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MMRDA may take over operations of Metro One

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MMRDA may take over operations of Metro One

Mumbai (Metro Rail News): The city’s only operational Metro corridor—Metro One—built on public-private partnership (PPP) with Anil Ambani’s Reliance Infrastructure may be taken over by MMRDA according to sources in the government. The state government has asked the agency to undertake due diligence before moving ahead with it. 

MMRDA has 26% stake in Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL), which runs the Metro, while Reliance Infra holds 69%. It has operated the 12-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor since 2014.  “The state has asked MMRDA to come up with the terms and conditions and also ascertain the liabilities before the negotiations can begin or proposal discussed with MMOPL.” a news agency quoted some source familiar with the matter.

Confirming the plan to take over the ownership of the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro, MMRDA officials said there have been some discussions, but talks are at “an initial stage”. 

Metro One carries ridership of around 4.5 lakh per day and has an average revenue of Rs 1 crore per day. But losses are weighing heavily on the operator, MMOPL.

MMOPL had said in a plea seeking a revision in fare that the increase was necessary to absorb the escalation in project costs.
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The company said it is “bleeding financially” and was suffering a loss of Rs 90 lakh every day of its operations. It is estimated the losses could be Rs 250-Rs 300 crores. 

Railways suffer a huge loss as crores of rail tickets cancelled due to Pandemic

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Railways suffer a huge loss as crores of rail tickets cancelled due to Pandemic

New Delhi (Metro Rail News): An RTI reply has revealed that the Indian Railways has cancelled more than 1.78 crore tickets since March this year due to the coronavirus pandemic and refunded an amount of ₹2,727 crore. A total of 1,78,70,644 tickets have been cancelled so far.

As per the official data, last year, the Railways had refunded ₹3,660.08 crore for the April 1-August 11 period but it had also earned ₹17,309.1 crore in the same period of time.

This is the first time when the refunds were more than the amount earned by the Railways from sale of tickets.

The first three months of this financial year, when the Railways had to suspend all its regular passenger services, the national transporter’s revenue was in the negative — ₹531.12 crore in April, -₹145.24 crore in May and -₹390.6 in June.

In the last fiscal, it had earned ₹4,345 crore in April, ₹4,463 crore in May and₹4,589 crore in June. As of now, the Railways has cancelled all regular passenger services indefinitely. However, the railways now hopes for some recovery as the passengers have started travelling in good numbers through special trains.

Underground tunnel for Kolkata’s Noapara-Barasat Metro in progress

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Underground tunnel for Kolkata’s Noapara-Barasat Metro in progress

Kolkata (Metro Rail News): – In a big development in the Kolkata Metro projects, the construction works on Noapara to Bimanbandar stretch of Noapara-Barasat Metro extension project has been going on in full swing amidst Covid-19 lockdown. 
On this 7.036 km stretch, the work of RCC underground box tunnel below VIP Road to Airport (Gate No.1) is presently going on.

“For the successful execution of this very important work, this road was required to be diverted,” said one person familiar with the matter.

This Road Diversion Work was accomplished on 21.08.2020-22.08.2020 night with the help of steel barricading and road blinker. 
This diversion will facilitate smooth execution of the tunneling work without hampering vehicular movement during night on VIP Road. This RCC box tunneling work is expected to be over within next two months. 

The construction will help to ease the travel between the city and airport and thus this project is being seen as a VIP corridor.

Western Railway set to run another special train for transporting essentials

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Western Railway set to run another special train for transporting essentials

Mumbai (Metro Rail News): Amid the hard times of the ongoing pandemic, the Western Railways has said that it will continue to transport the supply of essential commodities across the nation. In continuation of the special train initiative, the Western Railways will run one more parcel special train between Dewas and Mumbai Central. The special train will depart from Dewas on 23 August and reach Mumbai Central on August 25.

“Train No-00931, Dewas to Mumbai Central parcel special train will depart from Dewas at 19.30 hours o­n 23 August to reach Mumbai Central at 04.30 hours o­n 25 August. The train will halt at Geratpur and Ahmedabad station”, Western Railways said.

Western Railway has been running four Parcel Special trains, including a milk special rake which departed on August 21 from Bandra Terminus to Jammu Tawi and Porbandar to Shalimar parcel special. An indented rake left from Karambeli to New Guwahatiand a milk special from Palanpur to Hind Terminal.

A statement issued by the Western Railways said that in the time between 23 March to 20 August, commodities weighing above 1.03 lakh tonnes have been transported by Western Rly through its 480 parcel special trains, which mainly included agricultural produce, medicines, fish, milk, etc.

