Hyderabad: L&T, the concessionaire of the first phase of the Hyderabad Metro Rail project, is not interested in starting the second phase of the project in which the Metro Rail will be linked to the Shamshabad airport. The concessionaire experience several problems with the government during the execution of the first phase.
The another reason for not taking interest on further metro project could be lot of political interference in execution of this project as this project is being executed on PPP model.
And now, there are even doubts about the viability of the project and, therefore, L&T is not interested in participating in the project. If L&T is not interested, the government will look for others to develop the link, probably through open tenders.
A feasibility study of the 30.3 km Metro Metro link, which connects the Raidurg Metro station in Hyderabad with the Shamshabad airport, had been completed. The report is before the Chief Minister, who will make a final decision very soon.
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has finally announced inauguration of long awaited section between Botanical Garden and Kalkaji Mandir (line-8) of Phase-III project. The people who travel daily between Noida and South part of Delhi will now feel happy to find new route of Metro.
The stretch of 12.64 km is part of the Botanical Garden-Janakpuri West corridor of 38.23 km under the Phase III of the Metro expansion plans, and will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the eve of this Christmas Day i.e. December 25.
Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal flags off the trial run of India’s first Unattended Train Operation (UTO). [Photo Credit: PTI]December 25 has been a significant date for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) as its first line, the Red Line from Dilshad Garden to Rithala, was started for the public on Christmas day of 2002. The line was marked by then Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee (then Prime Minister of India).
With the opening of the new line, Noida residents will save at least 45 minutes of daily travel when traveling to South Delhi.
The section that is opening on December 25 has nine stations namely: Botanical Garden, Okhla Bird Sanctuary, Kalindi Kunj, Jasola Vihar-Shaheen Bagh, Okhla Vihar, Jamia Milia Islamia, Sukhdev Vihar, Okhla NSIC and Kalkaji Mandir.
Kalkaji Mandir is underground and the others are elevated. The route will serve two important educational institutions: Jamia Millia Islamia and Amity University.
The Jardín Botánico subway station will be the first exchange station outside of Delhi and, since both the Botanical Garden and Kalkaji Mandir are exchange stations, there will be a significant reduction in travel time between the Blue and Violet Lines.
Once the entire corridor is opened, Noida passengers will be able to go to Gurgaon by changing the trains at Hauz Khas.
The trip from Noida and Faridabad will also be shortened. Passengers between Noida and Faridabad will change trains at Kalkaji Mandir.
Interesting things to know
Very illuminated and with videos that will guide you on the routes, the Magenta line promises comfort and convenience for passengers. The trains will have Wi-Fi, USB ports along with charging points, LED and LCD screens and backrest near the wheelchair area. The seats on the new trains will be red, pink, orange and blue to give a sense of life.
Interior of new Driver-less Trains of DMRC to be operated in Line-7 and Line-8 of Phase-III corridors
This will be the first Metro line with trains without driver, the first in the country. Initially, trains on this route will run with drivers for 2-3 years.
The stretch will also be the first after the Airport Express line has screen doors on the Metro platforms. Post this, every new line launched in Phase III will have the same feature.
In fact, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has decided to include platform screen doors in all stations that will be built in Phase IV as well.
Delay in opening
The sources said that the line was ready since the Commissioner for the Safety of the Metro Railroad (CMRS), after visiting the section of November 13-15, gave the green light for its opening with a list of some observations. DMRC took about one month to clear the objections listed by the CMRS.
A senior official of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs of the Cabinet in condition of anonymity, said that the delay in opening the Magenta Line despite the approval of the CMRS was due to the fact that the authorities were solving logistical problems related to its inauguration. “It is absurd to link the opening of the line with the results of the Gujarat elections, once a line is declared ready to open, there are a number of logistical problems that must be addressed before they can be opened to the public”., added by the official.
This section was expected to be opened in last year.
Uttarakhand: In a significant move ahead of the Assembly polls, the Uttarakhand government on Tuesday evening signed an agreement with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to introduce the metro rail facility in the hill state.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was inked between the state Urban Housing Development Authority (UHDA) and DMRC in the presence of Chief Minister Harish Rawat. UHDA’s Secretary Meenakshi Sundram and Director (Business Development), DMRC, SD Sharma signed the pact for the project.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, CM Rawat said, “DMRC will submit the Details Project Report (DPR) to the state government after a month. After that the process for constructing the metro lines between Dehradun and Risihkesh will begin.”
