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Vizag Metro|DMRC bags Vijayawada Metro Rail project

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Vizag Metro|DMRC bags Vijayawada Metro Rail project

Vijayawada: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation will implement the ambitious Vijayawada Metro Rail project, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced on Saturday.

“The state government has handed over the Vijayawada Metro Rail project to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). The first tender for civil works under the project will be called by DMRC next week,” Naidu, flanked by Union urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu, said at a press conference.

Meanwhile, DMRC also submitted a detailed project report (DPR) of Visakhapatnam Metro Rail project to state government.

Delhi Metro|Faridabad Metro services to start from 8am on Sunday

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Delhi Metro|Faridabad Metro services to start from 8am on Sunday

New Delhi: Metro services on the Badarpur – Escorts Mujesar (Faridabad) section of the Delhi Metro will start from 8 AM only on Sundays, with effect from next Sunday, i.e, 13th September, 2015.

Generally, the Metro services on all corridors of the Delhi Metro network begin from 6 AM in the morning on all days of the week. However, to ensure better management of the maintenance activities planned and carried out during the night, the services on the Badarpur – Escorts Mujesar (Faridabad) section will start at 8 AM on Sundays.

The trains from both the originating stations – Escorts Mujesar and Badarpur will start at 8 AM. On all other days of the week, the services will start as usual from 6 AM. The information has also been made available at all the stations of the Faridabad section as well as on Delhi Metro’s website.

Gurgaon Metro|Rapid Metro Gurgaon receives its First Train of South Extension

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Gurgaon Metro|Rapid Metro Gurgaon receives its First Train of South Extension

Gurgaon (GGN): Rapid Metro Gurgaon today announced the arrival of its first train of South Extension in Gurgaon. The trains are from Siemens and will be similar to trains of Phase- 1. Welcoming the first train, Mr.Rajiv Banga, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, IL&FS Rail Ltd said, “The work on South Extension is in full swing and we are hoping that we will start our operations as targeted. The arrival of first train reflects our commitment to serve people in Gurgaon.” The start of South Extension will increase the reach of Rapid Metro and further make inroads into Gurgaon offering a safe and convenient option to commute. Due to increase in pollution levels and traffic congestion, it is time for people to switch to a sustainable mode of transport. Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon Ltd., an initiative by IL&FS Rail, is the first fully privately funded metro project.

Rapid Metro Gurgaon is the initiative of IL&FS Rail, is developing country’s 1st fully privately funded Metro Rail system. The driving force behind Rapid Metro is IL&FS Rail which is a subsidiary of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS), India’s leading infrastructure development and finance company. The Rapid Metro is being constructed at a cost of Rs. 1,088 crore.

Hyderabad Metro|L&T Hyderabad Metro bags Infrastructure Award

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Hyderabad Metro|L&T Hyderabad Metro bags Infrastructure Award

Hyderabad: V B Gadgil, Chief Executive and Managing Director, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd, was conferred the ‘Infrastructure Person of the Year’ award and LTMRHL was named ‘Upcoming Metro Rail Project of the Year’ during the 5th Construction Week India Awards Night held at Mumbai.

Chennai Metro, Jaipur Metro, Rapid Metro & Mumbai Metro were among the projects in the fray for the award.

Construction Week India Awards recognise and reward the achievements of the country’s best in the construction and infrastructure business. The awards acknowledge the efforts of projects, persons and companies that have outshone others in their respective categories. The 5th Construction Week Awards had 350 entries from 31 cities in 18 categories. Besides, there were nine special awards.

V B Gadgil said, “These awards are feathers in the cap of L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd & Hyderabad Metro Rail Project. Such awards reinstate our commitment to the project and the people of Hyderabad in developing the best metro rail for the city. These accolades inspire all the people working for the project.”

