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Bihar cabinet nod to DMRC to execute Patna metro project

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Bihar cabinet nod to DMRC to execute Patna metro project

PATNA (Metro Rail News): On Tuesday, the state cabinet approved the appointment of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) as a consultant for the ambitious Patna metro rail project.

According to the proposal moved by the urban development and housing department, the DMRC will be paid a consultation fee of Rs 482.9 crore. “Talks were going on with DMRC and the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited for the execution of the Patna project. But we were more inclined towards DMRC as it has a good track record in timely execution of metro projects.

Besides, their consultation fee was comparatively lower. Hence, it was decided to hand over the project to DMRC and a final nod was given by the state cabinet on Tuesday,” a senior UDHD official said.

Sources said the DMRC is also executing metro rail projects in Noida, Lucknow, and Gurgaon among others. Elaborating on the steps to be taken following the cabinet nod, the UDHD official said: “A memorandum of understanding will be signed between the DMRC and the Patna Metro Rail Corporation Limited (PMRCL).

DMRC is likely to set up its office in Patna within a fortnight, followed by a survey of the right of way and land acquisition requirements on the two earmarked corridors for the project.” The two corridors identified in the detailed project report for the metro project, include 14.45km north-south corridor (proposed ISBT- Rajendra Nagar Terminal- Ashok Rajpath- Gandhi Maidan- Dak Bungalow Crossing- Patna Junction) and 16.95km east-west corridor (Danapur cantonment-Saguna Mor- Raja BazarJD Women’s College- Hartali Mor- Income Tax Rounabout- Dak Bungalow crossing- Patna Junction- CNLUMithapur).

The foundation for the metro project was laid by PM Narendra Modi through remote control from Mokama on February 17, this year. The project is to be executed utilizing an estimated outlay of Rs 13,365.8 crore in a targeted timeframe of five years.

“The Patna metro rail project is targeted to be completed by 2024. Following the conclusion of initial surveys, the DMRC will commence the process of selection of constrictor for construction works,” the UDHD official said.

The Centre, as well as state governments, will contribute 20% each of the project cost, while the remaining 60% of the funds would be met by taking financial aid. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will contribute 60%.

CMRL hosts Metro rides for school students

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CMRL hosts Metro rides for school students

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): In an attempt to create awareness among the students of government schools about metro rail trains plying in the city, Chennai Metro Rail management has been organizing monthly train rides for children. In the month of August alone, 4850 students have taken a trip in both lines.

The release added the features of the metro and its stations are explained to the students during this trip, said a release from the management. “In 2018 –2019, a total of 31,178 students from around 60 schools have traveled in the metro. And a total of 13,554 students have travelled in the metro between June and August 2019.

Vacancies for Deputy General Manager and Other Posts opens in Mumbai Metro

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Vacancies for Deputy General Manager and Other Posts opens in Mumbai Metro

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): Interested and eligible candidates can apply through the online process on and before 30 September 2019 as Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited has invited applications for the posts of Deputy General Manager, Assistant General Manager and other.

The last date for submission of online application is on 30 September 2019.

Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited has announced a total of 06 vacancies out of which 01 seats available for Deputy General Manager (Track), 02 for Assistant General Manager (Track), 01 for Deputy Engineer (Track), 02 seats for Deputy Engineer (TVS/ ECS).

Its Eligibility Criteria is:
The candidate should have a B.E./B.Tech. Degree in Civil Engineering from any recognized university and must have experience in Construction and Maintenance of Track in Railways/Metro, for the post of General Manager/Assist. General Manager (Track).

Candidates with experience of the working of modern Urban Rail systems will be preferred.

B.E./B.Tech. Degree in Civil Engineering from any recognized university and having experience in Construction and Maintenance of Track in Railways/Metro is required for Deputy Engineer (Track).

B.E./B.Tech. Degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering from recognized and the reputed university is required for Deputy Engineer (TVS/ ECS). Candidate must have experience in construction projects of Railways/ Metro/ Other PSUs/ Private sector dealing with TVS & ECS systems.

The candidates applying for the post should have a maximum of 40 years for DGM/AGM and 35 years for Deputy Engineer of age.

Eligible and interested candidates can apply to the post through the online format on or before 30 September 2019. 

