New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged-off the Delhi-Faridabad Metro Line that would allow hassle free travel for around two lakh daily commuters between the national capital and the industrial hub in Haryana.
The extension of the Delhi Metro connects Badarpur to Escorts Mujesar in Faridabad.
The total cost of the project from Badarpur to Escorts Mujesar is nearly Rs. 2,500 crore. Out of this, Rs. 1,557 crore was borne by the Haryana Government, the Centre contributed Rs. 537 crore, while the Delhi Metro provided Rs. 400 crore.
All these are elevated and located on either side of the Delhi-Mathura Road (NH-2).
“The nine-station metro corridor which was 95 per cent indigenously built will provide people a safe, affordable, quick, comfortable, reliable, environment-friendly and sustainable transport facility,” a Haryana government spokesperson said.
Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar, addressing a press conference on Saturday, had thanked the Prime Minister for “gifting” the Metro service which would take the city to “another level of progress” with better connectivity with other NCR towns.
He had also said that the Prime Minister would be announcing the go-ahead for connecting Gurgaon with Faridabad by Metro.
New Delhi: To share or exchange ideas and experience among the metro railway projects in India, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs launched “I-METROS”, an association of all Indian Metro Rail companies today at the Conference on “Indian Metros: Collaborating for Excellence” held at Metro Bhawan, New Delhi. The platform will be a forum for exchange of ideas, pooling of knowledge and sharing of experience, best practices, innovations etc. among the Indian Metro Rail companies to nurture excellence in performance. MoHUA Secretary Sh. Durga Shanker Mishra, Cabinet Secretary Sh. P K Sinha, DMRC Managing Director, Sh. Mangu Singh and representatives from Metro organizations from all over the country were also present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Sh. Sinha said that suggestion for such a common platform for idea and experience sharing for all the Metros had come from the Prime Minister himself and that he was glad to see considerable progress in this direction. He expressed confidence that ‘I-METROS’ will go a long way if it progresses in the right way in terms of sharing of best practices and adoption of the latest technologies. Sh. Sinha also appreciated the journey of the Delhi Metro and said that Delhi Metro has been a real success story which has set benchmarks for other metro organisations in the country.
Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Sh. Durga Shanker Mishra said that, “The government has come up with a new Metro policy last year which will pave the way for creating an eco-system for the rapid growth and development of Metro systems in the country.”
Cabinet Secretary Sh. P K Sinha also released “The Operator’s Story”- a publication by World Bank and Railway and Transport Strategy Centre (RTSC), Imperial College London, on findings of the research on “What makes Metros successful”.
The conference on “Indian Metros: Collaborating for Excellence” was also attended by representatives of Metro systems from all over the world who are in Delhi to attend the management meeting of the Community of Metros (CoMET).
I-Metros Highlights
“I-Metros” is proposed to be a platform to provide a forum for exchange of ideas, pooling of knowledge and sharing of experience, best practices, innovations etc. among the Indian Metro rail companies to nurture excellence in performance.
This society will be registered under Society Registration Act-1860.
The objective of forming this association is to provide a common platform for all Metro rail companies for sharing experience, information, best practices, innovations etc.
This association will also undertake and promote techno-economic studies and research. It will safeguard the interest and rights of metro rail companies and will be resource tank of information for decision making.
Silky Agrawal who studied Master in Technology in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar graduated in 2015 and launched her start-up GeoCarte Radar Technology Private Limited and incubated at IIT Gandhinagar.
Since 2015, Silky has worked on number of prestigious projects using IIT Gandhinagar’s network that includes working for Shree Somnath Trust, railway station in Gandhinagar and CST in Mumbai along with Ahmedabad Metro Rail project. Here are some excerpts from his interview with Metro Rail News:
Can you please introduce yourself and also explain more about GeoCarte Radar Technology Pvt. Ltd. presence in Metro and Railway construction industry in India?
