Metro Rail News September 2018 issue

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September 2018 / Monthly / Vol. II / Issue 21

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Main Topics of Conference • • • • • • • • • •

Future of public transportation in Indian Smart Cities How the smart cities project is transforming India’s urban governance?

Intelligent Traffic Management and Multi Model Transport for relieving decongestion New Metro Rail Policy and Standardization of Metro Railway Systems in India Role of Digitalization in Smart Public Transport Systems Environmental impact of electro and low carbon mobility Financial Planning and Funding Issues in implementation of Smart Public Transport Smart Ticketing Solutions for Urban Public Transport Transit oriented development to development oriented transit Lesson learnt from smart transportation systems adopted in developed countries

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We invite nominated smart cities and present urban transport operators to share their mobility challenges and to find solutions.

We invite the private sector and solution providers to present its solutions, ideas and technologies for future urban mobility.

We invite research institutions and think tanks to present their findings and to provide insight on technological mobility services.

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CONTENTS  Metro Rail News  September 2018  Vol. II  Issue 21

INDIA

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EDITOR’S NOTE

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Indian Railways to execute Rs.78000 crore Signalling projects with „Make in India‟ focus

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EDITOR’S PICKS

Catch up with the Industry's to top stories News Highlights of August 2018

Mamta Shah, Managing Editor

PROJECT WATCH

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Status of Metro Rail Projects in India As on 05.09.2018

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Most highlighted stories of the month Most read stories on our news portal in Aug, 18

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LEADERS TWEETS

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METRO & RAILWAYS PROJECT

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CORPORATE UPDATES

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NEW DEVELOPMENTS

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ARTICLE

Leaders remarks on Industry on Twitter Snapshots of popular tweets of August 2018

Metro Rail Project of the Month Overview of Bhopal Metro Rail Project

Special coverage on Lucknow Metro Diwas Lucknow Metro celebrates First Foundtion day

Delhi Metro/Noida Metro Trial Runs Trial Run begins in Red Line and Violate Line Extensions

Durability design methodology of Metro Rail bridges for 120 years Dr. Sharvil Alex Faroz, Infrastructure Risk Management

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SMART CITIES MISSION Which technology will underpin the Smart Cities of the future?

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Rhymer Rigby, Freelance Journalist

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MAKE IN INDIA

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INTERVIEW

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Metroman E. Sreedharan to lead Committee constituted for Standardization and Indigenization in Metro Rail Systems Nagpur and Pune will have greenest metro projects in India Exclusive Interview with Dr. Brijesh Dixit, Managing Director, Maha Metro Rail Corporation

INTERVIEW Chennai Central Metro Station will be a game changer Exclusive Interview with Anantakumar Rayaprolu Exécutive Vice President , Afcons

 Write for Metro Rail News Metro Rail News looking for authors. If you represent a public transport operator or authority that is taking part in a technology–led projects like MRTS & Smart Cities, we‘d like to hear from you. Send your press release, articles, project updates, whitepapers or stories to editor@metrorailnews.in

COVER STORY Metro Rail Projects shaking hands with Make in India initiative Darshana Shukla, Associate Editor

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WOMEN IN RAILWAY INDUSTRY

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LEADERS SERIES

Exclusive Interview with Anusuya Oogur Ramhota, Senior Consultant, ARUP

Dr. I.P. Gautam, MD, Ahmedabad Metro: Developing City with advanced Metro System Reeta Shah, Communication Manager

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TENDER & CONTRACT UPDATES

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METRO & RAILWAY JOBS

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EVENTS DIARY

Business opportunities in Industry Live Industry Tenders

Current openings in Metro & Railways Industry in India

A round up of upcoming Industry Events Networking Opportunities

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MANAGING EDITOR

Indian Railways to execute Rs 78,000 Crore Signalling project with ‗Make in India‘ in focus Welcome to the 21st edition of Metro Rail News, our new monthly supplement designed especially for people who might never normally consider picking up a Corporate Sector magazine.

This issue of Metro Rail News highlights that span of expertise. Our cover story, of course, is Bhopal Metro Project, Media Interview of Dr. Brijesh Dixit, the Managing Director of Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha-Metro) and Mr. Anantakumar Rayaprolu Executive Vice President (Operations & BU Head - Urban Infrastructure), Afcons Infrastructure Limited, deep focus on Make in India project, all upcoming events, tender notices, upcoming job, and News highlights.

Our main concern is to reach to every needy person. India is such a developing country for which transportation has become one of the basic requirements, especially for metropolitan city like Delhi, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru etc. When we talk about transportation, Metro is best, convenient, affordable, comfortable, smart transport system, but does it really happening?

In order to get all such Information, people need to refer Metro Rail News Magazine, even they are open to give their own suggestion. Which can be publishing in magazine depends upon the relevancy.

I would like to express my deepest appreciation to you, our valuable authors, reviewers, and readers, for your contributions, service, and interest.

I highly appreciate your support and hope to continue our collaboration further. Please write your valuable feedback and suggestions on this issue.

Being an official media partner, I am inviting our readers to join the International Railway events InnoTrans 2018 in Berlin, Germany scheduled on September 18-21, 2018.

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PROJECT WATCH

STATUS OF METRO RAIL PROJECTS IN INDIA (As on September 5, 2018)

OPERATIONAL PROJECTS

Total Length (km): 498.65 Kolkata Metro (West Bengal)

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Delhi Metro (Delhi-NCR)

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Bangalore Metro (Karnataka)

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Gurgaon Metro (Haryana)

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Mumbai Metro (Maharashtra)

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Jaipur Metro (Rajasthan)

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Channai Metro (Tamilnadu)

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Kochi Metro (Kerala)

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Lucknow Metro (Uttar Pradesh)

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Total Length (km): 451.15 Kolkata Metro (West Bengal) Delhi Metro (Delhi-NCR) Bangalore Metro (Karnataka) Gurgaon Metro (Haryana) Mumbai Metro (Maharashtra) Nagpur Metro (Maharashtra) Pune Metro (Maharashtra) Ahmedabad Metro (Gujarat) Jaipur Metro (Rajasthan) Channai Metro (Tamilnadu) Kochi Metro (Kerala) Lucknow Metro (Uttar Pradesh) Hyderabad Metro (Telangana)

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UNDER-CONSIDERATION PROJECTS: 700 km Delhi Metro Phase-IV, Kanpur, Meerut, Vijayawada, Indore & Bhopal, Kochi Metro Phase-II, Greater Chandigarh, Patna, Coimbatore, Ranchi, Surat, Dehradun, Guwahati and Gorakhpur. * The above data is inclusive of Monorail projects.

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Mumbai Metro line-3 gets 17 Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Delhi Metro ready to open Lajpat Nagar-Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus stretch on Pink Line (Line-7) Jindal Steel wins Rs 25,000cr railway tender to supply long rails

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Chennai Metro Rail floats tender for detail design consultant for phase-2 project Chennai Metro become first metro to have all women run staff at Shenoy Nagar station Pune Metro needs 13.83 acres land to develop Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar Metro

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BEML to supply futuristic rakes for Kolkata metro LTSE demands more than five times trip rate to operate Phase-I of Mumbai Monorail Delhi Metro misguides UD Minister, no action on Airport Express line case Work begins on Cyber Towers Metro route of Hyderabad Metro Safety and fare hike issue leads to daily ridership decrease in Delhi Metro Employees face trouble to work in graveyard shift in Bangalore Metro

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Country‘s first art gallery to come up at Jaipur metro station Delhi Metro awaits state government approval for Phase-IV projects Kolkata Metro plans microsurgery to solve East-West metro hurdle Delhi Metro opens Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus -Lajpat Nagar stretch on Pink line for public Bangalore Metro Bus stops to have metro card top-up machines Delhi Metro to run metro train on green power soon Traffic jams no more with Metro service soon at Old Gurugram

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Bangalore Metro finally to get PayTM option post uproar Beware of thieves, women on prowl at Delhi metro station Delhi Metro likely to launch concessional passes for students and elderly Commuters Hyderabad Metro reaches new high in ridership 1.5 lakh take metro in single day Lucknow Metro and BSNL sign MoU for bill payment for ‗GoSmart Card‘ users

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Delhi Metro collects Rs 90 lakh fine for different penalties activity in metro Bangalore Metro | BMRC splits civil work last year to speed up work Maglev Rail link project on, focus now on metro and sub-urban rail Firm asks for 6 weeks to evaluate DPR of Jaipur Metro Phase –II

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MP Metro Rail Co. Ltd. in doubt to begin work of Bhopal Metro Rail Project by December, face land disputes JICA refuses to lend money to Delhi Metro to buy new metro coaches Monorail‘s operation cost to go up, MMRDA assures commuters spared

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Delhi Metro and IGI Airport security stepped up Mumbai Metro -3 lowers 10 Tunneling Boring Machine in Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ line Metro Rail News becomes official Media Partner for InnoTrans 2018, Berlin, Germany Noida Metro Aqua line expected to be a Diwali gift for commuters Prof KC Panda hopes Odisha gets grant for Metro Rail system South Delhi Municipal Corporation issues show cause notice to DMRC over ad share

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Indian Railways want to expand bullet train to four metro cities Forest department get 30 hectare land in lieu of Indore metro depot plot Maha Metro Rail Corporation to inaugurate Public Information Centre for Pune Metro this Independence Day

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Chennai Metro likely to construct two more subways near Central Station Centre asks Delhi Govt. to avail loan for Rapid Rail Project: Puri Centre Govt. says longest Metro Rail network under construction in Maharshtra Special Delhi Metro train to spread patriotism on the occasion of I-day Lucknow Metro gifts tricolor flag/batch to commuters on I-day

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Kochi Metro services gets close due to heavy rain flood Hyderabad Metro to open Ameerpet-L.B Nagar corridor -I for public by September Chennai Metro to run on 80% green power, tender invited Was Pune Metro consultancy contract given without competitive bidding?

