Nagpur Metro|Metro tickets to be comparable to auto fare per person

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20/09/2015

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has decided to install solar power panels on the Foot Over Bridges (FOBs) provided at the stations of Faridabad corridor (Sarai to Escorts Mujesar) of Line-6 (ITO-Escorts Mujesar) for the production of solar power.

These FOBs have been constructed at all the Nine Metro stations of the Faridabad corridor for the convenient movement of the pedestrians. These solar power panels will be positioned atop the FOBs and will also provide shade to the pedestrians.

The FOB solar panels will produce 225 KW power in total (25 KW at each station’s FOB). The installation of these panels will be completed in next few months.

DMRC has so far installed solar power plants at all the stations of the Faridabad corridor and Ajronda Depot with a total generation capacity of 1.9 MWp. The power generated is being used for the lighting and other auxiliary requirements of the station and depot buildings.

The power Receiving Sub Station (RSS) of the Faridabad corridor has also been developed as a green building with a 50 kWp solar plant, rain water harvesting and constructed wet land type of Sewage treatment plant facilities.

In total, DMRC has so far commissioned solar power facilities with generation capacity of approx.
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2,800 KWp with plants at Dwarka Sector 21, Anand Vihar, Pragati Maidan, Metro Enclave, Yamuna bank station, Yamuna bank depot, and ITO.

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Delhi Metro|DMRC & National Museum signs MoU to develop Udyog Bhawan stn as a Art & Culture Hub

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17/09/2015

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the National Museum, New Delhi signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to develop the Udyog Bhawan Metro station as a hub of art and culture.

As per the MoU, the Udyog Bhawan Metro station on the Jahangirpuri – HUDA City Centre (Yellow Line) corridor will be developed as the gateway to the National Museum. Art works and artifacts will be displayed at the concourse area (both paid and unpaid areas) of the station.

While National Museum will arrange, display as well as maintain the art works, artifacts etc, DMRC will provide the necessary space and other ancillary requirements such as cabling, wiring, civil work etc. The displays will also be periodically changed by National Museum so that the visitors to the station get to see new artifacts and art works from time to time.

The MoU was signed at the Metro Bhawan today between Sh. Vikas Kumar, Executive Director, Operations from DMRC and Sh. Sanjiv Mittal, Director General, from National Museum in the presence of DMRC’s Managing Director, Dr. Mangu Singh and other senior officials.
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National Museum, a constituent of the Ministry of Culture is one of India’s most prestigious museums. It is a treasure trove of many art works, artifacts, antiques etc displaying India’s rich socio cultural heritage. This MoU is a continuation of the Delhi Metro’s efforts to utilize its premises for the promotion of Indian art and culture.

DMRC has associated itself with many other government bodies/ organizations such as the Ministry of Culture, Delhi Tourism, India Habitat Centre, Indian Council of Historical Research as well as independent artists for setting up display panels, art works etc at the Metro stations across the network.

To promote the culture of book reading among the commuters, book stores have also been opened at the Kashmere Gate and Vishwavidyalaya Metro stations by the National Book Trust as well as Sahitya Akademi.

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Vizag Metro|Centre to support development of Vijayawada metro rail project

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17/09/2015

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Hyderabad: The Centre has decided to approve and support the 26-km-long Vijayawada metro rail project.

The decision was conveyed by M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Urban Development Minister to the State on Thursday.

The Rs. 6,800-crore elevated project has been entrusted for development to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, which has already submitted project details.

However, there were some concerns whether the Vijayawada metro fits the bill for a metro project as it has a population of less than 20 lakh. The support from Centre would entitle the State to access necessary funds and support for the project.

Recently, DMRC as a consultant had submitted a detailed project report for Visakhapatam metro project as well.

The State Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is keen that both projects are executed by 2018. The State has entrusted the task of development to DMRC with E Sreedharan guiding both the projects.

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Nagpur Metro|NMRC to get Rs.3700 crore loan from KfW Geremany

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17/09/2015

Nagpur: Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (NMRCL) will receive a loan to the tune of 500 million euro (Rs 3,700 crore) from German government-owned development bank KfW, as a part of fund required for the project.

Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, has cleared the loan proposal from KfW Germany last week, NMRCL managing director Brajesh Dixit told reporters here today.

The proposal was under consideration of the Central government and was cleared on September 11, he said.

Dixit said an additional 60 million euro (Rs 444 crore) loan will also be provided for funding the proposed feeder service and solar energy installation of Nagpur Metro Rail on mere concessional terms of KfW Germany.

Remaining requirement of about 130 million euro loan for the entire project was expected to be met by AFD France, as per the advice of the Department of Economic Affairs, Dixit added.

Teams of both the financial institutions, KfW and AFD, have already visited the city for appraisal and evaluation of the project for their satisfaction.

KfW team will visit again some time in October to the proposed site to further advance the process of grant of loan and finalise the terms and conditions.

After the visit, a final agreement will be signed in New Delhi between the government and the loan provider agency by late November or early December.

To a query, Dixit said about 77 per cent of the total land requirement has been acquired and remaining will be acquired soon.

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Chennai Metro|Cost of Metro Rail work may go up by 20 per cent

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16/09/2015

Chennai: The cost of completing the underground Chennai Metro rail work along Anna Salai may go up at least by 20 per cent, say sources.

Recently, tenders were floated for completion of this underground network along the arterial road after Chennai Metro Rail’s erstwhile contractor Gammon India’s contract was terminated sometime ago.

“The cost may go up at least by 20 per cent owing to various reasons. We are in the process of estimating the exact amount. Soon, the new contractor will be fixed and subsequently, work on this stretch will resume,” an official of Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) said.

In 2011, Gammon India, along with Russia-based Mosmetrostroy, secured a contract worth Rs.1,947 crore from CMRL for the construction of seven underground stations along Anna Salai, including LIC, Government Estate, Teynampet, Nandanam and Thousand Lights.

Gammon India had exhausted about Rs.
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1,100 crore for nearly 60 per cent of the work done, the official said.

In July, the contract of Gammon India was terminated owing to delay in the completion of the work. This happened a few months after its joint venture partner Mosmetrostroy abandoned the project because of severe financial crunch.

This is the third time that CMRL has terminated a contract. Earlier, the contracts of Consolidated Construction Consortium Ltd. (CCCL) and Lanco Infratech Ltd. were terminated owing to tardy progress of work. The retendering process and completion of work by the next contractor took quite sometime.

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Delhi Metro|DMRC floats revised Tender for Procurement of Rakes on Greater Noida Metro

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16/09/2015

New Delhi: Nearly five months after the DMRC initiated tenders for 78 coaches to come at a cost of Rs 700 crore for the Noida-Greater Noida track, a revised tender has been floated.

This time, DMRC has invited bids for 76 coaches at an additional cost of Rs 100 crore, which officials say includes taxes. The selected agency will be responsible for the design, manufacture and commissioning of the coaches. The procurement of these cars will be funded by the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC).

According to DMRC officials, the earlier tenders have been re-initiated as not a single bidder had applied for the earlier tender, which was floated in April this year and was to be finalized in June. With the re-initiation, the agency is now likely to be finalized by October 20, 2015.

The selected agency will be responsible for supplying the coaches within 114 weeks, DMRC officials said on Monday. The trains will support four coaches each as against the earlier plan of three-coach trains. The total number of trains that will run between Noida and Greater Noida would be 19. “Trains will be run at a frequency of every five minutes to address the peak hours, peak directional traffic load,” said a DMRC official.

With each coach having a capacity of 300 passengers, every train will be able to accommodate 1,200 passengers and 15,000 commuters will be ferried at 5-minute frequency. Officials said the number of cars have been increased, following DMRC experience and the study of traffic patterns.

“With development and habitation expected to increase in time to come, we can also increase the rolling stock to six-car trains.
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The longer trains will cater to the expected traffic along the route between the twin cities,” the official said.

The design for the Metro coaches has already been approved by Rama Raman, the chairperson of the three authorities of Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway in February this year. The coaches would be state-of-the art and laced with modern technology. A model of the coach has been readied and approved, said NMRC officials.

Once the track is in place, it would not only provide a fast link between the two townships but also bring these places closer to the national capital. The track is expected to be commissioned by June 2017.

