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Kolkata Metro | BT Road Metro route likely to be scrapped by Govt

16/05/2018

Kolkata: The much talked about Barrackpore Metro link that was scheduled to laid through BT Road and a stretch be built underground might now be taken through Kalyani Expressway. This moves comes after the engineering consultancy RITES submitted its report to state government.

In its report RITES has reported that is it possible to divert the Baranagar-Barrackpore route for metro rail project. The experts in the reports have suggested that between Noapara and Kalyani Expressway the tracks can pass underground for about 2km, which is a congested residential area.

Building tracks on ground would mean razing the residential properties falling on the proposed stretch. As per the proposal the underground stretch can be construction between Noapara and Nimta, informed officials.

The catch to the proposal is that by building underground stretch, the cost of the project is likely to escalate. This proposed project ironically has not taken off in last seven years.
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Commuters are hoping that some work on the project begins soon.

The ministry of railway in its statement said that is the tracks are laid on ground it would cost around Rs 175 crores. If the same is build underground, the cost will shoot up to 400 crores.

As per the railway officials, if 2 km stretch is made, it would cost an additional of 45 crores. They will consider the suggestions made by RITES and are also accessing financial responsibilities if the recommendations are accepted. The main concern is the if the routes are diverted, who is going to bear the additional cost burden – railway ministry of state government.

The government is contrasting view to the Metro project on BT Road for fear of underground water pipelines getting badly damaged owing to metro work.

In its report RITES has clearly recommended that it would be a wise move to shift the metro track route to the east of BT Road along Kalyani Expressway where there’s meager populace.

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Delhi Metro | CMRS issues safety clearance to open remaining section of Magenta Line

Mamta Shah

15/05/2018

CMRS Safety Inspection of Magenta Line of Delhi Metro

New Delhi: The Commissioner for Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) has today issued safety clearance along with certain conditions to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on completion of his safety inspection of remaining section 25.6 km of Magenta Line between Kalakaji Mandir – Janakpuri West (Line-8). CMRS Shri S.K. Pathak along with his team have completed safety inspection on the Kalakaji Mandir – Janakpuri West section from 7- 10th May 2018. Here are the detailed report-

CMRS Safety Certificate to DMRC

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In his detailed report, he directed DMRC to after fulfillment of all conditions and rectification of observations given in Inspection report DMRC should open metro services on this section before 30th June 2018.

After opening of this section entire Magenta line of DMRC will be in service of public.

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Mumbai Metro | DMRC feels 1st class metro coach may reduce carrying capacity

Darshana Shukla

15/05/2018

MMRDA plans to introduce First Class Metro Compartment in upcoming metro projects (Photo: DMRC)

Mumbai: With Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) planning to introduce first-class metro compartments in its upcoming projects, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) feels this might decrease carrying capacity.

DMRC feels that the present metro compartments already have one compartment reserved for women. With introduction of first-class compartments in metro, the carrying capacity is likely to be affected.

A DMRC official had expressed that out of six coaches that will be part of Mumbai Metro, MMRDA is planning to reserve half a coach for first class compartment. This move might impact the carrying capacity and also discourage commuters to take metro over other public transport. DMRC plays an instrumental role in metro rail projects as it build Metro Corridors across the country. It is also helping MMRDA in construction of metro corridors in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

MMRDA officials feel that by introducing first class compartments, it will be able to attract car riders to take metro, thereby reducing traffic. DMRC officials on the other hand explained that similar initiative was taken by Chennai Metro and it was not successful.

Additional Metropolitan Commissioner, MMRDA, Pravin Darade in media briefing shared that introducing first class compartments will not impact carrying capacity. He further explained that if traffic increases, they plan to add two more coaches to accommodate the rush. Darade also shared that they planned to offer advance booking facilities along with Wi-Fi connectivity as well as USB charging ports within metro stations and coaches.