Beware while driving through metro pillars in Kochi

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Hyderabad Metro with other conducts the ―Smart mobility start-up festival‖ ASI approves the underground construction work of Ahmedabad Metro Indian consultancy companies perform better than foreign one in Railway sectors BEST Bus damaged when an Iron mesh of Metro rail falls on it Kandivali, Mumbai

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Chennai Metro officials start installing critical system at Anna Salai route MMRDA to re-start Monorail services from Chembur to Wadala Kochi Metro lends a helping hand to those affected by floods DMRC awards contract to BMC blacklisted contractor for Mumbai Metro 2A project Soon cab service on call for Chennai Metro commuters JICA guidelines violated in Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project ?

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Noida Metro trial run for aqua line between Sector-71 to Sector-83 Underground tunnel construction work of Ahmedabad Metro halt due to sinkhole NMC faces trouble in Nagpur Metro rail work, delay in demolition of Tekdi Flyover Delhi High court ask DMRC to file justification on non-availability of free water at station Chennai Metro plans a Metro rail museum at Choultry at Central

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Metro rail project in Pune going on at fast pace, 21 % completion rate Nagpur Metro along with others help to complete development work in the city Noida Metro is highly focus on beautification of Aqua line metro station RTC eyes seamless integration with Hyderabad Metro rail Mumbai Metro 2B line to be used as poll issue by residents From next month the Indian Railways will start trials for semi-high speeds trains Ahmedabad Metro scraps all rumours about closing relief road

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Scomi employees appeal Chief Minister to restart Mumbai monorail operation Chandigarh now plans a Monorail, after dumping Metro rail project 400 shops to be affected on Kochi metro rail line to Kakkanad Land row stalls Bullet Train project, Japan stops funding to project Pod taxi start again, Critics says it‘s rikshaw in air Mumbai Metro (One) seeks more riders, seeks collaboration with private firms

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Nagpur-Mumbai high-speed rail project to reduce travel time State Govt, Maha Metro and Indian Rly signs MoU to run shuttle metro trains Mumbai Monorail is expected to restart by the year end Indore Metro | MPMRCL invites bids for construction of elevated viaduct for Phase 1

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Hyperloop one passenger trial track expected to be ready in next year Woman dupe of Rs 3.5 lakh on job promise in Nagpur Metro Expert committee gives consent to findings of SIA study at Sreekaryam

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Pune Municipal Corporation approved two new routes of Pune Metro Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation awards Rolling Stock contract to Alstom for Metro line-3 Uncertainty looms on running Mumbai Monorail despite of more coaches Bus-in-air project tender to be floated by August 15, 2018

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Traditional games celebration kick-starts at Chennai Metro stations Suicides rate increases day by day at non PSD facilitated Delhi Metro stations Power installation soon for North Metro line of Chennai Metro Jaipur Metro again ready to increase its non-fair revenue system

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Jaipur Metro faces delay in the ATO operations Experts confuses for parking facility at Ahmedabad metro stations Bhoiguda underpass to unclog by Hyderabad Metro Rail Over Bridge Metroman Sreedharan to head Modi‘s bullet train project

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Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao to inaugurate Hyderabad Metro stretch MMRDA agrees to pay higher trip cost to LTSE to operate Mumbai Monorail Hyderabad Metro project expects to break even in 6 years

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Delhi Metro all sets to open South Campus-Lajpat Nagar stretch in 15 days Cost of elevated corridors of Bangalore Metro crosses the budget line Delhi Metro ticket vending machine not working, new notes are just excuse After electric cars, Hyderabad Metro eyeing to set up e-bikes Delhi Metro adopts corrupt practices and lack of transparency in recruitment process

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NGT slams Delhi Metro on use of groundwater without permission Mumbai Metro Line-4 project likely to be funded by JICA Cabinet gives nod for Kochi Metro‘s second-phase extension

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MHA approves additional security at eight new police stations for Delhi Metro European train system in Indian Regional Rapid Transit Systems Poor supply brings halt in Phoolbagan site of Kolkata Metro CMRS completes inspection of Durgabhai Deshmukh-Lajpat Nagar stretch on Pink Line of Delhi Metro Noida Metro starts trail runs to cover 15 stations of Noida-Greater Noida Delhi Metro launches upgraded mobile app with amazing features Bangalore Metro‘s planning questioned over land acquisition

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Surat Metro rail work in Diamond city to be launched in 2019 Bombay High Court allows night-time construction to Mumbai Metro3 NITI Aayog to review the progress of Metro rail systems Hyderabad Old city area soon to have metro rail network

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Delhi Metro begins trial of violet line from Escort Mujesar to Ballabhgarh The operational cost of Mumbai Monorail to raise up to 130% Goa plans for metro rail line from North to South Goa NHSRCL plans to turn coaches into clinics for bullet train project

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More than 3,000 exhibitors International participation at over 60 per cent More than 140 vehicles at Outdoor Display Over 100 products make their world debut

This year, more than 3,000 exhibitors will be showcasing their products on an area of 200,000 square metres, covering 41 halls and 3,500 metres of rail track at the world‟s largest rail transport trade fair in Berlin. 62.3 per cent of the exhibitors in the German capital will be from abroad. A total of 60 countries will be represented, including Bahrain, Belarus, Egypt, Malaysia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. New Zealand will be taking part for the first time.

In about six weeks from now there will be 140 vehicles on show at the outdoor display site, including road/rail vehicles, innovative container wagons, carriages, regional trains, double-decker carriages, trams, underground trains, maintenance vehicles, tunnel cleaning vehicles, rescue vehicles, (hybrid) locomotives, trainsets, and many others too.

The Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure will be exhibiting for the first time and will be represented with four vehicles. Tatravagónka Poprad will have six vehicles on display at InnoTrans

2018. Stadler will be impressing visitors with seven exhibits for SBahn Berlin alone, as well as with its FLIRT model for the Swiss network „Schweizerische Südostbahn‟. Plasser & Theurer will be represented with a universal tamping unit, while among the seven vehicles being shown by Siemens Mobility will be the Inspiro Sofia underground train. Daimler will be showcasing its Unimog U 423 and Vossloh Locomotives will be displaying its DE 18 locomotive, to name just a few.

Aptis, ColumBus, E-Solar City, Urbino 12 electric and Trollino 12 will be circulating on the Bus Display‟s demonstration course and will be inviting visitors to take a test ride. 19 exhibitors will be showing their electro-mobility products in the Summer Garden.

The South Entrance will feature a further highlight, namely the innovative train (Ideenzug) of Deutsche Bahn, which will be demonstrating the future of passenger comfort on rail journeys. On board, passengers will be able to exercise on their way home from work, hold lounge meetings, or relax in a so-called power-napping compartment.

Exhibitors at InnoTrans will be putting on a spectacular display of new and innovative products and those debuting on the world stage. This year, more than 400 new products will be on show, including over 130 world premieres.

Metro Rail News is official Media Partner of InnoTrans 2018.

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EDITOR’S PICKS UP becomes first state in India to have rapid rail system Looks like good news is finally coming for Uttar Pradesh. The state will become the first state in India to have a rapid rail system. It will receive the rail system during the first implementation of RRTS. As per sources, work on country‘s first rapid rail is also on track. The rapid rail first corridor network will connect Delhi and Meerut. The central government is likely to give its nod, ahead of 2019 election.

Delhi Metro Pink Line‘s Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus - Lajpat Nagar section launched Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday inaugurated the Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus - Lajpat Nagar section of Delhi

Maha Metro innaugtates 16 Indian companies submitted bids to develop Metro‘s Pink Line, which Pune Metro Information Sabarmati Terminal Hub of Country‘s First High links four major shopping Centres in the city.