A senior official in UHDA said that it will give an amount of about Rs 2 crore to the DMRC to draft the DPR for the purpose.
URHDA secretary Sundram said that in the second phase the metro lines will be laid on Dehradun-Haridwar and Dehradun-Kalsi route.
“DMRC will be later asked to prepare full proposal to extend the metro lines for the second phase,” he said.
The MoU between UHDA and DMRC was signed three days after the state Cabinet approved the proposal to construct metro rail lines.
“The state government will ask the DMRC to connect other towns with the metro lines in future,” Rawat said.
Officials said that total cost of the project will be estimated as per Rs 250 crores per km.
Mumbai: India’s first dedicated subway corridor between two international airports, the proposed 40-kilometer Metro in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, will have trains running at three times the speed of a normal suburban Metro service. Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), which is responsible for constructing most of the Metro rail line in the region, has planned to operate rail services at an average speed of 30 kmph for other suburban railway routes in the region. Meter. While the MMRDA has been planning one station for every kilometer along other suburban Metro lines, the distance between two stations would be much greater for Airport Metro. The plan is to provide high-speed direct connectivity between the current Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Santacruz and the Navi Mumbai International Airport.
“It is ideal to plan high-speed direct connectivity between the two airports for better and faster connectivity with travelers,” said Madan.
The plan is to provide high-speed direct connectivity between the current Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Santacruz and the Navi Mumbai International Airport. The plan is to provide high-speed direct connectivity between the current Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Santacruz and the Navi Mumbai International Airport. (Photo by Amit Chakravarty) India’s first metropolitan corridor between two international airports – the proposed 40 km Metro in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region – will have trains running at three times the speed of a normal Suburban Metro service, according to what is reported by IE.
According to the newspaper, Mumbai’s metropolitan commissioner, U P S Madan, told The Indian Express that the plan was to provide services that would provide a maximum operating speed of up to 90 km per hour along the Airport Metro corridor. The Development Authority of the Metropolitan Region of Mumbai (MMRDA), which is responsible for constructing most of the Metro rail line in the region, has planned to operate rail services at an average speed of 30 kmph for other suburban railway routes in the region. Meter. The plan is to provide high-speed direct connectivity between the current Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Santacruz and the Navi Mumbai International Airport. While the detailed project report (DPR) of the high-speed corridor is still in the final stages of preparation, Madan said the plan was to build a Metro link, which would be partially underground. Starting at the Santacruz airport, the corridor will run underground for the first 8 km route before leaving near Mankhurd along Ghatkopar Mankhurd Link Road.
Mumbai: Three incidents of sexual harassment of women in the Mumbai Metro were reported in the last two months and they had to wait to reach their destinations and report them. Now, women who take the Versova-Ghatkopar Metro will not only be able to report such incidents immediately, but they will also receive help through the Mumbai Metro security application, called “Metro SecuCare”.
On Thursday, Mumbai Metro One became the first in the country to offer such an application to its passengers.
Abhay Kumar Mishra, CEO of Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL) said, “Through the application, we can ensure immediate action at the time of an emergency and will also help prevent any misbehavior in the Metro corridor.”
The SecuCare App is developed by Eyewatch Technologies Pvt Ltd, and it allows a traveler to send an alert to the Central Security Control Room (CSCR) situated in DN Nagar and record a one-minute video. This “geosynchronized” application sends the exact location of the traveler to the control room from where a response team can be sent in five minutes. The traveler will also receive a call from the control room to confirm the location. While the main purpose of the application is to provide security for women, it will also ensure that help is given to anyone in case of emergency.
“The idea is to digitally train our passengers to seek help, it will be a great help for elderly people or patients who can ask for help in case of an emergency through the application, the focus is not only to provide security but also to give a sense of Take care of our passengers, “said a MMOPL official who works in security.
Due to the location characteristics, the application can be used only within the subway corridor and 20 m around it. The video recorded through the application can also be used as evidence during the investigation.
Sweta Nair, a traveler who had suffered harassment while traveling and had difficulty reporting the incident, said: “From a woman’s perspective, it’s a big metro initiative, but we’ll have to see how they act.
” When I reported it on Twitter, I received a quick response, this should be faster, after the incident, I think twice before taking the metro.”
Lucknow: A group of 200 Supportive Power Angles from 1090 visited the Charbagh Metro Station under the supervision of Ms. Babita Singh (DSP, 1090) where they were welcomed by Shri Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, senior officials of the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation.
