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Mumbai Metro| MMRDA invites e-Tenders to Construct 16 Stations on Andheri (E) to Dahisar (E) Metro-7 Corridor

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Mumbai Metro| MMRDA invites e-Tenders to Construct 16 Stations on Andheri (E) to Dahisar (E) Metro-7 Corridor

Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has invited e-tenders for designing and constructing an elevated viaduct and 16 stations on the Andheri (East) to Dahisar (East) Metro-7 corridor in three separate packages. The three winning bidders will design and construct the entire corridor and 16 stations in 30 months.

The First Package consists of designing and constructing of an elevated viaduct and five elevated stations – namely – Andheri (E), Shankarwadi, JVLR Junction, Mahanand and new Ashok Nagar.

The Second Package consists of designing and constructing of an elevated viaduct and six elevated stations – namely – Aarey, Dindoshi, Pathan Wadi, Pushpa Park, Bandongri and Mahindra & Mahindra.
And the Third Package consists of designing and constructing of an elevated viaduct and five elevated stations – namely – Magathane, Devipada, National Park, Ovaripada and Dahisar (E).

The tender documents will be available at https://etendermmrda.maharashtra.gov.in from December 21, 2015 to January 21, 2016 up to 6 pm on payment of non-refundable Tender Processing Fee of rupees one lakh (which is inclusive of 5% MVAT).

While the pre-bid meeting will be held on January 7, 2016 at 11 am; the last date for submission of tender documents is February 1, 2016 up to 6 pm. In case of any query, clarification, additional information and or help for uploading and downloading e-tender documents, please contact the help desk at : etendersupport@mailmmrda.maharashtra.gov.in or phone No.022-26595971.

The Metro-2 and Metro-7 projects were launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the Mumbai last October. Running 16.5km long new line from Dahisar (East) to Andheri (East) will cost Rs.8100 Crore. Two new Metro lines that will be linked to the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar line and to a proposed integrated BEST bus service were approved by the state cabinet on Tuesday, with a March 2019 deadline.

Running 35.1-km long, the new lines — from Dahisar to DN Nagar (18.6km) and Dahisar East to Andheri East (16.5km) — will cost the state Rs.12,618 crore and are part of the recently revised master plan to have a 118-km-long Metro network across Mumbai.

The two lines will run parallel to the Western Express Highway between Dahisar and Andheri, and are aimed at providing greater connectivity to the western suburbs.

Unlike Mumbai’s first metro line that was built on the public-private-partnership model, these two lines will be built by the state’s Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) through loans (cash-contract basis).

Patna Metro| Chinese envoy meets Bihar CM, talks investment in Metro Project

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Patna Metro| Chinese envoy meets Bihar CM, talks investment in Metro Project

Patna: Chinese consul general, Kolkata, MA Zhanwu on Thursday called on Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and informed him about the plans of Chinese companies to invest in the state.

Officials at CM’s secretariat said Zhanwu informed Nitish about the Chinese investors’ keen interest in areas of art and culture, tourism, agriculture and basic infrastructure development. Zhanwu was accompanied by vice-consul general Wang Xiang.

During interaction with the Chinese diplomat, Nitish informed him about the steps taken by Bihar government to develop basic infrastructure and industry. Nitish welcomed the decision of Chinese companies to invest in areas of art and culture, tourism, agriculture and basic infrastructure. At the same time, Nitish sought cooperation of Chinese companies in the areas of energy and skill development. The consul general also extended the invitation of governor of Shaanxi province to Nitish to visit China.
The Chinese diplomats are in Bihar for the last four days and had interaction with governor Ram Nath Kovind and a number of industrialists of the state. An interactive session was also organized for the consul general with the business community by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Bihar chapter. The consul general also visited Bodh Gaya.
Officials in Chinese consulate said many companies in China had good experience in implementation of metro rail projects, and they would be happy to join hands with Bihar government for Patna Metro project. Nitish has recently cleared the metro rail project and asked the urban development and housing department of the state to get approval from the Centre.

Mumbai Metro| MMRDA, MMRC mull merging Metro corridors

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Mumbai Metro| MMRDA, MMRC mull merging Metro corridors

Mumbai: Forget local trains, in the future you may be able to travel from Dahisar to Churchgate directly via Metro. The Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) and the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) are considering integrating (merging) the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro-3 corridor and the Dahisar (East) to Andheri (East) Metro-7 corridor by constructing a common passageway for both the lines at the proposed Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) Metro station.

“This means now if any given commuter is travelling from Dahisar and wants to travel up to Churchgate or Colaba, he or she may be able to take Metro-7 from Dahisar and get down at airport Metro station. The commuter can, after that, using the interchange passageway get into Metro-3 underground corridor between the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ, which is being implemented by the MMRC,” said an MMRDA official.

“The initial plan for Metro-7 was up to Andheri (East) a Metro station for Andheri (East) near the Andheri railway station and the Metro-3 was to end at Seepz, but now we are considering to construct a common integrated platform at airport Metro station which means extending the Metro-7 up to Mumbai airport,” added MMRDA official.