Centre at Chatrapati Speed Bullet Train Project Sambhaji Park The newly-inaugurated section has six stations.

On the occasion Sir Vishveshwaraiah Moti of 72nd Independence Bagh is an elevated metro Day, Pune Metro‘s station, whereas Bhikaji Information Center at Kama Place, and INA, Chattrapati Sambhaji Sarojini Nagar, South Udyan near Bal Extension and Lajpat Gandharva was Nagar-all major market inaugurated at the hands areas - are underground of Lal Bahadur Shastri stations.

Primary School & differently-abled students The six stations are along with MahaMetro platinum rated by Indian officials. The center will act as a source of As per information received from the National High Green Building Council for information & to register Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL), total 16 adhering to environmentfeedback/suggestions Indian companies have submitted their bids to friendly building norms, Delhi Metro to start train development of the multi-model terminal hub at DMRC officials said. services between Dilshad Sabarmati of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Garden and New Bus Bullet Train project. This is the first tender for a With the inauguration of this line 7, the Delhi Metro station on the bullet train route.

Adda in October network has expanded to 296 km spread through The Trail run between 214 stations.

Dilshad Garden and New

Bus Adda is started and if CMRS gives his nod then DMRC could open the metro services for Ghaziabad soon.

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LEADER’S VIEW A number of initiatives have been taken by us to enhance public transport, particularly in the cities.

Foreign investment has been invited in this sector. Fifty cities in India are ready to implement metro rail projects.

- Narendra Modi, PM (Govt. of India)

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PROJECT OF THE MONTH

BHOPAL METRO … can play a vital role in reducing decongestion in the city Bhopal is known as the City of Lakes for its various natural as well as artificial lakes and is also one of the greenest cities in India. It is the 17th largest city in the country and 131st in the world.

Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Bhopal district.

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odern means of communications on-going trends towards urbanisation and drastic growth of population in major conglomerations significantly increase and modify mobility needs as well as travel pattern of people, living in metropolitan areas. More and more the availability of mass transit infrastructure becomes a key factor for the efficiency of commuter service, the quality of social life and the profitability of business activities. With regard to the regional and global competition on attractiveness and productivity of cities the governmental administrations have to care, that the actual public transport demand can be met effectively and reliably.

As the individual transit modes are very limited in capacity and harmful to the environment there is no convincing alternative to the implementation of an efficient and flexible public transport network to reduce air and noise pollution, congestion and CO2 emissions for the goal of climate change mitigation.

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The Bhopal is a Metro Rail system of a Metro type based on steelwheel-technology and use standard gauge tracks of 1435 mm.

The system shall be designed for a maximum operational speed of 90 Kmph and it consists of 6 lines and stabling lines with one branch line on line 3, total 86 stations out of which 72 are elevated, 5 are underground, 9 at grade raised and depot area and workshops.

The operation of the transit system will be controlled by an automatic train control and bears the functional subsystems for automatic train supervision and driverless train operation. Train movements in normal operating condition shall be carried out in Driverless train operation mode.

Traction Power will be based on 750VDC using a third rail as a contact line.

The total system consists of 3 corridors covering a distance of 35 kilometres.

This project will cost ₹80 billion approximately.

There will be three types of run – on road, on bridges, and underground in some locations.

Network Line 1 Bairagarh – Awadhpuri (20.67 km) Line 2 Karond Circle – AIIMS (14.30 km) Line 3 A Airport – Vasant Kunj (20.2 km) Line 3B Bhauri Bypass – Vasant Kunj (21.64 km) Line 4 Ashok Garden – Mother Teresa School (19.05 km) Line 5 Bhadbada Square – Ratnagiri Tiraha (12.34 km) Line 6 Mandideep – Habibganj Station (15.60 km)

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CORPORATE UPDATES

Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation celebrates its first Foundation Day as Lucknow Metro Diwas

The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC), a joint venture of the Government of India and the Government of Uttar Pradesh, which has set a new example of excellence in the Mass Rapid Transit System of India, had celebrated its first anniversary on 5th September, 2018. LMRC had orginsed its first foundation day as 'Lucknow Metro Diwas' dedicating this day to the Lucknowites. The Chief Guest of this event was Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Many other dignitaries from Central and State Government were also present on the occasion. On this occasion, various programs organized on behalf of Lucknow Metro, through which the people of Lucknow had made aware about the unprecedented and successful journey of Lucknow Metro.

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hri Yogi Adityanath, Hon‘ble Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh today inaugurated an exhibition on the occasion of ‗Lucknow Metro Diwas‘, 2018 at the Transport Nagar Metro Depot to commemorate the completion of one year of Metro operations. He also unveiled Lucknow Metro ‗Mascot‘ and the Lucknow Metro ‗Mobile App‘ on the occasion and lauded the efforts of Shri Kumar Keshav, Managing Director and Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) for providing an excellent and quality public transport to the people of Lucknow.

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The Chief Minister aspired that such a quality public transport should be made available for other cities in Uttar Pradesh for the comfort of public. Shri Suresh Khanna, Hon‘ble Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Urban Development, Government of Uttar Pradesh also emphasized the need for developing and starting Metro in other cities of Uttar Pradesh on the occasion.

According to him, Metro is perceived to be an engine of infrastructural and economic development of the city/town wherever it comes up.

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Shri Durga Shankar Mishra, Chairman/LMRC and Secretary, Ministry of Urban and Housing Affairs (MoUHA), Government of India also commended the stupendous efforts of LMRC for implementing Metro in Lucknow in such a short span of just three years and for being awarded with many international and national awards for its achievement in . He said that the Government of India (GoI) is committed to implement Metro in other cities throughout the Country and the coming time will see building and commissioning of more ‗Metro‘ with a much faster pace.

CORPORATE UPDATES The occasion turned out to be memorable for LMRC as the Hon‘ble Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh unveiled Lucknow Metro‘s ‗Mascot‘ in the newly built auditorium at the Transport Nagar Metro Depot.

the year 2017 – 2018. The Charbagh Metro Station was adjudged the ‗Best Kept Station‘ by the Hon‘ble Chief Minister on the occasion for its overall performance throughout the last year of Metro operations.

The Metro trains have travelled 6.8 lakh kilometers, which is equal to the distance of 17 rounds around the earth. The Transport Nagar Metro Depot, spread over 42 acres, is the fastest constructed Metro depot in India which has been completed in a record time of just of 15 months. LMRC is the first metro in the world to have camera at the roof for continuous pantograph and overhead wire monitoring. The CCTV images of the moving metro train interior is continuously streamed from centralised control room in Depot.

Long list of National International Awards

He also inaugurated ‗Lucknow Metro App‘ for the online convenience of the Metro passengers who will now find it easy locating Metro station, calculating fare, getting the train timings by clicking the link given there.

The Hon‘ble Chief Minister also gave away MD‘s Gold Medal award to LMRC employees namely Mr. Arjun Shrivastava, Assistant Manager (Civil) and Ms. Neetu Gupta, Station Controller/Train Operator for displaying outstanding performance in the Projects and Operations department during the year 2017 – 2018.

He also awarded MD‘s Silver Medal award to Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Junior Engineer (Rolling Stock) and Mr. Amit Kumar, Junior Engineer (Electrical) for showing exemplary performance in the rolling stock and electrical work for the company during

One year in pursuit of Excellence "In the first year of its operations, the Lucknow Metro has added 34.5 lakh passengers with its journey. Significantly, this figure is more than the total population of Lucknow. During this year, Lucknow Metro has successfully achieved the objective of 'Zero Accident', says Shri Kumar Keshav, Managing Director /LMRC.

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Lucknow Metro's 'Priority Section‗ (from Transport Nagar to Charbagh Metro station) has been completed and commissioned for public services in just less than three year. It is, therefore, the fastest metro project which has ever been implemented in the country. In addition to completing the work in record time, LMRC has also set up an ideal record for quality of construction work and safety. There is a long list of exceptional achievements in this regard for LMRC. Lucknow Metro has been awarded with the International British 'Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)' Award 2018,

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CORPORATE UPDATES Technology Sabha Award' (2018), 'Best Urban Mass Transit Special Award' (2017), 'International European Society for Quality Research (ESQR) Choice Prize‗ (2016), 'International Quality Summit Award' (2016), Best Metro Project for 'Excellence in Innovative Designs‗ (2016), 'Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial Award' (2016), and many other prestigious national & international awards. Lucknow Metro is ISO 14001: 2015 and OHSAS 18001: 2007 certified organization.

Managing Director/ Setting the ideals of Social Keshav, LMRC. 50% of the trains of Responsibility Lucknow Metro is operated by Whenever the need arises, women train operators. Braille Lucknow Metro has always stickers have been installed at performed its duty for the Metro Station for physically welfare of society. Lucknow handicapped commuters. Long Metro organizes special camps stop push special buttons have in collaboration with NGOs. also been arranged for longer LMRC also organizes health stoppage of train near the camps for the school children of wheelchair space in Metro train. economically weak section.

