Delhi Metro | Mundka-Bahadurgarh corridor trial run starts from December

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New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) completed construction of long waited Mundka – Bahadurgarh corridor. The trial runs on metro train in this stretch is set to begin in December.

After commissioning of the 11-km-long corridor from West Delhi will make Ballabgarh the third Haryana township in the metros fold, after Gurgaon and Faridabad.

The corridor, which is an extension of the Inderlok- Mundka Green Line (Line 5), is scheduled to be commissioned in June 2018. According to the sources, the stretch will be covered in hardly 45 minutes.

However, it may be delayed if the Haryana Urban Development Authority fails to provide land to the DMRC for laying tracks till a new depot which is coming up at Ballabgarh.

Regardless of that, trial runs on the Haryana portion of the corridor will begin in December. Trials on the rest of the section from Mundka is expected in January.

The corridor, being constructed as part of the DMRC’s Phase III project, will have a total of seven stations, four in Delhi portion and three in Haryana state.

In Delhi, the stations will be Mundka Industrial Area (MIE), Ghevra, Tikri Kalan and Tikri Border while in Haryana the three stations will be Modern Industrial Estate, Bus Stand and City Park. Around 1.43 lakh people are expected to travel on the line daily.
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“The alignment of the line will be standard gauge and it will have technical standards similar to the existing metro corridor upto Mundka. So we hope to commission by June provided the land issue is sorted out, which seems to be on track,” the official said.

Another highlight of the upcoming corridor is that it will be the longest straight-line stretch in the history of the Delhi Metro without any bend or twist and turn between Mundka and Bahadurgarh.

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Bangalore Metro | BMRC gets poor response from construction companies on Reach 6

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Bangalore: Four construction firms have thrown their hats in for the pre-qualification bids to build the metro’s 13.8-km underground section between Dairy Circle and Nagawara. This is the most expensive portion of work in Phase II, whose total network will be 72.09 km.

Estimated to cost Rs 11,014 crore, work on Reach 6 has been broken up into five packages (including one elevated section between Gottigere and Swagath Road Cross). Bids for the underground section were floated in June this year.

When the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) opened bids last week, the management was taken by surprise by the poor response from construction companies. Although 16 firms bought the tender documents online, only four submitted applications.

The four firms –ITD Cementation India, AFCONS Infrastructure, L&T Constructions and Turkey-based Gulermak -are all engaged in metro projects in different cities in the country.

While L&T has participated only in two underground packages, the other three firms are in the fray for all the four packages in Reach 6.

The poor response is evident when one sees that in the previous bids in Phase 2, there have been at least three to four firms bidding for each package. Even for the elevated stretch of Reach 6 (Gottigere Swagath Road Cross along the Bannerghatta Road), three firms (IL&FS, Simplex Infrastructure and Nagarjuna Constructions) were in the fray.

With only four participants for four contracts (packages), BMRCL will be left with very few options during the technical evaluation process and later, for the financial bids.

“The technical evaluation is time-consuming and takes about two to three months. The financial bids might be opened in December-end or in the first month of next year,“ officials in the BMRCL said. The BMRCL is unlikely to re-invite tenders as the process itself could take a year’s time. “It’s not the number but we want good contractors.Reputed contractors have applied and we will process it further,“ Pradeep Singh Kharola, MD, BMRCL said.

A retired official, who was at the helm of Namma Metro affairs in the past, too believes that the response is good. “It is difficult to get many contractors to apply.Four is a good number,“ he noted.

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Lucknow Metro | LMRC bags Dun & Bradstreet Infra Award, 2017 in Metro Rail category

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Lucknow: The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) has won the renowned Dun & Bradstreet Infra Award, 2017 in the Metro Rail category for completing the 8.5 km “Priority Corridor” of the North –South Corridor (Phase 1A) and commissioning the project in a record time of less than three year.

This award was received yesterday by Smt. Pushpa Bellani, Company Secretary, Lucknow Metro at a function organised by Dun & Bradstreet Information Services India Pvt. Ltd. at Mumbai (Maharashtra) in the presence of Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport Highways & Shipping and Water Resource, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India who was the ‘Chief Guest’ for the function. This event was attended by dignitaries & industry veterans from key infrastructure sectors such as construction, ports, power, oil & gas, telecommunications etc. It was also attended by different stakeholders, policymakers, financial institutions, industry regulatory bodies etc.

