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Shiv Das Meena appointed as Chairman of PMRC

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Shiv Das Meena appointed as Chairman of PMRC

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Mr. Shiv Das Meena has assumed the charge of Chairman of Patna Metro Rail Corporation Limited (PMRC), a special purpose vehicle (SPV) formed to implement Patna Metro Rail project in Bihar.

He is The 1989-Batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre and additional secretary & CVO in the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India, Meena took the charge of Chairman, PMRC on December 14, 2019.

Prior to this, Shiv Das Meena had served as Chairman of NBCC (India) Limited, Joint Secretary, MoHUA and Ministry of Urban Development; Principal Secretary Public & Rehabilitation Department, Government of Tamilnadu and Principal Secretary to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister among others.

Apart from Meena, the central government has also nominated three more officers as a member of Patna Metro Rail Corporation. The fourth member will be appointed by the Ministry of Railways soon. After this, the Patna Metro Rail Corporation now become 50:50 ownership between Central and State Government.

Earlier, the Bihar government had nominated five members in the Board of directors of PMRC including principal secretary Chaitanya Prasad who is acting as the Managing Director. Now, the state government needs to get prior approval of the Central government in future decisions related to the Patna Metro rail project.

FLUID controls awarded the CII industrial innovation award

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FLUID controls awarded the CII industrial innovation award

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Fluid Controls Private Limited, has received the CII Industrial Innovation Award for Medium Scale Manufacturing Organization and recognition as one of the Top 25 Innovative Companies of the Year at the Indian R&D Ecosystem Conclave 2019. The two-day event was conducted in New Delhi on 17-18 December 2019. On behalf of Fluid Controls, Dr. Tansen Chaudhari, Chief Operating Officer, received the award at the ceremony.

The CII Industrial Innovation Awards were instituted in 2014 to identify and celebrate innovative Indian enterprises across industry segments and sectors. In the last five years, these awards have established themselves as one of the most coveted innovation awards in the country. The Awards evaluate new processes, products, services, technologies, and other innovations that have the ability to fuel growth in the industry. They also assess new ideas and approaches along with tangible results.

Fluid Controls Private Limited was elected as the winner for the CII Innovation Award for Medium Scale Manufacturing Organizations after an 8 month, 4-stage evaluation process. The evaluation process culminated in a presentation to a Grand Jury whose illustrious members include Mr. S Gopalakrishnan (Chairman – CII Start-Up Council & Chairman of The Grand Jury for CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2019), Dr. Pronab Sen (Country Director IGC’s India Central Programme), Dr. Himanshu Rai (Director IIM-Indore) and others.

The award received by Fluid Controls Private Limited recognizes the vision of the Company, which was established in 1974 by Dr. Y.E. Moochhala, a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, the USA to design, develop and deliver high quality, high-performance connectors, valves and instrumentation products which delight customers. His legacy of innovation has been carried forward by the current Managing Director Sophie Moochhala and Dr. Tansen Chaudhari.

From its inception, Fluid Controls Private Limited has had a clear ethos of design and research & development. Following a rigorous approach, all new product designs and innovations are based on specific client and application requirements. Adopting a “Design for Six Sigma” approach, all products designed by Fluid Controls Private Limited are developed from First Principles. Each design is 2D and 3D modeled and validated using the latest software and FEA. The new products designed by Fluid Controls Private Limited include high-pressure valves, cryogenic valves, special connectors, bellows sealed valves, pre-fabricated systems for diverse sectors such as nuclear, railway brake piping systems, oil & gas.

All innovation is carried out at the Fluid Controls Private Limited R&D Centre at Pune. Recognized by the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (Govt. of India), the R&D Centre houses a design laboratory with over 25 designers and product specialists, the latest design software and state-of-the-art testing and metrology laboratory.

The CII Industrial Innovation Award for Medium Scale Manufacturing Organization and recognition as one of Top 25 Innovative Companies of the Year is a testimony to the Fluid Controls Private Limited values of Integrity, Reliability, and Innovation and we extend our thanks to our team, our supporters, partners, and well-wishers.

Alstom to provide maintenance for 46 trains to the Bulgarian national railway company BDZ

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Alstom to provide maintenance for 46 trains to the Bulgarian national railway company BDZ

BULGARIA (Metro Rail News): Alstom signed a five-year contract for rolling stock maintenance for the Bulgarian national railway company BDZ Passenger Services. The contract is worth approximately 70 million Euros.