The six-month opening delay for East-West Metro

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The six-month opening delay for East-West Metro

KOLKATA (Metro Rail News):  The East-West Metro’s first “construction-related” challenge after the subterranean accident on Saturday threatens to push back the project, but by six months in the worst-case scenario.

The deadline for commissioning the line from Salt Lake to Howrah was internally revised to end 2021 or early 2022 after officials assessed the problem and consulted engineers on how long it would take to resolve the situation, both over and under the ground, on Monday.

Tunnel-boring machine Chundee, working 14 meters under Bowbazar, hit an aquifer, damaging 18 buildings, of which four were seriously damaged. As many as 375 residents had to be evacuated. Under the surface, water started gushing into the machine, and then into the tunnel itself, on Saturday.

Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) — the implementing agency of the Rs 8,575 crore project that promises to transform commuting in Kolkata — now faces a problem how to plug the breach, especially as initial grouting attempts were washed away by the aquifer water.

All through Monday, engineers struggled to arrest the water flow by plugging the boring machine. Finally, they built a barricade between it and the tunnel. Engineers expect to complete sealing the mouth of the giant borer by Wednesday, stopping the flow of water from the aquifer into the tunnel.

But this will also render the 75m-long machine useless. Chundee will have to be replaced by another machine to complete the remaining 600m to Sealdah station. An engineer said, sealing the boring machine’s mouth will seal Chundee’s fate. “It will have to be extracted from the tunnel and a fresh borer has to be lowered into it to resume tunneling after the breach is sealed.” He added that it would be a while before west-bound tunneling is resumed. Some ‘uncertainty’ around project now, KMRC works on the new deadline.
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The accident site, just over 0.5km from the point of completion, has left project officials devastated. Of the 10km underground tunneling in the 16.5km Salt Lake-Howrah link, 9.4km of tunneling has been completed.

The overhead section that was earlier completed is ready for operations. Though the project has, so far, encountered several hurdles that caused delays, those were primarily over land availability. This is the first time a construction-related challenge has affected progress.

Pune Metro trials to begin before December

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Pune Metro trials to begin before December

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News):  Officials said that before December 2019 Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha-Metro) is planning to start the trials of Pune metro rail, on two priority corridors, namely, Vanaz to Garware College and Pimpri-Chinchwad to Dapodi.

Maha-Metro’s work progress is as per the schedule and we are hoping to start the metro rail operations before December 2019 on priority stretches. The decision on the date and time to inaugurate the project will be taken by the political leadership said by Brijesh Dixit, managing director, Maha-Metro.

Officials said, among all the metro corridors, attention has been focused on the Vanaz to Ramwadi corridor and Pimpri- Chinchwad to Dapodi corridors. While the electrical wiring has been taken up, the signal system will be installed soon.

According to Maha-Metro, even as work order has been issued for 102 coaches, the trial run would be done on coaches brought from Nagpur.

Dixit said, “Maha-Metro will conduct the trial runs soon, but we have not taken the decision whether to continue the metro’s commercial operations immediately after the inauguration.

During the groundbreaking ceremony of the Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar metro line, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that Pune Metro’s operation would start by December 2019. Consequently, attention was focused on the priority sections.

100th pile foundation completed on a 17-km section of Sahibabad-Duhai

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100th pile foundation completed on a 17-km section of Sahibabad-Duhai

DELHI (Metro Rail News): As part of India’s first RRTS, the National Capital Regional Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has recently completed the foundation of 100th pile on the 17-kilometers long priority section from Sahibabad to Duhai of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor.  

According to NCRTC, the priority segment of Sahibabad to Duhai has been targeted for completion by the year 2023. The first semi-high speed transit corridor of the regional rapid transit system (RRTS) is the 82-km long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor which will reduce the travel time between Delhi and Meerut to just 55 minutes. NCRTC is the organization which is implementing the RRTS project in the national capital region (NCR).

According to information shared by NCRTC, the execution and construction of the Delhi Meerut RRTS’s priority section are in full swing. The RRTS project aims to completely transform the regional transportation system of NCR.

The Sahibabad-Duhai section of the Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor will have four stations namely, Guldhar, Duhai, Ghaziabad and Sahibabad, besides a depot which will come up in Duhai.