Human life and valuables: Both Recently, in collaboration with are safe in Metro NGO GOONJ, LMRC recorded its participation in the Kerala "Travelers often forget their flood relief campaign and valuables in metro station or organized a three-day relief around it, but due to alert metro collection camp.

Special focus on welfare of Women and Physically Handicapped "Lucknow Metro has been organizing various programme from time to time with an aim of empowering women and children in society. Along with organizing programs like 'Raat ka Ujala' (Tribute to Nirbhaya) and Power Angels-1090, Lucknow Metro also organized a special visit programmes for the members of the Para-Sports Players", says Shri Kumar

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staff, passengers get their luggage back safely. In the last one year, a cash amount of about Rs 47,000 has been returned to the Metro passengers. On an average, one laptop is returned by LMRC to its rightful owner every month while one mobile is returned to Metro commuters every week and one purse or bag is returned to the passengers every third day. On the humanitarian front, three persons are helped/assisted on medical grounds every month on an average

by LMRC personnel or security personnel", says the Managing Director.

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Delhi Metro starts trial run between Dilshad Garden and New Bus Adda

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he Delhi Metro Rail Corporation started initial trial run from 25.08.2018 on the 9.41 kilometres long Dilshad Garden – New Bus Adda corridor. This corridor is an extension of the presently operational Dilshad Garden – Rithala corridor (Line 1) also called the Red Line. These trials are just preliminary and the Signalling trials will begin soon.

This entirely elevated section will comprise of 08 stations namely; Shahid Nagar, Raj Bagh, Rajendra Nagar, Shyam Park, Mohan Nagar, Arthala, Hindon River Station and New Bus Adda.

During the trial runs, the interaction of the Metro train with physical infringements (civil structure) will be checked to ensure that there is no physical blockage during the movement of the train on the track. The entire signaling system will also undergo rigorous testing.

In addition, the response of the train at different speeds, braking of the train and the interconnection with the Operations Control Centre (OCC)

will also be monitored during the trials. The behavior of the track system and the Over Head Electrification (OHE) will be checked repeatedly during all the trials.

building is a standard station with a single building off the road and the platform inside the station building. This is the only station where the alignment also has gone off the road.

Construction of this corridor was a major challenge as it runs along the busy GT Road which has non stop traffic running throughout the day. Due to this most of the construction activities including launching of girders had to be carried out during night hours.

This would be the second Metro Line in Ghaziabad after Vaishali and the first metro link connecting the interiors of Ghaziabad. This corridor will pass through the Sahibabad Industrial Area and will significantly impact the residential areas lying in proximity. The metro line will connect residents of Ghaziabad City with various parts of Delhi / NCR. Currently, commuters have to rely on last mile connectivity from Dilshad Garden to reach Sahibabad.

Connectivity to Mohan Nagar from Dilshad Garden would also improve considerably.

The stations of this corridor have been specially designed with the station buildings on either side of the road and the platform on the central verge along the viaduct. i.e. the platforms are not a part of the station buildings.

The platforms are connected to each station building with the help of FOBs on either side. Each station has an FOB and two station buildings. The FOBs have been divided into paid and non paid area and can be used to reach the platform as well as cross the road.

Only the Hindon River station

Currently the 25.09 kms long Red Line operates between Rithala to Dilshad Garden. After opening of this 9.41 kms long section, the entire Red Line will become 34.50 kms in length.

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NEW DEVELOPMENT

Delhi Metro starts another trial run between Escort Mujesar and Ballabhgarh Extn. in Haryana The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) started another trial runs on 24th August 2018 on the 3.2 kilometre long section from Escorts Mujesar till Ballabhgarh.

This extension of Delhi Metro's Violet Line consists of two stations - NCB Colony and Ballabhgarh.

Ballabhgarh will become the fourth city in Haryana to get Metro connectivity after Gurugram, Faridabad and Bahadurgarh. After the opening of this extension, the entire Kashmere Gate – Ballabhgarh Metro corridor will become 46.6 kilometres long.

During the trial runs, the interaction of the Metro train with physical infringements (civil structure) will be checked to ensure that there is no physical blockage during the movement of the train on the track. The entire signaling system will also undergo rigorous testing.

In addition, the response of the train at different speeds, braking of the train and the interconnection with the Operations Control Centre (OCC) will also be monitored during the trials. The behavior of the track system and the Over Head Electrification (OHE) will be checked repeatedly during all the trials. The section is slated for opening in September/October, 2018 subject to the approval by the Commissioner of Metro Rail

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Currently, 25.8 kms of Metro lines are operational across Haryana.

After the opening of this section, the total length of Metro kilometres in Haryana will become 29 kilometres.

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Noida Metro started full fledged trial run on Noida-Greater Noida Metro (Aqua line) corridor

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Greater Noida," said P D Upadhyay, Executive Director of NMRC. The DMRC is already doing the test run between Greater Noida Depot metro station to Noida's sector 83 metro station. Earlier the trials began in two phases, between Greater Noida Depot metro station to sector147 in April which was extended to sector 83 metro station in July.

The official further informed that the trials are being monitored by Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO). The track will undergo signaling technology and other rigorous testing in stages.

"During these runs, interface of the metro train will be checked to ensure that there is no physical infringement with civil infrastructure during the movement of the train on the track.

The response of the train at different speeds, braking, and the interconnection with the Operations Control Centre (OCC) will also be monitored during the trials. The behaviour of the track system and the Over Head Electrification (OHE) will be checked repeatedly. Once the trial run is complete, the much awaited metro track will be opened for public use," a senior NMRC official said.

he Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC), on 20th August 2018, commenced the full fledged trials between Greater Noida's Depot Metro station to Noida's Sector 71 Metro station on the 29.7 km long Noida-Greater Noida Aqua metro link. According to NMRC officials, the third phase of the trial run on the 5.7 km long stretch between Noida's sector 83 and sector 71 metro station has been started *** from Monday. "The trial runs on other stretches of the Aqua line are already being done. Now, with the remaining stretch of the metro track being opened for testing, the trial run can now be made on the entire 29.7 km long metro link between Noida and

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Durability Design Methodology of Metro Rail Bridges for 120 years

This article introduces the methodology for durability design of metro rail concrete bridges for a working life of 120 years. A change of design approach is recommended, from the conventional ―prescriptive approach‖ practiced by current design standards to ―performance-based approach‖ which considers the actual ageing process through probabilistic treatment. Corrosion of steel reinforcement is considered as the most critical process and subject to performance-based design.

The target design-life and durability limit states are attributed to concrete elements according to their structural importance and ease of maintenance. The thickness and quality of concrete covers can be designed using a full probabilistic approach for a target probability of corrosion initiation for a life of 120 years.

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ignificant national funds are invested worldwide in the construction of infrastructure required to support society‘s needs. In India it was forecasted that an investment of about Rs. 65 lakh crores in infrastructure was required for the 12th five year plan (http://planningcommission.nic.in).

also plays an important role in sustainable development.

Sustained bridge will not consume resources unlike new construction and the associated pollution of environment will be avoided (production of 1 tonne of cement clinker leads to the emission of approx 0.95 tonne of CO2).

Such high initial cost of infrastructure justifies the importance of durablility for such facilities. Failure to provide an adequate durability will inevitably result in undesired early repairs or even collapses resulting in high economic and public loss. Durability

During the past two years we have seen bridge mishaps like the Savitri river bridge collapse, in Mahad Maharashtra (2nd Aug, 2016), bridge collapse near Araria district Bihar (18th Aug, 2017) and the latest Gokhale bridge incident in Mumbai Maharashtra (3rd July,

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Dr. Sharvil Alex Faroz PhD Infrastructure Risk Management (IRM) Mumbai

ARTICLE 2018). These examples show that bridge collapses have become unpredictable due to lack of capabilities with the asset owner in predicting residual-life and degradation modelling of such assets.

Elevated metro rail line are spread through the city and pass from busy residential and commercial centres (Fig. 1). We cannot imagine the loss of lives and property caused by an unpredictable collapse of a metro bridge on a busy day. It is most important because these concrete bridges will have collateral damage in addition to the loss due to collapse of the bridge itself.

To avoid catastrophies, generally design codes specify a long design service-life for such important infrastructures. For example, IRS CBC:1997 specifies the following life (Table 1) for the concrete railway bridges.

Bridge location Design life Sea

50 years

Coastal area

80 years

Rest of India

100 years

(Table 1: Design life requirement as per IRS CBC:1997)

However, authorities and designers are ambitious to achieve a life of 120 years even for bridges in sea and coastal regions. The codal provision hardly have any rationale/guidelines for the durability design aspect for such ambitious projects.

Concrete Durability Concrete durability problems arise from the aggressiveness of the environment to which the structure is exposed.

