Delhi Metro | Next metro fare will be revised in January 2019 automatically

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New Delhi : Fares of Delhi Metro are likely to go up in January 2019 again going by the recommendations of a Centre-appointed committee authorised to fix the mass rapid transit’s commuting tariff.

The two-phase fare hike effected in May and October was recommended by the same committee, chaired by Justice (Retd.) M L Mehta, which also had the Delhi chief secretary and the additional secretary of the Ministry of Urban Development on board.

In its report, the 4th Fare Fixation Committee (FFC), constituted under the Metro Railway Act, has also recommended an “automatic annual fare revision” under which commuting tariff will go up by up to seven percent.

The mechanism, which was also proposed by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) management will stay in effect till the constitution of the next FFC, which are authorised under the Act to fix metro fares.

The committee recommended that the DMRC shall revise the fares once in a year based on an automatic fare revision formula which takes into account increase in cost of staff, maintenance, energy and the Consumer Price Index or seven percent per annum (in each fare slab), whichever is lower.

It also listed a number of stipulations to go with it including the need for revised fares to be implemented on January 1 every year. The latest two-round hike in fares had come after seven years.

“All the fares should be rounded off to the next rupee. This automatic fare revision will come in effect from 1st January, 2019, and every year thereafter till the recommendations of the next FFC come into effect” the committee said in the report.
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During the tussle over the recent hike with the Arvind Kejriwal government, Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri had claimed that the Centre was in no position to tamper with the recommendations of the FFC as doing so is “legally untenable”.

Subsequently, fares were hiked by up to 100 percent across multiple distance slabs. On November 24, DMRC’s response to an RTI application filed by a PTI correspondent found that metro lost three lakh commuters per day following the October 10 hike.

The revelation triggered a slugfest between the Kejriwal government and the Centre. Kejriwal said the fare hike was “killing” the metro and pushing commuters away from it. Puri maintained that the fall in ridership could not be solely attributed to fare hike and factors such as an extra Sunday, Diwali and Chhath Puja may also have been responsible and also defended the hike saying it was essential for DMRC’s “efficiency”.

The current fare structure is: up to 2 km — Rs 10, 2 to 5 km — Rs 20, 5 to 12 km — Rs 30, 12 to 21 km — Rs 40, 21 to 32 km — Rs 50 and for journeys beyond 32 km — Rs 60.

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Hyderabad Metro | PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Metro Train services, opens for public tomorrow

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Hyderabad Metro : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday inaugurated the first phase of the Hyderabad Metro rail project. He then joined Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to take part in the inaugural ride from Miyapur to Kukatpally, and back. The first phase of the project, a 30-km stretch between Miyapur and Nagole, will cover 24 stations including Ameerpet and Secunderabad.

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The fares are fixed between Rs 10 and Rs 60, and passengers can also avail the smart card facility. The trains would run from 6 am to 10 pm initially and the timings would be rescheduled to 5.30 am to 11 pm, depending on the requirements.

While inauguration of the city’s first metro rail service will happen at 02:15 pm local time, the services will open for public on Wednesday.

“The metro stretch of 30 km, to be thrown open for public, would be the longest in the country on the inauguration,” the Telangana minister KT Rama Rao said.

PM Modi will travel on the ‘Red Line’ along with Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao from Miyapur to Kukatpally, and back.

Here are five things key points of about the project :

Section of Phase 1 to be operational:

Phase 1 of the Hyderabad Metro Rail project comprises of three sections — Miyapur to L B Nagar (29.87 km), Nagole to Shilparamam (26.51 km) and JBS to MGBS (10.06 km),Only the Miyapur-Nagole stretch will be inaugurated on Tuesday.

Length of the entire system (including Phase 1 and Phase 2) upon completion is expected to be more than 169 kms. Once complete, Phase 1 will have 57 stations.

The service:

Twenty four metro stations would be opened now. The metro train services are scheduled to function from 6 am to 10 pm initially. The timings would be changed to 5.30 am to 11 pm later, depending on traffic and demand.

As many as 57 coaches are ready and available for use with the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMRL). The rolling stock has been built by Hyundai Rotem in Changwon, South Korea.

Each train would initially have three coaches which each coach having a capacity to carry 330 people.

Smart Card:

A smart card has been launched for metro passengers. The card would also be used for other modes of transport in future. A mobile app called T Savari is also expected to operationalise.

The Fare:

L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd, the concessionaire, has fixed the minimum fare at Rs 10 for a distance of up to two kilometres. The maximum fare is Rs 60 for a distance of more than 26 kms.

Hyderabad Metro Fare — Hyderabad Metro Rail Fare Chart

Security:

As many as 546 security personnel belonging to private agencies will guard the 24 stations on the Miyapur-Nagole stretch. The personnel will be working under three police officials per station in each shift, according to the Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd (HMRL).

Sophisticated CCTV cameras have also been installed at all the stations and in trains.

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Delhi Metro | Passenger jumps before Metro Train In Suicide Bid Injured

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New Delhi : Delhi Metro Rail A 55-year-old man today allegedly jumped before a Delhi Metro train today in an apparent suicide bid, officials said.

