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Kochi Metro | Metro train trial runs likely before the Assembly elections

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Kochi: With only four months left for the Oommen Chandy government to complete its tenure, the UDF is keenly exploring the possibilities of at least conducting the trial run of the Kochi Metro Rail before the election code of conduct comes into effect.

The prospects of commissioning the Metro project, at least up to Palarivattom, before the end of the government’s tenure, has become bleak. The trial run will be crucial for the government, as the UDF will be highlighting the Metro project as its key achievement in the forthcoming Assembly election. Construction of the 25-km Metro Rail between Aluva and Tripunithura began in June 2013.

The original deadline for commissioning of the project, June 2016, was revised after various delays including those caused by land acquisition issues affected the progress of the work. As per the revised schedule, the 18-km stretch from Aluva to Maharajah’s College would have been completed by June 2016. However, the deadline was revised once again, and it is currently projected that the project would be completed up to Palarivattom by June 2016.

Meanwhile, the agreement between the Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) and implementing agency Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is set to expire in June 2017. Considering the slow pace of work in the fourth reach of the project – between Vyttila and Petta – DMRC officials are not able to even assure that phase-I upto Petta would be completed before expiry of the contract.According to sources, widening of the Vyttila-Petta road will take at least eight months. “Work can be started only after completion of road widening. Along with that, reconstruction of the Chambakkakra bridge also needs to be completed.

“Another time-consuming work is construction activities to be undertaken at the Ernakulam South railway station. As of now, work until Vyttila will be completed before expiry of the agreement. Beyond that, we need to complete the preparatory works before taking up the main work,” they added.

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Pune Metro| Pune Metro Rail Project awaits Public Investment Board nod

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Pune: The Central government is not calling a meeting of the Public Investment Board (PIB) for the last couple of months in spite of Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Prakash Javadekar and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis claiming that the Pune Metro rail project will get the nod very soon. A nod of the Public Investment Board is needed before tabling the proposal before the Union cabinet.

The Pune Metro Rail project has completed almost all stages for getting an approval. From last one year, the proposal is lying idle with the Urban Development Department for the same.

The high-level administrative sources said that ideally, there is no reason for delaying the PIB meeting for getting the nod. All differences on the metro project have been cleared and it has been decided to execute the project as suggested by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

Sources said that there must be a political reason behind delaying the Public Investment Board meeting. As the proposal is getting delayed continuously, it is looking that the government will give its nod only before the civic polls.

Nagpur Metro got the permission almost a year before. The Pune Metro proposal also followed the same process but got stuck in the last two stages to get the required permissions.

Two months earlier, Gadkari had held a meeting with all party leaders and decided to go ahead with the plan. At that time, it was expected that the metro will get an immediate approval. Even when Gadkari visited the city last month, he had assured that the Centre will give its nod very soon. But it is not known when the PIB meeting will be held.

Municipal Commissioner Kunal Kumar and Additional Municipal Commissioner Omprakash Bakoria said that the PMC has completed all required formalities and is waiting for the nod of the PIB meeting.

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Delhi Metro| Recruitment of Project Director, General Manager, Dy. General Manager & Managers

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The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has notified recruitment to fill up following vacant positions:-

Job details:
1. Project Director : 01 post (Pay Scale – Rs.
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51300-73000) – for Visakhapatnam Metro Project
2. General Manager (Electrical)  : 01 post (Pay Scale – Rs.51300-73000) – for Mumbai Metro Project
3. Dy. General Manager (Electrical) : 01 post (pay Scale – Rs.29100-54500) – for Visakhapatnam/Kochi/Vijayawada
4. Manager (Environment) : 01 post (Pay Scale – Rs.24900-50500) – for Jaipur Metro Project

Selection procedure:
The selection methodology will comprise a three-stage process –
a) Interview
b) Group Discussion
c) Medical Examination.
(The Medical Examination will be in Executive /Technical category. The details of Medical Examination are available on DMRC website.)

How to apply:
The candidates interested in these posts are required to submit duly filled specified proforma (application form) with desired documents by speed post to GM/HR, DMRC Ltd, Metro Bahawan, Fire Brigade Lane, Barakhambha Road, New Delhi-110001.

