Smart City Project|Govt announces 98 Smart City names in India

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27/08/2015

New Delhi: Government’s ambitious Rs 4,000 crore ‘Metrino’ public transport project, which will enable people to travel in driverless pods suspended to a ropeway in the national capital region, will hit the ground soon.

A presentation on the project was made before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the entire Union Cabinet last evening and the work would start within six months, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.

To start with, the Metrino project will connect the 70-km stretch from Dhaula Kuan to Manesar in Haryana.

“A detailed project report on the Metrino project will be prepared within a couple of months and the work may start within six months,” Gadkari told agency.

He said if all went as per plans Delhi will have Metrino in two years time which will decongest national capital region’s highways as the pilot project is planned between the 70-km stretch from Dhaula Kuan to Manesar on NH-8.

“The ropeway like system runs on electricity and driverless pods will come down at the designated station thus removing the traffic burden from already congested roads. The capital cost of metro is Rs 250 crore per km whereas this will cost Rs 50 crore per km,” he said.

Gadkari said massive work is underway to reform the face of the highways sector and the pilot project will be one such step in this direction.

Under the project, fully automatic, driverless small pods travel independently suspended over an overhead network which is usually 5-10 meters above ground.

Meanwhile, an official said that Delhi government has also shown keen interest in the project.

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Bangalore Metro|BMRC starts safety trial of metro train of Reach-2 project

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27/08/2015

Bangalore: Commercial operations on the Metro railway line between Magadi Road and Mysuru Road stations may start by mid-September as the Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) began safety trials on the stretch on Wednesday.

Having missed several deadlines in the past, the line was to open in June but the launch was postponed until the end of July. Then came the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) elections, and the BMRCL (Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd) got more time to complete the pending works.

Safety trial by the Commissioner of Railway Safety, S K Mittal, went on till Wednesday evening and will go on for two more days, BMRCL officials said.
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While BMRCL officials were tight-lipped about when the line will be opened to public, sources said that if the trial got over within a week, commercial operations could begin by mid-September.

In March this year, the BMRCL had transported coaches through the underground line between Cubbon Park, Vidhana Soudha, Sri M Visvesvaraya and Majestic railway stations, and on the elevated stretch till Magadi Road and beyond.

The purpose was to transport the coaches to be run on the elevated stretch between Magadi Road and Mysuru Road stations, which doesn’t have a depot nearby. The tunnel’s safety was tested at the same time.

The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), ‘Krishna’, which is tunnelling between KR Market and Chickpet Metro stations for over a year now, is all set to emerge out in the next two days.

The TBM tunnelled 417 metres till last week and has to dig just 10.5 metres more to reach the Chickpet station and achieve a breakthrough, BMRCL officials said.

The presence of hard rocks under the ground level slowed down the machine’s work. It also had to avoid causing any disturbance above the ground level.

After reaching Chickpet, the TBM will be launched on the second tunnel between Chickpet and Majestic stations. TBM ‘Kaveri’, which is also tunneling between Chickpet and Majestic stations, has covered 336 metres so far and has to dig another 404 metres to reach the Majestic station.

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Chennai Metro|CMRL to generate more revenue through movie shooting in metro

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27/08/2015

Chennai: With the actual hustle and bustle yet to set in, the Chennai Metro Rail is considering to open its doors to other revenue modes, which includes renting out station premises for film shoots, said senior officials.

Only the 10-kilometre stretch between Koyambedu and Alandur has been completed so far, due to which the nascent network is yet to receive the actual expected patronage. The revenue from users, at present, is quite an eligible figure when compared to the operating costs.

Officials said that till the rest of the network is up and running, the authorities would look at various options to bring in revenue.

“Discussions were held with both Delhi and Mumbai metro officials regarding the procedures before deciding to open up for film shoots,” sources said.

“Delhi and Mumbai charge four lakh a day and this could be the tentative pricing,” said a Metro Rail official, adding that the real cost would be worked out by the other officials here. Sources said film units would be permitted only during the lean hours to avoid any hardships to the commuting public.

The idea is to have 70 per cent of revenue through ticketing and 25 to 30 per cent revenue through other sources like ATMs, shops and advertisements put up at the station, the official explained.

He said that currently there were nearly 10,000 commuters taking the metro rail services on a given day. “It is only on the weekends that we are find more than 20,000 people. Most of whom are first time-users,” he said.

