Bengaluru Metro much-awaited flyover near KR Puram received a significant fillip

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BENGALURU (Metro Rail News): A much-awaited Byappanahalli to Whitefield corridor with a distance of 15km has received a significant fillip with Bangalore Metro Rail Co Ltd performing work on the viaduct crossing over B B Naranayapura flyover near KR Puram.

According to BMRCL officials, they have launched the viaduct among proposed KR Puram & Mahadevapura stations on 4th of June.

Where B Naranayapura flyover is 10.7 meter from the ground level, the elevated viaduct is 20.7 meter. This means the viaduct is 10 meters above the flyover stated BL Yeshwanth Chavan BMRCL chief public relations officer also added that the length of the Metro’s span over the flyover is 31 meter.

piers average height on the Byappanahalli to Whitefield section is around 10 to 11 meter as it increases at the stations and decreases at other sections. The earlier deadline of the section was August 2021, it’s expected to be postponed because of lockdown.

work on the line under Namma Metro’s Phase 2 is executing by ITD Cementation India Ltd. Bengaluru Metro records reveal 65% of civil works have been finished among Byappanahalli -Visvesvaraya Industrial Area & 78% among Visvesvaraya Industrial Area – Whitefield.

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Delhi-Meerut RRTS project tender still in the process

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19/06/2020

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NEW DELHI (Metro rail News): A Chinese firm selected the lowest bidder for constructing tunnel on Delhi-Meerut RRTS. Chinese company STEC was selected as the lowest bidder for constructing a 5.6 km tunnel among New Ashok Nagar-Sahibabad on the 82 km Delhi-Meerut RRTS project.

It is Union Ministry of Urban Development has clarified that the process of awarding the tender is still in process and has not been finalised.

The Urban Development Ministry stated that with the distance of 82 km long RRTS being considered by the National Capital Region Transport Co is an ADB funded project for design & construction work of a distance of 5.6 km tunnel by TBM & single RRTS station.

It said that bids were invited on 9th of Nov last year and the technical bid was presented on March 16 this year. Further, the ministry declared that 5 companies presented bids and qualified for financial bid opening including SKEC and Tata, STEC, L&T, China, Afcons and Gulermakgir, Turkey.

On 12th of June financial bids were opened and STEC, China emerged as the lowest bidder. But the tender is under process and still to be decided.

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Country initiates the first set of steps against Chinese businesses

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19/06/2020

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NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): This time when the tensions run high after the violent clash in India-China border, Country initiates the first set of steps against Chinese businesses. A Chinese engineering major is ready to drop a vital contract with the Indian Railways.

Decks are being realised to cancel the contract of the Chinese signalling behemoth China Railway Signal & Communication (CRSC) Corporation, in the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor.

To install signalling systems the CRSC had acquired the contract in 2016, in over 400 km of railway lines. This is the only Chinese appearance in the mega project that is now keen to join Indian players, an officials said.

The around Rs 500 cr contract includes designing, supplying, constructing, testing & commissioning signalling, telecommunications & associated works for multiple lines of 413 km in the New Bhaupur to Mughalsarai sector in UP.

Sources said that the Dedicated Freight Corridor Co Ltd has previously applied to the World Bank that is the funding agency, to initiate the process.

It is seen that Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) formed up their mind to show the Chinese firm the door after being continuously offended with the progress of work & other issues.

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Bombardier CEO held a conversation with Alstom & the commission over remedies for rail deal

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19/06/2020

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MONTREAL (Metro Rail News): On Thursday Bombardier’s chief executive announced that the Canadian company has operated well-advanced conversation with Alstom on the support as it pursues regulatory permission for the sale of its rail division to the French giant.

EU antitrust regulators have fixed a deadline of July 16 for a decision on whether to clear the French TGV high-speed train maker bid for Bombardier Transportation, as per a filing on the European Commission site.

Bombardier CEO Eric Martel said that we are having discussions with Alstom & the commission and there are plans that have been discussed already. Those reviews are very clear well advanced also.

The rail deal of almost $6.95 billion is subject to regulatory permission and supposed to end in the first half of 2021. Martel told the commission will make its own analysis as well as a decision but I think that the discussions as yet are extremely productive.

Bombardier was extracted from blue-chip stock index Canada earlier this week after shares crashed by 74% year-to-date, trading Thursday afternoon at 49 Canadian cents.

Martel described shareholders earlier at the virtual annual general meeting of a company, we know that our performance has shaken the confidence of various stakeholders.

