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UPMRC has done successfully the Metro Rail work till Kalyanpur stretch

13/06/2020

KANPUR, INDIA (Metro Rail News): Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation has successfully made the construction related to piles, pile caps & piers till Kalyanpur stretch.

Kanpur Metro project is being performed among IIT-Kanpur and Motijheel in which the construction work has been done till Kalyanpur, in the 1st phase.

UPMRC was implementing the civil construction of Priority Corridor between IIT-Kanpur & Motijheel, before the announcement of the nationwide lockdown.

Due to the lockdown, there was a delay on the work but shortly after getting the nod from the district administration to continue the civil construction of the corridor on 15th of May, the Corporation is forwarding with the proper plan so that the available workforce can be used most efficiently for the best possible outcomes.

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Uttarakhand Metro project got approval for extensive Mobility Plan

Neha Singh

13/06/2020

UTTARAKHAND (Metro Rail News): The extensive Mobility Plan of the Uttarakhand Metro project got approval from Uttarakhand govt, by making the system for ropeway projects in Dehradun, Rishikesh along with Haridwar to facilitate commuters.

On Thursday in a meeting of the Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority, CM Trivendra Singh Rawat permitted for the metro project. As per the officials, a DPR for the ropeway system is being made with the Delhi Metro Rail Co for Dehradun city.

Along with this the state govt also approved the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) project for the construction in Haridwar city with the construction work of Metro Light in Haridwar to Rishikesh and Nepali Farm to Vidhan Sabha Corridor.

Uttarakhand Metro Rail MD, Jitendra Tyagi gave a comprehensive presentation on Dehradun, Haridwar & Rishikesh MetroLite System in which he also shared a report about the route plan study for the metro project from Haridwar-Rishikesh, Dehradun-Nepali Farm.

Uttarakhand had confirmed a contract with DMRC for the ropeway projects, in Dec the last yr. The 1st instalment of Rs 43.30 lakh was also awarded to DMRC on that time. Madan Kaushik, State urban development minister signed the contract had stated that when finished the ropeway system will facilitate the traffic problems in Dehradun.

Madan Kaushik further added that till date the ropeway system is not being utilised as a mode of mass transport at any other place in India. Dehradun will be the 1st city to adopt this system.

There are two routes have been submitted for Dehradun city, one from Forest Research Institute – Rispana Bridge by Clock Tower and the 2nd one from ISBT – Madhuban Hotel by Clock Tower.

The capacity of ropeway will have to carry around 10 passengers. The projects will reach around 20-25 km and supposed to cost up to Rs 2200 cr.

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ITD bags Rs. 292 cr contract for Balance civil works of Kolkata Metro’s airport line

Narendra Shah

12/06/2020

Kolkata (Metro Rail News): ITD Cementation India Ltd. emerged as the lowest bidder for completing balance civil work of Airport line (line 6) of Kolkata Metro that will connect Kavi Subhash New Garia to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport.

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) in last week opened financial bids of all three bidders and as per result shared, the rank of all bidders are as under:-

ITD Cementation India Limited: Rs 292.63 Crore (L1)
Afcons Infrastructure Limited: Rs 305.31 Crore (L2)
SP Singla Constructions Private Limited: Rs 434.56 Crore (L3)

The contract of these 7 stations (Package ANS3) i.e. Titumir, Cub CBD-2, Convention Centre, New Town, Kalkhetra, CBD-1 and Sub-CBD-1 valued at roughly Rs. 300 of Airport Line of Kolkata Metro originally awarded to IL&FS Engineering in March 2014 with a 3-year deadline.

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. terminated ILFS’ contract in December 2018 due to slow progress and encashed their bank guarantee of Rs. 43 crore.

In 2019, RVNL invited bids for completing pending works with an unconfirmed estimate of Rs. 239.32 crore.

Earlier, ITD Cementation India Limited had also awarded a contract worth Rs 908.63 crore for construction of the tunnel and two stations on the Subhas Sarobar-Central Underground section of the East-West Metro line of Kolkata Metro Rail project.