It is yet another credential for Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) which speaks a volume about the quality infrastructure work done for operating a Metro Rail Project in an unprecedented timeline of less than three year while mitigating cost overruns.

Speaking about the award Shri Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, Lucknow Metro said “I am delighted that our hard work and dedication towards completion of the Lucknow Metro Rail Project is being recognised at all levels. This is the result of a great team work which has achieved such a milestone in the area of Metro project execution in the Country’.

Lucknow Metro has earned the distinction of being the fastest ever Metro project construction and execution in the Country so far. No other Metro project in the Country has ever been able to achieve this milestone in such a stiff time-frame. Even contemporary Metro projects have not been able to match up with LMRC’s speed of deliverance and execution. LMRC has, thus, set a new standard and benchmark in Metro Project execution in the Country.

Recently on 31^st August, 2017, the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) – one of the apex body in India to rate and certify a system a ‘Green’ system – certified LMRC a ‘Green Metro Rail System’, thereby, awarding platinum certificate to all its Metro stations on the 8.5 km “Priority Corridor” between Transport Nagar and Charbagh. Earlier, in March, 2016 Lucknow Metro was adjudged the Best Metro Project for ‘Excellence in Innovative Designs’ at the 5^th Annual Metro Rail India Summit, 2016 organised at New Delhi.

The Dun & Bradstreet Infra Awards is one of India’s leading infrastructure companies and infra awards which acknowledges the importance of infrastructure as a critical driver of the Indian economy and has been actively involved in tracking the progress of this sector for the past few years.

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What ‘Acche Din’? Fare hike forced me to dump Delhi Metro : Somrita Ghosh

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Metro fares have been doubled in just four months, forcing me to give up my favourite mode of transport and take to crowded DTC buses. Besides putting the new fares beyond my budget, I have also been stripped of the safety of travelling in the metro. And I am not the only one.

Somrita Ghosh, IANS Correspondent and Author

My biggest shock came two days after the latest metro fare hike. I commute daily between Green Park in south Delhi and Noida Sector 16 where I work. As I punched my smart card while leaving the Sector 16 station, my heart skipped a beat – Rs 37 had been deducted from my card.

By the time I reached my office, the mental calculation was already done.

I realised every month I would have to spend double of what I was shelling out only five months ago if I wanted to use the Delhi Metro.

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When the year began, I was spending Rs 18 on my metro ride – one way. The metro then hiked the fares and my one-way cost shot up to Rs 27. The latest hike had taken it to Rs 37! This was hard for me to digest. The sudden hike of almost Rs 20, that too one way, was surely going to painfully pinch my wallet.

When I landed in Delhi five years ago, my friends advised me to avail of the metro, not just because it is safe for women but comfortable too, never mind the crushing rush during peak hours.

Most important, as I realised very soon, the metro was affordable. It was so cheap that while an auto-rickshaw would charge me a minimum of Rs 25 from my home to the nearest metro station, the metro charged me only Rs 18 all the way from south Delhi to Noida in Uttar Pradesh. This was too good to be true.

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Since I came from Kolkata, where the minimum metro fare was only Rs 4 and the maximum Rs 12, Delhi Metro initially seemed costly. But I realised the full story in no time once I started using the Delhi Metro. The infrastructure, service and overall facilities provided by Delhi Metro were far better compared to Kolkata.

Delhi Metro offers free WiFi, its stations have coffee shops and the bigger ones even host fast food chains. Travel is hassle-free despite the odd technical snags that hit the Blue Line that I use.

But suddenly charging a salaried person like me Rs 40 more, or Rs 1,200 a month, just because the metro needs to finance itself better is something I cannot appreciate.

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Like numerous others, I have changed my mode of transport.
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It is now the DTC buses. The DTC’s frequency may not match the metro’s and DTC rides can be bumpy too, not to talk of unending traffic jams. But do I have a choice?

(The views expressed are personal. The author can be contacted at somrita.g@ians.in. This article has been published in an arrangement with IANS.)

If you have similar story or want to share your riding experience in metro rail in India you can write your story to editor@metrorailnews.in. You can also share your tweets with tag @metrorailnewsin.

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Delhi Metro | F’bad Police lodges FIR against two senior metro officers on electrocution case

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New Delhi: Finally Faridabad Police lodged an FIR (First Information Report) on today against two senior metro officers against a complaint of negligence in case of death of a metro employee due to electrocution.

