Delhi Metro|NGT imposes fine Rs.2.5 Lakh on DMRC for construction violations

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New Delhi: Complying with a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order, South MCD on Wednesday fined Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Rs 2.5 lakh for violations of the tribunal’s orders at five of its construction sites here.
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“In compliance with the orders passed by NGT, the building department of central zone conducted a special survey at five construction sites of DMRC, including two at Lajpat Nagar, and one each at South Extension, Okhla Village and Abu Fazal Enclave and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on each site,” said PRO of South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), Mukesh Yadav.

“As per the orders of NGT, the South MCD has been taking action against the builders and agencies flouting the tribunal’s order and causing pollution by not taking proper steps to check dust pollution and leaving debris at construction sites,” he said.

When contacted, a DMRC official said it “has not yet received any challan in this regard from South MCD”.

The official added that “all (DMRC) construction sites are barricaded and construction materials are kept within the barricaded area only”.

The building department of central zone has also issued 132 fines of Rs 50,000 each against other violators in the Greater Kailash, East of Kailash, Defence Colony, Lajpat Nagar, Nizamuddin, Govindpuri, Badarpur, Bhogal, Jangpura, NDSE, Kalkaji and Kotla Mubarakpur areas, he said.

It has also demolished 50 properties and sealed four other properties for unauthorised construction and installation of illegal cell-towers, he added.

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Kochi Metro|Sreedharan terms Phase-II of Kochi Metro Rail project not feasible

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25/09/2015

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Kozhikode: The aspirations of the people of West Kochi for a Metro line will not materialise in the near future with the Kochi Metro Rail Limited terming it as unviable. Concurring with the opinion of DMRC principal advisor E. Sreedharan, who has termed phase II of the project as not feasible, KMRL authorities said the West Kochi line cannot be taken up due to economic and technical reasons.

The plan prepared by Kochi Metro Rail Ltd for the second phase of the Kochi Metro project is not feasible, says E.Sreedharan, principal advisor to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. At a meeting of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry here on Tuesday, Mr Sreedharan said that Rs 3,600 crore envisaged by the KMRL for the project was totally inadequate to meet the requirement. Mr Sreedharan, whose DMRC, is executing the first phase of the Kochi Metro project, said the second phase of the project could not be completed with this amount.

The second phase of the project plans to extend the metro from Jawaharal Nehru Stadium in Kaloor to Info-park in Kakkanad. The 11.2 km distance will have 11 stations. The first phase of Kochi Metro from Aluva to Petta, covering 25 km, is estimated to cost Rs 5,100 cr. The second phase also included extension of the line from Petta to Trupunithura covering 1.5 km. The cost for this is Rs 420 cr.

Mr. Sreedharan also said the proposed Vizhinjam International Container Transshipment Terminal was unlikely to bring any economic benefit to the state. He said the project would face the same fate as the Vallarpadam container terminal in Kochi.

“Though there has been a strong demand from the public, MLAs and other elected representatives to extend the project to West Kochi, it is not in our recent plans as there are technical and other hurdles. As per the RITES study report, the West Kochi extension, which will start from Jose junction to reach Thoppumpady, Mattancherry and Fort Kochi, will cost Rs.3600 crore. Construction works along the narrow roads in the heritage zones of West Kochi will be a challenge,” said a KMRL spokesperson.

The Metro agency had entrusted RITES to undertake a feasibility study on West Kochi extension in September 2014. Mr E. Sreedharan, during a meeting here on Tuesday, said that the estimated Rs 3,600 crore for West Kochi line was inadequate. The project cost would be more than Rs 6,000 crore as construction would be technically complicated.

Earlier, Fort Kochi residents, art connoisseurs and heritage conservationists had expressed apprehensions over the impact of largescale construction activities in the heritage zone. “As per the current plans, we will take up Angamaly line in the second phase, with a proposed loop line to Cochin International Airport,” added the official.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is still available for the Light Metro project for Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode cities, its Principal Adviser E. Sreedharan said here on Saturday,

“The government is keen on implementing the project and we have not lost hope,” he said at an interface on mass rapid transit system for Kozhikode, organised by the Malabar Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Sreedharan expressed confidence that if he could meet with Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, a lot of issues could be discussed and the project taken forward. “The Chief Minister is keen on implementing the project. But, the bureaucracy is not showing interest. There seems to be a mental block and the government and the political leadership are being misguided,” he said.

As for the stagnation of the project, he said the government would incur a cost of Rs.10 lakh a day owing to the delay in implementation.

The government cannot look at any private player for total implementation of the scheme because the returns from operating the Light Metro services would be only three per cent of the project cost.

Mr. Sreedharan felt that the stalemate was because the State government did not have the confidence to venture into a capital intensive project.