I am a former master’s student of Civil engineering at IIT Gandhinagar. With the soul of an engineer and heart of an entrepreneur, I have initiated a start-up “GeoCarte Radar Technology Private Limited”, working in the field of non-destructive geo-exploration using Ground Penetrating Radar. We are currently incubated at IIT Gandhinagar under the mentorship of Prof. Amit Prashant and Prof. Sudhir K. Jain, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar.
We at Geo-Carte provide comprehensive professional services for all kind of non-destructive geo-explorations ranging from utility mapping to archaeological investigations and in many more domains using GPR. With our advanced technology we can map the underground utility services without digging and hence it can be of great use to several agencies in optimising the need of the new network, preventing the damage to the pre-existing utilities while installing the new ones, detecting leaks in existing pipes and in preparing the database of the same. This can save huge amount of money and time and can considerably reduce the undesirable delays in the projects. Adding to it, we have successfully completed several projects for utility mapping, road inspection, railway ballast investigation and archaeological investigation. We have worked with Larsen & Toubro on Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project to map the underground utilities to plan utility shifting at the location of proposed underground station and area besides where probably the utilities can be shifted. We have also worked with Indian Railways to explore the application of GPR for ballast investigation to improve the output efficiency of Ballast Cleaning Machine during the maintenance work. We have worked with many such esteemed clients on prestigious projects including Chennai Smart City Project.
Please could you give us some background as to your own career and what attracted you towards incorporation of GeoCarte Radar Technology Pvt. Ltd.?
During my master’s, I was working on a project, Archaeological Investigation using GPR at Dholavira. During initial stages, while calibrating the machine, we realised the machine is not good to work in all situations and there are few limitations to its performance, like poor quality data in high moisture soil content. Therefore, we tried several other methods to develop a tool which can analyse this weak signal data. After so many trials and error methods, we developed the advance analysis tool which can provide satisfactory solution in all soil conditions. Also, coming from business background family, never wanted to go for job, and my mentor Prof. Amit Prashant motivated to for start-up and supported me. And that’s how i ended up initiating GeoCarte.
Tell us a little bit more about your company and how it would typically be better for projects than more traditional methods?
GeoCarte is company fully focus for underground infrastructure mapping. Traditionally people go for trenching to get an idea about underground utilities or any features, however, it leads to damage of the pre-existing assets, its dis-continuous data, very time consuming, inconvenient and costly method. GeoCarte’s services provides the map of all the underground assets just by scanning and enables a company to plan any new project execution efficiently and reduces the chances of undesired delays in the projects due to scarcity of knowledge about subsurface features.
What is GeoCarte Radar Technology and how it works?
GeoCarte is a consulting organisation providing comprehensive professional consultancy services for all kind of geo-explorations ranging from archaeological investigations to utility mapping, ground water table investigation and assessing the condition or health monitoring of concrete structures. We at GeoCarte intends to serve our clients with our best approach to deliver outputs on time and guarantees that our services will exceed our fees. We provide services right from data collection on site, to data analysis, data interpretation and report preparation. We provide the output results in form of plan and sectional view which can be easily used and implemented in further processing by any engineer at site.
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
As we know that your company use Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) technology, Utility Mapping and Transportation Inspection services to infrastructure and construction industry. Please enlighten our readers more about your specialized product, technology & services and their salient features.
We have developed an advance analysis tool which can be used in difficult site conditions where the conventional tools fail to perform. We can provide satisfactory output result even in high moisture condition, high clayey content soil where GPR data contains weak signal and conventional methods cannot provide efficient output results. Moreover, we provide tailored and customised solutions to our customers for their specific requirements and purposes.
How were projects undertaken before GeoCarte Radar Technology Pvt. Ltd. became so prominent and what changes have been made?
Mostly people are unaware of these available technology and therefore they use traditional and conventional methods like, trenching, excavations, etc. which leads to damage of underground assets and cause undesired delays in the project leading to loss of time and resources. There are couple of companies in India providing services for subsurface utility mapping, however, they use conventional method which is not good enough for all site conditions.
