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20/08/2018

Chennai Metro | CMRL officials start installing critical system at Anna Salai route

Chennai: The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) officials are eyeing trail run in September on Anna Salai route. Preparations are in full swing to prepare the route for trial run. The officials have started installing critical system on route which includes signals in the section beneath Anna Salai line.

As per recent updates, civil works and laying down of tracks at the stations are headed towards completion. Virtually 10km stretch starting from Washermenpet to AG-DMS via Central Metro is likely to be made operational by end of 2018 or early next year.

CMRL official informs that they have wrapped installation of signal system between Washermenpet and Central Metro. On Central and AG-DMS work is going on and is expected to be completed soon.

The official added that they have not fixed a date in September to conduct trail runs on the track.

Out of the 45km phase-1, the Washermenpet to AG-DMS line (10km) is the last section to be concluded. As per the plans this stretch from Washermenpet to AG-DMS has eight underground stations. It also includes a transit hub at Central Metro, where the line will function in the third deck.

With this line becoming operations it would be easier for commuter to reach airport in flat 45 minutes. Commuters can get on board at Central Metro and reach airport via Anna Salai. They will not longer have to take the roundabout route via Poonamallee High Road and and Koyambedu.

The Washermenpet and Central Metro which is a 3km stretch were ready much earlier. It could however, not opened for operation as CMRL had not finished the rest of the line between Central to AG-DMS, as per Chennai Metro official.

Signalling systems is critical

Signalling systems play in very significant role in automating the functioning of the metro rail network. These systems are necessary in the operation of the platform screen doors at the stations and operating trains.

BEST Bus damaged when an Iron mesh of Metro rail falls on it Kandivali

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18/08/2018

BEST Bus damaged when an Iron mesh of Metro rail falls on it Kandivali

Mumbai: Last week a concrete chunk from metro pillar in Kochi fell on a passing auto rickshaw. On Thursday, iron mesh of Mumbai metro rail network in Mumbai fell on a moving BEST bus. Fortunately, no passenger was hurt with only the bus damaged.

The incident took place in Kandivali when an iron mesh part of under-construction pillar fell on BEST Bus. The pillar is erected as part of the ongoing elevated Metro rail work.

The iron mesh fell around afternoon when the bus was passing by the area. Thankfully, no passenger was hurt in the accident but the roof of the bus was damaged. This could have lead to a bad accident leading to several casualties.

As per the eye witness present at the spot the iron mesh fell down on the roof of Bus number 781. This occurred at Thakur Complex on Western Express Highway at around 12.30 pm on Thursday. The bus had to carry commuters from Dindoshi to Bhayander.

A BEST spokesperson informed the media stating, “The bus was on its way when the mesh fell. Commuters were present in the bus but fortunately no one got injured,” said a BEST spokesperson.

The commuters alighted from the bus immediately. An onlooker said there was a panic for a while.”

The traffic police and other officials present at the spot sprung into action. The damaged BEST Bus was cleared off the road in few hours itself. But the clearing lead to traffic jams on the road.

The unpleasant incident took place underneath the Kandivali flyover. This stretch has only one lane traffic towards Borivali given that the other is occupied for Metro work.

Currently, work on the Dahisar East-Andheri East Metro-7 corridor is being carried out. This falls on the Western Express Highway near Kandivali. The partially-elevated corridor of 33.5 km is likely to be completed by mid-2019.

Indian consultancy companies perform better than foreign one in Railway sector

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18/08/2018

Indian consultancy companies perform better than foreign one in Railway sector

New Delhi: The Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) is performing better than other consultancy companies like Systra, Egis Group etc. RITES is an engineering consultancy company established in 1974 by the Government of India. Which is specializing in the field of transport Infrastructure, at initial the Company aim was to provide the consultancy services in rail transport management to operators in India and abroad.

Some of the ongoing projects of RITES are:

General Consultancy Contract for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
Consultancy for the seven flyovers in Delhi for Delhi development Authority.
Feasibility study for High Speed Capacity mass.
Traffic Management for Kanpur city India.

India is one of the leading developing countries where transport sector has made total 6.4% to the GDP of the Country. In India there are some 30 top foreign and Indian based companies. Some of them are Larsen & Tourbo, Jaiprakash Associates, Lanco Infratech, Reliance Infrastructure Limited, GMR Infrastructure, Hindustan Construction Company, NCC etc.

SYSTRA and Egis Group are France based company. SYSTRA is an international engineering and consulting group specializing in rail and public transport. With total number of approximately 5, 400 employees. And Egis Group which is involved in the areas of infrastructure and transport systems, planning, water and environment. It is also deal with the projects like roads and airports operation.

India which is one of developing Nation, most of the people live in urban areas who are highly rely on urban transportation for their daily communication. Government should focus more Indian based company rather than foreign which are benefiting to their GDP, even not able to give good output to Indian.

