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HC allows MMRDA to cut 357 mangroves for construction of Metro piers with some conditions

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HC allows MMRDA to cut 357 mangroves for construction of Metro piers with some conditions

Mumbai (Metro Rail News): The Bombay high court (HC) on Wednesday allowed the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to go for cutting 357 mangroves for the construction of Metro piers at Sewri and Bhakti Park station, as part of under-construction Metro Line-4 that connects Wadala in eastern suburbs to Kasarwadavli on Ghodbunder road in adjoining Thane district. The court also imposed few conditions so that environmental loss is compensated.

The two-member HC bench, comprising Justice SJ Kathawalla and Riyaz Chagla, allowed MMRDA to cut 357 mangroves primarily after it observed that development of Metro Line-4 has an immense public importance in terms of public transport. The bench has also directed Metro authoity to comply with the conditions imposed by authorities while granting permission.

The conditions include compensatory afforestation over a hectare of degraded mangrove forest at Gorai, where the MMRDA will need to plant 4,444 mangroves saplings with developing a nursery cost and fully fund it for a duration of ten years. It also directed the MMRDA to construct a temporary road for carrying out the construction work.

Earlier, the court directives had prohibited development work in mangrove forests and a 50-metre buffer zone around mangroves until the court found the importance of the work keeping in mind the benefits it would provide to the people.

Pune-Nashik corridor to get green signal soon says deputy CM Ajit Pawar

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Pune-Nashik corridor to get green signal soon says deputy CM Ajit Pawar

PUNE (Metro Rail News): Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday was reported saying that the cabinet is soon going approve the Pune-Nashik semi high-speed corridor project so that works start early.

The ministry of railways approved the project last month.
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Pawar held a meeting to discuss the project with the officials of the Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (MRIDC) on Tuesday. The total cost of the project is estimated to be Rs16,039 crore with its distance being the 235km.


The travel time from Pune to Nashik will be reduced to an hour and forty-five minutes once the semi-high speed corridor is ready. The MRIDC will be developing some high-speed trains, which will ply on the corridor with regular trains. The high-speed trains will initially have six coaches and run at a speed of 200kmph.

The corridor will pass through Pune, Ahmednagar and Nashik, providing connectivity to industrial zones such as Alandi, Chakan, Khed, Manchar and Narayangaon, along with others as per official sources.

MMRDA may miss the deadlines of Line 7 and 2A completion

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MMRDA may miss the deadlines of Line 7 and 2A completion

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The Metro Line 7 (Dahisar East to Andheri East) and 2A (Dahisar west to DN Nagar) rakes delivery will be delayed by four to five months, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) a news report quoted its Commissioner R A Rajeev saying it. This will delay the operation of Metro line 7 and 2A.

He was stated saying that BEML (Bharat Earth Movers Limited) was providing the metro coaches for line 7 and 2A. In August 2020, the first metro coach was expected to be delivered as per the contractual timelines. However, it has not arrived yet and proposed to arrive by the year’s end.

The additional 10 metro coaches are now supposed to arrive in June 2021, six months later than the deadline. The shortage of labourers, as several of them, left the city during the lockdown has a great impact on the works as many infrastructure construction works are being carried on with only 30 per cent of manpower.

The Metro’s lines 7 and 2A were expected to commence commercial operations by December 2020. The 18.6-km-long Metro 2A is estimated to cost Rs 6,410 crore, while the 16.5-km Metro-7 project is expected to cost Rs 6,208 crore. The MMRDA is the nodal authority for the various Metro lines covering 337-km network in the MMR.

MMRDA cancels bidding process for three tenders of DN Nagar-Mandale corridor

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MMRDA cancels bidding process for three tenders of DN Nagar-Mandale corridor

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): In an unprecedented move, the Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) cancelled the civil construction bidding process for three tenders of Mumbai Metro’s 23.6 km long DN Nagar-Mandale corridor (2B) which is scheduled to have 22 stations.