The main objective of this program was to pay a tribute to the brave heart girl ‘NIRBHAYA’ by the association of LMRC and 1090.
During this visit, the officers of LMRC provided all important information related with safety and security of female commuters in metro. These include Talk back button, CCTV Camera, availability of female guard at every metro station.
On this occasion, Mr. Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, LMRC while relating to everyone, ensured that while traveling in the Lucknow Metro is completely safe and Lucknow Metro has used every new system for their commuters safety and he said, “Let’s Strive together to make metro-A safe travel for one and for all..”
Women Helpline Team in Lucknow Metro
Ms. Babita Singh and his team described this experience of the Lucknow Metro as very unique and impressed by the metro trains and the systems at the station. She also thanked LMRC to provide such a facility and asked women police to visit the metro system and sensitized female Metro commuters on the safety and security aspects.
Power Angels conveyed the message through the public drama and song that women are no longer weak or not to keep the misconceptions about them of being weak. They also took a ride from Charbagh Metro Station to Krishna Nagar and back.
Mumbai: The public accounts committee (PAC) of the state legislature has criticized the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) for its poor planning and for having misjudged the viability of the monorail and the Skywalks. Calling both facilities a “waste of public money,” the statutory committee said none was useful to citizens.
In its report filed in the state legislature on Thursday, the committee said that although Phase 1 of the Monorail does not serve people traveling on overcrowded local trains, the government has been conducting safety tests for Phase 2.
Mumbai Monorail
Started in 2014, the first monorail project in India has caused losses. A response to an RTI submitted in September revealed that the monorail loses Rs3 lakh daily.
While officials said that Phase 1, between Wadala and Chembur, covers a number of passengers of 18,000 passengers per day, many experts have described the project as “a getaway for citizens on weekends.”
The MMRDA, however, expects the number of passengers to improve once Phase 2, between Wadala and Jacob Circle, becomes operational. Two traces of monorail burned down on November 9, and operations stalled.
The report said that proper planning would have helped the government reduce the burden on the city’s public transportation.
“The MMRDA must design projects in such a way that they can become alternatives to the current means of transport.” The planning authority must also take into account the opinions of local representatives so that the project is more feasible and problems with their implementation are solved. “, He said.
The PAC is a legal body that guarantees action on the restrictions and objections raised by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) with respect to government spending. The committee conducted officer hearings and took advantage of a traffic management plan, following grunts due to ongoing Metro rail projects. The committee also ordered the government to present a report on the implementation of the plan.
He also suggested extending the East Highway to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya and then to Metro Cinema through the Crawford Market.
“There were bottlenecks at the points of entry and exit of the highway due to traffic, if the highway extends to the general post office or the museum, it will help reduce traffic jams.” The government should coordinate with the railway authorities to acquire railway land adjacent to platform 17 at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, it should also extend to Metro Cinema en route to Crawford Market, “he said.
Noida: The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) received first train for the Noida-Greater Noida Metro Aqua line which reached the Greater Noida depot on Thursday.
According to NMRC Officials, the four-coach train will be formally unveiled for a first look on December 18, 2017 by the Managing Directors of NMRC, Alok Tandon. DMRC Chief Mangu Singh will also present in inauguration ceremony. First trials for the corridor are expected to start from the end of the month.
P D Upadhyay, General Manager (Finance) and Spokesperson for Noida Metro Rail Corporation said, “The train arrived at 5am on Thursday at the depot. It will now be checked and examined for its fittings and any damages to body during transit, after which it will be set aside for power generation. Officials from CRRC Nanjing Corporation Limited, a Chinese rolling stock manufacturer who is supplying the trains to DMRC for the corridor, have been stationed at the depot to ensure smooth transition of the train from the depot to the trial track. On December 18, we are likely to put the train on test track within the depot for a week before we launch the trials for the corridor.”
“The first trial runs of the corridor will be launched from Greater Noida across 6 km, from the Depot station to Knowledge Park station across six stations. These trials are likely to last for nearly two months.”, He further added.
“Electrical and mechanical work for the corridor is 60% complete and 65% of the track has been laid along the nearly 30 km viaduct. Signalling work is also 60% complete. Structural work on all the 21 stations is also complete and finishing work is being carried out. The power sub-station in Sector 148 will go live by end of December. This sub-station will energise the entire Aqua line, while the 21 stations will be powered by 10 megawatt solar energy generated by roof-top panels.”, Upadhyay said during interaction with Media.
The Noida Metro Aqua line is scheduled to launch in April 2018.