The deterioration mechanisms of

concrete components under environmental actions include: (1) chloride induced reinforcement corrosion, (2) carbonation induced reinforcement corrosion, and (3) physical and chemical attack of salts in sea water. Furthermore, the internal expansion reactions in structural concrete, e.g., alkaliaggregate reactions (AARs) and sulphate reactions, have to be taken into account given the long service-life of a project.

Based on the specifications on raw materials, the risks of salt attacks and internal expansion reactions for structural concretes can be made low enough for longterm durability. Accordingly, the carbonation-induced corrosion and chloride-induced corrosion remain the most critical processes for durability design. The main reasons for such durability problems are the interconnected porous nature of the hydrated cement paste and the heterogeneity of concrete properties. Better quality control in the selection of materials and

processes on site can control the problems related to the concrete system.

In the construction industry, durability is expected to be achieved through strength. But there is no simple or unique relationship between strength and any of the durability parameters. The key to concrete durability is the achievement of a ―designed concrete pore structure‖. The simple way towards this goal is by specifying the concrete accurately for its intended purpose. The specification should address different aspects such as intended service-life, quantifiable description regarding serviceability requirement and failure, acceptable level of risk and possible extent of maintenance.

Approaches for Durability Design Conventionally, the durability design of a concrete structure for a target working life is achieved using a ―prescriptive (deemed-to-satisfy) approach‖.

The prescriptive approach, based on acquired

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ARTICLE The provisions include limits of • Minimum cement content, • Maximum water cement (w/c) ratio • Minimum grade of concrete • Nominal concrete cover • Maximum chloride and sulphate content However, the fulfilment of a particular service-life, if all of these prescription are satisfied, cannot be quantified using this approach. In other word, if all requirements are satisfied, what will be the achieved service-life? To answer such a question it is necessary to incorporate more advanced concepts related to concrete durability, due the need to better foresee and prevent distresses, in particular the corrosion of the reinforcement.

The corrosion process in concrete is highly complex with various physical-chemical interactions among saline solutions, solid phases of concrete and moisture. The complicated nature of the process leads to significant uncertainty when modelling corrosion. In addition there is significant uncertainty associated with some of the parameters which dictate corrosion initiation, such as the time dependent diffusion coefficient, the critical chloride content and the provided concrete cover.

The presence of such engineering uncertainty necessitates the adoption of ―performance-based approach‖ for design. The performance-based approach involves modelling the real ageing process of structural materials under environmental actions and employs mathematical models to evaluate the required properties and structural dimensions for expected design

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lives through probabilistic treatments. These methods allow the uncertainty associated with all levels of corrosion process to be incorporated into the analysis, leading to a robust and informed design.

Design Life and Durability Limit State The asset owner desires a working life of 120 years for a particular metro rail bridge. Aiming for this

extent. IRS CBC:1997 specifies that under external loads the permitted design crack width can be 0.1 mm or 0.2 mm depending on exposure condition, for Reinforced Concrete (RC) elements. Whereas no cracking is permitted for Prestressed Concrete (PC) components. In the metro project, PC elements, principal RC elements, and RC elements with high maintenance difficulty should adopt DLS (a), while secondary RC elements may adopt DLS (b). The stages in life of a

Figure 2. Schematic description of phases in corroding concrete

target, the durability design should first decide the working lives for bridge elements on the basis of their structural importance and technical feasibility. The basis being that the principal elements have the same working life as the whole project (120 years), whereas the secondary or replaceable elements can be shorter. For these elements the maintenance and replacement schemes should be specified in the design phase.

Durability Limit States (DLS) are needed for quantitative durability design using the performance-based approach. These are the minimum acceptable performance levels for different durability processes. For corrosion process, two DLS can be defined: (a) corrosion initiation state, and (b) corrosion to an acceptable

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corroding concrete element is shown in Fig. 2 for visualising various DLS. Design Methodology

Considering structural design of durability for corrosion processes, the design factors are listed in Table 2 as concrete cover quality (diffusivity, carbonation resistance), concrete cover thickness, and crack control criteria. The concrete cover quality and thickness are designed through the durability models with the target service lives and appropriate DLS adopted. For the performance design procedure, the concrete surface is supposed to be exposed directly to aggressive agents (Cl-; CO2). The model-based design follows a reliability analysis format with a target probability of failure, PF = 0.1.

ARTICLE CORROSION Requirement

Chloride-induced

Carbonation-induced

w/c ratio

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cement type

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cement content

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cover quality

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cover thickness

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crack control

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Material

Cl-

content

Structural level

Table 2. Durability Requirements

Corrosion Model The design model for chlorideinduced corrosion is adapted from the analytical model of Fick‘s second law. With the DLS specified as the corrosion initiation state (a), the design equation can be written as, G = Cth - C(Cs, xd, Dc, TSL) = 0 The objective being to obtain cover thickness (xd) for the specified design life (TSL). C(.) is the chloride concentration function in concrete. This model has four governing parameters • Threshold chloride concentration (Cth) • Concrete surface chloride concentration (Cs) • Chloride diffusion coefficient of concrete (Dc) • Concrete cover thickness (xd) Preliminary Design These four parameters have significant dispersions for a given exposure condition, and their statistical nature must be taken into account to guarantee a large enough safety margin for the durability design.

As mentioned earlier, the target probability of failure is fixed as

PF = 0.1 for the design at this stage.

Towards this aim, the design is performed by a full probabilistic scheme using directly the statistical properties of the parameters.

The statistical properties of model parameters are analysed on the basis of the long-term in-place structural investigations and exposure tests in vicinity of the proposed project. It is advised to identify these parameters and must be included in the feasibility investigation for the project. The investigation comprises of environmental data extracted from site investigation for atmospheric temperature, humidity, and airborne chloride content or CO2 concentration and wind speed.

Further, the evaluation of chloride/carbonation profiles of structures in the vicinity of the proposed project or similar projects elsewhere must be incorporated.

This investigation helps to statistically characterise the diffusive property of concrete and evaluate the distribution of surface chloride concentration. Since the concrete cover is the only structural parameter in the design equation, correct specification of concrete cover thickness is the central issue for durability design. The statistical properties of concrete cover

thickness are important for correct estimation of reliability with respect to the design equation, and are related closely to the construction methods and practice. Statistical analysis based on the data of achieved cover thickness of similar concrete infrastructures must be investigated.

Design assisted by testing Based on the preliminary design, the required construction material and specifications for executing the design can be used as design basis for the project. However, every project is unique and precise characteristic of the design are quantified by testing the material used at project site.

During the construction, the properties of structural concretes should be tested in on-site laboratory.

In parallel, the constructed concrete elements, prefabricated or cast-in-place, are inspected for the achieved quality, and particularly for the thickness of concrete over. These data provide the information on the realistic construction quality of concrete elements, thus help to update the statistical properties of parameters in the durability assessment models.

This updated data source, form the essential basis for predicting the durability performance of concrete elements during its service-life.

The in-situ data of chloride diffusion coefficient of structural concretes are to be collected from the on-site laboratories for different concrete elements. The chloride diffusion coefficients are measured on structural concretes under standard conditions by rapid migration method. The measurements of concrete cover thickness for the castin-place concrete elements are done either through, ground penetrating radar, electromagnetic test, ultrasonic and radiography. The critical threshold chloride

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ARTICLE concentration is evaluated by the accelerated chloride threshold testing.

Additions of admixtures such as ground granulated blast furnace slag, fly ash, silica fume and metakaolin alter the properties of ordinary portland cement concrete. Testing of such concrete is crucial to study its chloride ingress property and statistically characterise it to apply in the performancebased design.

Monitoring and Maintenance Planning The maintenance planning is to establish the techniques and intervention periods of maintenance, on the basis of the durability states of the concrete elements.

The strategies of maintenance planning is to be preventive/proactive, which refers to the intervention at early stage of deterioration, normally at low maintenance costs. During the service-life, the deterioration processes will be monitored via periodical inspection and sensors. The maintenance actions are to be taken at early stage of deterioration for elements with the help of these inspections and monitoring. Since concrete elements are designed in such a way that the probability of corrosion initiation (PF = 0.1) will only be exceeded after 120 years, technically all elements can be exempted from maintenance during the service-life. However, given the uncertainty associated with the concrete construction, e.g. early-age cracking, accidental use of saline water for concrete mixing and/or curing and the unexpected environmental actions during service-life, e.g. the global warming and long-

term change of ambience, a basic maintenance planning is necessary for concrete elements.

Through monitoring of as-built concrete components it is possible to establish the service-life of the casted components in real-time.

The basic maintenance planning considers mainly two aspects: the durability performance monitoring, and maintenance of the elements.

Monitoring involves: potential mapping, resistivity mapping, embedded anode sensors, cover thickness measurement, air permeability, chloride profile, etc.