The reasons for the cancellation has not been made public yet. It is being guessed that it may be due to the delay in the current projects and the authority may go for shorter duration tenders to complete the works on time.

The authority had invited tenders for two packages of the yellow line in February itself after it terminated three contracts in January which were awarded to Simplex Infrastructures and RCC–MBZ JV.

The bids include construction as well as maintenance and repair works of the proposed metro route. The slow and poor works of the different firms have slowed down the pace of the project with pandemic making it worst.
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The MMRDA is supposed to float new fresh tenders in the coming time.

Residents get two new roads along with a stadium by BMRCL

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Residents get two new roads along with a stadium by BMRCL

BENGALURU (Metro Rail News): The residents who were protesting for a long time in demand of a Metro station at Anchepalya (Srikantapura gram panchayat on Tumkur road) have withdrawn their protest after the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) agreed to provide them with the construction of two new roads and a stadium.

At a meeting held with the residents and the BMRCL officials on Monday, it was offered by the BMRCL that it will construct two roads in the Anchepalya area (behind Kirloskar layout) that will connect them to the nearby Metro stations and also construct a stadium on a 29-gunta land. The residents are hopeful of getting these done on a priority basis.

When Metro began the construction of the stations on the 3.77 km Tumkur road stretch (Nagasandra to Bangalore International Exhibition Centre) in phase two of the metro project, the residents came into resistance mode demanding a metro station in their area. The metro authoities negotiated with the locals as their protests have hampered the progress of the metro development works in the past .

According to reports, the construction of a Metro station would cost much to the metro Corporation so it worked out this plan and made negotiations with the residents of the area so that they withdraw the protests. The BMRCL will start working on these works soon according to sources.

UPMRC’s MD Felicitates Best Performing Security Guards & Housekeeping Staff

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UPMRC’s MD Felicitates Best Performing Security Guards & Housekeeping Staff

LUCKNOW (Metro Rail News): Mr. Kumar Keshav, MD of UPMRC in an award ceremony at UPMRC’s administrative office at Gomti Nagar felicitated the best performing security guards and housekeeping staff for their commendable work while performing their duty.

The Managing Director in the function presented ‘Certificates of Appreciation’ to the awardees in the presence of other senior officials of UPMRC in recognition of their hard works during the hard day of the ongoing pandemic.

Recently, security personnel named Mohammad Mushtak, security personnel deployed at the KD Singh Stadium Metro Station caught a thief red-handed who was trying to steal a yellow bicycle parked at the parking spot. Similarly, Mr Satish Chandra from housekeeping staff was also awarded for his contribution during the Covid-19 pandemic in keeping the Metro premises safe, clean & hygienic.

While appreciating their outstanding work, MD also expressed his gratitude for the efforts made by the security and housekeeping staff to meet the highest standards of work ethics in performing their respective duties with utmost dedication & perseverance. Even at the time of this global crisis they have been providing their services to the organization & rendering all kinds of humanitarian support to the public.

Namma Metro records a Rs 100 crore loss due to non-operation from last four-month

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Namma Metro records a Rs 100 crore loss due to non-operation from last four-month

BENGALURU (Metro Rail News): It has already been more than four months after the nationwide lockdown and with that Namma Metro’s operations were suspended due to the ongoing pandemic. This has made Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) a huge loss as it has not received a single rupee in the form of passenger revenue for the entire duration of time.

According to different media reports, the corporation has incurred a loss of Rs 100 crore in the entire period.
“We have been using project funds so far. Our monthly expenses are around Rs 25 crore a month.
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We will have to approach the government finally,” BMRCL managing director Ajay Seth was quoted saying by TOI. The corporation is now looking for government aid to get out of the money crunch.

During the pre-COVID days, the daily ridership of BMRCL’s daily was around 4.5 lakh and it gained an average passenger revenue Rs 1.5 crore on a daily basis. It is clear that even the passenger services resume, the corporation will not be able to earn as much as it used to earn in the pre-COVID days. It has been reported that the government is thinking of releasing a fund of Rs 961 crore to four transport undertakings, including KSRTC and BMTC especially for paying the salaries of its employees but the amount has not yet reached to the corporation.