What are the other kinds of players and how do you differentiate yourselves from them?
There are very few companies who provide similar services, however, the conventional commercial available technology alone is not good enough to perform in all site conditions. With our advanced analysis tool, we can provide enhanced subsurface profile. Also, we do provide services in different domains other than utility mapping and exploring new avenues of its application. We have worked on several archaeological projects, Indian railway project and many such challenging projects. We intend to provide superior quality services with more efficient technology and approach. 8. What are the measures you take with regards to quality control? With regards to quality control, specially for underground utility mapping we follow American standard codes ASCE-38-02 to maintain the quality of our output drawings.
Tell us about major metro & railway and infra projects undertaken by you and what are the challenges you face when it comes to catering to the Indian market?
We have successfully completed the underground utility mapping for a proposed underground metro station for Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project with L&T for the purpose of planning of pre-existing underground utilities. We are currently working on Chennai Smart City Project with Tamil Nadu Water Investment Company. We are going to execute several metro and smart city projects in coming months in several cities of India. The biggest challenge we face is to convince the government officials to adopt new technology. Also, Government corporations outsource everything to contractors, though they need to understand that the main client has the responsibility to know at first place about the existing assets before proposing or awarding any new project to the contractors.
What do you think about metro railway, rapid rail transit and high-speed rail revolution in the major metropolitan cities in the India?
It is the must required things in the big cities with very high population for convenience. Now a days it has become a great issue, by road due to heavy traffic, it is very difficult to reach to your places on time. And therefore, having public transport, like metros, rapid rail transits is a need of the hour.
Any other information, you want to share with us in respect to technology development in metro & railway, infrastructure and construction industries and how your company is well placed to capitalize on this or has capitalized on it.
Currently, in India during the smart city mission, there is a boom in infrastructure domain, and its a very good opportunity for any upcoming new technology in the country. Our technology bring the revolution in this smart city projects where, the existing cities are getting updated to smart cities, and there is so much unrecorded underground infrastructure unknown to anybody. Thus we have a great opportunity to work.
Suretech Infrastructure: Pioneering breakthrough technology in India
Suretech Infrastructure is a leading distributor of construction equipment in India. With experience of over 27 years in the Industry, SureTech has been a pioneer in bringing several breakthrough technologies to India. Our primary focus has been in Foundation engineering solutions. We are also a specializing in Earthwork machinery including excavators, Motor graders and excavator attachments.
To know the contribution of Suretech Infrastructure in metro & railway construction industries in India, Metro Rail News team conducted an interview with Mr. Sunil Newatia, Chairman of the Company. Here are excerpt from his interview:-
Please could you give us some background as to your own career and what attracted you towards incorporation of Suretech Infrastructure?
I am a management graduate from JBIMS and started this company in 1990 with foray into distribution of auto consumables like lubes, tyres and batteries. Navi Mumbai was being developed in those days and we sensed an opportunity in construction equipment business. We started our career in this industry with dealership of Telcon and subsequently Ingersoll Rand and other international brands
Tell us a little bit more about your company and how it would typically be better for projects than more traditional methods?
We have always focused on hi-tech and latest technologies and niche markets. Labour is getting more expensive and more difficult to get, and hence if you want to execute projects fast and efficient, you have to go foe mechanization. Pursuing this philosophy, we pioneered mechanization in OFC laying way back in 1998 by bringing in a trencher attachment for an excavator. Project implementation speed quadrupled using the trencher in place of manual labour being traditionally used to cut trenches.
As we know that your company offers specialized infrastructure and foundation engineering services to infrastructure and construction industry, please enlighten our readers more about your specialized product & services and their salient features.
We are today controlling 80%+ market share in driven piles technology which includes Vibratory Hammers, Impact Hammers, Vibro Floats etc. We are also leading in reverse circulation drilling technology. Besides these we have pioneered several excavator attachments like Milling Planers, Drum cutters, Tree handlers, tetrapod grabs, crusher buckets, screening buckets. Last year we brought in Spider excavators which can reach areas which no other equipment can. Currently one such equipment is working in Sikkim on a ropeway project.
