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Surat Metro | State government approves two metro rail corridors

17/01/2017

Ahmadabad: The high-powered committee of state government for the metro rail project in Surat, has approved two routes for the project, entailing a total of 40km, in two corridors.

One route is from Sarthana, Varachha to Dream City and the other is from Bhesan Depot to Saroli. These will cost Rs 12,800 crore. Sarthana-Dream City route will have 21 stations whereas Bhesan Depot to Saroli route will have 16 stations.

For the Surat Metro project, the detailed project report (DPR) is being made by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and work was given to the company in July 2016. The full report will be submitted in February 2017.

While announcing these routes, deputy chief minister Nitin Patel said: “The state government has focussed on setting up basic infrastructural facilities in Surat city and a part of this is to provide the Surat Metro rail services.”

Punamchand Parmar, addition chief secretary of the urban housing department; Milind Torwane, urban development and urban housing secretary; Surat Municipal Commissioner M Thennnarasan and officers from DMRC among others, were at the high-powered committee meeting.

The project includes a 7km underground stretch, with the remaining 33km elevated.

The route from Chara to Dream City will cover Varachha and the Old City whereas the route from Bhesan to Saroli will cover Palanpur and areas on the other side of the river. The Chara to Dream City route will be about 22km and other will be 18km.

“We expect these routes to be complete by 2021-22 and expect passenger volume of about 3 lakh people from the day it opens, fter looking at the present situation,” said M Thennnarasan, municipal commissioner.
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Sources also said that after the DPR is complete by February 2017, it will go to the Union cabinet for approval which should be given latest by April 2017, following which work could begin.

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Lucknow Metro | LMRC to provide commercial spaces, shops and cafeterias at stations

Narendra Shah

13/01/2017

Agra Metro Rail Project has got a loan of Rs.3860 crore (approx. 450 million Euros) from the European Investment Bank for constructing and implementing Phase-1 of the Metro Rail Project on December 15, 2021. — Image Source: Twitter

Lucknow: Lucknow Metro officials said that they would reserve public development areas in all stations at concourse levels (where tickets are vended), in which it would provide commercial spaces for shops, cafes, book-stores, ATMs etc. Here people who have to wait for someone can relax while also waiting for their metro.

Every station has a separate public toilet for male, female and physically challenged people in paid area. Lucknow Metro team is also planning to provide paid drinking water facility at a cheaper cost to passengers at stations. Besides seating facility, lifts, escalators, the officials also plan to play slow music in all stations. “We will also run a prayer song every morning at all stations. Compared to other stations, Charbagh, Alambagh and Airport stations would have more commercial areas because of large footfall”, said a senior metro official.

The cost of project is already high and the LMRC (Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation) has to also bear the maintenance and operation cost of running the trains from March 2017. Officials said that they have already worked on the Financial Internal Rate of Return (FIRR) on which the train needs to run, to be able to make profits from the first day of commercial operation. An official said, “This has been worked after a thorough cost-benefit analysis of project as we cannot put excess fare burden on public. At the same time we also have to pay off our international dues timely.”

Lucknow Metro aims to generate revenue through fare-box collection, advertisement panels inside metro premises, parking fee, rent on commercially developed areas within stations to meet operational and maintenance cost of trains. The DPR also recommends generating revenue through real-estate development on about 150 acre land in CG City. Officials said that they develop commercial complexes on the land and give them on lease for 30 years to earn annual royalty on same.

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Chennai Metro | Abnormal delay in metro project causing city life

Narendra Shah

09/01/2017

Chennai: The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) is facing many roadblocks in its construction and missing its deadlines for completion of project.

Increased number of traffic congestion and traffic difficulties to the residents of the city, lot of hickups, diverted routes which causes delay to the citizens and hindrances in day to day basis. Huge amount of dust errolled which causes various number of breathing diseases and inconvenience to dust allergic & aged people.

Delay in the project for a long time due to political changes & misunderstandings, No specified timeline when the entire project will be completed 100%. Increased number of crime related activities near the metro rail WIP areas due to lack of security at night times.