The incident occurred around 12:45 pm at ITO station. V K Anand, a resident of Tilak Nagar area in west Delhi, jumped before a train going to Escorts Mujesar from platform number one, officials said.

He was rushed to a hospital by metro authorities with injuries on his head and legs.

Apparently, it is an attempt to suicide. The police are probing the matter, the officials said.(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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Hyderabad Metro | HMRL expects over two lakh commuters every day

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Hyderabad : Hyderabad Metro Rail About two lakh passengers are expected to take the Hyderabad Metro Rail on a average every day by the third month of operations, once the initial rush of curious commuters wanting to experience the service subsides. Metro Rail estimates that taking the train will cut travel time by 30 minutes to one hour compared to the road journey. It is also less polluting than the road commute.

According to a study conducted by JNTU-Hyderabad in 2016, it takes 60 minutes to travel 13 kilometres in the city if there are no traffic jams and the average speed of vehicles is 12 kmph. Bad roads and traffic management is the reason for this. A more recent study by the traffic wing found that the average speed in the city has increased from 12 kmph to 20kmph after junctions were closed, U-turns introduced and barricades set up by L&T in the middle of the roads were removed following completion of the Metro Rail works.

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Bangalore Metro | BMRC looking for 80 Graduate Civil Engineers

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Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC), a special purpose vehicle with equal share ownership under Govt. of India and Govt. of Karnataka State looking for following positions:-

Name of post: Graduate Civil Engineers

Vacancies: 80 posts

Educational Qualification: Engineering Graduate in Civil Discipline from Government Recognized University / Institute.

Selection Process: The Recruitment process will be made strictly as per merit, on the basis of Written Examination. Short listed candidates will be called for verification of the original documents and Kannada test. The written test will be conducted by the Karnataka Examinations Authority and will be held on Sunday the 28th January 2018.

How to Apply: Eligible Interested candidates are required to apply online through BMRCL Website. The last date for submission of online applications is 15/12/2017 up to 6:00 PM.

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Maha Metro | Nagpur Metro to get solar power at less than Rs4.50 a unit

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Nagpur Metro Trial — Nagpur Metro started internal trial run of metro train

Nagpur:The Maharastra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha Metro) has decided to go in for captive solar power generation and will get it at Rs4.50 a unit in Nagpur Metro Rail Project. It will use costly conventional power in evening.

Mahametro managing director Brijesh Dixit said that the earlier state power generation company Mahagenco was to generate solar power for Nagpur Metro. “It was costing us Rs7.50 per unit and hence we decided to go for self generation in open access captive mode,” he added. Mahametro will tie up with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), a central government undertaking, for solar generation. “We will go only for SECI registered companies. The current rate offered by SECI is Rs4.50 a unit. We have made it clear that we want power at less than this rate,” Dixit further said.

Nagpur Metro needs 14MW solar power to meet 65% of its energy needs. Earlier, Mahametro had decided to float a tender for entire 14MW. Now, it will install of solar panels in stages. “The first tender will be only for three stations in the at grade section- Khapri, New Airport and Airport South — which will be used by public from January 2018.
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The rate of solar power is reducing by the day and we want to take advantage of this trend. We will increase our solar capacity as and when required,” the MD said.

The advantage of open access captive mode is that no permission is required from Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC). “Earlier, we wanted to

generate power under solar roof top policy. The problem is that there is a cap of 1MW under this policy. We had filed a petition in MERC to remove the cap for us as a special case but were not successful,” he told TOI.

Mahametro plans to install solar panels atop its stations and along the boundary wall of the at grade section. Nagpur Metro is the first one in the country to go for solar power right from inception. Other Metro installed solar panels atop their stations much after commence of commercial operation. Mahametro’s green initiative has been lauded by foreign lending agencies.

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Nagpur Metro | Iron pillar collapses at metro rail interchange site on munje square no one hurt.

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Nagpur: Another accident at the Nagpur metro construction site took place on Friday when an iron cage of a pillar collapsed at Munje Square, Sitabuldi. The accident created panic among locals but everyone escaped unhurt.

The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) contractors were constructing metro rail pillars on the stretch between Munje Square and Anand Talkies square on war footing level.

The first iron frame made for the construction of a concrete pillar lost its balance. To tackle this, a crane was called to hold the pillar. But it failed to lift the pillar and hence, it fell down. The collapse resulted in a huge traffic jam which was eventually managed by the traffic officials.

“The cage was being placed on the foundation when something went wrong and it started tilting slowly. Within minutes, it collapsed on the road. It narrowly missed a passing autorickshaw carrying passengers. For 45 minutes, the road was not closed for traffic. Police from Dhantoli and Sitabuldi stations responded late,” TOI quoted an eyewitnesses.

