Delhi Metro | Magenta Line services hit after a bird stuck on track

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26/09/2018

Delhi: Services on the Magenta Line of Delhi Metro were temporarily hit.A bird was apparently stuck on the metro tracks. The train was halted when it saw a bird lying on the track at Kalindi Kunj metro station.

The information came from a Wildlife Conservation NGO. Services were stopped to rescue the bird safely. The bird collapsed on the tracks.

As per Wasim Akram, Manager, Wildlife SOS Special Projects stated that the Indian cormorant is under mandated medical observation to ensure it recuperates safely from the ordeal

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) informed the NGO and altered them about the bird. One of the train operators from Magenta Line saw the bird lying on the tracks. It was struggling to fly and has to be rescued. The metro train was stopped to save the bird as the operator felt the train would run over it and kill it.

Once informed, a team of two rescuers reached on the spot with necessary equipment. As per the NGO the bird was shifted to a transport container and rushed to a recovery facility.

As per the information on NDTV, a new portal – The bird known as the Indian cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) is found mainly along the inland waters of the Indian subcontinent, extending to Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. These birds inhabit ponds, lakes, streams, mangroves and wetlands, and feed mainly on fish. They make short dives into the water to catch fish and often forage in groups

Kartick Satyanarayan, Co-founder and CEO of Wildlife SOS while speaking to NDTV said,”We believe the cormorant had wandered out of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary, which is located close by.”

The Okhla Bird Sanctuary, a famous spot in Delhi is home to over 320 residents and migratory bird species. It also has many other wildlife species.

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Jaipur Metro | JMRC likely to advance on Second Phase of metro

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26/09/2018

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Jaipur: The Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) is likely to advance to the second phase of metro project. This despite the fact that the first phase is largely held as non-viable in its current format by the CAG. But that is not stopping JMRC to initiate Jaipur Metro Phase II plan.

JMRC plans to go ahead with second phase with the current capacities it has. The state urban development department is confident of taking things ahead and it does not foresee any halt to the project at the present state. They are optimistic even as chance of any financial assistance from government in the centre is bleak.

Additional chief secretary, urban development shared that the project cannot be halted at the moment. They have to initiative work on second phase in order to reinstate feasibility to the project.

According to a report in DNA, a news portal- It has been accepted by the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation that the DMRC has used inflated population estimates while preparing initial detailed project report of the metro. A recent report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) office has also raised an objection on the selection of the first phase for implementation. The report has suggested that JMRC must look for alternative arrangements like light rail transport for its second phase. The revenue generation for the first phase of the metro has been largely short in comparison to its operational cost. However, JMRC officials insist on the necessity of a medium-scale metro for Jaipur.

A senior JMRC official states the even the latest survey with rectified population figures suggest the requirement of an additional medium-metro corridor from Sitapura to VKI.

The metro officials are unwilling to implement an economic light rail transit system for the second phase. Given the fact that the arrangement for funding the project is going to be one challenging task for the government.

With a nonexistence unified metropolitan transport authority, the state is not likely to get financial assistance from central government for the Jaipur metro.

The state government has been trying to chase the government at the centre for a 20 per cent share in the Jaipur Metro. This process unfortunately remains pending in absence of due dealings at end of state government.

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Chief Minister witnesses the first TBM breakthrough of Mumbai Metro 3

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25/09/2018

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Mumbai: Mumbai, September 24, 2018 – The Honorable Chief Minister of Maharashtra State Mr Devendra Fadnavis, today, witnessed the breakthrough of the first TBM of

CM @Dev_Fadnavis was at the First breakthrough of TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) for 33.5 km long fully underground @MumbaiMetro line 3 (Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ) at T2, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai. Minister @Ranjitpatil_Mos too present. pic.twitter.com/5QWrajfBGc
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) September 24, 2018

Metro-3 corridor at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Terminal-2 station. Wainganga 1, the Tunnel Boring Machine, which was commissioned on 8 January 2018 from Pali ground Marol completed its tunnel drive of 1.26-km in package 7 to see the light at its end at CSMIA T2 station.

It marks the achievement of an important milestone towards the coherent completion of the 33.5-km long Metro-3 corridor. It is the result of blood and sweat expended by a team of nearly 250 engineers, technical and mechanical workers together. ” The state government has embarked upon its journey to complete 270 km long comprehensive Metro network over next 3 to 4 years and Metro 3 is an important part of the same.