“The funding from Japan International Cooperation Agency was negotiated to minimise the burden on the government. However, the government did not even try to find out what the loan terms were. The repayment period is 40 years and there is a moratorium on repayment for the first 10 years. The interest on the loan is only three per cent,” he said.

When participants at the interface expressed fear of the State losing the project, he said “there is no need to lose heart. Metro rail has to come up in our cities to reduce road traffic congestion and accidents and also pollution.”

In five to six years, Delhi would have the biggest metro rail system in the world. “At present 26 lakh people travel by this every day – a pointer to the fact that this has helped take 2.6 lakh vehicles off the roads in Delhi and make them that much safer.”

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Lucknow Metro|LDA, Housing Board & UPSIDC asked to contribute for Lucknow Metro

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24/09/2015

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Lucknow: The chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh, Alok Ranjan has directed principal secretary, housing and urban planning department to convene a meeting of Uttar Pradesh Housing and development Board, Lucknow Development Authority and Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation to ensure effective action for providing remaining contribution of Financial Year 2014-15 and specified contribution for the Financial Year 2015-16 for the construction of metro rail’s first phase from Transport Nagar to Amausi airport by Dec 2016.

He said that the metro project is one of the ambitious projects of state government and any kind of slackness would not be allowed in its implementation. He directed the divisional commissioner, Lucknow to immediately resolve the issues in private land purchase on the negotiation basis for stations, depots and other purposes for Lucknow metro rail project. He said that effective action should be taken in this respect to provide land to the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation. He asked the municipal commissioner to immediately remove illegal constructions on barren land of Municipal Corporation for Singaar Nagar metro station.

He also directed finance department to release Rs 200 crore out of Rs 625 crore allocated in this financial year’s budget towards the Lucknow metro.
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He instructed principal secretary, Infrastructure and Industrial Development to organize a meeting soon for allocating funds for Lucknow metro rail project from ‘Infrastructure Development Fund.’ During reviewing the weekly progress report of metro project, he said that the lack of money would not be an issue in construction of Lucknow metro.

LMRC MD, Kumar keshav presented the progress details of the various activities on primary section against the key dates fixed under the target date of December 2016. It was informed that work done till now were according to the set timeline.

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Hyderabad Metro|Metro rail launch delay adds to the bill

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24/09/2015

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Hyderabad: The delay in commissioning a metro stretch has resulted in a huge amount of public money going down the drain as its safety certification is set to lapse next month. While at least Rs 10 crore was spent on the mandatory tests conducted in January, the procedure has to be re-started all over again unless the Hyderabad Metro Rail project is thrown open to the public before this month-end, which is unlikely.

Since the launch of the 8 km-stretch between Nagole and Mettuguda was slated for March 21 as per the internal deadline of the project, the mandatory tests were conducted before the train service was declared fit for operation. Performing the tests, Research Design & Standards Organization (RDSO), which works under the ministry of railways, issued the safety certificate with the speed limit of 80 kmph in January.

Based on the RDSO report, the commissioner of metro railway safety (CMRS), which belongs to the ministry of civil aviation, was to issue the final clearance for train service. However, with the state government postponing the launch, the regulatory procedure did not go further than the RDSO test, and the CMRS certification was not sought.

The rule mandates that the metro train service be operational within nine months of receiving the RDSO certificate, failing which a fresh clearance needs to be obtained.

“The tenure of the certificate will end in September and the project needs a fresh clearance thereafter. But, the lapse results in the loss of money, time and resources,” a Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) official said. He said that while the government spent Rs 2.5 crore on the RDSO tests, the project concessionaire Larsen & Toubro footed the rest of the expenditure incurred during the mandatory procedures.

As per the norms, the train needs to run at least 2,000 km as part of trial runs before the RDSO tests. Official records show that in all, the metro rail ran a total distance of 5,000 km, including 1,200 km during the tests. The bulk of the expenditure during the tests was to meet power charges for running the train after the trial run began in October 2014. Staff salary and maintenance costs are among the other overheads.

The HMRL official said the trains were still running across the stretch since the exercise was necessary to keep the systems up and running.

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Mumbai Metro|PM Narendra Modi invited to lay stone for two Metro corridors

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24/09/2015

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Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to lay the foundation stone for two new Metro corridors — the Andheri East to Dahisar East and Dahisar to DN Nagar — that the Maharashtra government is looking to fast track. The PM is scheduled to visit Mumbai on October 4.

The BJP-led government has set an ambitious target of completing the two elevated Metro lines by 2019. The chief minister-led Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) approved detailed project reports for the two lines last month, and the projects are likely to come up soon before the state cabinet for approval.

A senior MMRDA official said the state government had sent a request to the Prime Minister’s Office to include the event in his schedule. “The main purpose of Modi’s visit will be to perform a bhoomipujan for a memorial of Dr BR Ambedkar at Indu Mills, but the government has also requested for the Metro bhoomipujan to be accommodated in the schedule. Although we are still awaiting a formal reply, we are upbeat about it. The main purpose of his visit remains,” he added.

