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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Mitsubishi Electric opens its first transportation-systems factory in Bengaluru

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Mitsubishi Electric opens its first transportation-systems factory in Bengaluru

New Delhi: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced on Friday that its Indian subsidiary Mitsubishi Electric India Pvt. Ltd. (MEI) has opened a factory for transportation-systems business in Bidadi, near Bengaluru, India.

Mitsubishi Electric is targeting transportation-systems annual revenue of USD 170 million in India by fiscal 2020, in part by strengthening sales and maintenance services for subways and trains to meet the growing global demand for transportation infrastructure.

In the early 1960s, Mitsubishi Electric began providing Indian customers with electrical products for locomotives. Later, the company has expanded into rolling stock equipment business for metro projects since 2000s, and now it provides about 65 percent traction systems of the nation’s metro rail networks.

The factory will assemble electrical propulsion equipment for rolling stock under a plan to expand Mitsubishi Electric’s transportation-systems business in the Indian market. This is Mitsubishi Electric’s third manufacturing facility in India, following plants for automotive equipment and factory automation products in Gurgaon and Pune, respectively.

The factory, which cost around US$ 8 million, is on a site measuring 4,605 square meters. It can produce traction inverters, motors and other electrical equipment for rolling stock in metro systems across the country. The factory also has facilities for equipment maintenance. Initial staffing totals about 50 people.

Makoto Kitai, managing director of MEI, said: “Our factory can produce and supply state-of-the-art electrical propulsion equipment for rolling stock. By setting up this factory in India, we have demonstrated our commitment to invest, foster innovation, enhance skill development, protect intellectual property and build best-in-class manufacturing infrastructure in India, which we call our ‘Make in India’ initiative.”

Bullet Train Project|Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail project to cost Rs 98,000 crore

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Bullet Train Project|Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail project to cost Rs 98,000 crore

New Delhi: An Indian Railways-Japan International Cooperation Agency feasibility study has concluded that the Mumbai-Ahmedabad 505-km high-speed rail corridor will cost an estimated Rs 98,000 crore. Minister of State for Railways, Manoj Sinha, stated this in a written reply during question hour in Parliament on Wednesday.

Though there is no visibility on when the project will start, it is estimated that trains on this corridor run at a top speed of 320 kmph, reducing commute time between the two cities to less than two hours from the current seven.

The Japanese government has offered a package proposal for the corridor, which involves technical, operation & maintenance (O&M), and financial assistance to the tune of 81 per cent of the project cost, which will be disbursed as a loan. The interest and other terms have not been finalised, a government statement said.

The ambitious project requires 11 new tunnels, including one under the sea near Mumbai.

It is expected to start at Bandra Kurla Complex, while the Ahmedabad point has not been decided.

In September, China had won the contract to assess the feasibility of a 1200-km high-speed rail corridor between Delhi and Mumbai, a project that is expected to cost at least twice as much. No loan has been offered so far on the Delhi-Mumbai corridor.

These two projects are part of the ‘Diamond Quadrilateral’ of high speed trains, with over 10,000 km of tracks connecting Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.

Recently, Japan agreed to fund Rs 1,069 crore for the Chennai Metro Rail and Rs 4,410 crore for Ahmedabad Metro Rail, adding momentum to the bilateral ties between India and Japan.

“With overall consensus and popular support for greater cooperation between India and Japan, the partnership is poised for a great future,” said a government statement.

Chennai Metro| Recruitment of Section Engineer (Civil)

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Chennai Metro| Recruitment of Section Engineer (Civil)

Chennai Metro Rail Limited, entrusted with the implementation of Chennai Metro Rail Project, requires efficient, experienced and competent officials for the post mentioned below on Contract basis for a period of 3 years. The contract period may be extended for further period upto one year based on project requirement and performance of the individual.

Name of Post: Section Engineer (Civil-AutoCAD) – 01 post
Salary: Pay Scale :Rs.16000-30770/- (IDA)

Persons with requisite experience and qualification alone need apply. Age may be relaxed for experienced candidates. The number of vacancy indicated above may increase or decrease based on the requirement of the project. The engagement shall be purely on temporary and contract basis.

Applications must reach to GM (HR) at the below mentioned address on or before 18-12-2015.

General Manager (HR),
Chennai Metro Rail Limited,
Admin Building, CMRL Depot,
Poonamallee High Road,
Koyambedu, Chennai – 600107

GM (HR) can be reached at email ID “gmhr.cmrl@tn.gov.in”

For details regarding qualification, experience, general conditions, application format etc., please visit CMRL’s official website www.chennaimetrorail.gov.in

Nagpur Metro|312 trees to be cut for metro rail’s first phase

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Nagpur Metro|312 trees to be cut for metro rail’s first phase

Nagpur: It is truly said that development comes at a price. For the city’s ambitious metro rail project, over 300 trees will be chopped off during the first phase.