Delhi Metro may resume on a phase-wise manner: Kejriwal

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Delhi Metro may resume on a phase-wise manner: Kejriwal

New Delhi ( Metro Rail News ) – As the Covid-19 situations are not very well in the national capital, the city state’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal here said that he had requested the Centre to allow Metro Services on a planned manner.

In a press briefing, Kejriwal said, “We have requested Centre to allow re-opening of  Delhi Metro in a phased manner, on a trial basis, as Covid-19 situation in Delhi is under control now. I hope the Centre will take a decision soon.”

He also highlighted the efforts of the residents in bringing the Covid-19 situation in the national capital under control. “The way Delhi has been dealing with COVID-19 situation is being discussed in the country as well as across the world,” he further said.

The chief minister said, “We imposed lockdown in Delhi only once, and then gradually resumed work across fields from June 1 onwards. Probably, Delhi is the only city where lockdown hasn’t been imposed again, as we understand work and COVID management can go hand-in-hand”.

Meanwhile, the DMRC MD Mangu Singh recently visited the Rajeev Chowk metro station which the DMRC said was a routine inspection. The inspection is being seen as preparations for the resumption of metro train services with few changes.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation ( DMRC ) has meanwhile suffered a loss of nearly ₹1,300 crores as per different sources since metro services were suspended in March this year.

The Delhi Metro services have been closed since 22 March when the ‘Janta Curfew‘ was imposed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, and subsequently the nationwide lockdown.

As most of the economic activities have been opened up, the speculations are on for resumption of metro services in the national capital by the start of September.

Delhi to Meerut going to be a distance of an hour after RRTS corridor is complete

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New Delhi: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently approved a USD $1 billion funding package for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor. The loan will be used for financing civil works, railway tracks, station buildings, multi-modal hubs, maintenance depots, traction and power supply of the corridor as per different sources.

The proposed rapid transit project is critical not only for decongesting Delhi but also for reducing hazardous air pollution by encouraging public transport. The project will result in a better and efficient public transport system in the NCR and its surrounding areas.

The RRTS corridor, under the National Capital Regional Transport Corporation, will let travellers cover the 82-km distance between the two cities in just 60 minutes. 

All you need to know about Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS project:

  • This RRTS is a rail-based, high-speed regional transit system. It will be the fastest, most comfortable and safest model of commuter transport in the National Capital Region (NCR).
  • The rapid rail will have a speed of about 180 Kmph and all the trains will have a state-of-the-art design. Passengers will enjoy aircraft-like seating and other modern facilities. 
  • The rapid rail line will run along the Delhi-Meerut highway. As per Niti Aayog, this project aims to take over one lakh private vehicles of the road. 
  • The project will involve innovative designing, technology and institutional management. The RRTS aims to streamline the urban transportation system which is stressed due to an increase in private vehicles. 
  • Of the total 82.15 km, 68.03 Km would be elevated while the rest 14.12 Km will be underground. 

The 82-kilometre rapid transit system (RRTS) network is the first of three priority rail corridors in the country’s integrated transport network under the NCR Regional Plan 2021. This project will finance the construction of railway tracks, station buildings, maintenance facilities, and traction and power supply as per the data provided by different sources.

In a recent move of Boycott China, Indian Railways cancels tender

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In a recent move of Boycott China, Indian Railways cancels tender

New Delhi (Metro Rail News): Indian railways on Friday decided to cancel the tender for manufacturing 44 semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express trains. A fresh tender will be floated next week as per revised public procurement order to prioritise Make in India.

The Ministry of Railways said in a tweet, “Tender for manufacturing of 44 nos of semi high-speed train sets (Vande Bharat) has been cancelled. The fresh tender will be floated within a week as per Revised Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) order.” 

As per the sources, the tender has been cancelled as a Chinese firm emerged as the only foreign player among the six contenders when the tender was opened last month. 

The five other companies which took part in the bidding are state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Bharat Industries, Sangrur, Electrowaves Electronics (P) Ltd, MEDHA Servo Drives Private Limited, Powernetics Equipment India Private Limited. CRRC Limited is a Chinese government company that took part in the global tender process announced by Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai.

The CRRC has formed a joint venture company, CRRC-Pioneer Electric (India) Private Limited, in association with its Indian subsidiary Pioneer Fill Med Private Limited of Gurgaon, and participated in the bidding process.

