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Chennai Metro | No mobile connectivity for Chennai Metro’s underground stretch

21/05/2018

Chennai: When Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has flagged of the Thirumangalam and Nehru Park metro rail, the officials had promised to offer mobile connectivity. This service was to be made available for the underground stretch, but a year has passed by and Chennai Metro commuters are still waiting for the promise to be fulfilled.

There is still no mobile connectivity at the underground stretch. CMRL officials had assured that they have installed mobile transmitters and connectivity at underground metro stations will be established by end by February. But there is no glimmer of hope as May is about to end and there is no sign of the services to start soon.

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

Commuters have to suffer as they are not able to use their mobile phones when travelling through underground stretch using Chennai Metro. CMRL officials have been assuring that they are conducting test runs to see how the installed system is working. They have been promising that the services will be made available soon. But the promise is yet to light of the day.

The delay can also be attributed to the fact that CMRL is currently focusing on starting operations at two stretches. These include the Saidapet to AG-DMS and Nehru Park to Chennai Central Chennai Metro. Owing to work going on these two stretches, officials are unable to devote time for starting mobile connective at old as well as new underground stations.

Many commuters who have been waiting to take the Chennai Central to in Nanganallur through the Chennai Metro Rail are avoiding it. Office goers want mobile connectivity as it will not disrupt their work in case they are travelling via the underground route. People have complained that they are unable to make calls when travelling on the route and have requested the authorities to find a solution at the earliest.

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Kochi Metro | KMRL to start metro services till SN Junction by end of 2020

Darshana Shukla

21/05/2018

Kochi: Kochi Metro is all set to spruce up the public transportation system by extending metro rail line from Pettah to SN Junction. The project is likely to be completed by 2020 end as per Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) officials. Land acquisition for the project has begun with the officials completing discussion with oil companies as well as finished alignment work.

Managing director APM Mohammed Hanish of KMRL informed that they will be work along the central line of the route. Discussion with oil companies was held as oil pipelines have been laid on the same route where metro will run. After studying the area, KMRL officials have earmarked adequate horizontal clearance. The report was shared with oil companies who have accepted the suggestions.

Kochi Metro Work in Progress (Photo: KMRL)

Metro officials are optimistic that if things are on track than the project will be made operational by 2020. However, Hanish informed that acquiring land from Thykoodam to Pettah was delayed but completed. KMRL did not face this situation while acquiring land at other areas outlined in the stretch.

Hanish said that they are expecting to wrap up work till Thykoodam stretch by March 2019. In next six months Pettah stretch would be completed by October 2019. He also informed that the extension plan was there in state’s allocation budget. KMRL will work towards acquiring land for Vadakkekkotta and SN Junction to implement the extension plan.

KMRL will so be rebuilding Pettah Bridge when work on metro project will begin. During rebuilding phase alternate traffic arrangements will be made to manage traffic. With new bridge at Thattappallikavu, it will be easier to manage traffic once work on the Pettah Bridge starts.

Hanish also appreciated the co-operation it received from the oil companies for implementing the extension plan. Giving technical details he explained that for the building of Metro from Pettah to SN Junction, a safe horizontal clearance of 3m between the pipeline and the metro pillars have been made available.

Apart from this the KRML has been aggressively exploring the possibility of expanding the Metro from SN Junction to the Tripunithura Railway Station.

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Gurgaon Metrino | NHAI receives three bids, work on pod taxi or PRT project will start soon

Mamta Shah

20/05/2018

Pod Taxi - PRT - Metrino — Pod Taxi - PRT

Gurugram: The exercise on running a pod taxi / metrino services in the city has been started. For this, three companies have submitted their bids to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). Work on this project will start after the bid is finalized. It has to be completed within one year of commencement of work. Initially, work will be started under pilot project to build the route and station for about 12 km in the city from Delhi-Gurgaon border. The stations have also been marked for this. However, the entire project of Pod Taxi has been set up from Delhi’s Dhola Kuan to Manesar.

Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said that the work of running a pod taxi from Delhi’s Dhola Kuan to Manesar will also start in the next one and a half months. This is his dream project. If people get access to the taxi in the air, then the road will get lesser on the road. At the same time he had talked for encouraging people to use public transport instead of using their personal vehicle.

Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said that the work of running a pod taxi from Delhi’s Dhola Kuaa to Manesar will also start in the next one and a half months. This is his dream project. If people get access to the taxi in the air, then the road will get lesser on the road. At the same time he had talked for encouraging people to use public transport instead of using their personal vehicle.

The work on Delhi-Gurugaon Pod Taxi corridor will be carried on Public Private Partnership (PPP mode) as a pilot project and the construction work will be done in 12.30 km area from Delhi-Gurgaon border to the city’s Rajiv Chowk. Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari named the project as ‘Personal Rapid Transit‘ (PRT). About 4 thousand crore rupees will be spent on this project. Responding to RTI activist Aseem Takiyar under the Right to Information, NHAI said that work on Pod Taxi plan has begun. In the month of March, EOI (Expression of interest) was sought and in three bids were received. NHAI refused to expose the names of these three bidders to public at this stage.

PRT is a automated electric pod car which looks like a taxi. This is called non-pollution and traffic free technique. According to an NHAI official, the PRT car will be clean, pollution free service without extra burden on people’s pockets.

Sources said that there is a plan to run 800 to 1100 pod taxies / PRT cars in the first year, so that 38 thousand people can travel in one hour.

According to earlier plan, the initial stations of pod taxies will be Udyog Vihar, Cyber City, Shyam Chowk, Atlas Chowk, Sector-25 IFFCO Chowk, Signature Tower, Sector-31, Jharsa Chowk, Rajiv Chowk, Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Sector-38, and Sector-47.

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Lucknow Metro| Now pay house tax using metro ‘GoSmart’ card

Darshana Shukla

19/05/2018

Lucknow: In an innovative move to improve house tax collection, Lucknow Municipal Corporation(LMC) has asked the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) help in collecting tax via GoSmart card. This moves come in wake of the poor house tax collection in Lucknow as the process is tedious and time consuming. By using metro card to pay taxes, people will soon be able to pay around Rs 3,000 tax through Metro ‘GoSmart’ cards at Metro stations.

For people of Lucknow this will come as a much-needed respite. Currently people have to stand in long queues at municipal offices to pay house tax. This takes a lot of time and many avoid paying the tax owing to the inconvenience caused. With this new initiative commuters will be encouraged to take metro and use the GoSmart card to pay taxes.

Commuters will now be able to pay taxes with ease using GoSmart card. LMRC on its part has already designed a software and handed over to LMC. As per the process the staff at LMRC stationed at various metro stations will only have entre bill details and enter the amount. The commuter will then get a receipt, stating that the bill is paid.

In the initial stages people will be able to pay up to Rs 3,000 by cash at any of the metro. In the later stage LMRC also plans to introduce ticket machines that will accept payments directly.

An LMRC official in media briefing explained that the software is designed in such a way that the money collected as tax will be parked in LMC’s name in a system and later transferred to the corporation’s account.
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The ambitious project is ready but is not being implemented owing to disagreement between LMRC and LMC. As per LMRC the entire process should be made online with tax-payer getting info on the history of payment beforehand. LMR on the other hand wants LMRC to merger the software with LMC’s interface, so that tax-payer can get all history details at metro station itself.

LMRC’s MD Kumar Keshav said that LMRC should only take care of payment part in order to protect privacy of tax-payer. Keshav asserted that by integrating the LMC software with LMRC, they would have access to data of other agencies and departments. They would want to avoid any such breech.

Talks are on between LMRC and LMC to come to consensus in order to implement the project at the earliest.

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Patna Metro Rail Project likely to get Center’s nod by July

Darshana Shukla

19/05/2018

Patna: Work on Patna Metro Rail Project will soon gain momentum with central government likely to give green signal to the project by end of July 2018. The Bihar Government has completed work on preparing detailed project report (DPR). This will soon be handed over to the Union Urban Ministry by June 15. This news was shared by Suresh Kumar Sharma, state minister for housing and urban development with the media on Friday.