A total of 24 elevated stations will be constructed on this line. The 29.87 km long New Garia – Airport Metro Corridor (Line 6) of the Kolkata Metro Rail project will connect New Garia with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport via two satellite towns Salt Lake and New Town.

As per Kolkata Metro Railways, the first phase of train service would run from New Garia to Hemanta Mukherjee (Ruby) stretch. This section is expected to open for the public at the end of 2021.

For more details, please explore our Kolkata Metro section

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Schiphol fitting the envisioned sustainable multi-modal hub hyperloop

Neha Singh

12/06/2020

AMSTERDAM (Metro Rail News): Amsterdam Airport Schiphol will increase its involvement in hyperloop by extending the partnership with the Dutch hyperloop company Hardt Hyperloop, that was 1st announced in 2018.

From now, the parties have carried out a joint study which displays hyperloop can perform a major role in Schiphol fitting the envisioned sustainable multi-modal hub.

According to the study the hyperloop can substitute up to 12.5 million of the commuters that will travel by Schiphol by 2050. When a joint study released it tells how hyperloop can emerge as a new sustainable model of high-speed travel & shows hyperloop can displace a share of Schiphol’s little-haul flights in 2050.

A first network which connects Schiphol with the main neighbouring airports of Germany, Belgium, France & the UK that now have direct flight links, a study proposes.

Around 73 million people will be flying by 2050 from the major cities in this network. As per the study, Around 12.5 million of the commuters that will move from Schiphol by 2050, hyperloop would be able to substitute.

Substituting little-haul flights along with hyperloop will release capacity, that can be utilized to keep Schiphol’s role as a leading European airport hub.

Hardt and Schiphol were raised by Royal BAM Group, UNStudio, CE Delft, Stibbe, AirportCreators & Dutch Boosting Group & SEO Amsterdam Economics as an advisory role while leading this study.

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Metro work has been stopped by Karnataka HC due to tree felling

Neha Singh

12/06/2020

BENGALURU (Metro Rail News): On Wednesday the High Court declared an interim order for Metro rail projects in the city, staying the felling & convection of trees.

Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka & Justice E S Indiresh, a division bench declared that there is no further activity should be considered on the order of the tree officer that allowed the felling & displacement of trees.

Dattatreya T Devare & Bangalore Environment Trust said a PIL filed, after hearing, the bench remarked that neither the tree officer nor the special committee formed to scrutinise the Bangalore Metro applications for felling & translocation of trees, had utilised their minds during taking a decision on the trees with the Metro projects.

BMRCL proposed that a number of trees had been felled or translocated based on an order of May 21, the bench does it clear the BMRCL should take care of the translocated trees for almost 3 yrs.

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Chennai Metro Rail Ltd Recruitment 2020 for the post – DGM/JGM/AGM, Notification Out

Neha Singh

12/06/2020

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Chennai Metro has announced the recruitment of some post such as – Dy. General Manager (DGM), Jt. General Manager (JGM), Addl. General Manager (AGM) in various departments for two yrs. The interested Applicants can apply by 9 July 2020.

Eligible applicants have to send an application, and guided application fee in the form of DD supported through Bio-Data & a set of self-attested certificate copies of qualification document, experience, age, community & latest passport by proper channel to Chennai Metro on or before 9th July 2020.

Details of Vacancy

DGM/JGM/AGM – 2 seats (Civil)
DGM / JGM / AGM – 4 seats (Design)
DGM / JGM / AGM – 1 seats (Contract Management)
DGM / JGM / AGM – 3 seats (Architecture)

Eligibility Criteria should be DGM / JGM / AGM in Civil, Design, Contract Management – the applicants must be either B.Tech. or B.E. in the relevant subject from a recognized University. The applicants must be a B. Arch. Graduate by any recognised Institute & should have 13 yrs of post-qualification experience in architecture design & planning for DGM / JGM / AGM in Architecture.