By the year 2025, the entire Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor has been targeted for completion. The RRTS trains will run with an operational speed of 160 kmph and will be three times more efficient than the Delhi Metro trains. Apart from the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut, the other two RRTS corridors in Phase-1 are Delhi-Gurugram-Alwar and Delhi-Sonipat-Panipat.

 

 

Kochi Metro Maharaja’s College to Thykoodam stretch open for public

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Kochi Metro Maharaja’s College to Thykoodam stretch open for public

KOCHI (Metro Rail News): Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan along with Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs Shri Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated Metro Services on Maharaja’s College-Thykoodam stretch of Kochi Metro today. During the inauguration State Transport Minister Sh AK Saseendran, MP Shri Hibi Eden, Metro Man Dr E Sreedharan, Dy German Amb Dr Jasper Weick and Shri Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Govt. of India where also present.

The newly-inaugurated Maharaja’s College Junction to Thykoodam, a 5 km long stretch takes the total distance covered by the Kochi Metro so far to around 24 km. Now the Kochi Metro added a total of five new stations — Ernakulam South, Kadavanthra, Elamkulam, Vyttila and Thykoodam in its network.

“Systems of mass rapid transport such as metro and light metro were inevitable, since over 60 crore Indians would be living in urban areas by 2030” Said Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Development.

873 km of metro rail systems are under construction in 27 cities, he added. The Centre issued specifications for light metros in July since metro rail was capital intensive, he said. The 5.6 km extension of the Kochi Metro will go up to Thykoodam. Metro trains will operate in the extended corridor from Wednesday.

Chief Minister Vijayan and Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri also flagged off the groundbreaking ceremony of Terminal 1 of India’s first water metro project in Kochi and laying of foundation stone ceremony of Petta-SN Junction section of Kochi Metro. After inaugurating the function. The remaining one-kilometer stretch which will connect Petta, in the first phase, is expected to be completed by January next year.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the first modern ferry for the ₹740 crore water metro project would be launched in March 2020. CNG-run buses will operate in feeder routes in the islands linked by water metro ferries, said the Chief Minister.

Yulu Bike ties up with Delhi Metro for last mile connectivity

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Yulu Bike ties up with Delhi Metro for last mile connectivity

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Yulu- Mobility as a Service (MaaS) provider today announced the introduction of the YULU-Miracle in Delhi. In the first phase, Yulu services will be available at 40 Yulu Zones ( Pick up and drop points), at and around 9 metro stations on the blue and yellow line from Dilli Haat INA  to JLN Stadium in Central Delhi.

  • Yulu-India’s leading Mobility as a Service (MaaS) provider, in collaboration with DMRC, aims to transform the way people commute in Delhi by solving the first and last-mile connectivity problem through its electric two-wheeler – Yulu Miracle.
  • In the first phase, Yulu services will be available at 40 Yulu Zones ( pick up and drop points), at and around 9 metro stations on the blue and yellow line from Dilli Haat INA  to JLN Stadium in Central Delhi.
  • Yulu’s mission is to make Urban Mobility Seamless, Shareable and Sustainable.
Amit Gupta, co-founder, Yulu with Team during the launch event
Mr. Amit Gupta, co-founder, Yulu with Team

The company launched its services in collaboration with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation(DMRC) to solve the complex problem of first and last-mile connectivity for commuters and to reduce congestion and pollution in the National Capital. The service was launched by Dr. Mangu Singh, MD- Delhi Metro from Mandi House metro station.

Inugration of Yulu
Yulu bike inauguration by DMRC MD Mangu Singh


Yulu – India’s leading Electric micro-mobility provider, aims to solve the first and last-mile commute problems for citizens of Delhi by deploying 5000 YULU Miracles across metro stations by end of Dec 2019. The service will be further extended to all the metro stations in the NCR Region in early 2020, by deploying up to  25000 Yulu Miracle. “Yulu Miracle” is a unique battery operated, lightweight, easy to ride, small two-wheeler requiring no vehicle registration or driving license.