Once the centre government gives its approval, work on Patna Metro Rail project will begin. As part of the plan in the first phase priority will be given for development, north-south corridor. Work will begin from Patna Junction to planned interstate bus terminal (ISBT) at Ramachak Bairiya through NIT-Patna and Rajendra Nagar Terminal.

Patna Metro Route Map — Patna Metro Tentative Rout Map (Source: Wikipedia)

The report prepared by NIT-Patna gives the comprehensive mobility plan as well as alternative analysis of metro rail project. The same will be discussed in a high level meeting at Delhi on May 21 between the UDHD as well as ministry of housing and urban affairs officials. Chaitanya Prasad, State UDHD principal secretary communicated that the report will be discussed to chart out plan of action.

Prasad also shared that Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES) is getting the DPR on the basis of CMP and alternative analysis and the Centre’s innovative strategy.

The minister is hoping that work on Patna Metro Rail project will start in this financial year if everything goes as per the plan. In the first phase 6km long north-south corridor will be made functional by 2019 end. In the second phase work on east-west corridor will begin between the Mithapur Bus Stand to Saguna Mor via Bailey Road and Patna Junction stretch that will cover a distance of 14.5km.

Sharing the technicality of the project, Sharma explained that the north-south stretch will primarily run on elevated stretch with only a part of it running underground. He said that underground metro project are a costly affair, so major projects are planned on elevated stretches only.

NIT-Patna has prepared the report based on the assessment of traffic at various routes and expected increase in coming years. Professor of civil engineering and dean (planning and development), Sanjeev Sinha part of the team also said that they plan to conduct a micro-level survey too. This will be carried on routes that have less than 15,000 commuters on a daily basis. They will also study areas where traffic is expected to increase exponentially by 2041 in order to plan metro rail routes to ease out traffic congestion in those areas.

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UBM India’s 6th edition of the Concrete Show India (CSI) kick-off from May 24

Darshana Shukla

18/05/2018

UBM India- Concrete Show India 2018 Mumbai, 24-26 May 2018

Mumbai: With central government rolling out incentives and innovative policies for infrastructure, there is new buoyancy in the Indian Market. Capitalistic on this growth prospective and looking to connect various national and international players, UBM India has announced the 6^th edition of the Concrete Show India (CSI). The three-day event will be start from May 24 at the Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC).

CSI this year will have a two- day power packed conference and themed on ‘India’s Modern Infrastructure set in Concrete’. Partnered with the Tunnelling Association of India (TAI), the technical symposium brings to spotlight aspects of building and infrastructure technologies, best practices and operation.

Whelmed by industry thought leaders, the conference will have discussion on ‘Experience and Lessons Learned from the Past with regards to Road, Railways, Metro Rail, Tunnel and Bridge Projects in India’ and many more.

The industrial expo is the only exhibition that is dedicated towards the Construction and Infrastructure sector that covers all the key areas in civil infrastructure. The expo will also feature rail, roads, housing, airport, highways, dams, ports and bridges including real estate. More than 150 exhibitors have confirmed their attendance at this turnkey exhibition.

Professionals from varied teams including Project Management, Planning & Design, Materials management, Building maintenance, Procurement, Quality Control, Site maintenance and Engineering teams will profit from the expo.

CSI will showcase latest offerings in core categories encompassing Concrete & Construction, Construction Equipment, Government & Civil Infrastructure, Construction Chemical, Automation, Software (ERP, Project Management, & Design) and mobile Construction tools & Instruments. The three-day show will offer tremendous opportunities to industry professionals who come from construction verticals including Engineering, Commercial & Industrial flooring, Procurement & Construction (EPC’s), Commercial & Residential Building Construction, specialized Architects, Consultants and Contractors & Developers.