The maintenance scheme consists in performing the surface chloride extraction by electrochemical method or a cathodic protection system can be installed to protect the steel bars against the unexpected durability failure. It should be noted that this basic maintenance scheme is to interact with the durability inspection/monitoring data and the real-time durability assessment during the servicelife.

Inclusion in Tender document In the present scenario, asset owners of metro rail bridges specify the conventional prescriptive requirements as per code in the design basis report.

However, they wish to know how much really is the achieved service-life. It is necessary that the change should begin at tendering stage of the project.

The tender document should mandate the requirement to study the durability factors and incorporate in the feasibility exercise, to evaluate all the environmental parameters responsible for degradation, including review of previous statistics for similar projects elsewhere. This will be the design

basis for the preliminary performance-based design. The asset owner must emphasise on specific durability limit state as per their requirement and mention the expected service-life and target probability of failure. Testing of insitu components along with the tests to be performed are necessary part of the design basis. The asset owner must press for the requirement of probabilistic durability design in the tender document with a design report. And finally long term monitoring and updating of actual service-life must be included as part of the contract.

Conclusion This article recommends the change of approach to the concrete industry from traditional prescriptive approach to the performance-based specifications.

It highlights important steps involved in the durability design of concrete components. This article emphasises on testing of actual in-situ condition for giving the actual project specific performance. It encourages using monitoring of the project after construction to keep a track of effects of the ever changing ambience on the bridge to evaluate the service-life in real time. Finally it is recommended to bring about a change of approach from the tendering stage itself.

About Author Dr. Sharvil Alex Faroz is a passionate entrepreneur and chartered engineer, and the founder of Infrastructure Risk management, Mumbai. As chief structural evaluation engineer, Dr. Sharvil brings his extensive experience in the condition assessment of infrastructure. Dr. Sharvil holds a Ph.D from IIT Bombay in Structural Safety Risk & Reliability.

Infrastructure Risk Management (IRM) is a knowledge based company devoted in implementing advanced research to the service of infrastructure owners. The company specialises in service-life design and residual-life estimation of infrastructures.

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SMART CITIES MISSION

Which technologies will underpin the smart cities of the future?  Rhymer Rigby | Freelance Journalist

Range, cost and speed will determine the best tools for each job

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he world of dumb objects from rubbish bins to water pipes is about to become smart. We are on the brink of a communications revolution, with the potential impact almost as great as the introduction of mobile phones and the internet.

polluted, safer and more liveable.

Plenty of real-life examples already exist. Seattle has a real-time rain prediction system called ―Rainwatch‖ which anticipates precipitation at neighbourhood level and sends out flood warnings.

you can put up buildings much faster. A lot of the internet of things will be small improvements like that.‖ The consultancy Gartner predicts that there will 11.2bn devices connected by the end of this year and 20.4bn by the end of 2020.

Connectivity in 21st century societies will be completely different, says Rupert Pearce, chief executive of the satellite company Inmarsat. ―We‘re moving from person-to-person voice centric networks, to machine-to-machine data centric networks.‖

The City of London has recently begun a programme to connect thousands of street lights to a mesh network (where individual lights act as nodes). This means greater ease of operation and that the lights will eventually form part of a network of sensors that can detect factors such as pollution.

In the so-called smart cities of the future, urban infrastructure will be interconnected; networked devices will be everywhere, from buses and cars to streetlamps, all linked to networks via the internet of things (IoT). Roads themselves will be online. Water and power grids will have smart sensors. All this should make our urban spaces more efficient and convenient, less

Many of the applications are surprising and hidden. ―One IoT application is putting sensors in concrete which feed back when the concrete is set,‖ says William Newton, president and Emea managing director of WiredScore, a company that provides a rating system for commercial property For cities, this is likely to mean a connectivity. ―This means you don‘t mix of mobile, WiFi, fixed need to leave a margin of error and connectivity and other networks

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The choice of networks that power and enable this connectivity, says Mr Pearce, will depend on ―use case‖ and market factors — ie who (or what) is using them and what business and commercial needs they answer. He adds: ―We‘re looking at heterogeneous networks, each of which has a sweet spot when you look at coverage, reliability security and efficiency.‖ It is a mistake, he explains, to think of 5G as just the next iteration of mobile rather than the future of communications more broadly.

SMART CITIES MISSSION such as LoRa — a long-range, low-power wireless platform that is well suited to IoT networks. ―In smart cities, no one solution meets all requirements,‖ says John Hicklin, an IoT expert at PA Consulting.

Technological considerations such as range, cost, power consumption, bandwidth and latency (the delay in transferring data) will all inform which solutions are the most appropriate for any given task.

It is the volume and speed this challenge of having to fit new digital allows, he adds, that will make the infrastructure around existing greatest difference to our lives. buildings, underground lines and sewers. A lot of this is hidden — Some countries are already there. older buildings often lack the space Singapore and South Korea have for the technology to ensure some of the world‘s highest ―fibre to excellent WiFi and mobile coverage the home‖ penetration. In the latter, inside. Newer buildings can be it is possible to get home broadband designed to accommodate this. with a speed of 2.5Gb per second.

This is more than 50 times the UK For the developing world, the picture average. is different again. Here, cities are often going from very limited When it comes to building the connectivity and networks to networks to power smart cities, not broadband and widespread mobile

The backbone of all of this will be fibre, says Jeremy Chelot, chief executive of Community Fibre, a business providing internet connectivity to social housing in London.

everywhere is equal, though. ―In the Middle East and Asia,‖ says Mr Hicklin, ―cities are often being built from the ground up.‖ This has considerable advantages. Fibre can be laid everywhere without disruption to traffic and businesses.

Moreover, the city builders can take a strategic overview of what is needed and existing legacy technologies do not need to be taken into account.

―A single thread of fibre enables a torrent of data and will mean virtually unlimited capacity.‖ He points to the introduction of earlier communication networks such as landline phones as a guide to how things might play out: ―If you look at the last hundred years, we rolled out copper cable to almost every premises.

Fibre will eventually mean fibre to everything.‖

data coverage. They will be the ones that experience the greatest transformations — and may even be able to leapfrog the legacy technologies that in many cases hold back the developed world.

Mr Newton cites Somaliland as a ―hotbed‖ of innovation for local telecoms companies, ―especially widespread adoption of mobile money, because telecommunications companies can build masts In developed-world cities, everywhere and trial new products‖. incorporating ―smartness‖ tends to be more piecemeal; the organisations *** that look after rubbish collection, for instance, will not necessarily be linked to those who look after transport. There is also the METRO RAIL NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 | WWW.METRORAILNEWS.IN

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MAKE IN INDIA

Metroman E. Sreedharan to lead Committee constituted for Standardization and Indigenization in Metro Rail Systems

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ransport infrastructure is one of the most important factors for a country's progress.

With rapid Industrialization, Urbanization, Globalization and concentration of large population in urban centers, the cities and towns of the country are growing at a faster pace. To keep this faster pace, for moving people, goods and services, metro rail projects are playing a crucial role not only as a transportation solution but as a means to transform cities.

Today, 490 kms of metro lines are operational in 10 different cities in the country. More than 600 kms of metro rail projects are under construction in various cities. In the coming years there will be robust growth in metro rail sector. More than 350 kms of new

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construction will be started in the next few years as more and more cities are planning for expansion or new constructions of metro rail. In addition to metro rail network, Regional Rapid Transport System (RRTS) is also being introduced to decongest Delhi & NCR. The first phase of RRTS consists of 3 corridors, covering a total length of about 380 kms. This transit system will connect Delhi with Sonepat, Alwar and Meerut.

The Government of India is providing financial support in the implementation of metro rail projects by way of Equity and Subordinate Debt as well as well as sovereign guarantee for multilateral and bilateral loans.

The increasing trend of central government budget outlay provided for metro rail projects in

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last four years is evidence of the ever growing need for metro rail to decongest and enhance mobility in our cities. The average budget outlay of Govt. of India is likely to increase to about Rs 25,000 cr annually, apart from the investments envisaged by the state governments, private partners and ULBs. Various other steps have been taken for the systematic and sustainable growth of metro rail projects in the country. The standards for rolling stock and signaling systems or the metro rail in India have been notified in 2017 after concurrence from Railway Board. The standards for rolling stock also fixes the standards of civil structures. The standards for electrical systems have been concurred by the Railway Board

MAKE IN INDIA recently and the same will be notified soon.Various new metro systems have already started procurement of the systems as per the notified standards.The detailed specifications for the Automatic Fare Collection System and the complete eco-system based on the Rupay standard has been prepared by NPCI and C-DAC in collaboration with DMRC through a research project sanctioned by MoHUA. BEL has been tasked to manufacture the prototype of the gate trough their ownfunds.