The FIR is lodged against General Manager (Electrical) Vivek Agarwal and Addl. General Manager (Electrical) Pankaj Gupta under Section 304 A (causing death due to negligence) and Section 30 (loss of valuable asset) of the Indian Penal Code was registered at Surajkund police station.

Anish Choudhary, 24-year-old Delhi Metro employee was electrocuted at a RSS (Receiving Sub-Station) in Faridabad while carrying out some repair work on 25KV insulators. The accident occurred when someone switched on the equipment without warning. Anish Chaudhary suffered severe burn injuries and died in hospital. The incident took place on intervening night of 28/29th October 2017 when Chaudhary , stationed as an on job trainee (OJT) at a sub-station near Neelam Chowk in Faridabad.

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Witnesses said Chaudhary had checked whether the connection to the unit had been switched off before climbing on a pedestal to repair it. However, someone apparently switched on the power accidentally, and the shock was of such magnitude that Chaudhary remained stuck to the frame for some time.
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Hearing his cry for help, someone switched off the supply and managed to pull him down. Chaudhary had lost consciousness by then.

He was rushed to Appolo Hospital, Sarita Vihar New Delhi, which referred him to Safdarjung Hospital where he died during treatment on 2nd November 2017. A Delhi Metro employee, Ravi Kumar, said access to the unit where he was working was restricted to seniors. There is a major lapse on the part of the management in allowing an on-the-job trainee to reach the point and carry out repair work.

His family members have alleged foul play . They were preparing for his marriage after he landed a job with the Delhi Metro. “His mother is unaware of the loss and believes that I have to take him home for the wedding. It will be tough facing her with the body,” said Hari Singh, Chaudhary’s father.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Employees Union (DMRCEU) organised agitation overnight of 3rd November 2017 against loss of a metro employee due to negligence, cruelty and gross violation of safety rules by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and demanding immediate action against the all culprits, huge compensation to deceased’s family member, job to one member of his family and adopt standard procedures to prevent similar accident in future. A series of meetings also conducted between staff representative and the DMRC Management and ended with no positive outcome.

A senior DMRC official said, “A detailed investigation by an electrical inspector general nominated by the government is under way to establish the sequence of events leading to the unfortunate loss of a young life.” DMRC managing director Mangu Singh also ordered a review of the procedures at sub-stations. DMRCEU (Employees Union) representatives are not agreed with the decision of the metro management as there is lot of chances to manipulate inquiry proceedings and manage inquiry report in organisation’s favour.

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Kolkata Metro | Indian Rly to get Chinese made air-conditioned coaches by February 2018

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Kolkata: In another year, travelling on the Kolkata Metro network in the hot summer months will become a thing of the past – the city will get 14 trains with at least 112 advanced air-conditioned coaches from China, a senior railway official said.

These made-in-China coaches imported at a cost of Rs. 7.1 crore per coach will arrive by February 2018, the official told news agency PTI.
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Kolkata Metro is hoping that it will soon be able to replace non-AC coaches with the new ones, at least in the existing north-south corridor.

The imported coaches will be fitted with high cooling capacity 30-tonne air-conditioners instead of the 22-tonne machines installed in some of the old coaches in the metro network. They will also come with eight intercom devices which commuters can use to contact the metro driver in case of emergency.

“These will be state-of-the-art AC coaches with comfortable seating and much like the metro trains run by the DMRC in Delhi. They will also have CCTV cameras,” the official said.

All trains on the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s corridors are air-conditioned.

The CCTVs will help the Kolkata Metro authorities to act swiftly in case of any trouble in the coaches.

Coaches that have been running for over three decades in Kolkata’s 27.22-kilometre-long south-north line have started showing their age with many of them needing constant repairs.

Every day, over six lakh people travel by metro in the capital of West Bengal, making it the second-busiest metro system in India after Delhi.

The China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation or CRRC will provide the coaches. On its website, the Chinese publicly traded firm claims to be the world’s largest supplier of rail transit equipment. CRRC reported revenues of $37.8 billion in 2015.

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Delhi Metro | Electrocuted metro employee is no more, says Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

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New Delhi: A Delhi Metro employee identified as Aneesh Kumar who was severally injured due to 25KV electrocution on intervening night of October 29-30, 2017 during performing his duty at DMRC’s Fariadabad Receiving Sub-Station (RSS) declared died today. He was admitted in Safdarjang Hospital on 30th October morning and after 3 days of treatment Safadarjang Hospital has referred him to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital as they found no improvement and recovery signs. The Sir Ganga Ram Hospital declared him died today.