Earlier, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) had objected to the bid placed by a Chinese joint venture company for manufacturing Vande Bharat trains. The traders’ body had written to union railway minister Piyush Goyal, urging him to not allow the bid placed by the CRRC Pioneer Electric (India) Private Limited.

The first Vande Bharat express was flagged by PM Narendra Modi in Varanasi last year.

Delhi Metro Resumption: Speculations on as DMRC chief inspects Rajiv Chowk station

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Delhi Metro Resumption: Speculations on as DMRC chief inspects Rajiv Chowk station

New Delhi ( Metro Rail News) – DMRC chief Mangu Singh on Thursday inspected the Rajiv Chowk Metro station to check the functioning of operational systems and maintenance activities as the sources said.

The inspection comes amid expectations of resumption in train services with proper safety protocols. Although, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) officials described it as a “routine inspection”.

“MD-DMRC Dr Mangu Singh inspected the Rajiv Chowk metro station today.
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The routine inspection was part of checking the effective functioning of various operational systems and maintenance activities,” the DMRC said in a tweet.

As per sources, the Delhi Metro has suffered loss of nearly ₹1,300 crore since the non-operation of services late due to ongoing pandemic. The Delhi Metro has been closed since March 22.

Meanwhile, from thermal scanners to test temperature of commuters to stickers on social distancing norms pasted on seats and platform floors, the Delhi Metro has been preparing to handle commuters as per safety guidelines, whenever the services are ordered to be resumed.

Bringing the total riders back seems tough for the DMRC as the pandemic has created demands of social distancing. The DMRC is however hopeful of resumption of services and waiting for government’s nod.

The decision on NRA will benefit Indian Railways: VK Yadav

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The decision on NRA will benefit Indian Railways: VK Yadav

New Delhi (Metro Rail News): Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav on Thursday hailed the central government’s decision to set up National Recruitment Agency (NRA) and said it will save both time and money and benefit the Railways.

He said every district will have an examination centre and people will be able to save money spent on travel and arranging other logistics.

“Candidates will not have to take multiple exams, not fill multiple forms. Their money and time will be saved,” He was stated saying.

Yadav said the first stage of examination will be conducted by NRA and then technical exam will be conducted under the auspices of Railway Recruitment Board (RRB).

“A lot of applications come for the first stage of RRB recruitment exam. A lot of effort apart from money goes into short-listing candidates. With NRA in place, there will be limited candidates during the second stage of exams,” he said.

The Union Cabinet on August 19 approved setting up of National Recruitment Agency to conduct the Common Eligibility Test to reform the recruitment process for central government jobs.

NRA, a multi-agency body, will encompass the first-level test by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC), the Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) and the Institute of Banking Service Personnel (IBPS).

Reliance Infra to sell its stakes in Mumbai Metro -1

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Reliance Infra to sell its stakes in Mumbai Metro -1

Mumbai (Metro Rail News): Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) led Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) has written to the Maharashtra government, saying that it wants to sell the stakes it owns in the company. Metro-1 has been shut for five months owing to the pandemic and had been suffering losses prior to lockdown.

MMOPL is a special purpose vehicle (SPV) that was constituted to develop and run the 11.
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5 km Metro-1 on a public-private partnership model. RInfra owns 69% stake in MMOPL; the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s (MMRDA) owns 26%; and Transdev (formerly Veolia Transport) owns 5%.

Bhushan Gagrani, principal secretary, urban development was stated saying by HT that the department had received MMOPL’s letter. Reply to HT’s query, he said over text message, “Yes, we have just received [the letter]. [We have] not taken any view yet.”

The state government is now seeking MMRDA’s views on the development. MMRDA is the nodal infrastructure authority implementing a 337-km Metro network in the Mumbai metropolitan region (MMR). Recently, MMRDA had invited bids to appoint an independent engineer to monitor the operations of Metro-1. “Since MMRDA is developing the entire Metro masterplan, it will be beneficial if Metro-1 is also under the same authority to provide an integrated and seamless network in MMR,” one official was stated saying.

In March 2019, it was reported that MMOPL was in talks with lenders to tackle its mounting debt of Rs 1,928 crore. MMRDA had then given a go-ahead to MMOPL, provided the authority’s equity was not diluted. Faced with losses since Metro-1 became operational in June 2014, MMOPL had planned to increase fares, but those plans faced roadblocks. In 2019, the second fare fixation committee rejected MMOPL’s proposal to increase fares and asked the company to re-look at innovative non-fare revenue methods.

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