According to the Detailed Project Report (DPR), the proposed length of Nagpur metro is 38.2 kilometre and the work will be conducted in two phases. The first phase would pass from Sitabuldi to Mihan via airport while the second would be from Sitabuldi to Automative Square in Kamptee Road and Lokmanya Nagar near Hingna to Prajapati Nagar near Wardhaman Nagar. The first phase of 25 kilometre would incur an expenditure of Rs4,400 crore while the second one of 20 kilometre would require Rs3,800 crore.

The Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL)’s deputy general manager and public relations officer (PRO) Shirish Apte said that in the first phase, the at grade stretch (ground level) of metro will be around 5.6 kilometres long, starting from Mihan depot and meeting Wardha Road between new airport metro and airport metro station.

After a joint survey conducted by NMRCL and Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) garden department, 312 trees have been identified for felling along the at grade stretch. “Trees coming in the way of metro route have been marked and we have taken permission from the NMC’s garden department to cut them. We have also deposited around Rs25 lakh with the department as security amount,” said Apte.

Confirming the development, NMC garden inspector Amol Chorpagar said that NMRCL would have to carry out about 1,560 compensatory plantations as per 1:5 ratio. “The deposited amount will only be returned after the plantations are done and survived for at least three years,” he added.

Apte said that they are planning to do plantations at the metro depot area in Khapri. “We are also in the process of identifying more vacant areas for doing compensatory plantations after which we will start the work. Experts will be consulted regarding which species to be planted how to ensure high survival rate,” he said. He added that some trees will also be felled in the second phase of the metro rail project. “Though the second phase has elevated metro corridor, trees on the border would need to be cut. For that, we will again plan a joint survey,” said Apte.

NMRCL has got permission to cut 312 trees for the first phase of Nagpur metro rail project.

Trees will be cut at the 5.6 kilometres long at grade stretch (ground level) which is starting from Mihan depot and meeting Wardha Road between new airport metro and airport metro station.

NMRCL official said they have deposited Rs25 lakh with NMC garden department as security amount

NMRCL would have to carry out about 1,560 compensatory plantations

Mumbai Metro|MMRC floats bids for Colaba-Bandra-Seepz metro corridor

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Mumbai Metro|MMRC floats bids for Colaba-Bandra-Seepz metro corridor

Mumbai: Another push was given to the underground Colaba-Bandra-Seepz metro as Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has floated bids to buy and install rolling stock or metro trains.

According to the bid document that has been made public, it is an “invitation for pre-qualification of bidders for design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of rolling stock”.

A total of 35 trains will be procured to service Mumbaikars on the entire 33.5-km-long underground metro line. “Each train will have six coaches or compartments,” said an MMRC official.

An estimated Rs1,764 crore has been earmarked for the rolling stock. However, it does not include inflation, central and state taxes, octroi and insurance costs. At the moment, Colaba to Seepz metro line has an estimated cost of Rs23,136 crore, but a hike in civil construction cost is likely to happen.

The entire corridor will have 27 stations, out of which 26 will be underground and only one would be at grade (at ground level).

At the moment the plan is to commence operation of the route in a phased manner so that the systems can get stabilised. The plan is to commence with the first phase of commercial operations from December, 2018.

The entire route will be ready for the public only by April, 2020.

If chief minister Devendra Fadnavis decides to have a car depot for underground Colaba-Bandra-Seepz metro line at Kanjurmarg, it would mean that the entire route would be commissioned in four phases. Only if a decision is taken to partially relocate the car depot at Kanjurmarg (apart from the proposed Aarey Milk Colony) or else Mumbaikars would witness commencement of operations in three phases.

The four phases would be Kanjurmarg-Seepz scheduled to be ready by December, 2018, followed by Seepz-Bandra Kurla Complex in June 2019, Bandra Kurla Complex-Science Museum (Worli) in December, 2019, and then the last stretch of south Mumbai, which is Science Museum-Colaba by April, 2020.

“Not all 35 trains would be delivered at once. They would come one after the other spread over a certain time frame. This would also help in rolling out operations in a phased manner as initially not all 35 trains would be required to ferry passengers,” said an MMRC official.

Mumbai Metro|Metro fare hike deferred till December 17

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Mumbai Metro|Metro fare hike deferred till December 17

Mumbai: A day before the increased tariffs for the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro were to come into force, the Reliance Infrastructure-led Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) decided to stay the proposed hike till December 17.

The Bombay High Court is scheduled to hear a plea by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on December 17 challenging the recommendations of the Union government-appointed Fare Fixation Committee (FFC).