How were projects undertaken before Suretech Infrastructure became so prominent and what changes have been made?
Traditionally projects were being executed using labour and mechanical equipment. When we entered this industry hydraulically operated machinery were already getting popular. Our role was to speedily bring the latest technology into the country. However, reluctance of large construction companies in modernizing and changing gear was a major impediment in speedy embrace of the new methodologies. For e.g. we have been trying to bring in screw piling technology into the country which is now very popular in USA, Europe and Australia. This method of piling reduces project implementation time by 75-80% and cuts ground contamination to zero. However, the project authorities have been playing truant and blocking introduction of this technology into our country
Multi Purpose Excavator (PC: KOBELCO)
What are the other kinds of players and how do you differentiate yourselves from them?
Our focus has always been of product support. This is the reason of our success and this is what differentiates us from others. For us the job starts after we sell and for others it ends there. We have become a supplier of choice due to our efficient service, troubleshooting and quick restoration of equipment under breakdown.
What are the measures you take with regards to quality control?
Basically quality control falls under the domain of equipment manufacturers and companies we represent. On our part, we have selected only the leading manufacturers to work with. As a policy we do not associate with Chinese companies as they are not consistent in quality and policy. Proper selection of companies to work with ensures that we associate with only ethical companies who believe in providing the best to their customers.
Tell us about major infra projects undertaken by you and what are the challenges you face when it comes to catering to the Indian market?
We have worked on Mumbai Pune Expressway, DMRC, Mumbai Ahmedabad 4 laning, several port projects across the country. The major challenge is convincing the customer that you get what you pay for! Someone who is selling for less will also provide that is worth only that much. We have never compromised on quality and thus do not sell purely on price.
What do you think about metro railway, rapid rail transit and high-speed rail revolution in the major metropolitan cities in the India?
Burgeoning population and growing traffic in metros as well as tier 2 and tier 3 cities, rapid transit and metro projects have become extremely necessary. We are already decades late in planning and due to political stupor. To speedily implement such projects we need to embrace technology. Using conventional methods is not going to help now.
What are your predictions for the construction and infrastructure industry in 2018?
We are expecting huge opportunities in infra as govt. has realized that we need to implement in 10 years what the western world achieved in 50! Several huge projects are already lined up and in pipeline. Why only 2018, we are upbeat that this shall continue for at least next 5 years.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) issued tender notice on Thursday for construction of Ballastless Track work in main line for Line-7 corridor between Andheri (East) to Dahisar (East) of Mumbai Metro Rail Project.
“NIT No. MMRDA/MMRP/CA-21: Design, Construction, Manufacturing, Supply, Installation, Testing & Commissioning of Ballastless Track work in main line for Line-7 Corridor {Andheri (East) – Dahisar (East)} of Mumbai Metro Rail Project of MMRDA, Mumbai.”
Tender documents can be downloaded from 8th March 2018 to 24th April 2018. Pre Bit meeting scheduled on 20th March 2018 at 15.00hrs.
The deadline to submit tender documents by bidder in 25th April 2018.
The Line 7(Dahisar East – Andheri East) of Mumbai Metro Rail Project consists 16 stations; Dahisar East, Shreenath Nagar, Omkareshwar, Borivali Bus Stop, Thakur Complex, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bandongri, Kurar Village, Veet Bhatti, Aarey Road Junction, V. Nagar, Hub Mall, Bombay Exhibition Centre, JVLR Junction, Shankarwadi, Andheri East.
The estimated cost of entire project is ₹6,208 crore.
More information will be updated after notification of detailed notice inviting tender.
Pune: After introduction of new Metro Rail Policy and reviewing the proposal submitted by the state, the Central government on Wednesday, approved long awaited metro corridor between Shivajinagar and Hinjewadi in Pune on a public private partnership (PPP) basis.