The scope of the contract includes full maintenance services, consisting of preventive and corrective maintenance as well as overhauls for 46 non-Alstom trains, including 22 diesel and 24 electric multiple units, totaling 126 cars.

“Alstom extends to Bulgaria with a new maintenance contract,” said Gabriel Stanciu, Managing Director for Alstom in Romania, Bulgaria, and Republic of Moldova. “This contract builds on our unique expertise in non-Alstom trains maintenance, consolidated and fully proven during our 15-year contract for the Bucharest metro trains and other maintenance projects worldwide.
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We have started the preliminary preparations in order to be able to provide maintenance. This is our first contract in Bulgaria and we are proud and grateful that the customer chose our expertise and extensive know-how”, Gabriel Stanciu concluded.

The trains started operation in 2006-2007, in regions with high circulation. The diesel ones operate on the Sofia-Kyustendil line and in the Varna region. The EMUs are servicing traffic in the Sofia and Plovdiv areas.

About Alstom

Leading the way to a greener and smarter mobility worldwide, Alstom develops and markets integrated systems that provide sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. Alstom offers a complete range of equipment and services, from high-speed trains, metros, trams, and e-buses to integrated systems, customized services, infrastructure, signaling, and digital mobility solutions. Alstom recorded sales of €8.1 billion and booked orders of €12.1 billion in the 2018/19 fiscal year.
Headquartered in France, Alstom is present in over 60 countries and employs 36,300 people.

Shared Autos soon to be ply near Metro, railway and bus stations

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Shared Autos soon to be ply near Metro, railway and bus stations

BENGALURU (Metro Rail News): To address the city’s first-and last-mile connectivity woes, the government may allow shared autorickshaw services near mass transit stations.

“Allow shared autorickshaw services to and from mass transit stations to reduce vehicles and pool trips moving in the same direction,” read the recently released draft Comprehensive Mobility Plan, prepared by Infrastructure Development Corporation (Karnataka) Limited along with Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd and Directorate of Urban Land Transport.

So far, only BMTC holds exclusive stage-carriage permit rights in the city and has the right to pick up and drop passengers at multiple points. Most BMTC Metro feeder buses are incurring a loss.

The transport utility is also finding it difficult to operate buses through narrow stretches around areas like Chickpet Metro station. Shared autos are popular in cities like New Delhi, Chennai, and Jaipur, but the concept was opposed in Bengaluru by BMTC itself, fearing revenue loss.

However, many app-based aggregators operate car-pooling services like Ola Share, UberPool, Quick Ride, SRide, RideAlly, and BlaBlaCar.

In Bengaluru, shared autos illegally operate in some pockets like Byappanahalli Metro station, charging a minimum Rs 10 per passenger.

Daily wage workers depend on these services as they are affordable, have better frequency than BMTC buses and stop anywhere along the route. However, the safety of passengers ferried in crowded shared autos and security of women at night have been major concerns.

The draft CMP states urban parking policy should reserve spaces for shared mobility services in places like depots, terminals, and multimodal hubs. It also advocated shared mobility services that have the potential to shift people away from low-occupancy personal vehicles.

14 metro stations closed today ahead of protests at Delhi’s Red Fort

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14 metro stations closed today ahead of protests at Delhi’s Red Fort

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Thursday, for ‘sudden safety and security’ reasons, shut the entry and exit gates of the as many as 14 metro stations, aftermath the two protest march and rallies organized in several parts of the national capital against the contentious Citizenship Act.

The stations which were closed by the DMRC include, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jasola Vihar, Shaheen Bagh Munirka, Lal Quila, Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk and Vishwavidyalaya. Along with these, metro stations of Patel Chowk, Lok Kalyan Marg, Udyog Bhawan, ITO, Pragati Maidan, and Khan Market are also closed.

Two rallies were scheduled to be held in Delhi today, from the iconic Red Fort and Mandi House. However, by yesterday evening the police sent a refusal letter for the protest march at Red Fort, saying the request could not be “acceded to from law and order traffic point of view”. At Mandi House, demonstrators will gather at noon and will march towards the Parliament Street.

On Thursday, protests have been planned in several cities across the country on Thursday against the controversial Citizenship Act. However, on Wednesday evening, the police in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka denied permission for the demonstrations in wake of the recent incidents of violence, particularly at Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi.

Latest updates on the functioning of metro across Delhi:-

9:30 AM: (DMRC): Entry & exit gates of Jamia Millia Islamia, Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh, and Munirka are closed. Trains will not be halting at this station.