Launch of operation of Yulu bike
Launch of operation of Yulu bike

After successfully running operations in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune & Bhubaneswar, now commuters in Delhi too can take eco-friendly Yulu rides at pocket-friendly prices reducing carbon footprint.   “Delhi has been ranked as one of the most polluted cities in the world. We at Yulu are committed to promoting eco-friendly commute options in all Indian cities to reduce pollution and congestion. With the launch of our operations in Delhi, we are providing a green commute option to the residents of Delhi and are committed to expanding our services to the whole NCR region. We are proud to collaborate with DMRC for a common vision of better first and last-mile connectivity, reducing congestion and improving air quality” said Mr. Amit Gupta, CEO -Yulu Bikes

“DMRC is connecting Delhi by offering residents an affordable and sustainable mode of mass transport. Today DMRC is the preferred choice of commuters in Delhi & NCR region. Our Public Bike Sharing(PBS) initiative with YULU will provide much needed first and last-mile connectivity to our users. It is one of its kind collaboration to make mobility seamless & sustainable” said Dr. Mangu Singh, Managing Director- DMRC

DMRC MD Mangu Singh on Yulu Bike while driving
DMRC MD Mangu Singh on Yulu Bike while driving

Shri Mangu Singh, DMRC, MD, inaugurated the service from Mandi House metro station

About Yulu

Yulu is a leading shared and sustainable micro-mobility platform to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution. Yulu’s mission is to create sustainable cities of tomorrow by revolutionizing the way people commute through its human and battery-powered vehicles that uses innovative technologies like IoT, ML & AI. Yulu runs its operations currently in Bangalore, Pune, Greater Mumbai, and Bhubaneswar, having the largest fleet of human-powered bicycles (Yulu Move) and lightweight electric two-wheelers (Yulu Miracle). Yulu is building the largest EV ecosystem of India and is committed to providing smart, shared, sustainable and seamless mobility solutions with better accessibility and affordability.


From October 6-car metro trains to run on Namma Metro’s Green Line

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From October 6-car metro trains to run on Namma Metro’s Green Line

BANGALORE (Metro Rail News): Passengers traveling on Namma Metro’s Green Line (Nagasandra-Yelachenahalli) can finally heave a sigh of relief as the authorities have promised to introduce six-car trains on the route from next month.

In a release, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) said that 25 trains of three-car sets have been converted into six-car trains till now but they could not be introduced on the Green Line due to prevailing issues related to power supply for such trains.

“The constraints in the local capacity of receiving substation have since been addressed. From October 1, onwards BMRCL is committed to induct more 6-car train sets on the north-south (Green) line at the rate of three or four trains per month.

We are targeting to complete commission of the 50 train sets by March 2020,” BMRCL Chief Public Relations Officers Yashvanth Chavan said.

Though two six-car trains have been deployed on the line, they have failed to make any positive impact. In comparison, commuting on Purple Line (Baiyappanahalli-Mysore Road) has become convenient after the introduction of the six-car trains. “All the trains on the east-west corridor (Purple Line) are now running with six cars,” the release said.

PM Modi to lay the foundation stone for Nagpur broad gauge metro

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PM Modi to lay the foundation stone for Nagpur broad gauge metro

NAGPUR (Metro Rail News): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting poll-bound Maharashtra on September 7 to inaugurate a few projects.

A party official said on September 1, he will land in Mumbai on the morning of September 7 before heading to Aurangabad in the afternoon and then to Nagpur on the same day. The details of the PM’s visits are yet to be out.

Meanwhile, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said in Nagpur that the prime minister will perform the ground-breaking ceremony of a metro coach manufacturing facility located in Sindi dry port on September 7 evening.

Gadkari said while addressing a program that the prime minister will also lay the foundation stone for a broad gauge metro connecting Vidarbha’s largest city with adjoining Wardha, Narkhed, Ramtek, and Bhandara.

Both the projects are being undertaken by Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited, popularly known as Maha Metro, a 50:50 joint venture between the Union and Maharashtra governments.

Meanwhile, BJP national president and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday began his two-day visit of Maharashtra.

He addressed a rally in Solapur on September 1 night.

During his visit to Mumbai on Monday, Shah is expected to visit some prominent Ganpati mandals, and hold discussions with senior party functionaries.

With the state Assembly polls expected in October, such visits are likely to be the staple as the BJP, along with ally Shiv Sena, look to decimate the opposition Congress-NCP to capture another term, said office-bearers.

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