I am extremely pleased to witness the first TBM breakthrough achieved by Metro 3 team today. It is no doubt an important step towards a safer, more comfortable and faster mode of transport to be made available to Mumbai citizens, ” said the visibly happy Chief Minister Mr.Devendra Fadnavis. Wainganga 1, made its way through the rocky strata made of Basalt, Breccia and Tuff drilling relentlessly for exactly 259 days to attain the breakthrough which will now be remembered for a long time and will certainly be lettered in the history book of the corridor.

It has charted its course from under important infrastructure like Metro Line-1 and Sahar Elevated Road. The 92-meter long Wainganga bored, on an average, 4.6 meters daily shaping the tunnel with 901 RCC cement rings. Metro-3 corridor in its 4.157 km long package 7 spread between CSMIA T 2 station to the ramp at Aarey colony will provide access to Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro-1 at Marol Naka and Swami Samarth Nagar-Jogeshwari-Kanjurmarg-Vikhroli Metro-6 corridor at SEEPZ and also to business hubs like MIDC and SEEPZ which today are not connected by suburban rail.

Of course, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) hasn’t achieved the feat without its share of challenges at various levels, hard work and colourful rancour! “Team MMRC could overcome the challenges only with a strong support from Honourable Chief Minister of Maharashtra Mr.Devendra Fadnavis, his very effective War Room and all other stakeholders”, concluded Ms.Bhide.

MMRC, as of today, has completed about 9-km of tunnelling and has generated and disposed of 19,40,254 cubic meters of muck. For the purpose, 17 Tunnel Boring Machines have been lowered in ten TBM shafts and 14 of them have been commissioned. The remaining three will join the squad to drill through the underbelly of the city in the next month.

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13 KM in just 11 minutes, Delhi green corridor helps transport liver from airport to hospital

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25/09/2018

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New Delhi: A police report said that special green corridor was created in the peak traffic hours by the Delhi Traffic Police to transport a harvested liver from the airport to a city hospital, covering a distance of 13 KM in just 11 minutes. The corridor was started at 6.40 pm from terminal-3 of the airport to Institute of Liver and Biliary Science Hospital in Vasant Kunj.
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According to officer report the total distance covered was 13 km and time taken was just 11 minutes which would have otherwise taken around 45 minutes to an hour, Alok Kumar, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) said. On September 24, the liver was transported from Patna to New Delhi by Jet Airways Flight at Indira Gandhi International Airport.

The liver had to be planted into the recipient within four hours of its retrieval from the donor. The patient was suffering from a liver disease and a liver transplant was required for the same, said police.

13 KM in just 11 minutes, Delhi green corridor helps transport liver from airport to hospital. A police officer said that the special green corridor was created in the peak traffic hours by the Delhi Traffic Police to transport a harvested liver from the airport to a city hospital, covering a distance of 13 KM in just 11 minutes.

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Hyderabad Metro | Services start on Ameerpet-L BNagar route

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25/09/2018

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Hyderabad: The wait is finally over with Hyderabad Metro Rail to starting services on Ameerpet to L B Nagar route. The 16-km stretch will officially inaugurated on Monday. Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan flagged off the metro train from the Ameerpet metro interchange station towards LB Nagar in the city.

In a grand ceremony the route was finally let open for public commute. With this route becoming operational, the work on Corridor One mapping 29km starting from Miyapur to LB Nagar is completed.

For Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) has created the second largest metro network in the country after Delhi. Minister for Municipal Administration K.T. Rama Rao shared this wonderful news during the inaugural ceremony.

This will also be the first corridor that is completed and made operational for public there.

On the other hand construction work is in progress for two other routes. These includes

Corridor Two – Jubilee Bus Station to Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (Imlibun)/Falaknuma – 15 km
Corridor Three – Nagole to HiTec City/Raidurg – 28 km

As per the plan a total of 72km elevated metro line is constructed in three densely populated and heavy traffic locations in the capital

Last year in November Prime Minister Narendra Modi had began the opening of 30 km metro line of Nagole-Ameerpet-Miyapur. The ceremony was conducted in presence of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao as well as others. It also enclosed parts of Corridor Three – Nagole to Ameerpet (17 km) as well as Corridor One of Miyapur to Ameerpet (13 km).

Till now around lakh passengers travel in Hyderabad Metro. With the new line becoming operational, the ridership is expected to double in coming months.

This project also is world’s largest public-private partnership. The government has given around ₹3,000 crore for land acquisition, shift utilities and widening of roads.