MMRDA is making steady progress in terms of laying down metro lines. It has already started the process of procuring metro trains for three corridors for metro stations. These include DN Nagar-Mandale Metro-2B corridor, the Dahisar East-Andheri East Metro-7 corridor and Dahisar – DN Nagar Metro-2A corridor. Together these three metro stations will handle 15 lakh passengers on daily basis.

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Surat Metro | Gujarat Govt and SMC will have equal participation in metro rail project

Mamta Shah

15/05/2018

surat metro trains — (Representative Image)

Surat: After the commencement of the metro in the city, the surcharges on the Surat Metro project will be equally divided into the state government and Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC). In the amendment of the DPR, the Municipal Administration has recommended Metro surcharge. The decision will be made in the meeting of the Standing Committee on Thursday.

The metro train for the city may be a good dream right now, but when this dream will come true, its surcharge is set to hit the Suratians. The SMC administration has written letter to government to introduce surcharge for metro services. After the approval from the Standing Committee, the formalities of the execution will be done. In view of the provision of Metro Rail to the Suratians, the Municipal Administration has prepared a proposal for charging surcharges.

According to this, 10 percent of Metro surcharge will be levied on the property’s registry. Half of this will go to the State Government and some part on the account of Municipal Corporation. The Municipal Administration has recommended Metro surcharge on the taxes levied on property. Its rate is not fixed at the moment, but this amount will come to the part of the corporation.

After the change in the central government’s metro policy, the executive body Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had sent the revised DPR to the SMC. While making policy modifications at the local level, the draft administration draft prepared by the SMC has sent it to the Standing Committee for approval.
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This will be decided in the meeting of the committee which will be held on Thursday. After approval from the revised DPR, the state government agency will be sent to Mega.

Apart from this, a proposal to remove the barrier coming in the Tapi bridge connecting Pal-Umra was also included in the meeting agenda. The land has to be amended to complete the work of this bridge stuck for years. The decision to settle the matter of the affected people and the proposal for land acquisition has to be decided. A proposal for supply of 24 times seven water supply in Pal Palanpur and Vesu will also be discussed. In the Agenda, a proposal to run a battery operated trolley has been included in the Zoo Museum located in Saratana.

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Chandigarh Metro | After spending Rs 1.5 crores on survey, no work on metro rail project

Mamta Shah

15/05/2018

Chandigarh: Chandigarh metro rail entangled in files for more than 11 years of spending crores rupees on the survey, will ever come on track? After spending around Rs 1.5 crore on DPR and preparation of surveys, Urban Development Ministry and MP Kirron Kher have questioned its practicality.

Now MP Kirron Kher said that there is no requirement to run metro rail in the City. Earlier, former MP Pawan Bansal also used to argue the same, but now he is advocating Metro Rail due to the increasing traffic problem in the city. Former MP Satpal Jain is also supporting metro rail project in the city.

Kirron Kher not in favour of metro rail in Chandigarh — Kirron Kher Member of Parliament from Chandigarh

In a meeting of the committee held under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in July last year, MP Kher also opposed the metro rail project in Chandigarh. The meeting was also attended by City Administrator VP Singh Bandour and other members. There is no clearance from Urban Development Ministry.

Discussion started in the year 2006 to start metro rail project for Chandigarh. In 2012, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had also prepared a detailed project report (DPR) for Chandigarh Metro rail project. According to the DPR, initial project cost including land cost and tax was estimated to be approximately Rs 10,900 crores. A 37-km metro track was proposed for the city, whereas for Punjab there was a track length of 7.8 km and 6.41 km for Panchkula. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Haryana, Punjab and UT Administration was also signed, but the Ministry of Urban Development has not yet given its approval for the project.

