Ghaziabad Metro | UP Govt. to follow old funding pattern for metro rail projects

By

-

25/08/2017

Ghaziabad: Nearly a week after the additional chief secretary announced that the state government was contemplating a change in funding pattern of 9.41km metro project, the principal secretary on Friday said that the old pattern would be followed. Though 9.41km metro project is presently in the making, lack of funds could be a major stumbling block.

Mukul Singhal, principal secretary (housing), on Friday, visited Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) headquarters and said that the old funding pattern, with the cost being shared by different UP departments, will be continued to fund the 9.41km metro project.

“The funding pattern will remain the same and different UP agencies such as Avas Vikas, UP state industrial development corporation, municipal corporation and GDA will contribute their share. I don’t have any knowledge about the new pattern as told by the additional chief secretary. The Metro project will not run into a funds cruch, as the departments will make their payments soon,” Singhal said.

Additional chief secretary, Sadakant, during his visit to Ghaziabad last week had said that the state government was contemplating revision of 9.41km metro’s funding pattern. He said that funds would be shared by the state government and the Centre, as it involves huge expenses. He had also ruled out continuing with the old funding pattern, saying that inviting funds from different UP departments was not feasible.

As per the present funding pattern, different UP departments have to contribute ₹1479.6 crore as per a specified ratio.

Apart from the financial issues looming large, the project is still awaiting clearance of the revised detailed project report after its cost escalated from ₹1,770 (at 2012 prices) crore to ₹2,210 crore in December, 2014.

“We have taken up an appraisal of the 9.41km, which was done by the officials of Lucknow Metro. The appraisal report has been sent to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and their comments are awaited. Once these are cleared, the documents will be put up before the UP cabinet for approval,” Singhal said.

The clearance by the UP cabinet will enable the project draws funds worth ₹402.4 crore from the Centre.

Advertisement1

FICCI organises 5th Edition of India PPP Summit 2017

By

Metro Rail News

-

25/08/2017

0

FICCI organised 5th India PPP Summit 2017

New Delhi: Public Private Partnership (PPP) model represents a valuable instrument that stimulates infrastructure development in the country. India has witnessed considerable growth in PPPs in the last decade and emerged as one of the leading PPP markets in the world.

In view of this, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) organized the fifth edition of the India PPP Summit on 26th July 2017 at Federation House, New Delhi. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Hon’ble Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Government of India was the Guest of Honor and gave the Inaugural address in the summit.

The summit aimed at presenting the Report Card for PPP Projects and providing an opportunity to rebuild the trust deficit amongst the stakeholders. The summit discussed critical issues on existing policy framework and regulations concerning PPPs, fostering partnerships to invigorate PPPs and innovative financing solutions. It also provided an opportunity to elicit stakeholders’ views on facilitating an enabling environment for scaling up PPPs in the country.

The key highlights of this edition was as under:-

The India PPP Summit 2017 brought together senior government officials, private sector players from India and concerned stakeholders to enable result-oriented brainstorming, insights & industry trends during the interactive sessions.
The Summit was an overwhelming success which attracted over 250 representatives from India and overseas.
The Summit was instrumental in highlighting the PPP investment opportunities in Indian Transport Infrastructure sector and enhancing cooperation in transformation of the sector.
On the occasion, Hon’ble Minister released the FICCI-EY Knowledge Paper titled, ‘Revival of PPP Momentum in the transport sector’.

Shri Nitin Jairam Gadakari, Hon’ble Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping emphasized on the importance of Public private partnership (PPP) and said, “it is the need of the hour given the budgetary constraints of the government and that it was imperative that the stakeholders including the government, private sector, investors and banks work in tandem to weed out the obstacles and create a Model Concession Agreement (MCA) which accounts for all the risks, issues and spells out a framework for effective implementation of a PPP.”

“The public transport running on biofuel and electricity was the focus of the government as it would be environment friendly and cost effective. He further added that bus ports are on the anvil, which would be on the lines of airports offering world-class amenities.”, he added.

Alluding to the development of inland waterways, the minister said that work has begun towards developing inland waterways in Ganga and Brahmaputra Rivers that would bring down logistics cost drastically and reduce the time of transportation of goods.

In his Special Address, Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Ayog said that there was a need to bid out PPP projects only after all requisite approvals such land acquisition and environment clearances are placed in SPV to develop world-class infrastructure. Also, a dedicated machinery should develop de-risk projects. He urged the private sector to bid on a project only after due diligence with a rational approach. Besides, new areas of PPP such as social sectors should be explored.

He further added that there is a huge opportunity for private sector and the government should market the projects well for attracting private sector investments.

Mr. Junaid Kamal Ahmad India Country Director, South Asia, The World Bank said that there is a need to incentivize states to manage PPPs and corporatize agencies that could be held accountable by the capital market. He added that The World Bank’s priority is to engage with the government, private sector and civil society.