IMG 20171102 WA0018 — Delhi Metro employees called for agitation against metro management in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital premises.

While addressing the issue before the Delhi Metro management, the Staff Council Secretary Anil Mahato highlighted the accident in details as under-

– The accused Anish Kumar was working in Electrical department and he was electrocuted on 29 and 30 October 2017 intervening night. No action was taken by the Delhi Metro management on the officers who made employee to work on 25000 Volt pole/insulator without any training and competency. The employee had joined the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on 27th July 2017 and he was placed under on-job training.

– The employee was taken to Safadarjang Hospital by his colleague staffs in very critical situation where no any vehicle was provided by the DMRC as there is no provision to provide emergency vehicle in DMRC for their employees. Due to no proper treatment given by the Safdarjang Hospital no improvement seen in the condition of inured employee. The matter was also highlighted in a meeting with Directors of DMRC on 30th October 2017. He was shifted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on 2nd November, 2017 in dead condition where the hospital declared him dead.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Employees Union and member of Staff Council called agitation today in Hospital campus against the irresponsible and cruel behavior of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation management. The employees demanding appropriate compensation to deceased employee’s family and police action against the DMRC official responsible for the said accident.

Sources said that the Delhi Police is working under pressure of DMRC and is not showing their interest to file FIR against the metro official. Post-modem of dead body will be carried out on 3rd November 2017.

Till publication of this story, no media statement released by the DMRC. All media houses expect Metro Rail News team busy in covering T20-20 match events.

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Chennai Metro | CMRL finishes tunnelling work in North Chennai

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CMRL_Underground — Chennai Metro Rail Underground Project

Chennai: The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on Tuesday finished its tunnelling work to connect North Chennai with the rest of the city through metro train services.

Engineers of Afcons Infrastructure achieved breakthrough by completing boring work for the second of the two tunnels. A tunnel boring machine drilled through the fibre reinforced concrete wall and entered Korukkupet underground metro station.

The 9km phase-1 extension project from Washermenpet to Wimco Nagar, estimated to cost Rs 3,770 crore, is expected to be ready by 2019.

A CMRL official said the tunnel was completed three months ahead of the deadline. The tunnels built in North Chennai will connect a two kilometer stretch with three underground stations- Washermenpet, Theagaraya College and Korukkupet.

From Korukkupet, a ramp will be built to connect the rest of the line up to Wimco Nagar which will be an elevated corridor.

Construction for the underground line was launched in July 2016 and the first of the two tunnels was completed in September 2017. “This is our 19th tunnel breakthrough for Chennai Metro,” said an Afcons engineer.
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While tunnelling work is complete, other civil work in the tunnels and stations will continue.

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Kochi Metro | MHUA selects KMRL for best urban mobility project in India

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New Delhi: The Kochi Metro Rail Project has been selected for the “Best Urban Mobility Awards” by a jury headed by former union urban development Secretary M. Ramachandran. The award will be given by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in a event being organised by Institute of Urban Transport (India) on November 4-6, 2017 in Hyderabad, India.

The jury held view that the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) is implementing an excellent urban public transport model consisting rail, road and water transport projects in Kerala.

The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Shri Hardeep Singh Puri will present the award to all selected metro projects in various category during the 10th Urban Mobility India International conference being hosted by the Union Urban Development Ministry every year.

First run of Kochi Metro Rail started for public from June 17, 2017 and on 3rd October its added it extension line for public services.

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Bentley Systems plans to expand engineering and infrastructure business in India

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Singapore: Bentley Systems Inc, the US-based infrastructure engineering solution provider, plans to expand its business in India and will add more engineers to its staff to tap the huge opportunities in the country, senior company officials said.

Bentley will focus on urban development especially rail, airports, metro systems, highways, roads and water-waste water plants.

“India is a very unique market to us. The world’s best engineering companies now have their value engineering centres in India. We want to be part of that big increase in developments,” said Kaushik Chakraborty, Vice-President South East Asia and India.

The group also plans to increase expertise adding more engineers to its over 400 staff at offices in Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Mumbai.

It would also be setting up academies supporting each mega project for Building Information Modelling or Better Information Management (BIM) in collaboration with local developers and contractors.

Its first BIM Academy is at the Nagpur Metro under a collaboration with Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.

The latest BIM Academy will be introducing ISO55000 standards in India.

Chakraborty sees each BIM Academy in India routed through Bentley’s global network for tapping world-class technologies, engineering solutions and best practices for projects in India.
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