Chandigarh Metro Proposed Route map — Proposed Route Map for Chandigarh Metro Rail Project

Past development in the Chandigarh Metro rail project

In 2012, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation prepared a detailed project report (DPR) and handed over to the Administrator of Chandigarh
In the presence of Capt. Singh Solanki, the then Administrator of Chandigarh and Governor of Haryana in 2015, Additional Chief Secretary of Haryana and Secretary of the Planning Department P Raghavendra Rao signed the MoU. Secretary, Town and Planning, Punjab, A Venu Prasad, Advisor to Administration, Vijay Kumar Devne, three parties have named a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to execute the project in the form of the Greater Chandigarh Transport Corporation (GCTC)
GCTC’s initial equity was fixed at Rs 100 crores, which was to contribute 25 percent equally by Central Government, Administration, Haryana and Punjab.
In the first phase, 37.573 km Metro Rail network was to be constructed, in which 23.468 km of at ground level and 14.105 km of underground corridor was to be constructed.
Four corridors were fixed for this metro project.

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Chennai Metro | CMRL likely to open key lines in 2 weeks of Anna Salai stations

Darshana Shukla

15/05/2018

Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) completed safety inspection of Chennai Metro Underground Section.

Chennai: The ambitious and first underground metro station stretch in Chennai Metro is most likely to be other stations on Anna Salai. It was last year the project was kick started for the Thirumangalam and Nehru Park via Poonamallee High Road stretch, now the CMRL officials post inspection would soon open other stations on route together with a part of Central Metro as well as stations on Anna Salai.

CMRS completed safety inspection of Chennai Metro

It was on Monday that the first leg of inspections of these lines was started by the commissioner of metro rail safety. If the inspection reports are satisfactory, the routes will get a go-ahead by the CMRL officials.
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CMRL further informed that they will unlock metro rail stretches from Nehru Park to Central Metro and Little Mount to AG-DMS before the end of this month.

CMRS completed safety inspection of Chennai Metro Underground Section

The inspection was started by the commission of railway safety (CRS), under the ministry of civil aviation, headed by the railway safety commissioner K A Manoharan, have already started the inspections at the Shenoy Nagar station.

The CMRS officials have informed that they had verified all documents connected to the stations and tunnels that CMRL had furnished prior to the inspections. Prior to the CMRS inspection, an independent safety evaluation was also and metro rail have received a certificate for the line between Shenoy Nagar and Central stations.

At Central Metro, the team will verify the upper track to Egmore and beyond on Poonamallee High Road and the concourse level. The lower track level linking Washermenpet on one side and Anna Salai via May Day Park on the other is not yet completed.

K A Manoharan shared that his team will be accessing various parameters with regards to safety. They will check tunnels, calibrations of the trains as well witness mock fire fighting drills to determine the competence of the tunnel aeration and exhaust system.

When the lines are made operational, commuters will be able to take a direct ride on the transit system from Central Metro to Koyambedu and the airport via stations on Poonamallee High Road. Travellers from Anna Salai will manage to get through the airport in 30 minutes or carry on to CMBT after changing corridors at Alandur.

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Bahadurgarh Metro | New controversy over demand for name change of city park metro station

Metro Rail News

15/05/2018

Mundka-Bahadurgarh Corridor — Delhi Metro Green Line

Bahadurgarh: Mundka-Bahadurgarh metro rail line of Delhi Metro Rail corporation (DMRC) is not on the metro yet but there are new controversies coming out on the day. Now villagers of Sankhol village have given a symbolic one day sign for the demand to change the name of the City Park Metro Station. In fact, villagers demand that the City Park Metro Station be renamed after the martyr Brig Hoshiar Singh metro station.

Residents Protesting for change of name of City Park Metro Station on Line-5 (Mundka-Bahadurgarh) — Residents protesting for change of name of City Park Metro Station on Line-5 (Mundka-Bahadurgarh)

It is explained that the martyr Brig Hoshiar Singh was a resident of Sankhol village in Bahadurgarh, who died in the Indo-China war in 1962. The entire family of Martyr Brig Hoshiar Singh lives in Bahadurgarh and the villagers want to keep the city park metro station named after him in memory of his martyrdom. Brigadier Hoshiar Singh will also be encouraged by the services of the coming generations.
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Previously the villagers have met DMRC officials and Chief Minister Manoharlal Khattar several times, but due to lack of concrete assurance they had to start protest. The villagers have demanded to change the name of the City Park Metro station before running the metro trains between Mundka-Bahadurgarh Line (Green Line). The villagers have also warned the government that if this metro station is not renamed after the name of Brig Hoshiar Singh, then they will start a big movement.