This comes after the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), had earlier recommended to MMRDA in a detailed project report that Mumbai is the commercial capital of India with fast growth, especially in the suburbs. It therefore proposed to extend Metro-7 from Andheri (East) up to the Mumbai airport complex which will increase connectivity for commuters travelling from Dahisar to Colaba as the Metro-3 underground corridor constructed by MMRC will pass by the airport. DMRC is the interim consultant for the construction of Metro-7 corridor and the work will be executed by the MMRDA.

Meanwhile, Dilip Kawathkar, joint metropolitan commissioner, MMRDA, said, “We are considering the plan of integrating the Metro-7 and Metro-3 corridors by making the airport Metro station the interchange station.

It will help to decrease the traffic on roads in the city and also help the people who are currently travelling via local trains on from the western suburbs and travelling to South Mumbai.”

It is interesting to note that the airport Metro station is not the only planned interchange Metro station in the city. The DN Nagar Metro station of the Metro-1 corridor between Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar (VAG) will act as an interchange Metro station after Metro-2 corridor between Dahisar and DN Nagar and the Metro-2B corridor between DN Nagar-Mankhurd are constructed. The DN Nagar-Mankhurd Metro corridor is a part of the Metro-2 (Dahisar-Charkop—Bandra-Mankhurd), which was earlier planned underground, but was later turned into an elevated corridor. The line was also divided into three parts namely Dahisar-DN Nagar, DN Nagar-BKC (Bandra Kurla Complex) and BKC-Mankhurd.

Amaravati Metro| AP Govt sanctions Rs.5 Crore to Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation

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Amaravati Metro| AP Govt sanctions Rs.5 Crore to Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation

Amaravati: AP Government on Wednesday sanctioned Rs 5 crore to the Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation. Fast tracking the project, the state government is looking into the fact that the money won’t constraint the implementation of the project.

The government has been periodically releasing funds for the Amaravathi Metro Rail Corporation ever since it has been set up in order to meet the preparatory expenditure.
Amaravathi Metro Rail Corporation set up in August this year had N P Ramakrishna Reddy appointed as the Managing Director for three years and the government had released an amount of Rs 10 crore to Delhi Rail Metro Rail Corporation in September 2015 in order to begin the preparatory action on Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation in Vijayawada. Also, Rs 50 lakh has been accorded for the operational cost of AMRC by the state government.

Kochi Metro| KMRL plans to overhaul ferry service rules

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Kochi Metro| KMRL plans to overhaul ferry service rules

Kochi: Taking cue from the tragedy of ferry MV Bharat which met with an accident near Fort Kochi on August 26 the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) has decided to put in place “protocols for effective regulation of ferry operations” before they start the ambitious water metro project in 2017.

In the initial stage, KMRL will put forward suggestions to unify the rules and regulations for operating boats. The agency will then take up the task of drafting protocols to strengthen existing rules and regulations associated with design, inspec tion and testing of boats, issu ing licence, safety of passengers and crew and a mechanism to settle insurance claims of pas sengers.

“We will give our suggestions and draft protocol to the state government on operat ing the water transport system The government will have to take it up from there,” said KMRL managing director Elias George. He said the Metro agen cy would introduce a fleet of 78 fuel-efficient and air-condi tioned ferries.

Rear admiral (retired) B R Menon, who attended a discus sion on KMRL’s water transport project, said it “would not be possible to successfully operate water transport without having stringent regulations”.

Jaipur Metro| No rise in Metro fares for next 3 months

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Jaipur Metro| No rise in Metro fares for next 3 months

Jaipur: In a bid to encourage more commuters to travel by Metro, the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) has decided not to increase the fares for the next three months.

The decision was taken in the 25th board meeting on Tuesday that fares will be revised in a meeting scheduled on March 31. Earlier, it was proposed to increase the fares every six months, however, after witnessing the low ridership, JMRC is apprehensive of increasing the fares.

A senior official informed, “Jaipur Metro is still the cheapest mode of transportation in terms of fares. The fares would remain same and minimum fare for plying in Metro would be Rs 5 while maximum fare has been fixed at Rs 15 by the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC).

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Govt spent Rs 7,637 crore for metro projects so far this fiscal till November

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Govt spent Rs 7,637 crore for metro projects so far this fiscal till November

New Delhi: The Urban Development Ministry has shelled out Rs 7,637 crore towards metro rail projects in five states and the national capital in the current financial year till November, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said during the Question Hour that various measures are being taken to improve public transport and parking spaces in various cities.

In the current fiscal till November, the Ministry spent Rs 7,636.98 crore for metro rail projects in the national capital and five states — Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala and Gujarat, he said.

For Delhi, the expenditure stood at Rs 4,160.

82 crore and for the project in Chennai, it touched Rs 1,773.59 crore, the Minister said.

He said the Ministry’s expenses towards Bangalore project (Karnataka) stood at Rs 857.97 crore.

For the metro rail projects in Kochi (Kerala) and Ahmedabad (Gujarat), the expenditure till November stood at Rs 599.08 crore and Rs 100 crore, respectively.