Yogesh Mudras, Managing Director, UBM India in the press release shared, “There has been a significant push from the government in the infrastructure sector as seen from the Union Budget FY18-19. It also recommended the promotion of affordable housing with the establishment of a dedicated affordable housing fund (AHF) in the National Housing Bank. This drive has provided a huge potential for stakeholders in the sector. From roadways, railways to airports and other smart-city initiatives, the last few years have witnessed a phenomenal growth in the sector, leading to world-class facilities coming up across the country. Also, the Indian government’s move to cut GST rates on construction equipment from 28 per cent to18 per cent has resulted in unprecedented demand in India over the last few months. Against this landscape, we at UBM India firmly believe that the Concrete Show India 2018 will prove to be a channel to the opportunities existing in India’s rapidly growing concrete market.”

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Lucknow Metro | Alstom delivers 15th train set to LMRC at Transport Nagar depot

Mamta Shah

18/05/2018

Lucknow: Altom India delivered its 15th train set to the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) yesterday at its Transport Nagar Metro depot. Alstom Transport is manufacturing the trains at their manufacturing plant in Sri City (Andhra Pradesh)and the trains are transported through special trailers by road with pilot vehicles in the front & the rear.

Alstom Transportation India has dispatched this train set on 4th May, 2018 from Sri City to Lucknow Metro. To unload the each car having 40 tonne weight of the train in depot a 180 tonne crane is use. The coach is loaded loaded on a special trailer having 64 wheels to shift the coach from Alstom’s Sri City Coach Manufacturing Plant to Lucknow using a special spreader.

Lucknow Metro received 15th Train Set from Alstom India — Lucknow Metro unloading 15th Train Set received from Alstom India at Transport Nagar (Photo: LMRC)

According to Alstom India officials, they have conducted all trial testing before dispatching the train set from its manufacturing plant. Only dynamic trials of the train are required to be done in the Depot upon its arrival in Lucknow.

In October 2015, Alstom Transportation India awarded contract worth 150 million euro by Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) to manufacture and supply 20 complete train sets along with signalling solutions under Make in India.

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Delhi Metro | Train Operator beaten badly, no action by Delhi Police and Metro Authority

Mamta Shah

18/05/2018

DMRC Staff beaten — Manish Kumar, Train Operator of DMRC beaten by outsiders on 16th May 2018 in late evening

New Delhi: Ahead opening of rest section of Magenta Line between Kalkaji Mandir – Janakpuri West, a news has recently been viral on the social media regarding a Train Operator of Delhi Metro beaten by some unknown people outside of Kalindikunj Metro Depot. Employees saying that Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) failed to ensure security and safety of its staff during and off duty hours. Train Operator Manish Kumar who was performing evening duty on Magenta Line (Botanical Garden – Kalkaji Mandir Section) was beaten badly by someone in front of Kalindi Kunj Metro depot. The incident was took place in late evening on 16th May 2018 (after 10.30pm). It was happened due to non-availability of Cab facility to him after discharging his duty on Magenta Line.

Manish Kumar, Train Operator of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation who was beaten by some outsiders near Kalindi Kunj Metro Depot. — Manish Kumar, Train Operator of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation who was beaten by some outsiders near Kalindi Kunj Metro Depot on Magenta Line (Botanical Garden – Janakpuri West).

Some employee along with him approached to Delhi Police to file FIR but police refused to do so.

Till time no action was taken/initiated by Delhi Metro authority to ensure safety and security of their staffs. Some staffs saying that Metro officers don’t want to lodge FIR as it may damage image of DMRC.

Ravi Bhardwaj Secretary Staff Council stated that he asked to DGM/TO that why Cab was not provided to Manish and what step taken to improve? Also he reported the incident to CGM/HR of DMRC for necessary action. One Line Supervisor and Asstt. Manager have been sent with him to lodge FIR. Cabs are only two which causes delay in drop. So very soon four cabs will be operational.
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In a statement, Ravi Bhardwaj Secretary Staff Council stated that he asked to DGM/TO that why Cab was not provided to Manish and what step taken to improve? Also he reported the incident to CGM/HR of Delhi Metro for necessary action. One Line Supervisor and Asstt. Manager have been sent with him to lodge FIR. Cabs are only two which causes delay in drop. So very soon four cabs will be operational. He also asked to give IOD (Injured on Duty) to the staff as it’s laps from the cab management. He will visit Crew Control Centre today for more detailed information and action taken report.

