Railways issues new tender for 44 Vande Bharat trains

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NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Indian Railways has floated a revised tender for procuring 44 semi-high speed 44 Vande Bharat trains mandating 75% domestic component making it a domestic tender, the Ministry of Railways announced on Monday. The government had earlier scrapped three global tenders for the ambitious project. According to the new tender, only companies registered in India can apply.
Railways had last month cancelled its global tender issued for manufacturing 44 sets of semi-high speed Vande Bharat trains after a Chinese joint venture company CRRC Pioneer Electric (India) Private Limited emerged as the only foreign bidder for the tender that was floated in July. The Indian Railways has floated the revised Tender of semi high speed 44 Vande Bharat trains sets.
The Tender is for -3 phase Propulsion, Control and other Equipment along with Bogies for Trains Sets. The tender has been uploaded on www.ireps.gov.in The Pre-bid meeting has been scheduled on September 29. While the Tender opening date is 17.11.2020.
The main features of the tender are as under:
I. Train sets shall be manufactured at ICF/Chennai, RCF/Kapurthala and MCF/Raebareli
II. It shall be local (indigenous) tender.
III. Two-stage, the reverse auction shall take place.
The revised Tender is In line with the Government of India’s preference for Make In India policy, the minimum local content percentage has been revised to 75%.
It is the first big tender under revised DPIIT norms of AtmaNirbhar Bharat. Having at least 75 % of domestic components. This tender is now a Domestic Tender. Only the Companies registered in India can apply and will have to quote in Indian Rupee.

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) had revised public procurement order issued on June 4 to encourage domestic manufacturing. The bids are scheduled to be opened on November 17. A pre-bidding conference for the tender will take place on September 29, the ministry said.
The trainsets will be manufactured across three railways’ coach manufacturing units: Integral Coach Factory, Chennai; Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala and Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli.

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UP Metro Honours its staff for Commendable Work

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LUCKNOW (Metro Rail News): UP Metro on Tuesday awarded Mr Pramod Kumar Yadav, Supervisor at K.D. Sing Metro Station for his commendable work. Managing Director, Sh. Kumar Keshav presented the certificate and prize money in an award ceremony organized at the Administrative Office of UP Metro.

Mr Pramod Kumar Yadav is working as a Housekeeping supervisor and has very good knowledge of the equipment and chemicals required for housekeeping.
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He not only uses his resources efficiently but also manages his housekeeping staff in a very effective manner. He discharges his duty diligently and with full integrity.
On this occasion Managing Director, Mr Kumar Keshav commended the staff and said that effort of each and every individual matter and only after the hard work of such individuals an organization is able to touch the heights.
UP Metro from time to time honours its staff for their dutifulness and hard work.

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CMRS Inspect Four Stations of Nagpur Metro Project, Applauds the metro officials

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NAGPUR (Metro Rail News): The Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) Mri Janak Kumar Garg inspected four stations of Nagpur Metro Rail Project. Mr Garg and his team of officials inspected Ajni Square & Rahate Colony Metro Stations on Orange Line and LAD Square and Bansi Nagar Metro Stations on the Aqua Line. The CMRS and his team expressed satisfaction for the works executed at all the 4 Metro Stations.

The Metro Stations of Ajni Square and Rahate Colony are part of Reach-I of Nagpur Metro Project, which stretches from Khapri to Sitabuldi Interchange. Similarly, LAD Square and Bansi Nagar are part of Reach-III, which touches Lokmanya Nagar Metro Station and Sitabuldi Interchange on the two extreme sides. Nagpur Project is being executed by Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited.

The CMRS team inspected the various services extended at the four Metro Stations. The team also examined number of measures taken for passenger comfort and safety like Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) Gates, Emergency Call Point, Lift and Escalator, Drinking Water Facility, Transformer, Signalling & Telecom Room, Station Control Room, to name a few.

The team also reviewed the steps to be taken during emergency situations. A Mock Drill was also organized on the occasion to showcase Maha Metro readiness to deal with any such eventuality. Maha Metro has made special provisions for children and physically challenged like Baby Care Room and specially-made wash rooms at Metro Stations. The team also reviewed these facilities.

The measures taken for passenger safety were examined by CMRS. The officials also inspected Receiving Sub Station (RSS) at Jhansi Rani Metro Station. Maha Metro has constructed a 132 KV sub-station there. The sub-station ensures continuous power supply to East-West Metro Corridor of the Nagpur Metro Project. It is one of the two RSS, constructed by Maha Metro Nagpur.