10:00 AM: (DMRC): Entry & exit gates of Lal Quila, Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk and Vishwavidyalaya are closed. Trains will not be halting at these stations.

10:30 AM: (DMRC): Entry & exit gates of Patel Chowk, Lok Kalyan Marg, Udyog Bhawan, ITO, Pragati Maidan, and Khan Market are closed. Trains will not be halting at these stations.

10:45 AM: (DMRC): Entry & exit gates of Central Secretariat are closed. However, interchange facility is available at this station.

Metro Rail News December 2019 issue published

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Metro Rail News December 2019 issue published

DELHI (Metro Rail News): Metro Rail News Published its Last Edition of the Year 2019. i.e December 2019 issue.

It gives me immense pleasure to announce that our year-end issue has been published. In view of automation and digitisation in Indian Railway.

The baby steps of digitalization have begun in railway but, we need to cover a lot of distance. Let’s take the example of REMMLOT remote monitoring. It’s a good step where the electrical data of the electrical machines is gathered from the locomotives. We also need to get the mechanical data in advance. For maintenance, if we already have the data on the wheel profile, rail profile, brake pads etc. we can take corrective action in a very accelerated manner. If you had to work on the wheel after certain kilometres or days, but with digitization you realise you can still run the system a few more thousand kilometres or a few more days. It can save your cost of maintenance.

Our monthly supplements are designed keeping in mind all the curiosity of the people who are looking for information and updates on Urban Transport Mobility. Readers will come across a mixture of news, features and regular columns on a wide range of Metro Rail Projects topics.

Metro Rail News Dec 2019

Our December issue focuses on interesting topics such as Automation in Railway and also provides a cover story on High-Speed Rail. RRTS is chosen as our project of the month and exclusive Interviews of Mr. Harsha Kadam, CEO Schaeffler India & President Industrial business and Dr. E Sreedharan on Last-mile connectivity, along with other regular columns
such as new development in the metro project, post-event coverage, technology updates, News analysis, Article, opinions, Awards, appointments, Product Watch, live tenders, Industry contract, upcoming events and current job openings.

It was a great year for the Metro Rail News, we have recorded more than 120% growth in our company. I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all our readers for your constant support, and our valuable authors, reviewers, for their contributions service, and interest. We hope to get your continuous support in the upcoming year.

Wishing you all Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2020.

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UP Chief Secretary directs officials to speed up work for Kanpur Metro

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UP Chief Secretary directs officials to speed up work for Kanpur Metro

LUCKNOW (Metro Rail News): To provide better transport facilities to the people, Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari has directed officials to speed up the construction work of Kanpur Metro rail on a priority basis.

Tiwari said, “The work of metro should be speeded up in order to ensure trial of the first corridor of metro rail by July 2020-21 from IIT Kanpur to Motijheel for 9 kilometers and to complete the work of revenue operations till November 2020-2021”.
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He also directed the officials to make all necessary arrangements for the construction of the Agra Metro railway. On Tuesday evening, the Chief Secretary was presiding over the meeting of Project Monitoring Group here to review the progress work of various important projects.

While reviewing the progress work of Ganga Samiti, he directed to make an effective action plan for organic farming, Ganga Nursery and tourist spots along the bank of the river after taking approval at the competent level.

Keeping in view to complete the work of various important projects like Smart City Yojana, Amrut Yojana, and Namami Gange along with developing cultural tourism facilities in Varanasi, Ayodhya, and Mathura, he directed to fix a monthly target and should also ensure to intimate the higher officials regarding the progress information every month.

Matrix Comsec Recognized as The Best Electronics Company at GESIA Annual Awards 2019

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Matrix Comsec Recognized as The Best Electronics Company at GESIA Annual Awards 2019

GUJARAT (Metro Rail News): Vadodara based Matrix Comsec, a leading manufacturer and provider of Telecom and Security solutions was awarded the Best Electronics Company Award in the recently concluded GESIA Annual Awards 2019, Ahmedabad. The Award has been instituted by the Gujarat Electronics and Software Industries Association (GESIA) to acknowledge the achievements of the ICT & Electronics industry in Gujarat.

“We are happy to win the GESIA award for the Best Electronics Company. We thank GESIA for recognizing Matrix for our technologies, engineering, and manufacturing. Matrix offers cutting-edge physical Security and Telecom solutions in more than 50 countries including many first-world technologically advanced nations. With 250+ R&D engineers, world-class processes and infrastructure, Matrix are committed to designing cutting-edge products. This award is a validation of Matrix’s innovation and design capabilities and will go a long way in motivating us towards building world-class solutions”, on winning this prestigious award, Ganesh Jivani, Chief Executive of Matrix said.