Recently Systra has won the contract for General Consultant (GC) for Phase-1 of the Pune Metro Rail Project. As per popular business news portal, Business Line, the contract was awarded without the competitive bidding process.

The Pune Metro Phase-1 project which is estimated at ₹11,420-crore. Work for the project is taken up by Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha Metro) – a joint venture company between the Government of India and the Government of Maharashtra. SYSTRA is not able to complete detailed project report (DPR) for Jaipur Metro Phase-II project, the have once again sought for 6 weeks extension. This extension has been required in order to evaluate all reports which have been submitted before the end of contract set on the 03.08.2018.

The main question here arises that how the SYSTRA has won the contract for General Consultant (GC) without the competitive bidding. And does India really needs foreign Company to continue even if they are not able to give good output?

Ahmedabad Metro | ASI approves the underground construction work

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18/08/2018

Ahmedabad Metro | ASI approves the underground construction work

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project corridor which is passing close to the area of Archeological Survey of India (ASI) protected monuments got permission for its underground construction work, the total distance of Metro track which is passing from monumental area is 106 to 289 meter. The Managing Director of the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project I.P Gautam said that we are expecting trial run from Vastral by first week of January.

He further said that after detailed review the National Monuments Authority has approved the Underground section passing through the regulated zone of 10 ASI Protected Monuments.

He also added that detail vibration studies had been carried out and the National Monoments Authority was satisfied with the arrangements and future plan for protecting ASI monuments in the world heritage city.

The Ahmedabad Metro Rail projects for underground section began work from Kalipur side of fourth Tunnel boring Machine (TBM). It was launched near Klupur Metro station, where the proposed integration of bullet train (high speed rail), metro and railway has been planned as it will become an important public transport hub.

The tunnel boring machine completes tunneling a maximum distance of 15 meters each day.

All the necessary security measures were taken for smooth operating and the three tunnel boring machine have so far bored nearly o.6 km.

The work at the Apparel park depot is nearly completed and it will be ready for operation by first week of October 2018.

In North- South corridor which is running from APMC to Motera, the construction work has been already started from both the ends, even elevated corridor has been completed of 5 km stretch.The construction work of RCC of three stations are also at an advanced stage.

And the East-West corridor which is from Vastral Thaltej, more than 2 km of elevated corridor has been completed and another 2km corridor is also at good stage. The bridge is being Constructed which is parallel to Gandhi Bridge, from where an elevated viaduct will be passes underground near shahpur after crossing the river

Hyderabad Metro | HMRL with other conducts the “Smart mobility start-up festival”

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18/08/2018

Hyderabad Metro | HMRL with other conducts the “Smart mobility start-up festival”

Hyderabad: On 11 August, 2018 Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) conducted “Smart mobility start-up festival” at Hyderabad Metro Rail Bhavan. HMRL with World Resources Institute (WRI) of India, Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) and L&TMRHL conducted this festival. This is a culmination day of the Station Access and Mobility Program (STAMP) challenge approximate of 85 interesting products / solutions received from young entrepreneurs. In the second round 11 were selected and the final pitch was made by them to a distinguished jury at Metro Rail Bhavan .

A motivational lecture was given to the young entrepreneurs by the Cyient Founder Chairman Dr.B.V.R.Mohan Reddy. When the panel discussion with HMRL MD Mr.NVS Reddy, Director General of Police Mr. M.Mahender Reddy, Phoenix Chairman and Honorary Consul General to South Korea Mr. Suresh Chukkapalli, Shantha Biotec Chairman Padmabhushan Dr.K.Varaprasad Reddy, Cyberabad Commissioner of Police Mr.V.C.Sajjanar, WRI Director, India Mr. Madhav Pai, and Director, Toyota Mobility Foundation Mr. Pras Ganesh was discussed on the problems of traffic congestion in Hyderabad. After this panel discussion aggravated

Congratulations to #Journee, one of the winners of the #STAMP2018 Challenge @hmrgov. We wish you all the best for the successful implementation of your integrated ticketing and analytics solution. #multimodalintegration #metrostations #realtimedata #customerinsights pic.twitter.com/Q1bc8r9YFF
— WRI Cities India (@WRICitiesIndia) August 11, 2018

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At Metro Rail Bhavan approximate 30 start-up products/solutions were also displayed which mainly consist electric vehicles (cycles, scooters and cars), shared mobility and app based mobility solutions. Mr.NVS Reddy, Dr.B.V.R. Mohan Reddy, Mr.Suresh Chukkapalli, Principal Secretary, Transport Mr. Sunil Sharma, Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad Mr. Anjani Kumar, Addl. Commissioner of Police Ms Shikha Goel and other senior officers and several industrialists visited the stalls, keenly observed the products displayed and interacted with the aspiring entrepreneurs.