L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad (L&TMRH) has invested over ₹12,000 crore. The Central Government too helped via Viability Gap Funding (VGF) to the tune of ₹1,458 crore. The entire work has been carried out approximately to ₹14,132 crore.

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MMRDA to procure rakes by bidding to increase monorail frequency

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25/09/2018

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Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA is taking steps to increase monorail frequency. The officials plan to get rakes via bidding process. The focus is to get the Wadala-Jacob Circle route commissioned at the earliest.

This step was taken with Scomi Engineering; the Monorail operator might not be able to deliver rakes even before mid 2019. Scomi Engineering was to deliver additional four-coach trains that will help increase frequency. Now the chances are bleak as per MMRDA officials. Waiting for them would affect monorail services in the city.

MMRDA plans to use bidding process instead of waiting for the contractor. They plan to purchase rakes via bidding to speed up the process.

Additional metropolitan commissioner of MMRDA, Sanjay Khandare shared that they are working out alternative option to procure additional rakes. They do not want to wait for the contractor to deliver; instead they are exploring other options.

Very soon MMRDA will be inviting tender for purchasing the rakes as per senior MMRDA authority.

As per records, Monorail authorities have 10 four-coach trains. Out which only four are operation, the others are under repair and maintenance.

It was only in September that Monorail restarted its operation post the incident. Currently, it is operating only three trains with one being on standby for any emergency situation.

This arrangement means compromising the frequency of the services on 8.9-km route. Monorail commuters have to wait for around 15 minutes to board a train between Chembur and Wadala depot.

A senior MMRDA while speaking to Hindustan Times on the basis of anonymity shared, “We want to improve the frequency in phase 1 and want to start the Wadala-Jacob Circle section to cater to more commuters. For that, we need rakes immediately. In the meantime, the contractor has been asked to repair the six trains that are in Mumbai. Some of them need retrofitting, or new tyres, etc. Once they are repaired and pressed into service, we can improve the frequency and also start phase 2.”

MMRDA has been facing several issues post operation of monorail. There were instances of technical glitches and one of its rakes also caught fire last year.

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Bangalore Metro | IL&FS crisis possibly will hit work on 2 Metro lines

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25/09/2018

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Bengaluru: Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) is in a cash-strapped situation. Questions are now raised over timely completion of Namma Metro projects on both the lines. These include the Mysuru Road Station – Kengeri on Mysuru Road stretch as well the K R Puram Silk Board on Outer Ring Road.

It was in April 2015 that IL&FS bagged the Rs 327-crore contract for construction of viaduct and stations on the 3.95km route starting from the current Mysuru Road station to Pattanagere (Reach 2A).

IL&FS -the Mumbai-based infrastructure development firm is also responsible for construction four elevated metro stations: These are at Nayandahalli, Rajarajeshwarinagar, Jnanabharathi and Pattanagere towards Kengeri on the Mysuru Road stretch.

As per sources Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has issued letter of acceptance to IL&FS Silk Board-Bellandur stretch. In fact as per BMRCL, the company emerged winner in all the three packages. These were for the 17km ORR metro project. The three packages were:

Silk Board-Bellandur
Bellandur-Doddanekkundi
Doddanekkundi-K R Puram

BMRCL is now worried over completion of the project. The debt laden company might not be able to complete the metro project. It is essential that the metro project is completed on time as it is vital to improve public transport in the city.

The Mysuru Road stretch towards Kengeri that was the west extension of East-West corridor, had to be completed some 27 months back. But IL&FS has been missing multiple deadlines with BMRCL also imposing a fine of over 1 crore.

BMRCL is however, optimistic that work on Mysuru stretch will be wrapped up as it is on the advanced stages.

With this new development the metro officials are contemplating of exploring other viable options. But floating new tender might further delay the project. BMRCL is now is a perfect Catch-22 situation.

IL&FS is burdened with a consolidated debt of around Rs 91000 crore. It is under scanner over non-repayment of loans and financial disclosure. Regulatory agencies are keeping a close watch over the affairs of the company.

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CISF van will helpful from bomb attack in the subway, three special van ready

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24/09/2018

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New Delhi: To protect Delhi Metro from terrorist attacks, CISF has prepared three special vans. The vans are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment used to inactivate the racial attack. It is believed that the van has been deployed after repeated inputs of terror attacks by intelligence units.

