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Delhi Metro | About 91% pickpockets caught by CISF are women

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Delhi Metro | About 91% pickpockets caught by CISF are women

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

Hyderabad Metro | HMRL achieves overall 75% progress in metro rail project in the city

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Hyderabad Metro | HMRL achieves overall 75% progress in metro rail project in the city

Hyderabad: The ongoing 72-km elevated Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) project has achieved 75% overall progress, its Managing Director NVS Reddy said on . “2016 has been an eventful year for the Hyderabad Metro Rail project. Several long pending properties have been acquired and contentious issues resolved at some critical locations to take the project forward,” Reddy said. During the year, an amount of Rs 2,902 crore was spent (Rs 2742 crore by L&TMRH and Rs 160 crore by HMR), he said.

“Cumulative expenditure on the project so far is Rs 14,172 crore (Rs 12,143 crore by L&T MRHL on both Metro Rail and Real Estate and Rs 2,029 crore by HMRL). “With completion of 2340 foundations in 61 km, 2231 pillars (58 km) and viaduct in 50 km, and completion of major portion of works in overhead electrical traction, signalling and telecommunication systems and at stations, the project has achieved 75% overall progress,” Reddy stated in a release.

L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad (L&TMRH) is developing the 72-km elevated HMR project which will have three corridors and 66 stations. The HMR chief further said all the 57 three-car trains from Hyundai Rotem, South Korea, have been received and sanction of Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) for the Miyapur SR Nagar section (12 km) of corridor-I was also received. The HRM project is the world’s largest public-private partnership project (PPP) in the sector.

The metro network will cover a total distance of around 72 km across three corridors. The project was initially scheduled to be completed by July 2017, but delays like changes in alignment, land acquisition and other issues have resulted in the project overshooting the deadline. Authorities had earlier said all three Metro Rail corridors, including the one passing through the Old City, would be completed by December 2018.

Delhi Metro | No exit permitted from Rajiv Chowk station on the eve of New Year

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Delhi Metro | No exit permitted from Rajiv Chowk station on the eve of New Year

New Delhi: Today Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has issued an advisory regarding non-permitting EXIT from Rajive Chowk Metro Station from 09.00pm onwards on 31st December 2016.

As advised by Delhi Police authorities, exit of passengers from the Rajiv Chowk Metro station will not be permitted from 9:00 PM onwards on New Year’s Eve, i.e., 31st December 2016. This is to enable the authorities to maintain peace and law & order during New Year Eve celebrations in New Delhi district area.

However, passengers will be allowed to enter the Rajiv Chowk Metro station from ‘F’ and ‘B’ block side gates of the station after 9:00 PM for boarding the trains. This will enable people visiting Connaught Place to go out from Connaught place to their desired destination.  Interchange facility between Line-2 (HUDA City Centre – Samaypur Badli) and Line-3/4 (Dwarka Sec-21 – NOIDA City Centre/Vaishali) will continue as usual at Rajiv Chowk Metro station till the end of revenue services.

Services at all other Metro corridors and stations will be remain unchanged.

Caterpillar Train | Haryana Govt plans to run Caterpillar Trains in Gurugram city

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Caterpillar Train | Haryana Govt plans to run Caterpillar Trains in Gurugram city

Gurugram: Haryana has taken the lead to set up a pilot corridor for the “Caterpillar Train”, a new concept for urban mass-transit solution designed by an Indian Railway officer which won a global award at the MIT in the United States earlier this year. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has instructed his office to coordinate with local authorities in Gurgaon and figure out a way forward, especially in terms of space, for the pilot corridor.

Ashwani Upadhyaya (43), the railway officer who co-invented the Caterpillar Train concept, along with Emil Jacob — both PhD scholars at MIT — met Khattar on December 8 in Delhi.

“The CM liked the idea. He instructed officers to take it forward, so local authorities have been informed. We are looking at a ‘Proof of Concept’ at this stage,” said Rakesh Gupta, additional private secretary to the CM.

Accordingly, Upadhyaya held meetings with Gurgaon deputy commissioner T L Satya Prakash and police commissioner Sandeep Khirwar to discuss a few possible areas for the corridor.

The busy area between HUDA City Centre and Sushant Lok is one of the areas they have zeroed in on, although he talked about an area near the Ambience Mall with Khattar.