A senior state government official said, “The bhoomipujan for the Metro lines will most likely be held at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Goregaon,” he said. The 16.5-km Andheri East to Dahisar East line is estimated to cost Rs 4,737 crore. It will boost connectivity from the southern-most tip of the city to the northern-most on the western side, as the Metro is being planned to intersect the proposed Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro.

The 18.6-km Dahisar-DN Nagar Line is pegged at Rs 4,994 crore, and will meet the existing 11.4-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro at the DN Nagar Metro station. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will take up one of the two corridors for implementation, and will be a consultant for the other line.
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This would be the fourth bhoomipujan for the series of Metro projects in Mumbai.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had, in 2006, laid the foundation stone for the city’s first Metro corridor, the elevated 11.4-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro line, which was opened for public use only in 2014. In 2009, Pratibha Patil, the then president, performed a bhoomipujan for an elevated 32-km Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd Metro, a project that never took off. Last year, former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan conducted a bhoomipujan for a 33.5-km Colaba-Bandra-Seepz underground Metro, the bids for which are currently being finalised.

Modi will also perform a bhoomipujan for a grand memorial of Dr BR Ambedkar at Indu Mills in Dadar, and address a public gathering in the presence of Republican Party of India (RPI) leaders at a ground near Rang Sharada auditorium in Bandra, the state government official said.

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Chennai Metro|CMRL starts taking steps to make its stations more disabled-friendly

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23/09/2015

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Chennai: The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) has started taking steps to make its stations better for the disabled. Though the facilities are built as per international norms, activists had suggested improvements. Metro officials will hold talks with an access consultant nominated by Disability Rights Alliance (DRA) to make stations and trains disabled-friendly.

The move comes after volunteers of DRA travelled on trains to conduct an access audit, and submitted a report. DRA member Smitha S said the group suggested that an access consultant would work full time on the field with metro rail. “We have also suggested a third party audit. The consultant has now been called for a meeting to decide further course of action on Wednesday. A consultant from Agate Infotek has been identified as per the specifications provided by metro rail.”

She also said that the consultant would offer a training module on how to conduct in-house access audits so that the standards are met when future modifications are done. Shankar from Agate Infotek, who has been selected as the consultant by DRA, the meeting may look at ways to plan accessibility and changes to be made. “This is a preliminary meeting,” he said.

DRA had suggested metro rail to update design and procurement standards, compliance inspection by commissioner of metro rail safety, and training and orientation of staff. This was the outcome of a trip on the metro rail for an access audit which showed that the stations and trains were not freely accessible to disabled people travelling alone. Activists found that access pathways to the stations, ticket counters and platforms needed improvement.

A metro rail official said that the stations were designed as per international norms. “We are trying to take feedback from disabled rights volunteers to make further improvement,” he said. DRA has been in touch with metro rail officials since the construction began. “We have been suggesting that the international design should be customised for Indian requirements,” said Smitha.

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Meerut Metro|Divisional Commissioner directs RITES to prepare DPR for Meerut Metro Rail project

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23/09/2015

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Meerut: In a meeting concerning the Meerut Metro rail project, on Wednesday, divisional commissioner Alok Sinha directed Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RIGHTS) officials to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) after taking into account various aspects in a time-bound approach.

He also asked them to study land revenue records where rail depots have been prescribed so that land acquisition process could be started.

Assistant town planner of MDA, Vivek Bhaskar, informed, “There will be two corridors of Metro rail. In the first corridor, it will begin from Partapur to Pallav Puram phase II via Begum Bridge. It will be a distance of 20 km with 20 stoppages. Besides, 11 km will be built on an elevated corridor and another 9 km will be underground. The second corridor will be from Rajbanpur Cantt to Gokulpur via Begumpul, a distance of 10 km with 11 stoppages. The entire second corridor will be elevated one.”

The main stations on the first corridor will be Partapur, Panchwati Enclave, Rithani, Rithani West, Shatabdi Nagar, Devlok, Madhavpuram, Meerut railway station road, Lajpat Bazaar, Begampul, Gandhi Bagh, Lekha Nagar, Pallavpuram Dorli, Ansal City and Pallavpuram phase 2.

“Two depots have been sanctioned in the first corridor, namely, Partapur (20 hectares) and Pallavpuram phase-2 (15 hectares). While an elevated corridor will be constructed from Partapur to Rithani West, underground metro will run from Shatabdi Nagar to Lekha Nagar. The second corridor will have one depot at Gokul village,” said Sinha.

Officials from the departments of irrigation, RIGHTS, Nagar Nigam, PWD, Cantt Board and MDA participated.