“The nod has been received for the Hinjewadi-Shivajinagar Metro corridor by the Central government and they have approved Rs.1,300 crore as viability gap funding for the same. The Maharashtra government had already cleared this project which will be executed by the PMRDA”, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PMRDA Kiran Gitte said.
He further said that the secretary of economic affairs, officers from the urban development department, Niti Aayog , department of finance and other ministries were present at a meeting, along with PMRDA officials, to clear the project. Now PMRDA will be able to start administrative work and the tendering process.
Maharashtra Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis is being seen as the driving force behind the clearance for this Metro line happening on the fast track. Fadnavis wrote a letter to the finance ministry and requested the Centre to give priority to the Hinjewadi-Shivajinagar route, for which the state cabinet gave its nod on January 2 of this year.
This corridor covers 23.3km stretch between Hinjewadi and Shivajinagar and is expected to cost Rs.8,313 crore. Work is already on for the first two lines, between Pimpri-Chinchwad and Swargate, and Vanaz to Ramwadi. This corridor is projected as line-3 of Pune Metro Rail Project. buy tadalista online https://www.mydentalplace.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/inc/en/tadalista.html no prescription
The new Frauscher office in Bengaluru which has been recently opened! First Row: (L-R) Mr. Michael Thiel; Mr. Akhil Agrawal, Director General S&T, Railway Board; Dr. Oskar Andesner, Commercial Counsellor (Austrian Trade Commissioner, India); Second Row: (L-R) Mr. Alok Sinha; Mr. Anshul Gupta, Executive Director, Tele / Development, Railway Board
Bengaluru: In only five years since the market entry in 2013, Frauscher Sensor Technology has achieved strong growth in India. Approximately 100 employees research, develop, produce and sell innovative railway sensor technology systems, successfully addressing the specific challenges of the Indian market with newly designed and adapted products. To meet increasing demands, the staff in Bengaluru recently moved to a new office in the Prestige Khoday Tower, No. 5, Raj Bhavan Road, where visitors will now be welcome in representative premises for discussions and trainings.
State-of-the-art test rigs: The Frauscher India R&D team optimises and develops products for the Indian market in cooperation with the Austrian colleagues. (PC: Frauscher India)
By moving to a new office in Bengaluru, Frauscher India has strengthened its ability to meet the requirements it faces. “The potential that we discovered in India is in fact even greater than we initially thought. Additionally, we have established our product presence in SEA countries, such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar and Korea”, Alok Sinha, Managing Director of Frauscher India said.
“Within only five years, the location grew from two to approximately 100 employees. We established a dedicated R&D team and increased our order backlog to 40 million euros.” The opening of the new office was celebrated on 15 February 2018. After a meet and greet, which was followed by the official inauguration, all participants gathered at the Shangri-La Hotel Bengaluru for an evening event. There, Michael Thiel, CEO Frauscher Sensor Technology spoke about the visions of Frauscher. Akhilesh Yadav, COO Frauscher Sensor Technology India Private Limited gave a speech on the latest innovations in axle counting, partially produced in Frauscher India’s own production plant in Mysuru. Another office in Delhi provides customers in India with additional support.
Unique products for specific requirements
Frauscher offers wheel detection systems, axle counters and tracking solutions based on inductive sensor technology and Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), making it easier for system integrators and railway operators to obtain the information they need to run, monitor and protect their operational network. The Frauscher axle counting products differ substantially from the systems of other providers. This includes the options to mount sensors to the track without the need for drilling work and without having to install any active electronics near the track. They also allow establishing an automatic failover, i.e. a hot-standby structure, via redundancies. “Another key feature is the innovative diagnostic tool which we provide with our axle counters,” Mr. Sinha said.
“From a strategic point of view, India is extremely important for us. It is also classed as one of the core markets for the Frauscher Tracking Solutions FTS, which are based on DAS”, Michael Thiel said.