The existing sub urban trains are pretty older which could have been modernised & connected well for eg. Arakanom/Sullurpeta routes lack connectivity to Park station. This route has millions of people travelling on daily basis with every minute of people travelling.

“Chennai was meant to be a well planned city before the metro rail project could be commenced, but now there’s a serious doubt where Chennai is leading to in terms of the damaged roads, unsafely for aged people to walk on roads, unsafe for cars and bikes to ply on road, increasing diseases due to WIP of Metrorail for a VERY long time. Chennai was meant to be one of the top cities by its infrastructure years back but now we lack in proper roads / safer place to live.”, sources said.

Source//National Today Group.

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Delhi Metro | Delhi Govt. clears phase-IV metro project of DMRC

Narendra Shah

07/01/2017

New Delhi: Delhi Metro’s Phase IV, featuring six corridors measuring over a hundred kilometre that will take the network to the outer areas of the national capital and make the airport more accessible, was today approved by the Delhi government.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in a tweet, said the decision will “go a long way” in reducing congestion and pollution in the city.

“A big decision by Cabinet today,” he tweeted.

With the completion of 103-km-long Phase IV, the total length of the Metro corridor in the city will cross the 450-km mark. Its Detailed Project Report (DPR) was cleared in June 2016.

The mega project, as part of which 72 new stations will be built, will cost over Rs. 50,000 crore, which is to be borne equally by the state and the Centre, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said.
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“The next clearance has to be given by the Union government. Once it is done, work will start. The project will come up within six years of initiation of construction work,” Mr Sisodia said.

The proposed corridors are Rithala – Narela (21.73 km), Inderlok – Indraprastha (12.58 km), Tughlakabad – Aerocity (20.20 km), Lajpat Nagar – Saket G-Block (7.96 km), Janakpuri (West) – RK Ashram (28.92 km) and Mukundpur-Maujpur (12.54 km).

While as per the revised DPR, the Tughlakabad line was to stretch till Terminal 1 of Airport, the proposal cleared by the Cabinet says it will end a station before.

“Some changes have been made,” Mr Sisodia said when asked about the changes brought in the final approved version of the project.

Of its total length, 67 km would be elevated and the rest underground, Mr Sisodia said, adding that the mass rapid transit’s ridership will increase by about 8.5 lakh once it is operational.

“Monthly progress report of the project will be submitted to the Delhi government,” Mr Sisodia said.

Earlier in June, the DPR prepared by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) was cleared despite demands by a few MLAs for bringing about minor tweaks in the routes.

The length of the currently operational corridors is around 213 km and Phase III, which will see a staggered launch in 2017, will add another 140 km to it.

Source//PTI

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Lucknow Metro | LMRC gets Rs 250 cr from Ministry of Urban Development

Narendra Shah

06/01/2017

New Delhi: Urban Development Ministry on Thursday released Rs 250 crore for Lucknow Metro Rail project, a joint venture between central and Uttar Pradesh governments. The Ministry had released Rs 300 crore earlier this year, taking the total assistance provided to the Lucknow Metro to Rs 550 crore, an official release said.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh also discussed the progress of Lucknow Metro with Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu and sought its speedy implementation, it added. The 23 km Lucknow Metro is estimated to cost Rs 6,928 crore. Of this, central government provides Rs 1,003 crore as its share of equity, Rs 297 crore as sub-ordinate debt and Rs 3,500 crore as loan assistance.

Uttar Pradesh has to mobilise the remaining Rs 2,128 crore as its share of equity and other means. Central government entered into a loan agreement with the European Investment Bank in March this year for providing a loan of Rs 3,500 crore to the Lucknow Metro Project.

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Kochi Metro | KMRL to start integrated trial of metro train from January 9, 2017

Narendra Shah

06/01/2017

Kochi: The all important integrated trials of Kochi Metro Rail under the supervision of the officials of the Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) will begin on January 9.

The Commissioner for Railway Safety will inspect the rolling stock, Operation Control Centre at Muttom and other infrastructure facilities on January 9, 10 and 11.