Mr. K Ramchand, Managing Director, IL&FS said that NITI Aayog is currently in the process of preparing a list of 10 big infrastructure projects across sectors that can be developed under the PPP mode and is also working on the flexible structuring of PPP projects. He added that new measures such as the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM), Toll-Operate-Transfer (TOT) model and improved land acquisition process among other initiatives will drive the required private sector participation.

The complete post conference coverage of the 5th edition of PPP Summit 2017 has been published in Metro Rail News Magazine August Edition.

Advertisement1

Noida Metro | NMRC declares online test result for CRA and SC/TO posts

By

Metro Rail News

-

25/08/2017

0

New Delhi: The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) declared result of online test for Psycho Test under recruitment of Customer Relations Assistants (CRA) and Station Controllers/Train Operators (SC/TO). The vacancies were advertised vide Recruitment Notice No. NMRC/OM/HR/I/2016 by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). Some important information are as under:-

Station Controller/Train Operator (SC/TO):

Total candidate shortlisted: 1533
Date of documents verification: 30.08.2017 to 05.09.2017
Date of Psycho Test: 31.08.2017 to 06.09.2017

Click here to see result of Station Controller/Train Operator post.

Customer Relation Assistants (CRA):

Total candidate shortlisted: 515
Date of documents verification: 28.08.2017 to 29.08.2017
Date of Psycho Test: 29.08.2017 to 30.08.2017

Click here to see result of Station Controller/Train Operator post.

Venue for Document Verification & Psycho Test:
DMRC Training Institute, Shastri Park, Delhi-110053

Advertisement1

Surat Metro | MEGA submits DPR of metro project to centre for approval

By

Metro Rail News

-

25/08/2017

0

Delhi Metro Airport Express Line/Representational image

Gandhi Nagar: The Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Surat city metro rail, which was submitted to the Central government last week for approval, has proposed Rs 15,234 crore as the project cost. While 60 per cent of the cost will be loaned from Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), with its headquarters in Beijing, the remaining 40 per cent of the cost will be borne by the Central and state governments.

The 400-odd page report was prepared by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

“The (Surat city metro rail) project is being constructed on the same model as that of Ahmedabad metro rail… We are expecting to begin work on this project in 2018,” said a senior official linked to the project.

The phase-I of the project will have a total length of 40.35 km and 38 stations. The project will be longer and costlier than the first phase of JICA-funded Ahmedabad metro rail project, which is pegged to cost about Rs 10,700 crore.

At present, MEGA Company Ltd, which is building the metro rail in Ahmedabad, is overseeing the Surat project.

“MEGA is currently hand-holding the project. This will continue till a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) is formed for the project.
buy lasix online https://www.mydentalplace.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/inc/en/lasix.html no prescription

A chief engineer will soon be appointed to kickstart the project,” the official said.

The Surat metro project will have two corridors — 21.61 km-long corridor between Sarthana and Dream City and 18.74 km corridor between Bhesan and Saroli, which is a fully-elevated section that will cross Tapi river. The two corridors will intersect at Majura Gate.

Advertisement1

Delhi Metro | DMRC launched free wi-fi at blue line metro stations

By

Metro Rail News

-

25/08/2017

0

DMRC_wifi — Delhi Metro launched free wi-fi at Blue Line stations

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today launched ‘High speed Free Wi-Fi’ facilitiy at Metro stations on its Blue Line i.e, Line-3/4 (Dwarka Sec-21 to Noida City Centre/Vaishali). DMRC’s Managing Director, Dr. Mangu Singh formally launched the facility from the Rajiv Chowk Metro station.

The facility titled “Oui DMRC Free Wi-Fi” will be available on all 50 stations of the Blue Line. A person will be able to log in simply by searching for Wi-Fi options and log into “Oui DMRC Free Wi-Fi” after doing a onetime registration through their mobile phones. With this facility, passengers will be able to use all standard internet applications inside the station premises like email, Face book, Google, video chat as well as live streaming of cricket and football matches etc.

For providing this free wifi facility, DMRC has tied up with a consortium led by M/s Techno Sat Comm which is already providing the same facility on all six Metro stations of the Airport Express Line from October 2016 and also running India’s first Wi-Fi on train service on the Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express. The facility will use the globally acclaimed “T-Track 2.0 Wave 2 Solution”, also used on high speed trains worldwide.

DMRC aims at launching “Oui DMRC Free Wi-Fi” on all operational Metro stations and trains in a phased manner. It is expected that in another 6-9 months’ time, the same facility will be made available on all stations of Yellow Line (Line-2 i.e, HUDA City Centre to Samaypur Badli) and inside trains of Airport Line.