FTS offers solutions for fundamental requirements such as continuous train tracking, the monitoring of train and infrastructure components and the detection of unauthorised movements in certain areas. In pilot projects and close cooperation with Indian Railways, Frauscher is developing a system for the ongoing real-time monitoring of components and the transfer of information for the planning of preventive and acute maintenance works.
Prestigious India projects
Frauscher has been chosen as a partner for the “Dedicated Freight Corridor” projects. These major infrastructure initiatives comprise more than 9,000 counting heads for the establishment of a signal technology system on a track length of more than 1,600 km. Another flagship project in India is the cooperation with the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) on the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP). Six million commuters per day, increasing passenger traffic and train frequencies as well as floods and heavy rain made this project particularly challenging. The solution was based on a combination of the Frauscher Axle Counting System ACS2000 and the Wheel Sensor RSR180. The system has proven to work efficiently under extreme conditions: Axle counters have improved the performance of Mumbai’s railway system significantly. Signal incidences due to track vacancy detection have fallen to almost zero.
Strong in the metro sector
Over the course of the past five years, Frauscher India was also able to make a name for itself in the metro sector: “Virtually all projects which are implemented in this segment now rely on our axle counters. There are currently around 1,300 detection points in use on the respective lines”, Mr. Sinha explained.
R&D in and for India
In close cooperation with the specialists in Austria, the R&D team of Frauscher India develops products specifically for the Indian market and optimises existing products to meet local requirements. Examples are the optimisation of the Wheel Sensor RSR180, the further development of the Frauscher SK150 rail claw, the enhancement of the Counting Head Control CHC principle and the Fixing Bracket BK270, which has been specifically developed for the use in India.
Based on this strong fundament, Frauscher eyes further growth: “In the coming years, we aim to reinforce our position as a leader in the fields of axle counting and wheel detection in India and other global railway markets”, Mr. Thiel, said.
Delhi Metro Airport Express Line/Representational image
New Delhi: Reliance Infrastructure owner of Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL) won its case against the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday.
According to DAMEPL, “The Delhi High Court has upheld the arbitration award of Rs 2,950 crore as compensation along with interest to Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL), a subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RInfra), by a three-member Arbitration Tribunal. Reliance Infrastructure stands to get Rs 5,060 crore from the award, which it would entirely utilise to reduce its consolidated debt. This amount is arbitration award amount plus interest till March 31, 2018.”
Delhi High Court has directed DMRC to deposit Rs 3,502 crore in escrow account within four weeks.
“Now that the Delhi High Court has upheld the award by the arbitration tribunal, we expect the compensation to be paid expeditiously, which we shall utilise to retire the outstanding debt of RInfra and DAMEPL,” Reliance Infrastructure spokesperson said. buy acyclovir online https://www.mydentalplace.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/inc/en/acyclovir.html no prescription
In September 2013, the three-member Arbitration Tribunal, was formed out of the DMRC-nominated panel as per the Concession Agreement. It gave its award in May 2017 after hearing the case for almost four years.
The tribunal heard the submissions made by both the parties and after detailed proceedings in 68 hearings, it had issued its final order whereby it had awarded the compensation to DAMEPL.
It is pertinent to mention here that the three-member Arbitration Tribunal had found irregularities in execution of airport line metro project. Its operations were suspended in July 2012 after DAMEPL complained of construction defects in the rail lines built by DMRC.
Delhi Metro built the infrastructure under the supervision of present MD/DMRC, Mangu Singh then Director (Project) for Airport line and DAMEPL brought in the rolling stock and was supposed to run it for 30 years. The project was built on a shared cost of about Rs 6,000 crore.
“The Aam Aadmi Party-led city government was sitting on the project, which is pending for the last three years. We are finding a solution. The solution is where we are not getting support from the Delhi government over the metro projects, we have decided that we will do it ourself. Rail corridors, we will do on our own. If they (Delhi government) are not willing to approve a project or provide funding, we are finding out the solution for it,” Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of housing and urban affairs told media on Monday.