Important dates:

The last date for submission of application form is
a) 22/12/2015 – for the post of Project Director
b) 24/12/2015 – for the post of General Manager (Electrical)
c) 28/12/2015 – for the post of Dy. General Manager (Electrical)
d) 30/12/2015 – for the post of Manager (Environment)

For more details please log on to www.delhimetrorail.com

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Chennai Metro| L&T Construction gets orders worth Rs. 1,960 cr

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Chennai: Indicating an uptick in the public infrastructure space, the construction arm of Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) announced it had won orders worth Rs.1,960 crore across its various businesses. At a time when real estate construction, one of the main businesses of the company, has been affected by lack of demand, these fresh orders provide a major breather for L&T Construction, the biggest division of the company.

L&T Construction said its water and effluent treatment business secured orders worth Rs.1,053 crore from the Water Resource Department, Government of Odisha, for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of 34 lift irrigation schemes in various districts of the eastern State.

“The major scope involves construction of 34 intake wells and delivery chambers, supply and laying of 400 km of ductile iron pipelines with diameters ranging from 300 mm to 1200 mm, 400 km of HDPE (high density polyethylene) pipelines with diameters ranging from 200 to 280 mm and 34 km of mild steel pipelines with diameters ranging from 700 to 1200 mm,” the company said in a statement

The order also involves supply and installation of 96 vertical turbine pumps of capacities ranging from 80 to 470 kW and other associated works. The project is scheduled to be completed in 30 months, the company said.

Similarly, the heavy civil infrastructure business of the company bagged orders worth Rs.889 crore. These include a contract from Chennai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. for the construction of Chennai Metro line Package 03 Underground (balance works).

“The scope involves engineering, procurement and construction of 4 stations at AG-DMS, Teynampet, Nandanam, Saidapet and Saidapet ramp portion with associated tunnel works. Other works include mechanical, electrical, plumbing and architectural works at these stations. The project is scheduled to be completed in 20 months,” L&T Construction said.

Another order valued at Rs.422 crore has been bagged by its joint venture L&T Geostructure-Bauer for the construction of a cut-off wall in the Indira Sagar dam project at Polavaram, Andhra Pradesh, a first-of-its-kind project in India. L&T Geostructure’s share in the joint venture is 50 per cent.

The scope includes the construction of a 1,500 metre long and 1.5 metre wide plastic concrete diaphragm cut-off wall, with depths varying from 40 to 120 metres.

“This business also secured orders in Tuticorin and Chennai for piling and diaphragm wall works. Additional orders have also been received from other businesses,” L&T said.

L&T shares slid 1.41 per cent to close at Rs 1,321.95 on the BSE.

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Delhi Metro Security | Parliamentary panel feels, metro stations vulnerable to terror attacks

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New Delhi: A Parliamentary panel has felt there is an urgent need to strengthen the security of the Delhi Metro to neutralise the possibility of any terrorist strike as the capital’s mass rapid transport system is vulnerable to attacks. It also suggested that the visibility of Delhi Police in the Delhi Metro stations must be substantially increased. ”The committee observes that about 25 lakh commuters travel through metro rail daily in Delhi and in view of the prevailing security scenario in the country, metro rail in Delhi appears to be vulnerable to man-made disasters or terrorist attack,” the department-related Parliamentary standing committee on Home Affairs said in its 189 report.

The panel recommended that Delhi Police should continue to take pre-emptive steps to guard Delhi Metro against any causality or strike. ”Delhi Police should be in close coordination with Central Industrial Security Force to provide appropriate security without any possibility of lapse. Deployment of Delhi Police staff at more Metro stations may also be examined,” it said. The ridership of Delhi Metro has already touched 26 lakh. As crowd density at Metro station at any given point of time is very high, hence it is a potential target for the terrorist activity. At present, there are eight Metro Police stations to look after the law and order, crime and security of the area, it said.

Delhi Police is taking various pre-emptive steps like anti-sabotage check in cooperation with CISF. To strengthen the security of the Metro stations and to neutralise a terrorist strike, a proposal for Quick Response Teams at different metro stations is also under process, the Committee said. Besides this, process to install CCTV camera at parking lots and other areas of Metro stations has also been initiated. The manpower proposal for the creation of 2,088 posts for eight existing metro stations is part of the 17 proposals sent to Ministry of Finance for approval.

These booths at the metro stations are already in operation at Rajiv Chowk metro station and Chandi Chowk metro station where staff from Metro Police station is being deployed. ”There is also a proposal for creation of six new Metro Police stations for the metro stations coming up in the Phase-III of Delhi Metro. A close coordination with CISF is being maintained by the Delhi Police. Delhi Police presence has been increased at Metro stations,” the report said.

