder service. At a time five rickshaws will be available at the metro station. The auto feeder service will be available to 16 locations from the metro station”, it said in a statement.
“The fare will be as per the government of Kerala rates. The autos will be available during the working hours of Kochi Metro’s service. D K Sinha, Director (Systems) KMRL flagged off the first auto from the Petta station”, it further added.

Petta Metro Station was inaugurated on September 7th by Chief Minister Pinarayi VIjayan.

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Suspension of Goods Trains Hits Industry in Punjab, Power Sector affected as Coal Supply Dips

M K Rai

31/10/2020

CHANDIGARH (Metro Rail News): The suspension of freight trains amid farmers’ stir has affected coal supply for thermal plants in Punjab and hit state’s industrial sector, which is staring at massive financial losses. Nearly all industrial verticals, including bicycle and bicycle parts, textile, hand tools, auto parts, steel, machine tools, among others are facing a dearth of raw materials in the wake of non-operation of goods trains. Goods train services had earlier resumed in the state after farmer unions on October 21 announced exempting them from their weeks-old ‘rail roko’ agitation over the Centre’s new farm laws.

The railways began running goods trains on October 22 but decided to suspend them on October 23 after some farmers blocked their movement. On October 26, the suspension in the state was extended up to October 29. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had sought Punjab government’s assurance for the safety of trains and crew members to restore freight services after Chief Minister Amarinder Singh asked him to intervene to resume the services. A senior official of power utility Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) was stated saying that against the demand for 6,000 MW of power, the state is managing 5,000 MW from central hydro and biomass plants, leading to a shortage of 1,000 MW.
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A private thermal power plant has stopped power generation, while other thermal plants are left with just two to three days of coal, the official said.

“Containers are carrying raw material and finished goods which include thread, steel, cycle parts, hand tools and other items worth Rs 6,000 to 7,000 crore,” Ludhiana-based industrialist S C Ralhan, who is also a former president of the Federation of Indian Export Organisation, said. “We have already faced financial loss to the tune of Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000 crore due to non-operation of goods trains,” he said.

The company is sending containers through trucks to ports for urgent export supplies, he said, adding that it increases the cost. Ajit Lakra, a garment maker, also echoed similar sentiments saying that any delay in sending goods meant for exports will not only lead to companies losing buyers but will also dent the industry’s credibility. Pahwa also expressed concern on the shortage of coal, saying if thermal plants stop generating power, the industry will not be able to run its operations.

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Maha-Metro invites name suggestions for Pune metro card from Public

M K Rai

31/10/2020

PUNE (Metro Rail News): The Maharashtra Metro Rail Co rporation (Maha-Metro) has invited suggestions for the naming of the metro card of Pune metro. If the name suggested by a citizen gets selected, they would be rewarded as per the rules.

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation’s public relation officer Hemant Sonawane, said, “Pune is a unique city. Metro work is in progress and we are launching a card for it.
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Instead of giving it a random name, Maha-Metro wants citizens to participate in it.”
Sonawane said, “Citizens need to submit their name suggestions till November 16. It is open for all and names can be in English or Marathi.”

Maha-Metro has appealed to citizens to send their entries online at contest@punemetrorail.org. Maha-Metro officials will decide on the final name selection. Citizens need to mention the significance of the name suggested by them in their entries.

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