According to union minister, the delay had pushed the cost of Metro Phase IV by Rs12,000 crore, adding that the cost of Delhi-Meerut Rapid Rail Transit project had also gone up by Rs1,000 crore. Meanwhile, an official at the chief minister’s office said the Delhi government had given in-principle approval to DMRC’s phase IV project, but the files were pending with bureaucrats at the finance department.
Puri said the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation have approved a subsidiary company which will provide last-mile connectivity from metro stations.
In the meeting of executive committee of the MMRDA contractors appointed to construct elevated viaduct and stations on two metro corridors.
The works awarded include Rs 10,986 crore worth of contracts on the Mumbai Metro 2B corridor that will connect DN Nagar in the north-west suburb of Andheri with Mandale in the north-east, and Rs 14,549 crore for the north-south Metro-4 corridor which will run between Kasarwadavali in Thane and Wadala.
“By appointing contractors for the entire corridors the committee has only underlined the need of metro corridors for the city and its metropolitan region,” Mumbai Metropolitan Commissioner UPS Madan said.
A Joint Venture consortium of Reliance Infrastructure and ASTALDI was awarded the Rs 540 crore ‘package-8’ on the Metro-4 corridor which consists of Bhakti Park, Wadala TT, Anik Nagar Bus Depot, Suman Nagar, Siddharth Colony and Amar Mahal junction stations.
The same consortium also won the Rs 531-crore ‘package 12’, comprising Kapurbawdi, Manpada, Tikuji-ni-wadi, Dongripada, Vijay Garden and Kasarvadavali stations.
A Joint Venture (JV) consortium of Tata Project and China Harbour Engineering won the Rs 5,320-crore ‘package 9’ for seven stations on the same line.
Noida: Chinese company CRRC Corporation Limited has dispatched two more trains to Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) and they are expected to reach in Noida by March 20, 2018.
According to NMRC Spokesperson, they are to get a total 19 trains for the 30km Noida-Greater Noida Metro Link, which will be ready for trial run in April. But they will get all these 19 trains by 2019. They need 11 trains to start their commercial operations on Noida-Greater Noida metro link, which is almost ready. Presently they are busy in testing the electrical work and signals, and giving finishing touches to the Metro stations.
The 30 km stretch connecting Noida-Greater Noida has total 21 Metro stations in sectors 52, 51, 50, 78, 81, Dadri Road, sectors 83, 137, 142, 143, 144, 147, 153, 149, Knowledge Park 2, Knowledge Park 1, Pari Chowk, Alpha 1, Alpha 2, Delta 1 and Depot Station. It is expected to 15 lakh people from surrounding areas will be benefited after opening of the line.
Noida-Greater Noida Metro Map
It is estimated to have a ridership of 1.2 lakh a day which will rise to 4 lakh people per day by 2031. One train has a capacity to accommodate 1,034 passengers and 16 differently abled persons.
According to NMRC officials, work on the aqua Metro link is 100% complete and the DMRC is busy completing electrical and signalling work so that the project is ready for the trial in April this year. Officials added that they will try to make the link operational as soon as possible but the exact date of its inauguration depends on the safety clearance, which will be given by CMRS. NMRC has already written to the Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) in Lucknow for inspection of this link.
“The RDSO officials will check the design, structure and technical details of coaches as per Indian standards before giving clearances. We will begin oscillation trials only after RDSO gives us a go-ahead,” PD Upadhyay said.
“We have also written to CMRS for inspection and clearances. The CMRS clearance is crucial because the track cannot be opened to public before their clearance. Therefore, opening date of this track now depends upon clearances from CMRS,” Upadhyay added.
The Noida Metro Rail Corporation, which was formed on November 14, 2014, owns this ₹5,503cr-project, including land cost. In 2015, the NMRC had signed MoU with DMRC to start work on this project in May 2015 with a completion deadline of 2017 end.
The center is also ready to provide 50% fund to Noida Metro Rail Project.