Substantial expenditure has already been incurred and the first indigenous gate based on the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) is likely to be launched in October 2018.The specifications of the most advanced signaling system in the world viz. Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) system, which was introduced

by Kochi Metro Rail first in the country, is also being formulated jointly by BEL, CDAC, DMRC, STQC through MoHUA.

also bring down the cost of the metro rail constructions and operation.

For this purpose, a committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of Sh. E. Sreedharan for Standardization and Indigenization in Metro Rail with the following members:• • •

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Chairman Dr. E. Sreedharan Sh. H.S. Anand, (for Rolling Stock) Former Director, Rolling Stock, DMRC Sh. Sameer Lohani, (for Rolling Stock) Executive Director (Carriage), RDSO, Indian Railways Sh. D. K. Sinha, (for signalling) Director, Operations, Kochi Metro Rail Sh. Jitendra Tyagi, (for Civil Engineering) MD, Dehradun Metro, Uttrakhand Sh. Vipul Kumar, (Track & Civil Structure) Executive Director, Track Modernisation, Railway Board Sh. Prashanth Rao (Automatic Fare Collection System) Director Systems, Ahmedabad Metro Sh. Anoop Gupta (Traction, Power Supply, Ventilation) Director, Electrical, DMRC Sh. Mukund Kumar Sinha, (Member Secretary) OSD (UT) and Ex Officio Joint Secretary, MoHUA

The committee is expected to submit its report in 3 months.

After 3 months, based on specific task of standardization, Dr. Sreedharan could co-opt the relevant expert members for the These indigenous standards task for a specified period of time. will ensure that metro rail sub systems for all new metro *** projects conform to the prescribed standards thus incentivizing manufacturers to plan for long term investments in the country and set up manufacturing units. This will

NITI AAYOG TO REVIEW PROGRESS OF STANDARDISATION OF METRO RAIL SYSTEMS The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has decided to engage NITI Aayog to review the progress of standardisation and indigenisation of Metro rail systems being implemented across the country.

According to the ministry, the move intends to promote the government's 'Make-in India' initiative while executing Metro rail projects in states.

An official said the ministry has standardised specifications of rolling stock, signalling and telecom systems for Metro rails across the country.

"It has been decided that NITI Aayog's Member (Science) will review the progress of standardisation and indigenisation of Metro rail systems by the Housing and Urban Affairs ministry to ensure timebound progress," the official said.

In June Narendra to set up Man Dr. standards country.

this year, Prime Minister Modi had approved a proposal a committee headed by Metro E. Sreedharan to lay down for Metro rail systems in the

Official said indigenisation will be ensured in several Metro rail systems being implemented across the country.

According to data available with the Housing and Urban Affairs ministry, there are around 22 ongoing and underconstruction Metro rail projects in Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Lucknow, Chennai, Nagpur, Pune, Kochi, Ahmedabad, NoidaGreater Noida, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata and Gurugram.

The ministry said Phase-IV of Delhi Metro is expected to complete by December, 2020 while Phase-II of Bangalore Metro (72 km length) will be completed by March 2021.

Besides, Metro project having proposed length of 23 km in Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow is expected to be completed by March 2019.

Also, the Nagpur Metro project, which was sanctioned in March 2018, will be completed in December 2019.

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Nagpur and Pune will have greenest metro projects in India Dr. Brijesh Dixit, Managing Director, Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha-Metro) talks to Metro Rail News about detailed insights on the progress of the Nagpur & Pune Metro projects…  Reeta Shah, Communication Manager | Metro Rail News

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r. Brijesh Dixit is heading Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation, as Managing Director to implement Rs. 8680 Crore Nagpur Metro Rail project comprising 42 stations over a route length of 41.7 kms and Rs. 11420 Crore Pune Metro Rail project comprising of 30 stations over a route length of 31.25 kms long Mass Rapid Transit system to the city of Nagpur and Pune respectively which are world class, safe, comfortable, accessible, energy efficient and environmental friendly. Recently, Metro Rail News has conducted a media interview with Dr. Brijesh Dixit. Here are excerpts from the interview:•

Could you please elaborate on the role of Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro) and purpose to form this Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)?

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited formerly known as Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited is a 50:50 Joint Venture of Government of India & Government of Maharashtra. It is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) created for the implementation of all Metro Rail Projects in the State of Maharashtra outside Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

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Nagpur & Pune.

Nagpur Metro Rail Project consists of 38.215 Km elevated Metro Corridor which includes 40 stations and 2 train maintenance Depots, the Alignment is divided into two corridors i.e. North-South (19.658 Km) & East-West (18.557 Km). The How is progress of various projects under estimated completion Cost is Rs. 8680 Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited crores. The total physical progress achieved (Maha Metro)? Which projects are most likely to be till 31st July 2018 is 67.36% and the made operational by the end of the year? financial progress is 44.89%.

Presently, Maha Metro is executing Metro Rail The route length of Pune Metro Rail Project Projects in two cities in the state of Maharashtra at is 31.25 km (26.23 km elevated & 5.02 km

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INTERVIEW underground) divided into two corridors i.e from Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) to Swargate (16.59 Km) and from Vanaz to Ramwadi (14.66 km) with 30 stations and two Car Maintenance Depots. The approved completion cost is Rs. 11,420 crores. The total physical progress achieved till 31st July 2018 is 22.00% and the financial progress is 15.00%.

Trial run of the very first section of 5.4 km of Nagpur Metro Rail Project was flagged of on 30th September 2017. The CMRS authorization was received on 16th April 2018 and currently joy rides are carried out.

The phase 1 of Nagpur Metro is expected to be completed by December 2019 with opening of 24 km by March 2019 and the remaining 14 km by the end of 2019. The Pune Metro project is expected to be completed by the end of 2021.

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Is the merger of Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL) with Maha-Metro over? Is the process of reconstitution under way or is heading towards completion?

Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL) was incorporated on 18th February 2015. After the sanction of the Pune Metro Rail Project, the company was reconstituted into Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha Metro) on 23rd January 2017.

Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

While executing Nagpur Metro Rail Project, the company gained valuable knowledge and experience. It also developed core competencies of certain concepts, designs and drawings.

Furthermore, it established a highly skilled team of dedicated professionals. By doing so it is in a unique position to adeptly handle multiple projects simultaneously.

So, while executing the Pune Metro Rail Project, Maha Metro capitalized on all the acquired wisdom and the project move at a much faster pace as no time was squandered.

It enabled the company to make faster decisions on administrative fronts and led to time and cost savings. All this will be carried forward to upcoming metro rail projects in Maharashtra outside the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

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Maha metro is adopting a sustainable approach when it comes to delivering metro rail projects. You recently shared that both Nagpur and Pune Metro Rail projects will be one of the greenest metro projects in India with up to 65% energy to come from solar panels. Can you share the sustainable solutions employed in both the metro projects?

How will this reconstitution help in keeping the pace for the metro project going in Maharashtra help?

The Nagpur and Pune Metro rail projects have been conceptualized and designed to use natural Solar Energy and make use of rain water harvesting, green building techniques, bio-digester technology, enhancing green belt by tree plantations, water recycling plants in depots and pollution reduction methods.

After the reconstitution, Maha Metro is a going to implement all the metro rail projects in the state of Maharashtra outside the

Maha Metro has gone a step further by taking the following initiatives and making it one of the Greenest Metro‘s.

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a. Integrating Solar Energy from Inception to meet 65% of energy requirements by installing solar panels along the station rooftops, depot boundary walls, depot shed rooftops and vacant ground spaces net metered under the RESCO model. b. MoU with DRDO for anaerobic bio digester to ensure 100% water recycling and smart sewage treatment: MoU has been signed between Maha-Metro and Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) for propagation and installation of ―Bio Digester Technology‖. MahaMetro will be the first in India to adopt this technology with an objective of keeping eco-friendly clean environment and make use of organic waste & waste water. c. Vertical garden on piers.

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d. Rain Water Harvesting e. Transplantation of trees coming in the way of construction and large-scale tree plantation. f. Green Building Techniques and aiming for IGBC Platinum rating for station complexes. The 3 AtGrade Stations (Khapri, New Airport & Airport South have received the Platinum Rating)

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How prepared is Maha Metro • to battle the monsoon, as work is likely to suffer? What precautions have the authorities taken to ensure that work goes as planned?

Maha Metro prepared Monsoon Preparedness Guidelines and incorporated the same in project Safety Manual as standard procedure for compliance by all the contractors. The Engineers issued a Monsoon Preparedness Plan template & Checklist to all contractors for compliance with the procedure.

This further enabled them to selfevaluate their preparedness and the equipment available to work on war footing during an emergency.

Based on the Checklist the contractors were able to self-evaluate their efficiency and make any additions as per the site requirements.