The decision for the resumption of the metro services in Bangaluru completely remains with the Central Government and as the pandemic gains pace, it is unlikely to give nod for running metros.

Meanwhile it is being reported that the corporation has deployed 714 staffs for Covid duty in a condition where the Corporation is facing a money crunch. As per the official sources, the BMRCL is waiting for some government funds to pay its employees and continue its maintenance works.

Rs 103 crore tender for New Garia Metro depot for faster developments

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Rs 103 crore tender for New Garia Metro depot for faster developments

KOLKATA (Metro Rail News): A tender of Rs 103.1 crore has been aired for developing the New Garia Metro car depot to complete some crucial works on time. The development of the depot will play a crucial role in the operation of the New Garia-Ruby Park (Hemanta Mukherjee) Metro service which is scheduled to be operational by 2022.

The slow pace of work has worried the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) and it is taking necessary steps to speed up the process. The present North-South (Noapara-New Garia) Metro depot on railway land is reported to be on full swing.

The tender has been released to complete a series of works, including water supply, drainage and sewage, road, tracks, power supply, general electrical works, supply and installation and commission of machinery and plants for setting up of the car depot.

Once ready, it will be one of the biggest integrated Metro car depots in the city as per the media reports which will further help to serve the North-South and New Garia-Airport alignments.
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The depot will also facilitate the movement of cars from North-South alignment to New Garia-Airport alignment. It is being seen as crucial because it connects the New Garia-Airport line.

With the construction of this Metro car yard, New Garia emerges as a major railway hub as suburban Sealda-Namkhana line also merges here. “Because of passengers of three busy lines, we are working on an efficient passenger dispersal system,” said a senior state official.

More than 85% of civil engineering work for the main station building is over. Metro Railway hopes to make the station for the airport line operational by December 2020, using the existing maintenance shed for Kavi Subhash-Dum Dum corridor as per the official sources.

1,300 piles completed in Priority Corridor of Kanpur Metro project: UPMRC

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1,300 piles completed in Priority Corridor of Kanpur Metro project: UPMRC

KANPUR (Metro Rail News): According to the recent developments, the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) has completed more than half of the piling work in the nine-km-long Priority Corridor being constructed between IIT and Motijheel for the Kanpur Metro Rail project.

Piling refers to digging the ground and putting iron net under it in order to lay the foundation of the structure.
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A total of 2,330 piles are to be prepared between IIT and Motijheel, out of which around 1,300 piles have been prepared so far. 45% of the work is yet to be completed. Construction of only eight piles remains between IIT Kanpur and Gurudev metro station.

As per the media reports, the civil construction of the Priority Corridor commenced on November 15 last year and the target to complete 1,277 piles by the end of July had been set. UPMRC has surpassed this target as it has prepared as many as 1,300 piles so far. The metro development work has gained a rapid pace, one official said.

The recent things suggest that if the things continue to be done in the same way then we may expect Kanpur Metro to get operational by the end of 2021

Knorr-Bremse gets London Underground Contract

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Knorr-Bremse gets London Underground Contract

LONDON (Metro Rail News): In a major development in the London Underground, IFE which is a subsidiary of Knorr-Bremse, has got one of the biggest contracts in its history. It is set to deliver the door systems for London’s Piccadilly line. In total, IFE will deliver 3,760 door systems.

The contract also includes options for a further 9,000 door systems for an additional 216 trains on other Tube lines by 2030.

Siemens Mobility signed the contract with London Underground Ltd in November 2018 to supply the 94 new trains for the Piccadilly line. Now Siemens has contracted Knorr-Bremse’s subsidiary IFE to supply the door systems for this contract.

The contract consists of 3,760 door drives and 7,144 door leaves for the 94 nine-car Inspiron metro trains, which will enter service on the Piccadilly line from 2024.

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