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DMRC calls tender for train control and signalling & telecommunication of Mumbai Metro Line 2A, 2B & 7

Mamta Shah

14/05/2018

New Delhi: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) notified tender notice for Design, Manufacture, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Train Control, Signalling and Telecommunication system for Mumbai Metro line 2A, 2B and 7 for Mumbai Metro Rail Investment Project.

MS01: Design, Manufacture, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Train Control & Signalling and Telecommunication system for Mumbai metro line 2A, 2B and 7.

The Tender Document shall be available for sale during office hours (IST 1030 hrs. to IST 1730 hrs.) from 21.05.2018 to 22.06.201 in the office of CGM/Contracts, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd., 5th Floor, A-Wing, Metro Bhawan, Fire Brigade Lane, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi-110001.

A pre-bid meeting will be held on 28th May 2018 at 15:00 hours IST at above mentioned address. Last to submit the Bid is fixed 25.06.2018.

Mumbai Metro Network — Mumbai Metro Rail Network (Source: MMRDA)

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is the Owner of the
Project and the Executing Agency for the proposed financing from Asian development Bank (ADB). MMRDA has entered into an Agreement with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited
(DMRC) for carrying out the procurement process and implementing this contract on
behalf of MMRDA.

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Delhi Metro services not available from 03:00pm onwards today at four metro stations

Darshana Shukla

14/05/2018

Delhi Metro becomes the world’s seventh busiest metro rail network

New Delhi: After receiving directives from Delhi Police, Delhi Metro Services will not be available at four metro stations. The four metro stations where the services will be not be available include Khan Market Metro station (on Line-6 i.e, Central Secretariat to Badarpur), Udyog Bhavan, Jor Bagh (on Line-2 i.e, HUDA City Centre to Jahangirpuri) and Race Course.

The four metro stations will be closed from 03:00 PM onwards today for public till further directions. Commuters travelling on either of four routes can take note of the update and plan their travel accordingly.

The Delhi Police has only asked to close down four metro stations; services at other metro stations will be available as per the regular schedule.

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Chennai Metro | Safety inspection of CMRL’s Shenoy Nagar-Central Metro line begins

Darshana Shukla

14/05/2018

Chennai: The team headed by the commissioner of metro rail safety (CMRS) has started its inspection drive for the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) from Monday morning onwards. In the first phase the team will begin inspection of the upline between Shenoy Nagar-Central Metro lines.

The upline Shenoy Nagar-Central Metro line is approximately 5.62km stretch. Whereas, the downline which is 2.5km falls between Central Metro and Nehru Park will also be checked by the team. The inspection will be also cover the 4.5km stretch that falls between Little Mount and AG-DMS, once the inspection for Shenoy Nagar-Central Metro lines are done.

K A Manohar, Railway safety commissioner, southern circle in a press briefing before the inspection had communicated that various parameters are inspected like the passenger safety as well as other amenities offered to commuters. The team will carry out checks of stations, firefighting systems, tunnels and calibration of the trains.

Railway safety commissioner will authorise the operation of the new lines once the inspection is over and satisfactory. These inspections are mandatory procedure before the officials authorise operations of the metro lines.

If the report of inspection meets all necessary parameters commuters will have a huge relief. They will then be able to board direct train from Central metro to Koyambedu and Airport through stations on the Poonamallee High Road.

As per further update the Central and the upper track that connects Egmore Metro with Nehru Park will also be inspected alongside with the public space level. The lower track linking Washermenpet on one side and Anna Salai on the other is yet to be completed.

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