Talking about this incident, Mahesh Kumar, Director (Projects) of Mahametro said, “As soon as we realized the reinforcement cage was coming down, we stopped the traffic. All safety measures were taken. The cage was held by a hydra machine. Due to some reason, the hydra delivered a jerk to the cage and it lost its balance and started tilting towards the road. Our engineers immediately asked the people present to vacate the area and we blocked the road for traffic”.

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L&T seeks two more years for Hyderabad Metro Rail Project

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Hyderabad: Days ahead of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to commission two stretches of the metro rail, Larsen & Toubro has sought additional time of more than two years to complete the project by November 2019. However, Telangana government has agreed to give the engineering firm further time only till November next year to complete the project.

The company, which had a deadline of July 2017 for completing the 72-km metro rail project that will criss-cross Hyderabad in three corridors, has managed to complete only two stretches of about 30 km, which are likely to become operational on November 28.

Thirty eight months after it had threatened to pull out of India’s largest metro rail project citing unfavourable business environment in Telangana, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) has sought compensation for the delay in handing over land parcels as per the concession agreement.

The company has sought certain concessions as compensation for delays by government in providing continuous right of way (RoW) that affected the project’s viability. “We have agreed to time extension till November 2018 based on the report of independent engineers,” said NVS Reddy, managing director of Hyderabad Metro Rail, a Telangana government arm that oversees metro rail project’s implementation.

“As regards the cost overruns and additional financial support, there are some disputes and correspondence is going on,” he said.

L&T, which is also building five grade-A retail malls under transit oriented development (TOD), is seeking concessions such as cheaper power, longer sub-lease rights on TOD, security costs at metro stations, compensation for delays and scope of change, along with time extension. The company is also exploring various nonfare revenue generating initiatives to turn the project, which suffered huge time and cost overruns, viable ahead of the targeted time frame for completion.

The elevated metro rail project, for which a concession agreement was signed in September 2010, saw a cost overrun of nearly ₹4,000 crore, taking the project cost to more than ₹20,000 crore from ₹16,375 crore estimated earlier.

The earlier estimated project cost, which included cost of rail system and TOD, was to be funded by a term loan of ₹11,478 crore, equity capital of ₹3,439 crore and viability gap fund of ₹1,458 crore from the government. “As there have been delays from the government’s side in providing continuous RoW, the company has applied to the government for interim extension of time of scheduled completion date up to November 2019, keeping in view the present progress of the project,” the L&T management told its shareholders in a latest communique, a copy of which was seen by ET. “Rigorous follow up is on with the state government for favourable resolution of the power, sub-lease, security, compensation for delays and scope change, time-extension and other issues pending with the government,” the L&T management said.

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Kochi Metro | KMRL sets to re-launch public bike sharing scheme

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Kochi: The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) is set to re-launch the public bike sharing system, offering free rides to commuters from six main metro stations to various spokes. In June last, the bike sharing system was launched by a private bicycle club with the backing of the KMRL. However, it failed to find many takers. The cycles at racks at places like Kaloor even got rusted.
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“We’re taking over the scheme and re-launching it so as to benefit metro commuters in a major way. The commuters, instead of walking to the destinations near metro stations, can take a free cycle ride. We’ll deploy 40 new bicycles at six main metro stations in the city soon,” said a KMRL spokesperson.

The KMRL would also utilise the existing racks located at Menaka (opposite Gateway Hotel), south railway station (Vivekananda road next to station entrance), north railway station (under the bridge) and Kaloor (opposite private bus stand, KK Road) as various spokes. “The commuters can leave the bicycles here. The cycles can be taken from any of the six stations or rack and returned to any desired rack or at the six stations. The commuter should ensure the bicycle is locked (number lock facility) after returning it. The number lock code will be provided via SMS,” the spokesperson said.

The initiative is part of the efforts to develop non-motorised transportation (NMT) facilities and includes setting up of dedicated cycle tracks, pedestrian corridors and walkway-cum-recreational spaces. The KMRL had identified spaces for dedicated cycle corridor at different sections like M G Road, Boat Jetty, Panampilly Nagar, Kadavantra, CUSAT and Fort Kochi. To woo commuters to cycling, a point-system-based public bicycle sharing scheme is also being planned. The commuter will be given discount for metro train travel upon completing a particular level of hours.

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Delhi Metro | DMRC loses over 3 lakh commuters per day after fare hike

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25/11/2017

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New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) lost over three lakh commuters a day after a steep fare hike came into effect in October this year, an RTI query has revealed.

The DMRC’s daily average ridership came down to 24.2 lakh in October from 27.4 lakh in September, translating to a fall of around 11%. The Blue Line, considered the metro’s busiest, lost over 30 lakh commuters, according to data shared by the DMRC in response to an RTI query.

The 50-km corridor connects Dwarka to Noida. The metro currently has 218-km network across Delhi-NCR. The fall, in terms of absolute numbers, was over 19 lakh on the Yellow Line, another busy corridor which connects Gurugram (earlier Gurgaon) to north Delhi’s Samaypur Badli, DMRC said.

Ridership has come down several notches below the numbers observed in recent years, bucking a trend of rise on the back of launch of newer sections.

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