“I have been asked to take help from the state’s GIS department to select a suitable corridor. Police were of the view that the corridor may be best suited for a stretch that has transport demand but does not have proper bus service yet. But they said we were free to decide a stretch of our choice after proper scouting,” said Upadhyaya.

Jacob also arrived in India to help scout for a place. The estimate is about $3 million for a “stripped down” pilot system and about $20 million for a full-fledged automated system, he said. The Caterpillar Train, or

C-Train, envisages a citywide network of lightweight, elevated train coaches running at about 100 kmph on a track supported by poles bent into arches.

Delhi Metro | DMRC makes steady progress towards completion of phase 3 projects

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Delhi Metro | DMRC makes steady progress towards completion of phase 3 projects

New Delhi: During the year 2016, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) took some decisive steps towards the completion of corridors currently under construction as part of Phase 3. Efforts to improve the commuting experience of the people also continued with the introduction of some new facilities. The following are the main highlights of the year for the Delhi Metro:

New Metro trains enabled with the ‘Unattended Train Operation (UTO)’ mode start trials

The trial run of India’s first ever Metro train, equipped to run on the ‘Unattended Train Operation’ mode, was ceremonially flagged off on 17th May by the Union Minister for Urban Development, Sh. M. Venkaiah Naidu and Delhi Chief Minister, Sh. Arvind Kejriwal.

The inaugural train moved out from the Mukundpur depot and travelled up to the Majlis Park Metro station of the Majlis Park – Shiv Vihar Metro corridor of Phase 3 (Pink Line).  These highly sophisticated trains are equipped with technology which will eventually support driverless operations. These trains will also be more energy efficient and commuter friendly.

Trial runs commence on close to 30 kilometres of new Metro lines

During the year, trial runs commenced on ITO – Kashmere Gate section (5.17 kms, violet line), Botanical Garden – Kalkaji Mandir (13 kms) and Janakpuri West – Terminal 1 – IGI Airport (10 kms) sections of the Magenta Line after the completion of civil work on these stretches.

On the Janakpuri West – Terminal 1 – IGI Airport section, to expedite the process of commencing trials, an entire six coach train was lowered on the tracks near the Sadar Bazar Cantonment station using cranes and trailers recently.

The train was unloaded on the ramp near Sadar Bazar Cantonment through a carefully planned operation, in which the coaches were lowered near the ramp (the location where the alignment goes underground from elevated) and positioned on the tracks with the help of special high capacity cranes and trailers. The process needed absolute precision to avoid any physical damage to the trains or the civil structure.

DMRC completes all tunnelling assignments of Phase 3

DMRC successfully wrapped up all the tunnelling works of Phase 3 with the completion of a 1.25 kilometre long tunnel between Vasant Vihar and Munirka on the Janakpuri West – Botanical Garden Magenta Line on 29th November. The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) boring the tunnel from Vasant Vihar broke through at Munirka last evening in the presence of DMRC’s Managing Director, Dr. Mangu Singh and other senior officials.

With this tunnel breakthrough, DMRC in Phase 3 completed one of the largest ever tunnelling projects taken up in any urban area all over the world  where a record 30 TBMs were used to bore close to 80 kilometres of underground tunnels (combining the length of both tunnels for to and fro movement of trains). The total underground corridor length in Phase 3 including the stations is about 54 kilometres.

The quantum of underground work in Phase 3 can be gauged from the fact that in the last phase of Delhi Metro’s construction, only 35 kilometres was underground and in Phase 1, the underground component was 13 kilometres. Therefore, the underground work of Phase 3 was even more than the combined work undertaken in the first two phases.

Commuters get additional facilities

The Rajiv Chowk and Kashmere Gate Metro stations as well as the stations on the Airport Line got equipped with Wi-Fi facilities. There are plans to introduce similar facilities in the other stations as well. In another initiative, smart card recharge facility has been made possible through the e-wallet mobile application Paytm. This new step has helped the commuters recharge their smart cards without cash transactions.