Advertisement1

Kochi Metro | KMRL changes metro train schedule from 26 August till 3 September

By

Metro Rail News

-

25/08/2017

0

Kochi: The Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) on Friday said passenger services will be rescheduled from August 26 (tomorrow) and will start only from 8 am.

The change is part of the KMRL’s plan to extend the operations of Kochi Metro till Maharaja’s College by the beginning of October before the FIFA Under-17 World Cup event starts. In a statement, the KMRL said “in order to commission this reach, technical tests have to be done on the signalling system for the complete section from Aluva to Maharaja’s College. This delayed schedule will continue till September 2 for ensuring the smooth commissioning of the signalling system.
buy stromectol online https://lasernailtherapy.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentytwo/inc/patterns/en/stromectol.html no prescription

”

As September 3 is Sunday, the services will be starting at 8 am. The services will start at the usual time i.e. 6 am from September 4, it said.

Kochi Metro Train Schedule — Kochi Metro changes its metro services schedule. (Image Credit: Kochi Metro)

Advertisement1

Bullet Train Project | Delhi to Amritsar bullet train via Chandigarh in just 2 hours at 300 kmph

By

Metro Rail News

-

23/08/2017

0

India Bullet Train Project — Image for representation purpose only copyright: respective Authority

New Delhi: Traveling at a speed of 300 km/hour, an Indian Railways bullet train will take you from Delhi to Amritsar via Chandigarh in the coming years. The bullet train would complete the 458-km long train journey in 2 hours and 3 minutes, a senior Railway official told Financial Express Online. The bullet train will also stop at Panipat, Ambala, Chandigarh and Ludhiana. Presently, the Delhi to Amritsar Shatabdi Express train takes around 6 hours. In effect your train travel time from Delhi to the Golden Temple town would come down to one-third!

The feasibility study for the corridor, the details of which were shared with Media, has been done by France’s Systra.
buy elavil online https://www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/prescription/elavil.html no prescription

“The feasibility study report of high-speed rail corridor between Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar has been submitted to the Ministry of Railways in 2016. The report has been accepted by the Ministry of Railways and is currently under consideration,” the official said.

The distance between Delhi to Chandigarh – 258 kms – will be covered in 1 hour and 12 minutes. A base fare of Rs 4.5 per kilometre has been recommended at the 2015 price level, the official said. This means that for the Delhi-Amritsar trip, you will have to shell out a minimum of Rs 2061 (4.5×458). On the other hand, for the Delhi-Chandigarh journey, you will have to spend a minimum of Rs 1161. The minimum Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi fare is Rs 890, while the Delhi-Chandigarh Shatabdi fare is approximately Rs 650. A random check on online portals by FE Online shows that a Delhi-Amritsar flight takes over an hour at an average of just over Rs 2,000. The Delhi to Chandigarh flight takes similar time with fares around Rs 2,000.

Advertisement1

Get enrolled for Metro Rail jobs and Business opportunities in India

By

Metro Rail News

-

23/08/2017

6

As you know that Government of India has recently approved new Metro Rail Policy to expend metro rail network in various cities of India. Special focus given on public-private-partnership (PPP) model and business opportunities to private sectors. According to policy, Private participation either for complete provision of metro rail or for some unbundled components (like Automatic Fare Collection, Operation & Maintenance of services etc) will form an essential requirement for all metro rail projects seeking central financial assistance, to capitalize on private resources, expertise and entrepreneurship.We at Metro Rail News now started an initiative to update the job seekers, investors, metro rail professionals, engineering & technology experts, private metro operators, rail business consultants, railway equipment manufacturers and suppliers on real-time basis.

If you are one of them and seeking jobs and business opportunities in metro railways and smart public transportation sectors in India then this enrollment form will help you to fulfill your dreams in a short span of time.

So, think, re-think and Clink on below link to ENROLL NOW !

Click here to ENROLL NOW !

In case of any query, please don’t hesitate to write us at editor@metrorailnews.in

Advertisement1

Lucknow Metro | BoD approves min metro fares Rs.10 and max. Rs.60

By

Metro Rail News

-

23/08/2017

0

Lucknow: Metro fares as decided by the Board of Directors of Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) will vary from ₹ 10 to ₹ 60 depending upon the number of stations travelled inside the Metro system. Fares have been decided for the entire 23 km North –South (Phase 1A) Metro Corridor from Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport to Munshipulia.

The fares have been decided with the prime objective of maintaining price affordability of transport to the general public. Unlike other Metro systems, the Lucknow Metro fares have been decided based on the number of Metro stations travelled as against the distance travelled in the Metro system.