Some Importants highlight

Apply Date – Jun 11, 2020
Last Date of application – Jul 9, 2020
Application fee for Unreserved & Other Candidates – Rs. 300/-
Application fee for SC/ST – Rs. 50/-
No fee for different Abled Persons
Payment method – DD
Organization – Chennai Metro Rail Limited
Qualification – Other Qualifications, Graduate
Age Limit – 47 yrs
Pay Scale – Rs.90,000/- to Rs.1,20,000/- Consolidated Pay/ Month

The application process for Chennai Metro Rail Ltd Recruitment 2020

Eligible applicants can submit applications with the documents to the Cheif General Manager (HR) of Chennai Metro Rail Ltd, CMRL Depot, Admin Building, Poonamallee High Road, Koyambedu, Chennai, 600107 latest through 9 July 2020. Requests may also be sent via e-mail (dmhr@cmrl.in) latest by 9th of July 2020. There is no TA/DA will be given by CMRL to the applicants for attending the interview.

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STEC bags Rs 1,126 cr UG Package 4 of Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor

Narendra Shah

12/06/2020

New Delhi (Metro Rail News): Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC) today emerged as the lowest bidder for the construction of 5.6 km underground section between New Ashok Nagar and Sahibabad of Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor from the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) opened online financial bids submitted by 5 bidders.

A total of five national and multinational bidders participated in the tender process. As per the results of financial bids disclosed by NCRTC, the position of all bidders are as under:-

Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC): Rs 1,126 crore (L-1)
Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T): Rs 1,170 crore (L-2)
Gülermak Agir Sanayi Insaat ve Taahhut A.S. (Gulermak): Rs 1,326 crore (L-3)
Tata Projects Ltd.- SKEC JV: Rs 1,346 crore (L-4)
Afcons Infrastructure Ltd.: Rs 1,400 crore (L-5)
NCRTC had invited global bids for the first underground civil construction package (DM/CN/COR-OF/086) in November last year and the Technical bids for this contract package were opened on 16 March 2020.

Scope of work

The scope of work includes Design and Construction of twin tunnels by TBM from near New Ashok Nagar DN Ramp to Sahibabad UP Ramp and One Under Ground Station at Anand Vihar by Cut & Cover Method (including Architectural Finishing and Design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of Electrical and Mechanical Systems including Fire detection & suppression Systems and Hydraulic systems) on Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor.

The STEC has to perform the tunnelling work between New Ashok Nagar and Sahibabad in 1095 days After issuance of the letter of acceptance (LoA) by NCRTC. As per the contract terms, the tunnelling work will be carried out by TBM through the cut and cover method. This is the first underground contract package issued by the NCRTC.

Global tenders for the construction of the 4.5 km underground section (from Brahampuri DN Ramp to Begumpul UP Ramp and 3 Under Ground Stations at Meerut Central, Bhaisali & Begumpur) has already been invited by NCRTC in February 2020 under contract package-8.

For more details, please explore our Delhi-Meerut RRTS section

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Hyderabad metro suffered a loss of almost Rs 90 crore during the lockdown

Neha Singh

12/06/2020

HYDERABAD (Metro Rail News): Hyderabad Metro Rail most affected during the COVID-19 crisis, which suffered a loss of revenue amounting to Rs 90 cr in a span of 2 months as almost Rs 45 cr each month.

As per the latest financial audit report published of L&T Metro Rail in May, while the last financial yr the company made a revenue of Rs 590 cr individually from Metro operation.

NVS Reddy, Managing Director of Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd said that we have forwarded recommendations from our side to the Central govt. However, we cannot go ahead until the Centre gives us approval. Earlier this yr, Reddy announced that L&T was paying close to Rs 1,300 crin interest each yr.

The metro is also acquiring expenditure with the maintenance pay runs throughout the lockdown. The project cost has enhanced up to Rs 21,000 cr.

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NCRTC to use hi-tech signalling, marking 100% local manufacturing for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor

Neha Singh

11/06/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The construction work of the 1st Regional Rapid Transit System which is undertaken by NCRTC at semi-high speed rail Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor will be utilising the modern European Train Control System Level-II signalling system, as per officials on Wednesday.

The civil construction for India’s 1st RRTS corridor with a distance of 82 km is underway and is supposed to be finished by 2025, as per the NCRTC officials.