“We are expecting about 60,000 passengers a day once the 20-km stretch from Chennai Egmore to St Thomas Mount, and also the stretch between Little Mount to Airport are completed,” he added. Of the 20 kms, nine will be an underground stretch from Chennai Egmore to Thirumangalam.

“Once the entire first phase is completed, we expect more than one lakh people to use the Chennai Metro Rail for their daily commute,” the official added.

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Bangalore Metro|Karnataka HC notices to Railways, Govt on PIL against PPP Pact on Metro Station

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27/08/2015

Bangalore: A division bench of acting Chief Justice S K Mukherjee and Justice B V Nagarathna gave the order on the petition by Bengaluru Residents’ Associations’ Confederation Ensemble (BRACE) and others.

The petitioners contended that the agreement between the BMRCL and Mantri was illegal and that the 2.
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5 acres of land acquired by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) could not be handed over to a third party. They also argued that the land acquired for Swastik station was transferred to the company in the name of a PPP project and that would benefit only Mantri, not the State government. They appealed for quashing of the agreement.

Opening park to public: The Union government has sought two weeks from the High Court to file objections to a petition filed by one B R Sharan Kumar for opening the General Cariappa Memorial Park off MG Road to the public.

Kumar contended that the park, spread over 22 acres, is a public amenity and people must be allowed into it. Since the Karnataka government contributed Rs 50 lakh to the park’s development, banning people from entering it is unacceptable. A division bench of acting Chief Justice S K Mukherjee and Justice B V Nagarathna on Wednesday gave the Centre two weeks to file objections and adjourned the hearing.

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Mumbai Metro|Rs. 35,400 crore sanctioned for 118-km Metro network

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27/08/2015

Mumbai: The Chief Minister and Chairman, MMRDA, Mr. Devendra Fadnavis, during the 138th Authority Meeting, held today, arrived at a few coherent policy decisions and sanctioned the expenditure of Rs. 35,400 crore for the development of 118-km Metro network which includes 40-km Dahisar-Charkop-BandraMankhurd Metro-2 corridor (Rs. 12,000 crore), 40-km Wadala-Ghatkopar-ThaneKasarvadavali Metro-4 corridor via Wadala GPO and R.A.Kidwai Marg (Rs. 12,000 crore), 27-km Dahisar-E-Andheri-E-Bandra-E Metro-5 corridor (Rs. 8,100 crore) and 11-km Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road Metro-6 corridor (Rs. 3,300 crore).

In this context, the Authority has accepted two Detailed Project Reports – one for the 16.5-km Andheri-E to Dahisar-E Metro corridor and the other for 18.6-km Dahisar to D.N.Nagar Metro corridor – prepared by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and has recommended these two corridors estimated at Rs. 4,737 crore and Rs. 4,994 crore respectively for the State approval. While the Authority has recommended, to the State, raising of funds from various financial institutions such as World Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency and other national and international financial institutions.

The Authority further afforded administrative approval to the estimated expenditure of Rs. 743.73 crore for the construction of three elevated roads to clear traffic chaos at Bandra-Kurla Complex and Santacruz-Chembur junctions. The 1.3-km elevated road running from MTNL junction to LBS Flyover and the 3.45-km elevated road from Kurla (Kapadia Nagar) to Vakola near Western Express Highway (Rs. 480.63 crore) will help clear SCLR junction. Similarly another 1.9-km elevated road from Bharat Diamond Bourse in ‘G’ Block to Vakola junction near Western Express Highway (Rs. 263.09 crore) will help decongest BKC junction as the motorists will be able to reach Vakola straight from the ‘G’ Block in the Bandra-Kurla Complex avoiding BKC junction.

The Authority further gave boost to the Bandra-Kurla Complex by demarcating 20 Hectares of plot in ‘G Text’ Block for an International Finance Service Centre and approving Rs. 95.57 crore expenditure in order to afford smart status to the complex by making it wi-fi able and providing smart parking, integrated building monitoring system, command and control centre, energy efficient street lights, bus service etc.

The Authority has also approved the development of Kalyan Growth Centre and the estimated expenditure of Rs. 1,089 crore for the same. This growth centre will be well connected by road and rail routes and will create job opportunities outside Mumbai and contribute to balanced development of the metropolitan region what with the MMRDA taking up infrastructural development sooner than later.

The metropolitan region has also received nod from the Authority to the road development work estimated at Rs. 60.61 crore in areas such as Palghar, Kalyan, Ambarnath, Karjat and Kulgaon-Badlapur.