In Maharashtra, there are metro rail projects in Mumbai and Nagpur. For Mumbai project, an expenditure of Rs 108.52 crore has been incurred by the Ministry till this November, while for the Nagpur project, the expense stood at Rs 37 crore during the same period.

According to the Minister, metro rail projects are implemented in partnership with the states.

To a query about the fourth phase of Delhi Metro Rail project, Naidu said the proposal is pending with the Delhi government.

Lucknow Metro| Cabinet nod to Lucknow metro rail project phase-1A

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Lucknow Metro| Cabinet nod to Lucknow metro rail project phase-1A

New Delhi: The union cabinet on Tuesday approved the Lucknow Metro Rail Project Phase-1A, which will cover a length of 22.878 km with 22 stations, an official statement said.

The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The cost of the project will be Rs.6,928 crore which will be supported by the central government with Rs.1,300 crore in the form of equity and subordinate debt.

The project, stretching from the Chowdhary Charan Singh Airport to the Munshi Pulia, will be implemented by Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC), which will be reconstituted into a 50:50 jointly-owned company of the central government and Uttar Pradesh government.

Out of the total route length, the elevated stretch will be 19.438 km while underground route length will be 3.440 km. It will have 19 elevated and three underground metro stations.

The project will come under the legal framework of the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978, the Metro Railways (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002, and the Railways Act, 1989, as amended from time to time.

Lucknow has been experiencing mounting pressure on its transport infrastructure.

The population of Lucknow Metropolitan Area is over 50 lakhs, and the city has 14.24 lakh vehicles, 80 percent of them being two wheelers and 14 percent cars. The city is witnessing an annual growth of 8.35 percent in vehicular population.

Patna Metro| Bihar CM Nitish Kumar approves Patna Metro Rail project

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Patna Metro| Bihar CM Nitish Kumar approves Patna Metro Rail project

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar approved the long awaited Patna Metro Rail project’s proposal on Tuesday while directing that it be sent for the central government’s clearance, officials said.

He approved the proposal for the metro rail project at a meeting called to review the performance of the state urban development department here.

Bihar Urban Development Minister Maheshwar Hazari said the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the Patna Metro Rail project would be presented to the state cabinet for approval soon.

“The Metro project is our priority. The state government is keen to speed up the process to begin construction as soon as possible,” he said.

The Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) last year submitted the DPR on the project to the Bihar government, reducing the project estimates to Rs 14,000 crore from Rs 17,000 crore earlier.

An urban development department official said the Bihar government would now work to declare Patna a metropolis, as it would help speed up the Metro project, which initially would have two routes.

A corporation on the lines of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation would be formed for monitoring the construction of the project in Patna, he added.

Kochi Metro| Kochi Metro agency promises water transit corridor in 2017

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Kochi Metro| Kochi Metro agency promises water transit corridor in 2017

Kochi: After Metro, Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) is now focusing on implementing an integrated water transport system. By January 2017, KMRL plans to link mainland Ernakulam with major jetties on the islands surrounding it and the agency will place boat procurement orders by August 2016. In a workshop held on Saturday, KMRL unveiled the plan for the ‘water Metro’ project that envisages the development of 16 identified routes, connecting 38 jetties across 10 islands covering a 76km network.

KMRL MD Elias George said the project, which would be implemented in two phases, would become fully operational in 2019. The agency intends to introduce a fleet of 78 fast, fuel efficient, air-conditioned ferries. Of the 38 jetties, 18 will be developed as main boat hubs, while the remaining 20 will be minor jetties for transit services. The project will be integrated with Kochi Metro, road and rail network.

“The project is a bigger game changer than Metro. Our intension is to start the project in 2016 and finish it within three years. We expect the German development bank -KfW (funding agency) – to clear the loan of Rs 819 crore by February so that we can begin works in March,” he said. Phase I will see 43 boats being operated on seven routes in 2017, with the remaining routes being completed in phase II with 27 boats.

In the detailed discussion held on boats and docking system, integration of transport system, land, environment and dredging, operation and growth potential; experts and people’s representatives gave suggestions that have to be incorporated in the detailed project report. The discussion panel recommended fibre-reinforced plastic boats (FRP), on board and off board cameras and a reliable helpline system. The panel put the capacity between 50 and 100 for boats, while asking the survey department to look into dredging and related matters.

A survey showed that people are willing to shift to water transport if they are assured of an effective service. The daily crowd is estimated to be 40,316 by 2019, and 53,592 by 2025. “It is better we use FRP boats that have a speed of 10 knots. A diesel-electric hybrid propulsion system is preferred. The encroachments by Chinese fishing nets have to be removed and proper dredging is required at regular intervals,” said Rear Admiral (retd) B R Menon, who headed the panel.

Former mayor KJ Sohan – who headed the panel on integration of transport systems – said parking areas will have to be developed at boat jetties and there should be feeder services. Director of Inland Water Authority of India Unni N said that the agency has completed dredging on a 55km-stretch of the project area as it is part of national waterway 3. KMRL said there should be provisions for cycle rental and cycle tracks at the jetties.

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