This will be followed by extensive integrated trial runs from mid-January. The synergised operation of trains in sync with signals, telecommunication and power will be tested and fine-tuned, if found necessary. The trial will be held along the Aluva-Palarivattom stretch.

Alstom has handed over three set of rakes while another is expected at the Muttom yard next week. All four sets of trains will be deployed for the integrated trials.

The trial run is considered critical, considering that Kochi Metro Rail will be the first in the country to conduct commercial train operations using the communications-based train control system (CBTC) for which a special software has been developed.

The trails will be controlled and monitored from the state-of the-art Operation Control Centre at Muttom. The trials will be followed by an inspection by the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) for desired safety standards. Only after the CRS issues the safety certificate can Kochi Metro start its operations.

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World Book Fair | Visitors may get book fair tickets from selected Delhi Metro stations

Narendra Shah

05/01/2017

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today issued an advisory regarding sale of World Book Fair 2017 tickets for visitors. According to the advisory, tickets for the World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan will be sold from some selected Metro stations across the National Capital Region (NCR) from the 7^th to the 15^th of January, 2017 between 9.00am and 5.00pm. However, Ticket sale timing from Pragati Maidan station is from 10.00 AM to 5:00 PM. The selected stations are:

Line 1 (Dilshad Garden – Rithala): Dilshad Garden, Kashmere Gate, Inderlok, Netaji Subhash Place, Pitampura, Rohini West, Rithala.

Line 2 (Samaypur Badli – HUDA City Centre): Jahangirpuri,GTB Nagar, Vishwavidyalaya, Chandni Chowk, New Delhi, Rajiv Chowk, Central Secretariat, INA, Hauz Khas, Saket, MG Road, HUDA City Centre.

Line 3 & 4 (Dwarka Sector 21 – NOIDA City Centre/ Vaishali): NOIDA City Centre, Noida Sector-18, Vaishali, Anand Vihar, Pragati Maidan, Rajendra Place, Kirti Nagar, Janakpuri West, Dwarka More, Dwarka sector 21

Line 5 (Inderlok/ Kirti Nagar – Mundka): Ashok Park Main, Punjabi Bagh, Paschim Vihar East, Mundka

Line 6 (ITO – Escorts Mujesar): Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Nehru Place, Sarita Vihar, Badarpur, Sarai, NHPC Chowk, Mewala Maharajpur, Sector-28, Badkal Mor, Old Faridabad, Neelam Chowk Ajronda, Bata Chowk, Escorts Mujesar.

Airport Express Line: Dhaula Kuan, IGI Airport

Out of these stations, some stations will have exclusive ticket counters for sale of ‘World Book fair’ tickets and tokens and rest of the stations, the ticket of ‘World Book fair’ will be sold from the existing Customer Care Centres.

The timing of the ‘World Book Fair’ is from 11 AM to 8 PM from 7^th -14^th January & from 11 AM to 5 PM on 15^th January. The cost of the tickets for the adult is Rs. 30/- and for children, it is Rs. 20/- only.

Source//DMRC

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Mumbai Metro | MMRDA invites bids for 2 metro projects

Narendra Shah

05/01/2017

Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Wednesday invited tenders for two more metro railway projects — the DN Nagar to Mankhurd Metro 2B and the Wadala to Kasarvadavali Metro 4 corridors. The biggest relief for the MMRDA is that one of the most vexed issues — the height of the metro bridge over Central Railway’s Kurla and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus — has been solved.

The earlier avatar of the metro corridor towards Mankhurd, at the time called the Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd metro line, had taken a severe hit after Central Railway authorities gave MMRDA a height band of 22 metres for the metro bridge over Kurla. At that height, officials had then said, the metro station would have been too high operationally as well as a problem when it came to easy evacuation of commuters in case of an emergency.

The 22-metre height band was at the time given to MMRDA because the railways had kept the lower height bands for its elevated rail corridors, namely the CST-Panvel high-speed line and the still-to-be-approved CST-Kalyan elevated corridor.