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MEGA Metro Scam |Ex-IAS officer Sanjay Gupta gets interim bail

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Ahmedabad: Former IAS officer Sanjay Gupta was today granted interim bail of one week on health grounds by the Gujarat High Court as well as Gandhinagar court in two separate graft cases in connection with Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro rail scam. While hearing his bail plea today, HC justice A J Desai granted interim bail to him till December 14. Gupta had sought interim bail on the grounds that he needed urgent medical treatment for his lever-related ailment.

In May this year, Gujarat CID arrested Gupta, who had served as Executive Chairman of state-owned Metro-Link Express for Ahemdabad and Gandhinagar (MEGA) company, alleging that financial irregularities to the tune of Rs 113 crore had taken place during his tenure in MEGA in 2012. CID had booked Gupta and seven others for siphoning off around Rs 113 crore by presenting forged bills and bogus documents related to ground-filling work carried out near Bhat village for Metro project in 2012.

Since Gupta is also a co-accused in another scam of Rs 2.62 crore related to MEGA, Gandhinagar police arrested him yesterday from Sabarmati jail here through transfer warrant. He has been named as an accused in an FIR filed at Sector-7 police station of Gandhinagar. After the high court granted him relief, Gandhinagar police produced him before the local court to seek his remand during evening.

However, Gupta’s lawyers opposed the move and argued that Gupta urgently needs medical attention. They also submitted the high court order and sought similar relief from the Gandhinagar court. After hearing the arguments, Principal District Judge A C Rao also granted him interim bail till December 14. In December last year, a senior official of MEGA had lodged an FIR with Sector-7 police station alleging that the company’s former manager Radhesh Bhatt siphonned off Rs 2.62 crore through forged invoices from 2012 to 2013.

In the course of investigation, police found Gupta’s alleged involvement in the scam and made him a co-accused. Gupta quit IAS in 2003 to start his own business. He runs his hotel business under the banner ‘Neesa Group’. He had also started a Hindi channel called ‘Jano Duniya’ recently but it was closed within a short span. He was appointed to MEGA by Gujarat government after he quit IAS.

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Metro Coach Factory |After Bihar, railways plan metro coach unit in West Bengal

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Kolkata: After awarding a Rs 40,000 crore project to Alstom and GE Transport for locomotive projects in Bihar last month, Railways has embarked on a second major initiative.

It is set to open tender for a delayed metro coach factory at Kanchrapara in West Bengal on Thursday, for which global transportation and engineering biggies including Bombardier Transportation, Siemens, Hyundai,Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles of Spain and Alstom had evinced interest.

This time the Railways is offering more amenable terms to attract private players, but it it is not yet known if they are still interested given the time and cost overruns.

Initially, the project was for manufacturing just Electric Multiple Units, or EMU, the technical nomenclature for coaches used in city trains, as per the Request for Qualification floated in October. Now, the joint venture partners would be allowed to manufacture metro coaches as well, sources said.

With this, the number of responses is expected to be higher as the closing date for bid draws near.

As per estimates of National Transport Development Policy Committee, there would be a requirement of 30,000 EMU and MEMU coaches by 2032.

However, metro coaches are more profitable using greater use of material and technologies, sources said.

The Cabinet had approved the project at an estimated cost of Rs 860 crore.
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The cost has now been revised at about Rs 1,000 crore as per the Request for Proposal document, which may again get revised following feedback from the bidders.

The project, which plans to manufacture about 5,000 coaches over 10 years, would be using state-of-the-art propulsion system, using materials like stainless steel and aluminium to build the coaches to ensure energy efficiency and longer life.

This factory at Kanchrapara, located close to Kolkata, would be set up on Railways’s land and site works related to filling of land, widening of roads and provision of power supply is nearing completion which would save significant time for the developers.

The JV partner is to be selected through international competitive bidding and the Railways would hold about 26% of the equity.

Railways last month awarded contracts to global giants Alstom and GE Transport for setting electric and diesel locomotive factories in Marhora and Madhepura in Bihar, marking the first major FDI in rail projects after the limit was raised by the government in select Railways sectors.

The government also expects the Bengal project to attract such marquee names.

“The factory will attract significant FDI apart from creating opportunities for direct and indirect employment. There will be transfer of technology to India to manufacture various equipment including propulsion system,” Railways had said while launching the project.