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Indian Railways deploys 960 isolation train coaches in 5 states to facilitate patient

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19/06/2020

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NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Amid this COVID-19 Pandemic and nationwide lockdown Indian Railways takes a huge step towards the fight against the pandemic. Directed by Piyush Goyal Indian Railways has organised 5,231 isolation coaches to provide as many as to the States.

These coaches have been converted into COVID Care Centres by zonal railways that would be utilised very mild cases. For now, the national transporter has disposed of 960 COVID isolation coaches in 5 states – Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, MP, Telangana along with Andhra Pradesh.

In a total of 960 isolation coaches, 503 coaches have been deployed in the national capital region in which (267 COVID Care coaches at Anand Vihar,50 coaches at Shakurbasti, 50 at Delhi Sarai Rohilla, 33 coaches at Delhi Cantt., 30 coaches at Adarsh Nagar, 26 coaches at Patel Nagar, 21 coaches at Delhi Safdarjung, 13 coaches at Delhi Shahadra and 13 coaches at Tughlakabad) in UP – 372 coaches, Telangana-60 coaches, Andhra Pradesh-20 coaches, & in Madhya Pradesh – 5 coaches.

In UP, as many as 372 coaches have been placed at 23 areas those are — Lucknow, Varanasi, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction, Agra, Bhadohi, Saharanpur, Faizabad, Kanpur, Mirzapur, Jhansi, Jhansi Workshop, Subedarganj, Gonda, Bhatni, Nakha Jungle, Nautanwa, Bahraich, Manduadih, Farrukhabad, Varanasi City, Mau, Bareilly City along with Kasganj.

In Madhya Pradesh, 5 isolation coaches have been deployed in Gwalior, where a total of 20 coaches have been deployed in Andhra Pradesh at Vijayawada. In Telangana, 60 coaches have been deployed at 3 different locations those are — Secunderabad, Adilabad & Kachguda.

To take care of patients in these isolation coaches, the state govts according to the guidelines issued by MOHFW, providing doctors and paramedics.

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Titagarh Wagons come up with cooperation agreement with ABB India

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18/06/2020

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KOLKATA (Metro Rail News): Titagarh Wagons, a wagon maker for Indian Railways to a multinational diversified engineering & fabrication group, has come up with an exclusive cooperation agreement with engineering company ABB India, to direct the expanding business of propulsion equipment for the Indian railway EMU or MEMU market.

According to the agreement, Titagarh & ABB will together design, develop and manufacture state of the art IGBT based propulsion systems for EMU or MEMU that will be made in Titagarh’s plant at Uttarpara in Kolkata with some parts being supplied by ABB.

This agreement goes into effect very shortly and is required to begin generating revenue in less than 2 yrs, the company declared in a press statement.

More than 300 EMU or MEMU coaches to the Indian Railways has manufactured and supplied by Titagarh Wagons. Presently, the company is busy executing an order of 102 metro coaches for Pune Metro requisitioned through the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC).

In cooperation with its Italian subsidiary, Titagarh has a developmental order for propulsion systems needed in the EMU or MEMU trains. The cooperation contract signed with ABB will support the execution of all the orders and also give an edge to Titagarh to establish itself in the power electronics sector, as per the release stated.

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Multi-level parking centres have been offered in Indiranagar, Yeshwanthpur

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18/06/2020

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BENGALURU (Metro Rail News): Near Indiranagar and Yeshwanthpur Metro stations two multi-level parking centres have been offered. The project that is in the conceptual stage, is an idea of the Bangalore Metro Rail Co Ltd (BMRCL) to attract passengers.

The reason why many commuters don’t use Metro, the less parking conveniences at Metro stations has been cited through various passengers as services.

The Bangaluru Metro floated bids inviting display design consultants to make a plan for multi-level parking conveniences at multiple Metro stations located at occupied junctions with residential & commercial properties.

First such plan initiated by Namma Metro. Where the project could take various yrs to take shape, the plans show an indication that the Bengaluru Metro is prioritising the creation of parking ease at stations rather than leasing outlets.

Right now the City has 3 multi-level parking conveniences that are improved by the BBMP in partnership with private firms. They are Garuda Mall in Central Bengaluru, Maharaja Complex in KG road and the second one on JC Road.

The BBMP is also building similar ease near Freedom Park but the work is still not finished. In the Phase-2 project, Bengaluru Metro is building parking lots that will be part of the station.

In the upcoming KR Puram and Kengeri Metro stations, this is being made. At the Challaghatta Metro station, the Bengaluru Metro is building a multi-level parking convenience attached to the station.