Sources said, the Cabs which are facilitated for metro employees for odd duty hours, are being utilized by Delhi Metro Officers and their family members and the staff has no option to report and leave from duty except his/her personal conveyance.

The rest section of Magenta Line between Kalkaji Mandir – Janakpuri West is going to open for public on 24th May, 2018.

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Application is invited for Gujarat Metro Rail Recruitment 2018

Darshana Shukla

17/05/2018

Gujarat Metro Rail Recruitment 2018 has begun and the metro authorities are looking to fill in 37 vacancies at various executive and non-executive levels in operation & maintenance department. Those interested need to apply before June 6, 2018.

Candidates who are interested and are eligible must apply at positions advertised on the website www.gujaratmetrorail.com. Gujarat Metro official are looking to fill up the position and candidates will be recruited on contractual basis. The contract will be valid between 3 to 5 years and positions will be for the offices in Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad.

The recruitment drive has begun and officials are looking for good candidates for 37 positions. Applicants must apply on the website before June 6, 2018.

The vacancies are for the post of –

Manager (Operations) – 2 posts
Manager (Signalling & PSD) – 1 post
Manager (Telecom & AFC) – 1 post
Manager (Rolling Stock) – 1 post
Manager (Electrical & Traction) – 1 post
Manager (P-Way & Works) – 1 post
Sr. Supervisor (Operations) – 8 posts
Sr. Station Controller/Train Operator – 10 posts
Sr. Section Engineer (Signalling) – 2 posts
Sr. Section Engineer (Telecom) – 2 posts
Sr. Section Engineer (Traction) – 2 posts
Sr. Section Engineer (E&M) – 2 posts
Sr. Section Engineer (Rolling Stock) – 2 posts
Sr. Section Engineer (Track) – 2 posts

The aspirants are required to fall in the age group of 30 to 38 years as on May 9, 2018.

The shortlisted candidates will be selected on the basis of personal interview.

For more details please visit official website of Metro Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA) Company Limited.

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Power Grid inks pact with L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad to set up electric car charging points

Darshana Shukla

17/05/2018

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Metro Stations would soon double up as electric car charging stations. Central government planning to set up charging points for electric vehicles at every 3 km in major cities. This comes in wake of the smart cities project and growing population in the city. After from the cities, centre also is looking to set up similar stations on busy national highways in the country at every 50kms.

Power Grid Corporation signs MoU with Hyderabad Metro to set Electric Car Charging Stations near Metro Stations — Electric Car Charging Stations (Image for representation purpose only)

Central government is likely to offer financial incentives to those interested in offering necessary infrastructure for electric charging stations. It will also help in procuring land from various municipal bodies for the project. This move comes in light with the growing market for electric vehicles and the need to set up electric charging points for commuters.

Public sector companies operating in the energy sector such as NTPC Limited, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) and Indian Oil Corporation Limited are expected to commence the procedure to set up charging stations at a number of sites in selected cities.

In Maharashtra, NTPC has already started setting up these facilities. In another partnership Power Grid Corp last week had shared that they have signed an agreement with L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd for setting up charging infrastructure at metro stations for e-cars and electronic three wheeler in Hyderabad. The company officials also expressed they plan to set up similar facilities at all metro rail corridors in future.

Major automakers in the country like Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra as well as cab companies like Uber and Ola have expressed the desire to set up charging stations for electric vehicles in the country.

A senior government official while explaining the plan communicated that in next 3-5 years approximately 30,000 slow charging points and 15,000 fast charging stations will be needed to set up systematically and phase wise. Besides this one-fast charging point and two high-charge points will be needed at every 3km. Similarly at highways too such stations will be needed at every 50 kms.

In coming months land for the proposed charging point stations will be identified after consulting various local authorities in respective states. Companies who show interest in this project will be given long-term lease for setting up the facilities, added the government official. PSUs will be offered subsidies to kick-off the programme.

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