Security officials says that the van will help in perfecting the safety of the metro. These vans will be sent on the spot to help the security forces during the chemical attack. Bomb disposal and detection squads of Central Industrial Security Force, who took over the security of the Metro, will oversee this van.

The specialty of Bomb Disposal and Detection Van is that it will combine the identification of the bomb and the equipment which is inactive. That too at different places Dog squad units will also be deployed in the van, so that all related units can be reached at the spot for investigation. This vehicle is mainly divided into three parts.

One part will have equipment to identify and deactivate the bomb, while in the second there will be arrangements for the seating of six people of the bomb disposal team. In the third part, arrangements for seating two bomb swords (dog handlers) and dogs have also been arranged. The weight of the special van is 1200 kg and it is fully air-conditioned and automatic. In addition to generator sets and inverters in the vehicle, five points are given specifically for wireless and mobile charging. The window glass is covered with a grill and a ladder has been installed.

There is a flash light around the specialty of the vehicle, so that this light can be used in emergency situations. In view of the possibility of accident in the air-side area at the airport, a safety light has been installed above the vehicle. The color of the vehicle is bright orange, so that it can be identified from a distance.
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In a surprise move, PM travels in Delhi metro to avoid traffic

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24/09/2018

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New Delhi: Delhi Metro commuters were in for a surprise when they saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelling along with them. PM took Delhi’s Airport Express Metro from Dhaula Kuan to Dwarka on September 20. He was on his way to lay the foundation stone of India International Convention and Expo Centre.

The ride as per metro officials was completed in straight 14 minutes. During the travel PM met commuters, interacted with them and also obliged with photographs. Commuters were very happy to see PM travelling along with them and talking to them. Many also took selfies with him.

As per DMRC’s senior official, PM commuted in Delhi Metro’s Airport Express Line. He boarded a metro train at Dhaula Kuan Metro Station at 3:13 pm and travelled up to Dwarka Sec-21 Metro Station, leaving the station at 3:27 pm.

During the inaugural event, PM shared that the project is estimated to be around 26,000 crore. It will emerge as the centre of energy and attitude of 80 crore youth in the country.
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The India International Convention and Expo Centre will be set up in Dwarka’s Sector 25.

The centre will act as a focal point acting as a vibrant centre for international and national business.

PM also travelled back from Dwarka Sec-21 to Dhaula Kuan station in the Delhi metro. This is not the first time PM has taken metro, he has been using Metro services to reach distant venues. This is to avoid traffic jams that are usually seen during VVIP movement.

Earlier Modi and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, had taken metro to reach a Samsung facility inauguration. He took the ride in July to reach the facility in Nodia.

With PM travelling in metro, it sends a strong message to everyone that its best to use metro. He used the service to evade traffic, the common man should take inspiration and make it a point to use public transport.

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Pune Metro | Defence Ministry finally gives land in Khadki stretch

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24/09/2018

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Pune: The wait is finally over with Defence Ministry finally giving go ahead to transfer land in Khadki stretch. The ministry has given green signal after 10 months to transfer 10 acres of land for Pune Metro project.

This will be coming up in Khadki area of Pune. The proposal was sent by MahaMetro around 10 months back. It is now that the Defence Ministry has given a go-ahead to transfer the land to the metro body.

As per information, land transfer proposal has been approved but alternative land to be given is yet to be decided.

The good news was shared by managing director, Maha Metro Brijesh Dixit. In an interview to Indian Express he was quoted as saying, “We are happy to announce that the Defence Ministry has cleared the Pune Metro right of way permission, as also the land transfer proposal for Metro stations.”

Incidentally, Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar, who hails from Pune, had assured the metro body on getting quick approval.

Dixit further quote to Indian Express that, “The excellent support from the government of Maharashtra and the government of India, and all the elected representatives of Pune, has enabled Maha-Metro to get this permission to start work on this stretch.”

Dixit said that now that the approval has come, work will begin in one week for Pune Metro. Things will move faster and efforts will be made to initiate work at the earliest.

Dixit also informed that meeting with top officials from Defence Ministry and state government were on for some time.
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When approval came, Dixit was present at the meeting.

The MD also assured that alternate land to be transferred in lieu of the land given to them will be decided soon.

Executive Director of Maha Metro, Ramnath Subramaniam shared that out of the total 10 acres, a most important portion is needed in Khadki and Range Hills. Only a small portion of 20,000 square foot was essential in Dapodi.

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