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Noida Metro|Noida-Greater Noida Metro corridor will be operational by June 2017

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Noida: About 15% of work on the 28.8-km Noida-Greater Noida Metro corridor has been completed, the fifth board meeting of the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) was told on Monday.
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NMRC chairperson Alok Ranjan – who is also chief secretary, Uttar Pradesh – convened the meeting also attended by Rama Raman, who is also NMRC’s managing director, and G P Singh, executive director of NMRC, were present. Ranjan expressed satisfaction at the progress of the Metro track and said, “The route will be operational by June 2017.”

The board addressed 22 issues on the agenda.

With the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) having been granted 5% stake in NMRC, the board approved Arun Vir Singh, CEO of YEIDA, as one of the directors of the company. Deepak Agarwal, CEO of Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority, has also been made a director.

Ranjan also said he was satisfied with the progress of the state-of-the-art bus project. He reviewed the progress of the 100 buses being put on track by March 2016.

The NMRC board finalised that a Metro train will run between Sector 142 and Okhla Bird Sanctuary. The Noida Authority was mulling over bringing a tram service for the route. It also approved the detailed project report (DPR) for the corridor.

According to the DPR, the corridor till Sector 142 will have eight stations – Okhla Bird Sanctuary, Noida sectors 91, 93, 94, 98, 125, 136 and 142. Measuring around 10.92 km, the track is likely to come up at a cost of Rs 2,127 crore. Once in place, the track will bring Noida, Faridabad and Greater Noida closer to Delhi and will improve connectivity within the city.

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Delhi Metro|DMRC presents papers on its environmental initiative in COP 21 Summit

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New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in a presentation at the COP 21 environmental summit in Paris demonstrated that it is possible to quantify reduction in coal and fossil fuels while providing world class mass transit services.

According to Sh. Anuj Dayal, Executive Director, Corporate Communications, DMRC, who presented the paper on the subject at the conference, DMRC helps to remove more carbon from the atmosphere then it contributes, making it a completely carbon neutral system.

Sh. Dayal, in his paper, also told that DMRC is the only Metro getting carbon credits for its regenerative braking and modal shift projects.

DMRC also highlighted the manner in which carbon finance could be generated, by the revenue earned from the sale of carbon credits from its two GHG mitigation projects which are the very first of their kind in the world for the transport sector.
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Sh. Dayal said that DMRC has been able to effectively demonstrate the enormous socio-economic co- benefits of a Mass Rapid Transit System. DMRC also plans to tap 50 MW of solar power in next three years, he added.

DMRC has a well laid out Sustainability Plan for the future and the next step is to capture the positive health impacts from DMRC’s operations, given the state of pollution in Delhi, said Sh. Dayal.

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Delhi Metro|Delhi Govt’s Odd Even Formula may increase rush in metro

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New Delhi: In coming days, the ridership in the Delhi Metro is set to increase owing to the Delhi government’s latest pollution control measures.

Although the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation claims that its train continue to run below its capacity, commuters have mostly complained of overcrowding, especially in the busiest lines like Dwarka-Noida/Vaishali and Dilshad garden-Rithala.

From an average ridership of 80,000 per day in 2002 when the Metro was introduced in Delhi, the numbers have drastically risen to 26 lakh per day now. According to officials, in the past five years itself metro’s ridership has increased by a mammoth 156 per cent.
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Reacting to the Delhi government’s comment of asking it to increase the frequency of trains, the DMRC said, “We have already reduced the average frequency of trains from 3.35 minutes to 3.10 minutes by pushing 210 extra trips and adding 20 more trains in the network. Things would clearly ease out once Phase III is operational next year as there would be multiple routes to reach a particular destination. We still would do whatever best is possible,” said a senior official.

Meanwhile, Transport Minister Gopal Rai told reporters that the public transport system would be strengthened by introducing more buses and frequency of Metro trains to accommodate the rush due to its decision.

Mr. Rai said the DMRC and Delhi Traffic Police will be approached in this regard and a strategy worked out early next week. “I have called a meeting with officials from Transport Department, Public Works Department (PWD), Delhi Traffic Police and environment department on how to execute the government’s decision,” Mr. Rai said.

A senior government official said that transport department does not have sufficient staff to execute the new decision on its own and it will approach Traffic Police for cooperation with the government. Sources in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) said that it is difficult for the public-owned bus authority to include more buses in its fleet.

The public transporter is trying to procure around 2,000 new buses for almost two years but to no avail and must contend with its existing fleet of 4,500 buses.

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