The two stations of Orange Line are located on Wardha Road – one of the busiest roads of the city. Similarly, the two Aqua Line Metro Stations – LAD Square and Bansi Nagar are located on Ambazari Road and Hingna Road respectively. Once the four stations get operational, it would immensely benefit the people residing in the catchment areas.

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TBM T61 provides a rapid pace to tunnelling work of Mumbai Metro Line-3

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MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) T61 nicknamed Tapi-1 operated by the J Kumar Infraprojects – China Railway Tunnel Group JV made a breakthrough at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport’s Domestic Terminal-1 Station’s northern-end on Mumbai Metro’s 33.5 km Aqua-Line (Line-3).
This was T61’s second (and final) breakthrough, J Kumar – CRTG’s fifth (and penultimate) breakthrough for the 4.45km Santa Cruz Mid Ventilation Shaft – CSIA Terminal 2 Package UGC-06, and overall Mumbai Metro Line-3’s 31st TBM breakthrough.
This Ø6.68m dual-mode Terratec TBM had passed factory acceptance tests in September 2017 and arrived in the city in November 2017.

For its first assignment, it was commissioned as TBM Godavari-1 from Package UGC-05’s Vidyanagari Station to the Santa Cruz Mid Ventilation Shaft (dead-end of UGC-05/06) and onwards to CSIA’s Terminal-1 Station for building the 2895 meter up-line tunnel, and recorded a joint breakthrough for UGC-05 and UGC-06 in April 2019.
For its last assignment that ended today – the machine was commissioned from Sahar Road Station towards Terminal 1 in September 2019 to build the 1512 meter down-line tunnel.

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Contract for Delhi-Meerut RRTS Line’s Package 9A awarded to Sam India

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MEERUT (Metro Rail News): Sam India Builtwell Pvt. Ltd. on Friday emerged as the lowest bidder for the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line‘s Package 9A involving the construction of multi-storied staff quarters and connectivity from Mathura Road to Jangpura Stabling Yard complex within Delhi, after officials from the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) opened financial bids submitted by different infrastructure firms.
While this clearly isn’t the most exciting package of the project, it is significant for the development of Delhi’s new semi high-speed Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) which after the completion of its roughly 349 km Phase 1 network will employ at least 4000 employees throughout the region with an operations control centre (OCC) at Jangpura to monitor all subsystems and train operations on the network’s three lines.
NCRTC invited tenders for this staff quarters package in April 2020 and opened technical bids on July 9 to reveal 7 bidders. NCRTC’s estimate was USD $39.81 million (Rs. 293.14 crore). The rolling stock tender has been awarded to Bombardier.

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Andhra’s second Kisan Rail on way to Delhi

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ANTAPUR (Metro Rail News): Eleven days after the virtual flagging off of the first South Indian Kisan Rail from Anantapur in AP, the second one chugged off on Sunday morning from the southern state, laden with tomatoes and fruits to Nagpur and New Delhi.

“Second rake of Kisan Rail has started from Anantapur station in the early hours of Sunday to reach Adarsh Nagar in New Delhi,” said a South Central Railway (SCR) zone official.

Loaded with 262 tonnes of agricultural produce, the Kisan train is ferrying 239 tonnes of tomatoes and 23 tonnes of fruits such as papaya and others.

Expected to reach the national capital on Monday, the 12-parcel van train will unload three vans carrying 67 tonnes of tomatoes in Nagpur in Maharashtra, enroute to Delhi.

Nagpur is 882 km north of Anantapur while New Delhi is roughly 2,000 km north of the Rayalaseema town.

“An announcement was made in the Union Budget 2020 – 21 about the operation of Kisan trains and accordingly Kisan Rails were started,” he said.

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Politics on Bangalore’s ORR-KIA Metro line

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BANGALORE (Metro Rail News): After the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor , a group has started talking about the Bengaluru suburban rail project alleging that the Centre is not giving due weighatage to Outer Ring Road-Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) Metro corridor. Some have started taking the matter to social media.

The 37-year-old suburban rail proposal, which was also announced in the 2018-19 Union budget, is awaiting CCEA clearance since November 2019. While BMRCL invited tenders for ORRKIA Metro line, it is yet to be finalised and it is waiting for a nod from Central Government.

Union housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri in Parliament said approval for ORR-airport Metro depends on the feasibility of the project and availability of resources and no time limit can be specified for its sanction.