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Vizag Metro|Chinese railway firm keen on investing in Andhra Metro project

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16/09/2015

Vijayawada: Interest of Chinese companies to invest in Andhra Pradesh is growing. After three leading Chinese manufacturing units committed to participating in the Kakinada SEZ a few months ago, now, it’s the turn of a major Railway group to evince interest. A delegation from China Railway 23rd Bureau Group Co. (International) Ltd. (CCRC) met the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday in Vijayawada and discussed possible areas of collaboration. Naidu asked the company to participate in the tender-bidding process for the metro rail projects in Vijayawada which was now renamed as Amaravati Metro in view of the State’s new capital region named as Amaravati, and Vizag Metro

Outlining the areas in which AP and the CCRC could work together, Dong Fengie, General Manager, Overseas, of the Chinese firm said, “we are keen to work in sectors like railways, metro rail projects and multi-purpose dam projects”.

Naidu explained the opportunities for investors in infrastructure, airports, ports and the housing sector in Andhra Pradesh, which is building a new capital city.

He asked the group to come up with a proposal for identifying areas of investments, Government spokesperson said.

In May, GMR Infrastructure Limited (GMR) entered into an agreement with Guizhou International Investment Corporation (GIIC), a consortium of three leading Chinese manufacturing companies to set up an industrial park in its SEZ, Kakinada with an immediate investment of $500 million.

The Chinese companies from power equipment, electronics, wind & solar energy, smart technologies etc. were intending to set up their manufacturing units.

The SEZ in Kakinada is a port-based multi product Special Economic Zone, spread over approximately 10,500 acres and is a subsidiary of GMR.

The State government is pro-active in extending a slew of incentives for investing companies in addition to benefits under the Make in India policy of the Centre.

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Women only experience at Delhi Metro

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16/09/2015

First things first, when I got down from the Metro yesterday I was quite blown away as this was the view that greeted me. I quickly overcame any hesitations that were trying to raise their heads and took out my SLR with the 70-300mm zoom attached to it. Can you blame me? Throughout the journey I was wondering where the sun was and what kind of sunset it was!

Now that I am writing the post I am thinking it could be only about the sunset pictures, but then I wanted to write about the Women Only coaches of Delhi Metro and I will do so. I remember earlier there were no such women only coaches and as I rarely travel alone within Delhi/Gurgaon I was OK with it. But recently I used the Women Only coaches quickly as I was traveling alone. The first time, I took a Metro from ISBT to Gurgaon late at night around 10.00pm and didn’t like it much, as it was not a women only coach, in fact towards the last station I was the only women in the coach and I changed it!

This weekend I traveled to my sister’s place. So on Friday as well as Sunday I was traveling alone and taking the Metro. I took the train around 7.00pm on Friday and 4.30 pm on Sunday. On both the occasions it was a great experience to be in a women only coach. I guess I felt more at ease, less bothered about people misbehaving with me and less concerned about guarding my personal space. A few men who tried to entered the coach were asked to leave either by the security personnel or the women in the traveling in coach. I am told that the security personnel vanish towards 10.00 pm or so and hence my relatively bad experience on the first trip.

But as I said, what made my day was the sunset that greeted me when I got down. I got an added bonus of clicking a train along with the sunset too.

However there was a twist in the story when I tried to get out of the station! I inserted the coin in the slot and the barrier did not open! I was quite perplexed as this had never happened before. There was a person who took out the coin and said I should talk to the customer care. When I gave the token to the person sitting there, he said it was for Ramesh Nagar! For my life I do not even know where is Ramesh Nagar and I have no clue why I was given a token for that when I wanted to go to Gurgaon! As a way out he said I would have to buy another full ticket, which I did. I could have raised a ruckus that it was not my fault but I was so happy with the sunset pictures that I bought another token and I happily got out. And before I sign off here is another picture that made me so happy that I did not fight about the wrong token!

For those of you who wish to ask me why do we even need a women only coach in Delhi (India?) as it is not promoting equality etc, that is a story for another day. But if you have traveled by public transport in India, chances are you will not ask this question.

(Story by: Mridula Dwivedi)

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Metro Rail News team signs Media Partnership agreement for Indian Metro Rail Development Congress 2015

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16/09/2015