The upcoming parking lots will not be a part of the station. A coming up in Indiranagar is a small one & meant only for 2-wheelers. One proposed in Yeshwanthpur is on the railway land for car and 2-wheelers.

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Bengaluru Metro soil drilling work needs Chinese drill experts

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18/06/2020

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BENGALURU (Metro Rail News): The stoppage of regular international flight operations by India is set to hit the start of Metro’s Phase-II tunnelling work. The task of drilling the soil 65 feet below needs Chinese expertise to operate its 4 Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM), senior officials stated.

Where 3 machines have been partially joined with assistance from Chinese engineers, the 4th machine, still need to be placed together.

Director of BMRCL Radhakrishna Reddy said that due to the impact of pandemic drilling work cannot start even after the TBMs are united.

He further added that to start drilling, we will need from Chinese Rail Construction Heavy Industry (CRCHI) experts, the supplier of the machine. The rear division, by the end of June one machine at Cantonment, will be ready.

If India begins international travel engineers can travel here shortly and if not then the tunnelling work will get stopped.

As engineers require to physically run the machine for one kilometre and check it out as there is a warranty on the machines, each of which weighs 450 tonnes & takes Rs 70 car, Giving directions through video conference is not possible, Reddy said.

Four TBMs provided the Sanskrit names of Avni, Urja, Lavi & Vindhya were dispatched from Nov – April to lay the underground rail line of Nagawara to Diary Circle of the Reach-6 Line.

The 2 TBMs at Cantonment would drill toward Shivaji Nagar station. One machine requires to lead 40-50 metres and then we will start the next one, Reddy explained.

When they arrive at the destination, they will be taken through road to Cantonment and drilling will start in the opposite way towards Pottery Town. The deadline of the underground metro line has June 2024.

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Metro Rail News June 2020 issue published

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Narendra Shah

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18/06/2020

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Dear Readers,

The disruption caused by the nationwide lockdown for the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent workers’ departure from cities back to their homes will result in Technology playing an even more prominent role in the execution of the metro rail projects.

Metro Constructions companies need to increase mechanisation and pre-casting systems. More pre-
casting will help in speeding up the metro projects, lesser number of traffic issues and more productivity with reduced labour.

Amid the world’s largest lockdown, the decision by India Inc. to shift to work from the home regime has thrown up some fascinating outcomes across sectors, with the metro rail being no exception. The
coronavirus pandemic has provided a trigger for both developers and operators to scrounge for out of the box ideas to keep work going. Although some of the solutions have been around for the past several years, the crisis is likely to result in their large-scale deployment.

All metro operators need to ensure proper crowd management, sanitisation and social distancing to
minimise risk to passengers.

Our June issue focuses on interesting topics such as Data acquisition, Audio & Display system and also provides a cover story on ‘Made-In-India’ electric locomotives being inducted into Indian Railways. Bhopal & Indore Metro cover under the featured project and exclusive Interviews of Shailesh Pathak, CEO, L&T Infra & Development Projects and Ms. Harshita Jain, Director, Consulting Engineers Group Ltd along with other regular columns such as new development in the metro project, pre/post-event coverage, technology updates, News analysis, Article, opinions, Awards, appointments, News around the world, live tenders, Industry contract, upcoming events and current job openings.

I would also like to express my most profound appreciation to all our readers for your constant support, and our valuable authors, reviewers, for their contributions, service, and interest.

I highly appreciate your support and hope to continue our collaboration further. Please feel free to provide your valuable feedback and suggestions on this issue to my email address mentioned below.

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Andhra govt allocates Rs 3.6 cr for Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation

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Neha Singh

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18/06/2020

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VIJAYAWADA (Metro Rail News): The state govt has allotted Rs 8,150.24 cr of the budget 2020-21, of Rs 2.24 lakh cr for urban development. Of the allotment, for the creation of a necessary infrastructure in the new capital city, a majority of the funds have been earmarked.

The govt has also allotted Rs 3.6 cr for Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation (ANRC) as urban development assistance to Visakhapatnam & Vijayawada metro projects.

The govt has already declared taking forward the Visakhapatnam metro project as the executive capital would be transferred to the City of Destiny, it may be observed.

Vijayawada metro project didn’t get any update that waited in limbo. The budgetary allocation encourages hopes as per the budget outcome report, Vijayawada metro project strategy involves three corridors.

With the first Corridor from airport-PNBS by a railway station with a distance of 26 km, the second Corridor from PNBS-Penamaluru 12.5 km with a distance of 38.5 km and the last Corridor-3 from Krishna Canal Junction-Amaravati with a distance of 24 km.

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