Delhi Metro|DMRC bags Green Metro Rail System Award from IGBC for Badarpur-Faridabad corridor

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Delhi Metro|DMRC bags Green Metro Rail System Award from IGBC for Badarpur-Faridabad corridor

New Delhi: All the nine Metro stations of the Badarpur – Escorts Mujesar (Faridabad) section of Delhi Metro’s Phase 3, have been awarded the highest possible rating (platinum) for adherence to green building norms, by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), which has devised a rating mechanism for Metro stations and buildings on a scale of platinum, gold, silver etc for following the green building specifications.

The awards for these stations were given today to DMRC’s Managing Director, Dr. Mangu Singh by Dr. P C Jain, Chairperson, IGBC in the presence of DMRC’s directors and senior officials.

The Metro stations in Faridabad are equipped with a host of eco-friendly features such as:

  • Water fixtures installed at the stations are 30 percent efficient than the baseline of IGBC’s rating system.
  • Rainfall is being recharged to ground through rain water harvesting.
  • Lifts and escalators are designed to consume lesser energy than the conventional lifts and escalators installed elsewhere.
  • Energy efficient air-conditioning and lighting arrangements.
  • All stations equipped with solar energy.
  • All stations are planned to be registered with the prestigious Gold Standard Foundation.  

IGBC’s Green Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) Rating is the World’s first exclusive rating system to address sustainability in new Mono Rail and Metro Rail systems. This rating system is a tool to enable new Rail based MRTS to apply green concepts during design & construction, so as to further reduce environmental impacts that are measurable. The overarching objective of Green MRTS Rating is to ensure environmental sustainability, while enhancing commuter experience. The Mandi House and Janpath stations of Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 have already received the platinum rating from IGBC earlier.

Kochi Metro|Land-swap deal for Metro Rail finalised

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Kochi Metro|Land-swap deal for Metro Rail finalised

Kochi: The land-swap deal between the Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL), the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) and the management of St Albert’s College was finalised on Wednesday. The deal was finalised at a high-level meeting convened by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in Thiruvananthapuram.

A total of 88 cents of land was surrendered by St Albert’s to the KMRL from its 4.84-acre land at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kaloor, for which the college authorities owe lease rent arrears to the Government.

As per the decision, the GCDA will give 74 cents to St Albert’s, along with 14 cents of ‘purambokke’ land. In exchange, the GCDA will be given 60 cents of government-owned land near the Kerala High Court.

“At the meeting, it was also  decided to refer the land swap proposal at the next Cabinet meeting for approval. Since the college authorities have to clear dues of some of the buildings on the leased land, the deal should be cleared by the Cabinet. Once the Cabinet okays the deal, the land will be handed over.

The District Collector has been asked to hand over the possession certificate to us, before that,” said GCDA chairman N Venugopal, who attended the meeting. The College owes a total of Rs 1.75 crore as lease arrears to the State Government.

Meanwhile, a consensus has been reached between the authorities, and the arrears amount was finalised at Rs 45 lakh. A final decision in this regard will be taken at the next Cabinet meeting.

The meeting was also attended by Excise Minister K  Babu, Minister for Power Aryadan Mohammed, Revenue Minister Adoor Prakash, the Revenue Principal Secretary, District Collector M G Rajamanickam and the KMRL general manager, among others.

Delhi Metro|DMRC to organise Metro Walk “Explore Delhi through Metro” on World Tourism Day

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Delhi Metro|DMRC to organise Metro Walk “Explore Delhi through Metro” on World Tourism Day

New Delhi: On the occasion of World Tourism Day on 27th September, 2015, DMRC is organising “Explore Delhi through Metro”, a Metro walk to encourage residents and tourists to explore the city by Metro and experience Delhi’s heritage, culture and history.

The first walk is being organised from HUDA Metro station and will conclude at Chandni chowk Metro Station (both the stations are on Yellow line of Metro network).

During the walk, the participants will visit the Delhi Metro Museum at Patel Chowk and learn fascinating stories of the Delhi Metro from its inspection, Designing, Construction and Operations. The museum has a collection of display panels, historical photographs and exhibits tracing the major milestones related to DMRC.

One can also purchase Metro souvenirs available for sale at the museum.

From Patel Chowk, the participants will take a metro ride to Shahjahanabad popularly known as “Old Delhi” and explore the Old Delhi’s history, architecture and culture. The Walk will conclude at Chandni Chowk Metro Station.