The minimum fare has been kept at ₹ 10 for travel up to one Metro station. A zone based approach has been adopted for fare grid based on the number of stations travelled as under:

i) Minimum fare structure – ₹ 10
ii) Zone based approach to fare grid –
Zone 1 (No. of Stations travelled 1) – ₹ 10
Zone 2 (No. of Stations travelled 2) – ₹ 15
Zone 3 (No. of Stations travelled 3 to 6) – ₹ 20
Zone 4 (No. of Stations travelled 7 to 9) – ₹ 30
Zone 5 (No. of Stations travelled. 10 to 13) – ₹ 40
Zone 6 (No. of Stations travelled 14 to 17) – ₹ 50
Zone 7 (No. of Stations travelled more than 18) – ₹ 60

This is the most optimal initial fare structure of the entire North-South Metro Corridor (Phase 1A) between Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport and Munshipulia. It has been arrived after an all-round analysis of the fare pattern of the other Metros in India and abroad as well as other modes of transport in Lucknow with various pricing models.

To promote regular commuters and usage of Smart Card (”GoSmart’‘) travel, a discount of 10% of the ticket value will be provided on travel by Smart Card. ₹ 100 will be in the form of security deposit, to be refunded on return of the Smart Card.

In addition to this, LMRC will also issue full day Tourist Card for ₹ 200 for one day travel and ₹ 350 for 3 days travel to the commuters of Metro Rail. ₹ 100 will be in the form of security deposit, to be refunded on return of the tourist Smart Card.

With the above fare structure, LMRC will be able to cover its operating and maintaining expenses from the beginning of the Metro services and also take care of its debt.

Advertisement1

New Metro Rail Policy can transform mass rapid transit system in India

By

Metro Rail News

-

23/08/2017

0

metro at dhaula kuan — The new section crosses over the existing alignment of the Airport Express line at Dhaula Kuan, as well as a few flyovers. (Representational image/PTI)

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kochi Metro in mid-June, he said that 50 other cities are interested in similar rail systems. This is good news as public transportation is more sustainable than personal cars or motorbikes. It uses up less road space, consumes less fuel, emits fewer pollutants and causes fewer road fatalities. It is for this reason that the National Urban Transport Policy, adopted in 2006, recommended investments in public transport rather than in transport policies that promote greater personal vehicle use.

There is a range of public transport options available, including standard metro rail systems and buses, and newer variants such as light rail, bus rapid transit and trams. Each has pros and cons in terms of costs, passenger load, environmental degradation and the ease of making route and scheduling changes in response to demand.

City planners should assess the number of passengers who would need to be transported before deciding on the most expensive system. If ridership levels could be accommodated perfectly well by bus rapid transport, why opt for the far more expensive metro rail? Experience from around the world has shown that many metro rail systems are carrying far fewer passengers than they are able to.Metro rail systems are by far the most expensive, costing around Rs 250-300 crores per kilometre if they are elevated and more than Rs 500 crores per kilometre if they are underground. But they can transport up to 80,000 people per hour in one direction. In comparison, bus-based systems such as Bus Rapid Transport can be built at 10 percent of the cost of metro rail systems but can carry only 20 percent of what a metro rail system can.

The key to success with metro rail lies in designing cities that grow around the system rather than expanding peripherally, leading to urban sprawl. A metro integrated with city life would attract more passengers and make the investment worthwhile.

Studies have shown that people do not like to walk more than half a kilometre to access mass transit systems. They also want safe and convenient access. The threshold of half a kilometre may increase or decrease depending on the weather and the convenience of the walking environment. These findings should be considered when designing cities to attract more people to the metro.
buy viagra black online no prescription

Cities globally have enabled higher passenger ridership by setting up buses, shared taxis and feeder systems to bring people to the stations. Parking facilities allow passengers to park their motorbikes at the station and take the train. Some have opted for high-density residential and commercial developments near stations to make the system more accessible. In Singapore, many large residential areas and shopping malls are located right on top of a metro station so patrons can access the system without exiting the complex. The World Trade Center in Manhattan has a metro station below it.

In India, we have a unique situation where only about a quarter of our population presently is urban and this number is expected to double in the next 30 years. This presents an opportunity to plan where people will live and work. If they could be channelled into neighbourhoods around metro rail systems, they would likely become users of mass transit. But if the newcomers choose to live in the expanding periphery of cities they would likely be too far away from the metro system and not be able to use it.

City planners need to think of metro systems comprehensively. It is important to build high densities around stations so that residents become habitual public transit users. Planners should improve access to the system by putting in place a range of feeder transit: buses, shared taxis, convenient walkways, cycle tracks and park-and-ride facilities. Without these features, a metro rail system might not be worth its high building cost.

Metro should be conceived as a key component of compact, low-carbon cities. They could help India achieve its laudable climate change commitments under the Paris Agreement. So, planners should conceptualise such systems as a mode of urban transformation rather than just as urban transport. The new Metro Rail Policy being drafted by the government should encourage such thinking.

Advertisement1