During the day long deliberations, the jury reviewed the pitches made by the 11 young entrepreneurs and finally selected the following three winning solutions:

Mobycy, a dockless multimodal shared mobility app that deploys smart bicycles, ebikes and e-scooters through QR code access, with facilities for anyplace pickup and drop-off.
Three Wheels United (TVU) & Bykerr provides on-demand integrated smart electric auto rickshaws as first and last-mile solutions to the metro with a one-time booking for an end-to-end ride.
The Journee, an integrated ticketing and analytics solution that enables seamless multimodal integration through pre-booking services and optimized public transport operations based on real-time data.

All the participants, industrialists and experts from other cities have hailed the initiative of HMRL as unique and thanked Mr.NVS Reddy for implementing innovative ideas to address traffic congestion problem and to give Hyderabad a competitive edge.

Delhi Metro | Former PM late Atal Bihari Vajpayee major contributions in Metro

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17/08/2018

Delhi Metro | Former PM late Atal Bihari Vajpayee major contributions in Metro

New Delhi: The former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee has given a major contribution in the Metro and flyover network that has been installed in the country’s capital Delhi. When the metro started in Delhi, Atalji was the first person to travel in it. His simplicity was that despite being a Prime Minister, he had purchased a ticket (token) and traveled between Shahdara and Thirahari on the Red Line. Not only this, the person who purchases the first smart card of Metro was also Vajpayee.

Our former Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed away on August 16 at 5.05pm. Who has played a crucial role in bringing metro. The central government has announced a period of seven-day mourning across the nation.

The thoughts, ideals and words of Atal Ji will always remain with us and inspire us: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) August 16, 2018

India's pray for former Prime Minister late Atal Vihari Vajpayee — India’s pray for former Prime Minister late Atal Vihari Vajpayee

Today Delhi Metro has become beacon of the country’s urban mobility. If we talk about his contribution in road development in terms of roads, his one of the contribution is Golden Quadrilateral connectivity, which connects the four metro cities Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. The other grand contribution especially for villagers Pradhanmantri Gramin Sadak Yojna, which helped at very larger scale for village dwellers.

During his time Fiscal Responsibility Act was introduce, his New telecom policy has facilitated India so that Central government’s JAM (Jandhan, Aadhar, Mobile) plan for financial inclusion.

Major contribution in bringing the metro: In 1995, the Government of India and Delhi government together formed the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). E. Sreedharan was appointed as head of the DMRC. The first line of Delhi Metro started in 1998 and on December 24, 2002, the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee flagged off the metro between Shahdara to Tis Hazari on the Red Line. Since then, Metro is expanding continuously in Delhi.

Road connectivity: Delhi was linked to other cities through road, Atal ji, brings the first connectivity from Delhi to Mumbai via road. Apart from this, he had brought new connectivity from Delhi to Lahore which also helps in improving relations with Pakistan.

The Senior BJP leader LK Advani in his one of the interview inform that he and Atal ji used to go to the Connaught Place on a scooter in the 50’s. And there they used to have Golgpepe, the famous India snack which is also known as Pani-Puri was his favorite.

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16/08/2018

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Beware while driving through metro pillars in Kochi

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16/08/2018

Beware while driving through metro pillars in Kochi

Kochi: The driver of auto rickshaw driving past a metro pillar in Kochi was saved by a whisker. Concrete from metro pillar fell from the expansion joint from one of Kochi Metro’s pillars erected near Lisie station on Wednesday.

The incident took place around 3.45 in the afternoon. Unexpectedly, concrete pieces from the metro pillar fell down towards a running auto. This sparked a fracas among commuters travelling on that road. When the incident was reported to Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL), the authorities sprung into action.

KMRL has not asked Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to prepare a report on the incident. The work on this Kochi metro was taken up by them.

KMRL spokesperson shares that thermocol (polystyrene) is used to fill the expansion joint. They want to know why concrete was used instead of thermocol.

The Kochi metro officials are concerned as such incidents might pose a threat to pedestrians and motorists travelling on the road. It will raise safety issues for those commuting on metro corridor stretch.

DMRC spokesperson on the other hand clarified that the metro pillars and structures near the station are safe. They state that it is the contractor who used concrete instead of thermocol to fill the joint.

DMRC also said that they will look into the issue and then comment on it. They will find out if heavy rains caused the incident.

The Delhi metro officials have also assured that ongoing work has not been affected owing to rains. The workers are working on site and cannot afford to miss meeting the schedule. This is due to the fact that the project is running behind the set deadline.

DMRC wants to wrap up work for construction of cantilever bridge by next month. In case of heavy rains they will have to stop work and this will stall the progress. Work will have to be stopped till rains subside.

Was Pune Metro consultancy contract given without competitive bidding?

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16/08/2018