The issue has now been solved, MMRDA Additional Commissioner and Project Director Pravin Darade said on Wednesday. “We had several meetings with the railways as well as the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC).

We will now be constructing the metro bridge over Kurla tracks at a height of 13 metres.
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The CST-Panvel elevated corridor will now run at a height of 22 metres,” Darde said.

The tenders invited on Wednesday has the 23.5-kilometre-long DN Nagar to Mankhurd Metro 2B corridor, costing Rs10,986 crore in five packages. These five packages are ESIC Nagar to Khira Nagar, Saraswat Nagar to ILFS in BKC, MTNL Metro to Chembur, Diamond Garden to Mandale (Depot) and one package dedicated to the design and construction of elevated viaducts for railway crossings near Kurla and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on CR.

The tenders to design and construct elevated viaduct and stations on the 32-kilometre Wadala to Kasarvadavali (Rs14,549 crore) have also been broken into five packages, said MMRDA. The five packages are Wadala to Amar Mahal Junction, Garodia Nagar to Surya Nagar, Gandhi Nagar to Sonapur, Mulund Fire Station to Majiwada and Kapurbawdi to Kasarvadavli.

Source//DNA

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Delhi Metro | DMRC unveils Delhi Metro Museum Information Brochure in Braille

Narendra Shah

30/12/2016

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today unveiled a special edition of its Delhi Metro Museum information brochure in Braille to commemorate its eighth anniversary.

The Braille brochure, printed both in English and Hindi will be very helpful for its visually challenged visitors, who will be able to get all the relevant information about the museum from this brochure.

The new brochure was launched today at the Metro Museum, Patel Chowk by Mrs. Veerbala, wife of DMRC’s Managing Director, Dr. Mangu Singh and the wives of the other directors of DMRC.

On the occasion, visually challenged children from the NGO Saksham performed a beautiful skit titled ‘Hum Kisi Se Kam Nahi’ in which they discussed about the various challenges as well as the facilities available for the visually challenged. A special storytelling session for the children was also organised by the museum in which a professional storyteller was roped in to narrate inspiring stories to the children.

On the sidelines of the event, a six day long art exhibition titled ‘Metro Through Their Eyes’ was also inaugurated by Mrs. Veerbala, in which a few orthopedically challenged children have articulated their love for the Delhi Metro through a series of paintings and artworks. The orthopedically challenged children belong to the NGO, Prerna Niketan Sangh.

The Delhi Metro Museum has always been very conscious about its social responsibilities. In the past also, drawing competitions, workshops etc have been organised for physically challenged children, kids undergoing treatment for cancer and special visits have been arranged for senior citizens.

The Delhi Metro Museum is one of the few museums globally which are dedicated to Metro railway. A treasure trove of display panels, historical photographs and exhibits about the Metro, the museum traces the genesis of the Delhi Metro. Since its inception, the museum has been visited by many eminent dignitaries, researchers and students.
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Delhi Metro | About 91% pickpockets caught by CISF are women

Narendra Shah

30/12/2016

New Delhi: Women constitute over 91 per cent of pickpockets apprehended by the CISF in the Delhi Metro network this year, reveals data. The full-year data, updated till the middle of December, states that of the 479 pickpockets held by the force, an overwhelming 438 were women.

“The modus operandi employed by these women was to either carry a child or travel in a group to con and pick a purse or other valuables of a traveller,” a senior official said.

Recently, the CISF had busted a gang of women who had allegedly robbed a US-based woman of jewellery and valuables on a metro.

Last year, 93 per cent of the total number of pickpockets apprehended by the CISF in the metro network were women.

In 2014, over 300 women were intercepted for pickpocketing, making them about 94 per cent of those held. In 2013, of the total 466 pickpockets held across various stations, 421 were women.

The CISF regularly undertakes special operations at metro stations to keep a check on crime.

This year, it undertook over 100 operations to check pickpocketing in the metro network that carries an estimated 26 lakh commuters every day.

Source//PTI

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