The committee had allowed the MMOPL to charge a tariff of Rs 10-110 for the 11.4-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro in July. Based on the committee’s recommendations, the MMOPL had last week announced a maximum fare hike of Rs 5 from December 1 taking its maximum tariff for single journeys to Rs 45 from the current Rs 40.

An MMOPL spokesperson said, “Since the Honourable High Court has scheduled the hearing on priority basis on December 17, we have deferred the fare revision till then.”

As per the proposed fare hike, the MMOPL will charge based on five distance-based slabs from the current four. Hence, instead of a tariff structure of Rs 10, Rs 20, Rs 30 and Rs 40, after the increase, the commuters will have to pay Rs 10, Rs 20, Rs 25, Rs 35 and Rs 45.The fare for the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro has been a contentious issue between the MMRDA and the MMOPL, which has constructed and now operates the elevated Metro line on a public-private partnership model.

The development authority was insisting on a fare structure of Rs 9-13 as per the concession agreement when the Metro line was opened for public use in June 2014. However, the MMOPL being designated as the Metro rail Administrator as per the Metro Act under which the project was brought midway, fixed the tariff at Rs 10-40. The MMRDA has a 26 per cent stake in the MMOPL.

Pune Metro|New estimate for metro project pegged at Rs 11,522 crore

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Pune Metro|New estimate for metro project pegged at Rs 11,522 crore

Pune: Commute on the metro might get costlier as the delay in project approval and execution is escalating its cost.
The new revised estimate for the completion of the project announced by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is pegged at Rs 11, 522 crore, a hike of Rs 653 crore compared to last year’s estimate.

As per the revised estimates, the project on the Chinchwad Swargate corridor will cost Rs 7,628 crore which was Rs 7,422 crore in August, 2014. The corridor on Vanaj-Ramwadi route will now cost Rs 3,894 crore com pared last year’s Rs 3,447 crore.

“The civic administration has received the copy of the revised estimate of the Pune Metro project. The administration will submit the copy to the state government on Monday . This will speed up the approval process,” said PMC commissioner Kunal Kumar. He said that the new esti mate will be valid for the next six months. The administration will decide the fares based on the Delhi metro ticket rates.

The fare for metro will have to be revised with cost escalation.Further delay in approval and execution will increase the cost more. While the state and the Centre continues to sit on the Pu ne Metro proposal and experts debate over elevated and underground options, cities that had started the metro bid process along with Pune have chugged ahead. In a recent review of metro projects being undertaken across the country , cities that had initiated the metro bid along with Pune such as Bengaluru, Chennai and Ahmedabad showed good progress. Even Nagpur and Kochi, that started the metro process much later, were far ahead of Pune.

The review of metro projects in the country was conducted by the central government, which warned against any delay in the execution of these plans. During the review, Union urban development department had urged cities to ensure that there are no time and cost overruns. He said that infrastructure projects are the government’s top priority and are being monitored by the Prime Minister’s Office.

Nagpur Metro|France Govt. Agency sanctions Rs 900 crore loan for NMRC projects

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Nagpur Metro|France Govt. Agency sanctions Rs 900 crore loan for NMRC projects

Nagpur: In a major boost for the Nagpur metro rail, French government agency Agence France de Development (AFD) has in principle sanctioned a 130 million Euro loan (about Rs 900 crore) for the project. A team of AFD will be on a two-day visit to Nagpur to review the progress of the project.

A source in Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL), told Media that the details of the loan were to be worked out. “German agency KfW has also sanctioned us a loan and their rate of interest is likely to be between 1.6% and 1.7%. The loan will be for 20 years and there will be a moratorium on loan payment for few years. AFD’s terms and condition will be similar,” he said.

NMRCL needed a loan of 630 million Euros for meeting the 50% cost of the metro rail project. Another 60 million Euro was required for the feeder bus service and solarization of the project. KfW has sanctioned 500 million Euro for the project and has agreed to give another 60 million for feeder service. The remaining 130 million Euro will now be paid by AFD.

The metro rail project is progressing at a satisfactory pace but sanction of funds by the state government has become a niggling worry. Central government has sanctioned 37 crore and the state has in principle ayed another Rs 84 crore. However, state government’s component is yet to reach NMRCL. The NMRCL source said that the government officials had assured that the money will be disbursed soon.

The state government has so far shown speed in clearing the proposals pertaining to metro rail. However, it is delaying the disbursement for reasons best known to it.

On the physical front, NMRCL has started the construction of metro rail in Mihan. Work on Wardha Road, opposite the airport, will start in a few days. Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has already removed street light poles that were in the middle of the road.

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