Delhi Metro creates more ridership records, keeps people’s faith

The Delhi Metro continued to break more ridership records during the year and further established itself as the transportation backbone of the city. On 17thAugust, over 33 lakh people (33, 36,550) travelled on the Metro for the first time ever throughout the day, which happened to be the eve of Rakshbandhan. A few days earlier, on 12th August, the Airport Line also broke the 50,000 mark with 50,077 passengers travelling by it in a day.

Delhi Metro | 10 DMRC stations to go cashless from 1 January 2017

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Delhi Metro | 10 DMRC stations to go cashless from 1 January 2017

New Delhi: Ten stations of the Delhi Metro will go “cashless” from 1 January letting commuters recharge smart cards and buy tokens using digital platforms.

Metro said the decision has been taken to encourage people to embrace the Centre’s vision of a cashless economy. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chief Mangu Singh said people will have the option to pay through mobile wallets such as Paytm in this regard.

“The cashless transactions for token and smart card purchase or top up at these stations can be done through Paytm by using QR-code, which will be displayed at token counters or customer care centre of these stations,” Singh said.

However, initially, at least one counter will have the option of cash. The stations where the measure will be rolled out are Rohini East and Rohini West on Red Line; MG Road Station on Yellow Line; Mayur Vihar Phase-I, Nirman Vihar, Tilak Nagar, Janakpuri West, and Noida Sector-15 on Blue Line; and Nehru Place and Kailash Colony on Violet Line.

“These stations have 70% or more smart card users as a result of which cash transactions here are moderate in comparison to other stations and have adequate mobile connectivity as well,” an official said. Refunds, if any, will also be done through Paytm accounts instead of cash and users will receive the refunded amount within four days in their e-wallet.

After facing criticism over its plan to make 10 stations “cashless”, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation clarified that the option to use cash in Ticket Vending Machines and counters will still be operational.

“Ticket Vending Machines (TVMs) and POS (point of sale) machines are also available at these stations where a passenger can easily get his transaction done in cash/ credit/debit card,” the statement said.

Source//PTI

Pune Metro | PM Modi to lay foundation stone of Pune Metro rail project

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Pune Metro | PM Modi to lay foundation stone of Pune Metro rail project

Pune: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Pune Metro rail project on December 24 and the district administration has begun preparations for the PM’s visit. The Union cabinet had recently approved the proposal for Pune Metro and the local BJP unit had declared that the foundation stone would be laid by the Prime Minister, despite the NCP, which leads the Pune Municipal Corporation, passing a resolution, along with the Congress and the MNS, on NCP chief Sharad Pawar laying the foundation stone of the project.

The event is important as the election code of conduct for the PMC polls might come into force after that and the political parties don’t want to miss a chance to claim credit for the project.

The function is scheduled to be held at the SSPMS ground and the district administration has started preparing for it. The implementing agency — Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd — has started preparing for the project and its Managing Director, Brajesh Dixit, visited the city to review the work plan.

“The Pune Metro rail work will be started without any further delay. The Metro team has undertaken the various requisite surveys before the actual start of work. The geo-technical survey would be taken up to ascertain the kind of soil where the Metro route would be laid,” said Dixit.

He added that the detailed project report of Pune Metro rail was ready, adding that the alignment would be changed, if necessary, to meet the technical specifications to lay the Metro track.

“We would also use social networking sites to reach out to citizens on the implementation of Metro rail in the city,” he said.

Dehradun Metro | Uttarakhand Govt. signs MoU with DMRC for metro rail projects in state

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Dehradun Metro | Uttarakhand Govt. signs MoU with DMRC for metro rail projects in state

Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government has inked a pact with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for introducing metro rail in the state.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for preparing the detailed project report for the Haridwar-Rishikesh-Dehradun Metro rail project was signed between the state Urban Housing Development Authority (UUHDA) and DMRC in the presence of chief minister Harish Rawat.

UUHDA’s chief administrator R Meenakshi Sundram and director (management), DMRC, Somdutt Sharma signed the pact for the project yesterday.

An initial amount of Rs 2.10 crores has been sanctioned by the Uttarakhand government to the DMRC. DMRC will submit an initial report after a month and submit the DPR after 5 months.

On the occasion, the Chief Minister said the metro rail line passing through Haridwar, Rishikesh and Dehradun will enable a hassle-free commute for the residents there. It will also boost tourism in the region, he said.