These awards are the only of their kind at the state level aiming at recognizing “Excellence” on the basis of quantitative and qualitative criteria. For the 14 award categories, entries were received from diverse players of the ICT industry in Gujarat. A jury of intellectuals and experts, ranging from industry experts to academicians assessed the entries and picked the awardees.

About Matrix

Established in 1991, Matrix is a leader in Security and Telecom solutions for modern businesses and enterprises. As an innovative, technology-driven and customer-focused organization, the company is committed to keeping pace with the revolutions in the Security and Telecom industries. With around 40% of its human resources dedicated to the development of new products, Matrix has launched cutting-edge products like Video Surveillance Systems – Video Management Software, Network Video Recorder, and IP Camera, Access Control and Time-Attendance Systems as well as Telecom Solutions such as Unified Communications, IP-PBX, Universal Gateways, VoIP and GSM Gateways, and Communication Endpoints.

These solutions are feature-rich, reliable and conform to international standards. Having global footprints in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and Africa through an extensive network of more than 2,500 channel partners, Matrix ensures that the products serve the needs of its customers faster and longer.

Matrix has gained trust and admiration of customers representing the entire spectrum of industries. Matrix has won many international awards for its innovative products.

Soon JBS to MGBS in just 16 minutes

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Soon JBS to MGBS in just 16 minutes

HYDERABAD (Metro Rail News): The stage is set for Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) and L&T Metro Rail to begin commercial operations on Corridor II (green corridor) of the metro rail project between Jubilee Bus Station (JBS) and Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS).

Following the trial runs which started on November 24 this year, on Tuesday, metro rail officials confirmed that passenger services on the route would commence by the end of January.

HMRL managing director NVS Reddy said, “Inspections by technical experts and engineers who have been conducting trial runs and tests to observe various critical parameters and performance have been going on for now and the operations will start by the end of January”.

The 11 km stretch via interchange station of Parade Grounds will provide better connectivity between JBS and Secunderabad stations and with the main stop at MGBS, it will make traveling easy for long-distance commuters as well. The entire stretch will be covered in 16 minutes as against the 38 to 40 minute-journey by road to cover the same distance.

Officials inspecting the stretch during the ongoing trial runs are testing technical specifications and safety standards such as degraded mode operation tests and dummy passenger evacuation tests etc. Emphasis is also being laid on safe train separation tests, signaling and train control system.

Reddy said, “Passenger operations will commence after the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) gives a final safety clearance which is the CMRS safety certification of the corridor”.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited managing director NVS Reddy delivered a speech to participants of the 36th Leadership Development Program of Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association and urged them to improve effectiveness in a leadership role.

Digging of another Metro tunnel In Pune to start in January

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Digging of another Metro tunnel In Pune to start in January

PUNE (Metro Rail News): In January, the officials are planning to start the second Metro tunnel work in January after inspecting the progress of the first one. The parts of the second tunnel boring machine (TBM) have arrived at the Metro site at Agriculture College.

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MahaMetro) said, the assembling is underway and will take a few days more. After trials, the actual work of digging would begin.

Both TBMs will work from the Agriculture College-end towards the civil court. The first machine, after the initial trials, started the digging work last week. The MahaMetro said the progress of the tunnel boring had so far been satisfactory and no technical challenges were faced in the initial run.

MahaMetro further added that according to the plan, there will be separate tunnels for Up and Down lines. They will run parallel on the entire stretch from the Agriculture College to Swargate. The alignment of tunnels and underground Metro stations have been finalized. Four TBMs would be involved in the tunneling work.
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A similar shaft is coming up at the Swargate-end to insert two more TBMs.

A senior official from MahaMetro said “We have expedited the shaft work at Swargate. It will be handed over for further stages soon,”.

The MahaMetro officials stressed that the project work was progressing according to the schedule. The manufacturing of casting rings to be inserted in the tunnel has been expedited. Over a thousand rings are ready at the casting plant. The officials stated that the tunneling work was complicated and involved a lot of technical monitoring.

“We are keeping an eye on all necessary parameters,” one among them said. The MahaMetro has also started the underground Metro stations’ work. The first stations in the underground Metro stretch from the Agriculture College-end are Shivajinagar and Civil Court. The initial work of the entry-exit points of both the stations has started.

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