Bangalore Metro|Innovative Studios & BMRC signes a deal to set up an entertainment complex

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Bangalore Metro|Innovative Studios & BMRC signes a deal to set up an entertainment complex

Bangalore: Entertainment firm Innovative Studios and Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation on Monday signed a deal to set up an entertainment complex at the metro station on Mysuru Road. This was part of the 30 MoUs the Karnataka Tourism department inked with investors on the second day of the 38th PATA travel mart, here.

Innovative Studios, which operates Innovative Film City on Mysuru Road, will spend about Rs 15 crore on this entertainment complex.

“We have taken the first step to put Karnataka on the tourism map of the world. We will soon convert all of them into reality,” Industries and Tourism minister RV Deshpande told ET.

Bangalore Metro has a large space at its Mysuru Road station (which will be thrown open to traffic soon), and the Metro was keen to give away the space for commercial activity. The entertainment centre will offer gaming and other recreation.

The other tourism projects are set to come up in different districts such as Kodagu, Shivamogga, Vijayapura etc. If all the projects signed were to see light of the day, they will bring investments worth about Rs 1,800 crore.

“We had more than 1,100 delegates from 61 countries and we had representation from almost all the states. Buyers and sellers (of tourism services) are very happy. The event has been a grand success,” Deshpande said. According to additional chief secretary (Tourism) PS Kharola, the Tourism department had done some studies across the state and identified 30 projects with great tourism potential, and these projects had been offered to investors at the event.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who opened the event on Sunday, said Karnataka has seen phenomenal growth in tourist arrivals, which, he said, has grown more than thrice from a mere 24 million a decade ago to 85 million now. The State has two world heritage sites at Hampi and Pattadakal and has the largest number of tourist destinations including heritage, pilgrimage, adventure etc. “We have identified 319 such destinations,” the CM had said.

Chennai Metro|CMRL now offers tourist cards for commuters

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Chennai: Once again, Chennai Metro Rail has come up with a new travel card — a tourist card this time with additional benefit for commuters.

According to officials of Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL), commuters can get this card for Rs. 100 (and Rs. 50 which is refundable) and take unlimited number of rides; but it is valid only for a day.

“This is with effect from Monday and will be available at all stations. We introduced this card for regular commuters who will extensively use the Metro Rail on daily basis.”

Sometime back, CMRL had introduced trip passes that offer 20 per cent discount for regular commuters.

There are three types of trip passes —12 trips valid for seven days, 50 trips valid for 30 days and 100 trips valid for 60 days.

There are regular travel cards that give 10 per cent discount to commuters and tokens for the ride.

Delhi Metro|SunEdison installs 8 solar systems for DMRC Badarpur-Faridabad line

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Delhi Metro|SunEdison installs 8 solar systems for DMRC Badarpur-Faridabad line

Global renewable energy firm SunEdison on Sunday said it has installed eight solar systems for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) along the Badarpur- Faridabad line.

The Badarpur-Faridabad metro line, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, “is the first metro line in the DMRC network to integrate solar into the design of the buildings”, SunEdison said to media.

The systems are built on the roofs of the stations and depot and are expected to generate 1.9 megawatts (MW) of clean, reliable, and cost effective solar power.

“Millions of people rely on the Delhi Metro each day and by installing SunEdison’s solar system in eight of the metro lines, we are excited that these commuters will be able to benefit from a clean and reliable source of electricity,” said Pashupathy Gopalan, SunEdison’s president of Asia-Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa.

“These systems took only two months to build and will generate electricity for the metro line for 25 to 30 years with little maintenance cost,” Gopalan added.

The solar systems are expected to generate 2.

5 gigawatt- hours of electricity a year, and avoid the emission of 1,700 metric tons of carbon dioxide each year, the equivalent of taking 363 cars off the road or preventing more than 800 metric tons of coal from being burned.

SunEdison is building similar solar power plants generating 1.7 MW at the Yamuna Bank station and Yamuna Bank yard.

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