Delhi Metro | DMRC starts trial runs between the Janakpuri West and Terminal 1 – IGI Airport

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Delhi Metro | DMRC starts trial runs between the Janakpuri West and Terminal 1 – IGI Airport

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today started trial runs between the Janakpuri West and Terminal 1 – IGI Airport Metro stations on the upcoming Janakpuri West – Botanical Garden Magenta corridor of Phase 3.

With the beginning of trial runs on this 10 kilometre section today, trials are now in progress on both the ends of the Magenta corridor which connects west Delhi with NOIDA along the Outer Ring Road. Trials between Botanical Garden and Kalkaji Mandir (13 kilometres) on the other end of this corridor had started on 27th October earlier this year.

Track laying is nearing completion in the remaining underground section between Terminal 1 – IGI Airport and Kalkaji Mandir and trials will be started on this section also in the coming months. With the depot being located at Kalindi Kunj and track laying work still in progress in some sections between Kalkaji Mandir and Terminal 1 – IGI Airport, this particular stretch between Janakpuri West and Terminal 1 – IGI Airport did not have direct depot connectivity for movement of trains.

Therefore, to expedite the process of commencing trials on this section, an entire six coach train was lowered on the tracks near the Sadar Bazar Cantonment station using cranes and trailers recently.

The train was unloaded on the ramp near Sadar Bazar Cantonment through a carefully planned operation, in which the coaches were lowered near the ramp (the location where the alignment goes underground from elevated) and positioned on the tracks with the help of special high capacity cranes and trailers. The process needed absolute precision to avoid any physical damage to the trains or the civil structure.

Delhi Metro’s new UTO (Unattended Train Operations) enabled trains will operate on this corridor. The new trains, with extremely high levels of automation, will now undergo rigorous trials between these stations to ensure that they are ready for smooth operations after the commissioning of the corridor. Initially, train operators will run the trains, but gradually, driverless operations (on the UTO mode) will be possible.

During these trials, the interface of the Metro train will be checked to ensure that there is no physical infringement with civil infrastructure during the movement of the train on the track and also testing of various subsystems of coaches shall be done.

Later on, in stages, the new signaling technology to be implemented on this corridor, the Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) will also undergo rigorous testing. The response of the train at different speeds, braking of the train and the interconnection with the Operations Control Centre (OCC) will also be monitored during the trials. The behavior of the track system and the Over Head Electrification (OHE) will be checked repeatedly.

This particular section from Janakpuri West till Terminal 1 – IGI Airport consists of six stations out of which five are underground and one is elevated. The stations are  –  Janakpuri West (interchange with Blue Line), Dabri Mor, Dashrathpuri, Palam, Sadar Bazar Cantonment (only elevated station of the stretch) and Terminal 1 – IGI Airport. With the commencement of trials on this section, now about 23 kilometres out of the 36 kilometre length of this corridor are already undergoing trial runs.

Source//DMRC

Lucknow Metro | SC cum TO get awarded with Rani Laxmi Bai bravery award, 2016

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Lucknow Metro | SC cum TO get awarded with Rani Laxmi Bai bravery award, 2016

Lucknow: Ms. Pratibha and Ms. Prachi Sharma, two of the Lucknow Metro Station Controllers cum Train Operators (SCs/TOs), have today been awarded with the prestigious Rani Laxmi Bai Bravery Award, 2016 by the Uttar Pradesh Government. This award was given to them by Shri Akhilesh Yadav, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh for being the first Train Operators during the trial run of Lucknow Metro train on 1stDecember, 2016.

 

It is a great honour for the female employees of the organisation who have been felicitated with this award even before the public run of Metro train. The award comprises a certificate which was given to Ms. Pratibha and Ms. Prachi Sharma at a function organised in Lok Bhavan Auditorium, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow.

 

Both of them expressed their happiness on being honoured and recognised in such a fabulous way by the State Government. Shri Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, LMRC congratulated both the girls on their success and wished them good luck for their bright future. He said these female Station Controllers cum Train Operators (SCs/TOs), including 17 others have truly made LMRC proud by choosing this profession in Lucknow Metro.

 

Rani Laxmi Bai Bravery Award constituted by the State Government, is meant to signify bravery and outstanding achievement of women in every walks of life. It is dedicated to honour their hardships and achievements while performing their duty.

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