The other group is saying that the Centre has cleared Metro projects in smaller cities like Kanpur, Agra and Nagpur without delay but it is not taking the same way for Bangalore. After the Pandemic came which has hit the economy badly, the government seems in no mood to expend much.

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Works to be faster on the upcoming corridors of Kanpur Metro says Kumar Keshav, UPMRC Chief

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KANPUR (Metro Rail News) – Managing Director of Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (UPMRC), Mr Kumar Keshav reviewed the ongoing civil construction work on the Kanpur Metro’s Corridor today and gave necessary instructions to the Metro engineers. Shri Keshav started his visit from Motijheel and reviewed the progress of civil construction at all 9 stations up to IIT, Kanpur. During his visit, Mr Keshav gave clear instructions to the engineers of UP Metro that full attention should be paid to the convenience of the residents and as the work of Piles and Pile caps on the site is completed, narrow down the barricades on the road, which will increase the space for vehicles on the roads.

Expressing satisfaction over the progress of works, he said, “The team of UP Metro is working on the Priority Corridor, setting small targets and moving ahead with speed. Our focus is not on the achievements that we have achieved in such a short time, but our focus is on the goals that we have to complete. Various technical systems are to be installed for Metro operations in the Priority Corridor. Once all these systems get commissioned, the work of Corridor-1 between IIT & Naubasta and Corridor-2 from CSA to Barra-8 will be accelerated. UP Metro will complete the project within the stipulated time frame. Also, after the Metro project is ready in Kanpur like Lucknow, the infrastructure in the surrounding areas of the corridor will be better and prosperous.”

“After inspecting the corridor, the Managing Director reached the casting yard at Lakhanpur, where he reviewed the facilities available to the workers in the labour colony and also planted saplings. Mr Keshav departed from the casting yard and reached the Metro Depot being built in the Polytechnic’, a statement read.

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India hands over two modern trains to Nepal

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JANAKPUR, NEPAL (Metro Rail News): India has handed over two modern trains to Nepal that would run between Jaynagar in Bihar and Kurtha in Dhanusa district from mid-December, marking the beginning of the first broad-gauge railway service in the Himalayan nation, officials said on Saturday.

The Konkan Railway delivered two modern Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit (DMUC) trains to the Nepal Railway for Jaynagar-Kurtha broad gauge line on Friday. These trains are manufactured by Integrated Coach Factory, Chennai with modern amenities and the latest AC-AC propulsion technology.

The Indian technicians and the Nepal Railway staff were welcomed at various locations when the trains arrived in the country from India on Friday. Thousands of people gathered to see the new trains despite the coronavirus pandemic that has killed 390 people and infected over 60,000 others in Nepal.

The trial run of the new trains started from Friday on the broad gauge tracks whose construction was completed last year, according to Nepal Railway Company Director General Guru Bhattarai.

Since the border is unlikely to open soon due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the train services would not start immediately and the trains would be parked at the Nepal Railway Station in Jaynagar for the maintenance and safety, according to Senior Divisional Engineer Devendra Shah.

“The trains are expected to go into regular operation around the Ram-Janaki marriage ceremony in mid-December when the situation is likely to improve,” said Nepal Railway Company Engineer Binod Ojha.
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The Jaynagar-Kurtha rail line was originally built during the British Raj to transport logs from forests at Mahottari, Nepal to India. At that time, the line from Jaynagar in Bihar to Bijulpura in Mahottari was 52 kms long.

The 69-km Jaynagar-Janakpur-Bardibas railway is being built at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore with support from the Indian government.

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Pramit Kumar Garg appointed as the new Director of Business development at DMRC

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NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Pramit Kumar Garg has taken over the charge of Director of Business Development at Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). He has been given the duty when the Metro Corporation is trying to increase its revenues.

“Mr Garg is an officer of the 1992 batch of Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) and has been associated with DMRC since 2002 in various capacities including Executive Director / Consultancy Business”, the DMRC said in a press release.

He is a Civil Engineer from the University of Roorkee (now IIT) and a post graduate from IIT (Delhi) and has a vast experience of 27 years with distinction in various capacities in Indian Railways as well as in project execution and implementation in urban environment and consultancy business in DMRC.

He received the ‘Project Leader of the Year’ award in 2019 from Project Management Association, India for the efficient completion of the NOIDA-Greater NOIDA Metro line.

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