According to the officials, the NCRTC has been leveraging technology for the effective performance of the project and the RRTS will have a state-of-the-art system that would mark various firsts in India. He told that ETCS Level-II Signalling is applied globally for high-speed railway transit.

“The journey by RRTS will be easy and faster and safer”, another official said. He further added in order to ensure safe travelling that ETCS system will control the train speed & direction besides giving operation directives using radio block centre.

“ETCS also helps ATO functionality that manages the train’s traction system, acceleration, braking & ending of trains. It would have LTE as transmission backbone to cater to ETCS data, Mission Critical Voice & On-Board CCTV streaming, as per the NCRTC official.

The platform screen doors (PSDs) will be combined with the ETCS, to assuring that the train doors & PSDs are synchronized & the train begins only after both train doors as well as PSDs are closed.

Apart from enabling train journey at quick frequencies even at a higher speed of 160km/h, the ETCS Level-II signalling system will help inter-operability of all the 3 RRTS Corridors, Looking out at the advantages of the RRTS corridors, the official replied.

He further added that this will decrease interchanges in the journey leading to lower waiting time for commuters. It also decreases the chances of any untoward events and provides uninterrupted all-weather train operations. Tha NCRTC has also invited tenders for signalling & telecom systems for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS.

The ETCS Level-II modern signalling along with virtual blocks & ATO functionality over LTE backbone is being applied for the 1st time in India. Adding that telecom subsystems like CCTV, ACIDS, PIDS, PAS, FOTS, Master Clock, Telephone, CDRS, Telecom SCADA and Train to Ground Wireless Network are also part of the package.

NCRTC, a joint sector company of Central & states Govt of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan along with Uttar Pradesh, is mandated to implement the RRTS project across the national capital region (NCR), assuring a sustainable urban development by better connectivity & access.

The corridor will have 24 stations and the train will decrease the travel time from Delhi-Meerut to 55 min and regular supposed ridership is 8 lakh commuters. The RRTS is a 1st-of-its-kind semi-high speed public transport being implemented in India.

In phase one, work on 3 corridors, Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut, Delhi-Gurugram-Alwar & Delhi-Panipat is being performed. Bombardier Transportation India Private Limited will manufacture the trainsets for the first corridor. The whole rolling stock for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS will be manufactured in India, marking 100% local manufacturing.

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Kerala Govt approves the ambitious semi-high speed rail project

Neha Singh

11/06/2020

high-speed-train — image is used for representation purpose copyright: Respective Authority

KERALA (Metro Rail News): The ambitious, semi-high speed rail project named ‘Silver Line’ got approval from the Kerala govt on Wednesday with ₹66,000 cr, that is seen as a game-changer project to recast infrastructure & economic development.

It would decrease the travel time from its northern tip, Kasargod district – the southernmost district Thiruvananthapuram by just 4 hrs from 12 hrs using the current Indian Railway trains.

The communist govt has declared in its term that the project is the biggest one by approaching end next year and is taken to life a decade long discussions about it in the state.

Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala CM announced by a Facebook post that the cabinet has passed an alignment and DPR for the project. The state will propose financial institutions & the nationalised banks to allocate funds for the project’s land acquisition.

Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) will also provide loans along with the German state-owned bank KfW Group, Asian Development Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, he further added.

“The 531 km long path will be made between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasargod. The trains will operate as faster as 180-200 kmph. One can reach Ernakulam in 1.5 hours as before it took 5 hrs and Kasargod in four hours from Thiruvananthapuram.

The train will have 9 coaches with a capacity of 645 commuters at a time. There will be 2 kinds of classes, business & standard. The project expected deadline will be 2025 including Kochi airport, there will be eleven stations,” said Vijayan.

The implementing agency for the double-line project, Kerala Rail Development Co (KRDCL) had recently received approval for the proposal to the Ministry of Railways for establishing 3rd and 4th lines from Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod.

As per the proposal, it will be a JV of the Kerala govt & the Ministry of Railways. While implementation, the project is supposed to create 50,000 jobs & employment for 11,000 on completion.

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