The Authority also approved the submission of draft regional plan to the Metropolitan Planning Committee.
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The draft contains proposals related to population, employment, land use, housing, transportation and environment.

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Delhi Metro|DMRC to increase frequency of trains during off peak hours from August 31

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26/08/2015

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has decided to increase the frequency of trains on weekdays (Monday to Friday) during off peak hours i.e. from 11:00 AM to 04:30 PM by inducting twenty more trains into service from the existing train stock from 31^st August 2015 (Monday) onwards. The average frequency during off peak hours will be as follows:

Line-1 (Red Line) Dilshad Garden to Rithala: 4 min 06 sec
Line-2 (Yellow Line) HUDA City Centre to Jahangirpuri: 2 min 45 sec
Line-3/4 (Blue Line) Dwarka Sec-21 to NOIDA City Centre/Vaishali: 2 min 47 sec
Line-6 (Violet Line) ITO to Badarpur: 4 min 12 sec

The above is being done in view of increasing ridership and after conducting a detailed operational & maintenance study so as to provide additional services to the commuters.

Further, in view of the increased ridership observed by DMRC in earlier years on the day before and on Rakshabandhan itself, the Delhi Metro will also run about 210 extra train trips on 28^th August 2015 and on ‘Raksha Bandhan’, i.e. 29^th August 2015. In order to operate 210 additional trips, DMRC will deploy additional staff and officers. Routine maintenance of trains will be deferred.

DMRC will also deploy additional personnel at stations to cater to the extra rush of commuters expected on these two days. DMRC will deploy 106 additional shifts of Guards/Customer Facilitation Agents (CFA) at 57 major Metro stations to help and guide commuters on these two days. In addition, extra personnel will also be deployed to handle the increased load on the ticketing system and the Metro ticketing staff on 93 Metro stations will do 146 additional shifts.

The Delhi Metro normally witnesses greater rush of commuters on the eve of Raksha Bandhan Day. In 2014, over 25.5 Lakh passengers travelled on a day before Rakhi by the Metro whereas, over 21.8 lakh travelled on day of Rakhi inspite of being Sunday, whereas average Sunday’s ridership during Rakhi’s month in 2014 was 18.1 lakh.

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Delhi Metro|PM Modi likely to flag off metro service in Faridabad on Sept 6.

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26/08/2015

New Delhi: The Badarpur – Faridabad extension of the Delhi Metro is expected to be inaugurated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi on September 6, 2015.

“September 6 is the date we have proposed to the PMO for the inauguration of the Faridabad metro. However it is expected to be inaugurated between September 6 and September 10,” informed Union Minister and Faridabad member of Parliament Krishan Pal Gurjar.

The Metro Rail Safety Commissioner finished a three-day inspection of the corridor on August 12.

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875 Km and is totally elevated section containing 9 metro stations names Sarai, NHPC Chowk, Mewala Maharajpur, Sector 28, Badkal Mor, Old Faridabad, Neelam Chowk Ajronda, Bata Chowk, Escorts Mujesar.

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Delhi Metro|Not providing Bins at Metro Stations due to Security concerns

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26/08/2015

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New Delhi: Security concerns have come in the way of DMRC providing dustbins at “every metro station” which is provided only in inter-change stations like Rajiv Chowk, Kashmere Gate, Mandi House and Inderlok etc, the Delhi High Court was informed on tuesday.

“The respondent (DMRC) is not providing dustbins at every metro station because of security concerns but at interchange stations like Kashmere Gate, Mandi House, Rajiv Chowk, Inderlok etc transparent dustbins are installed by DMRC in first phase. DMRC is considering the feasibility to provide transparent dustbins at other stations also,” the DMRC affidavit said.
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The affidavit was filed after the court on May 1 had told DMRC that not having dustbins at metro platforms due to fear of bomb blasts was a “very myopic view of security” as airports and even railway stations have garbage bins.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) also said that it has provided toilet facility for commuters at 138 metro stations but there are 11 metro stations where there are no such facilities due to lack of space.

It also said that it has been providing drinking water facility at all metro stations by way of AVM machine at 135 places and through kiosks at 166 places, through which metro commuters can buy water.

The court was hearing a plea filed by Kush Kalra, a commuter, complaining that Delhi Metro does not provide toilets, drinking water and dustbin facilities at all the stations.

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Vizag Metro|Vijayawada Metro project to cost Rs.6,823 crore

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26/08/2015