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Kochi Metro|KMRL to implement NMT pilot project in Kalamassery, CUSAT areas

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22/09/2015

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Kochi: The Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) said on Sunday that it would implement a pilot project for non-motorised transport (NMT) in the Kalamassery area of the city, which is host to a large number of educational institutions, including the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), and has a large populationof students.

A press release from KMRL said that it had held consultations with representatives of the educational institutions near the CUSAT and Kalamassery metro stations to explore the potential of providing NMT facilities like cycling and walking.

“Apart from commissioning and running the Kochi Metro Rail system, one of the priorities of Kochi Metro Rail Limited is to enable easy and safe access to the metro stations through non-motorized transport (NMT). KMRL has appointed UMTC (Urban Mass Transit Company) as consultant to prepare a NMT Master plan for Kochi, comprising the identification of priority NMT corridors in a 2-km buffer area on either side of the metro corridor,” said.

CUSAT and Kalamassery have been chosen as a pilot project, as there is a large population of students visiting the educational institutions daily (around 19,000) and it is hence a great opportunity to inculcate the habits of walking, cycling and using public transport right from the school days, it said.

“However, many challenges first have to be faced: lack of dedicated parking space, leading to increasing encroachment on the road space, absence of public spaces, lack of accessibility of existing footpaths (either broken, narrow or too high), absence of bicycle racks, poor street lighting and low frequency of buses. KMRL, with the help of Kalamassery municipal Corporation is planning to implement the pilot project of NMT in this area,” it said.

Another round of consultations is planned to be held with more stakeholders to take it further.

“The objective of this initiative is to provide safe, accessible and comfortable footpaths, improved conditions for cycling, bicycle parking facilities and urban renewal,” the release added.

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Noida Metro|Noida & Greater Noida authorities approves DPRs for two new metro corridors

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22/09/2015

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Noida: A joint board of the Noida and Greater Noida authorities on Friday approved the detailed project reports (DPRs) for two new Metro corridors and finalized a comprehensive mobility plan (CMP) for the twin cities.

The two Metro corridors will help bring Noida and Greater Noida closer to Delhi, while the CMP will address the need for an efficient public transport system for the twin cities. The two new routes are a 14.95km Metro corridor from Noida Sector 71 to Noida Extension and an 11km link from Okhla Bird Sanctuary to Sector 142 of Noida.

The corridor from Okhla sanctuary will be connected to Line 8 (Janakpuri to West-Botanic Garden) of Phase-III of Delhi Metro. A proposed station at Okhla Bird Sanctuary will link the two corridors, said officials.

According to the project report, the corridor till Sector 142 will have eight stations – Okhla Bird Sanctuary, Noida sectors 91, 93, 94, 98, 125, 136 and 142. Measuring 10.92km, 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.

The Noida Extension corridor will extend from Noida Sector 71 to Knowledge Park-V in Greater Noida (West). Officials said that the cost of construction is estimated at Rs 3,884 crore, and the route should be operational within four years.

Measuring around 14.95 km, the elevated corridor will have nine stations. The first station on this route will be Noida Sector 71 and it will extend up to Greater Noida Knowledge Park V. Noida sectors 122, 123, Greater Noida Sector 4, Ecotech 12, and Greater Noida’s sectors 2, 3 and 10 will be part of this route.

Rama Raman, chairperson of the two authorities, said the DPRs for the proposed routes will now be sent to the state government for its approval. “Once the final DPRs and the Metro alignment is approved, an MoU could be inked in the next six months. After the MoU will be signed, construction will start,” said the CEO.

The joint board also gave its nod to the CMP that includes projects for road infrastructure, personalized and public transport, traffic management, traffic projections, parking woes, non-motorized facilities, reduction in vehicular pollution and other safety aspects.

“The CMP is also a prerequisite to get funding assistance from the Centre for our proposed Metro corridor. It is mandatory that the CMP be submitted along with the DPR for the proposed Metro corridors,” Raman said.

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Delhi Metro|Recruitment of Chief Engineer/Track & Dy.General Manager (Design)

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22/09/2015

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The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has notified recruitment to fill up vacant positions of Chief Engineer (Track) and Dy.

General Manager (Design).

Job details:
1. Chief Engineer (Track) : 01 post
2. Deputy General Manager (Design) : 01 post

Age limit:
1. Not more than 55 years as on 01/07/2015 for the post of Chief Engineer (Track)
2. Not more than 45 years as on 01/07/2015 for the post of Dy. General Manager (Design)

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.)

Candidates shall be called for GD/Interview in the ratio of 1:5, subject to availability of suitable candidates.

Pay scale:
Chief Engineer (Track): Rs 51300 – 73000 (IDA)
Deputy General Manager (Design): Rs 29100-54500 (IDA)

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.

Important dates:

The last date for submission of application form is 08/10/2015 for the post of Chief Engineer (Track) and 14/10/2015 for the post of Deputy General Manager (Design).

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

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