This apart, Control Room and QRT is operational 24x7. It receives calls from public and attends all emergencies related to metro works. Maha-Metro Staff, Consultants and its contractors are operating round the clock ensuring safety of all its stakeholders especially the public of Nagpur.

We have learnt that Maha savings (usually from tens to hundreds Metro has used software and of crores). technical innovations for its Nagpur and Pune projects. • What do you think of Metro Rail What are these innovations News Magazine and its content? and how have Are there any issues, topics, or these innovations helped in themes that you‘d like to see in project execution? upcoming issues of our Magazine?

Maha Metro, has implemented 5D BIM to automate its project management processes by integrating four major software‘s (Bentley, Oracle, SAP and RIB).

With this platform, Maha Metro is able to get insights into various intricacies in design, construction and handing over stage which is enabling us to take right decisions on time which otherwise wouldn‘t have been possible.

Yes, 3D CAD by Bentley Systems is helping Maha Metro to convert 2D drawings to 3D drawings.

Converting drawings into 3D helps in Pre-emptive Clash

Metro Rail News Magazine has always generated necessary content in its magazine. The magazine should continue with its present policy of covering metro projects in details and updating information about the same at regular intervals.

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Do you visit the Metro Rail News website?

What kind of content would you like to see added to the website?

Metro Rail News website is informative and gives all the relevant information about various Metro Rail Projects in the country. It keeps readers updated about the regular development related to Metro projects.

Detection and Conflict Resolution The language used on the website is during the design phase. simple and hence common man can easily grasp it.

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Chennai Central Metro station will be a game changer Exclusive Interview with Anantakumar Rayaprolu Executive Vice President Urban Infrastructure BU, Afcons Infrastructure Limited

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s the need for Metro rail proliferates in India, Afcons has stepped up its urban infrastructure game to cater to the country‘s burgeoning capacity and connectivity demands.

Today, Metro has moved from being a radical solution to a more logical solution for mass rapid transit that is seamless and convenient.

Afcons has been creating some mind boggling Metro infrastructure in the country for nearly a decade now.

The Chennai Central Metro Station, which will be one of Asia‘s biggest underground Metro stations, illustrates our capacity and determination to transform urban transport into an orbital service boasting passenger satisfaction and popularity, says Mr Anantakumar Rayaprolu, Executive Vice President, Urban Infrastructure BU, Afcons Infrastructure Limited.

Here are excerpts of his interview with Metro Rail NewsWhat is the importance of Chennai Central Station to Chennai and Chennaites?

Chennai Central Metro station is one of the biggest underground Metro stations in Asia, located in the heart of Chennai. It is constructed below the heaviest traffic road – the Poonamalle Highway. It has 5 entrances connecting 4 railway stations, namely Southern Railway Central station, Central Suburban station, Park Suburban station, Park Town Suburban station, and also Greater Chennai Corporation which are within 50m radius. We are talking about an average 7,47,228 commuters passing per day.

It will be a huge transit hub, and provide a seamless connectivity for commuters to reach Airport, Central Moffusil Bus Terminus (CMBT), North Chennai, South Chennai, and Chennai‘s arterial road, Anna Salai.

How important is it for the overall transport fabric of the city?

Chennai is the fourth largest city and fourth most populous urban agglomerated city in India with an estimated population of 8.2 million as per 2016 census. With rapid growth in population and increasing traffic volumes on roads, a rapid transit system is the need of the hour. The

Anantakumar Rayaprolu Executive Vice President Operations & BU Head Urban Infrastructure Afcons Infrastructure Limited

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INTERVIEW aim of the Tamil Nadu government has been to provide the people of Chennai with a fast, reliable, convenient, efficient, modern and economical mode of public transport, properly integrated with other forms of public and private transport services.

The strategic location of this station solves this purpose by enabling a seamless integration of all modes of public transportation system in Chennai including long distance railways, Sub-urban railways and public road transport. Being an interchange station, it also enables a hassle free transport for the people from the North & South of Chennai.

This station is going to be a game changer in the overall transport fabric of Chennai.

What were the pre-requisites for starting the work of the station?

Like every metro station projects for Chennai Central Station we had to take care of many important prerequite and approval.

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Land Acquisition of 24,000sqm from various central & state government entities like Southern railway, Chennai Corporation, National highway Authority of India and Public works department of Tamil Nadu Approval from Heritage committee Approvals for identification & diversion of major utilities like Metro water lines and sewer lines, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board lines, BSNL lines and other private telecommunication lines Approval for major traffic diversions from Chennai traffic police department

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Twelve Numbers of rail gantry arrangement for handling rails from stack yard to wagons

Chennai Central Metro Station - Concourse Level [Photo: Afcons]

What were some of the major hurdles? How did you overcome them?

Construction below Poonamalle Highway was another big challenge. Additionally, there are many Heritage buildings around.

There were quite a few hurdles in It needed meticulous planning the initial stage which also turned and right execution since we also out to be a learning curve for us. had to deal with drastic variation of rock levels and stratification.

• We had to temporarily divert the There was a restriction on using utilities on one side for doing controlled blasting for station D‘wall work and again divert excavation which led us to them back to do d‘wall works on reinvent some of the plans. the other side, which increased • We had to communicate with the work time. But we managed multiple agencies like Southern to cover it up by closing other Railways, Chennai Corporation, activities as a faster rate.

City Traffic Department, State • Diverting existing railway signal Highways Department, Heritage cables was a huge task.

Committee, etc. for all the Although only around 200Rmts approvals and permissions which was infringing our area of work, is a time-consuming process. Bu to divert them we actually thanks to the tireless efforts of the needed to re-route and relay team, it was done smoother than round 28000Rmt of cable which expected. was not possible. So, we changed • We also had to place multiple the entire construction sequence traffic diversions with temporary and re-designed some of the traffic decks for minimum structure. hindrance to traffic flow while also ensuring pedestrian safety with dedicated pedestrian foot paths and foot over bridge at different stages of construction.

• There was also huge quantity of excavated material and we had to dispose it off in time and within the restricted hours. That had us on our toes all the time.

Chennai Central Metro Station - Lifts [Photo: Afcons]

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This mammoth station is 390m long, 35m wide, and about 30m deep from the ground level and has a total area of 30,000sqm inclusive of main station, entry points, and exits.

The construction was a colossal task and the numbers speak for it: • Total length of D-wall is 2,300m (1,000mm thick) • 171 plunged-in-steel columns • 1.3 Lakh cum of rock excavation • 6.3 Lakh cum of soil excavation • Total Concrete quantity used was 2.2 Lakh cum • Total Steel quantity used was 55,000mt

We utilised rock within station as confinement for break-in of TBM

How is this station different from other stations of Chennai Metro Project and other Metro Stations in India and abroad? so, we used Grade 1 rock (140mpa) excavation by diamond wire saw cutting machine. Also, for this station, diaphragm wall is much above the base slab and there is provision of shear pins embedded in hard rock. Rock bolts were installed to stabilize the rock below diaphragm wall. The terminated diaphragm wall is connected to the

This station has two subways above the roof for pedestrians to cross the Poonamalle Highway. The entrance has two levels compared to a single level in a conventional station. An underground parking is integrated within one of the entrances, which is unique. As a typical interchange station, there are two levels of platform. We have two island platforms on both the levels, compared to a single island platform in a typical station. There will be siding line and cross-overs on both the levels to enable starting of the train operations everyday from the station itself in both directions and on both the corridors. Other stations have to depend on trains being operated either from the main depot or an ancillary depot.

What was the total time taken to complete it?

Chennai Central Metro Station - Ticket Counter [Photo: Afcons]

Were there any special techniques / base slab by stitch wall. equipment used?

What were the important Yes, there were many firsts. For milestones / records while building the first time in India the over cut this station? method by hydromill was used for the construction of diaphragm wall. • We retrieved 6 TBMs TBM retrieval in fully flooded shaft • We created more than 20 stages of traffic diversions was also a first in India, and so was the construction of plunge column • The completion of retrieval shafts was done before the using wirth rig by RCD method. arrival of TBMs We were not allowed to use • 2 TBMs of corridor 2 have been retrieved in suspended slab explosive blasting for excavation;

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The work commenced on February 2011 and is now ready for use since May 2018.

What is the capacity of this station?

What is the expected footfall?

The total area commuters can use in Upper track & Lower track platform is 5,000sqm, which during the normal service, have the capacity of 10,000 passengers. During peak service, they can accommodate 25,000 passengers. On a day to day basis, approximately, more than 1, 00,000 commuters are expected to use the station.

COVER STORY

Metro Rail Projects shaking hands with ‗Make in India initiative‘  Darshana Shukla | Associate Editor

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n 2017 India created a history of sorts when it shipped the first consignment of six metro coaches made in India to Australia. This was a moment of great pride for country‘s manufacturing sector with metro coaches manufactured in Vadodara was exported to Australia via the Mumbai Port.

This initiative was launched to address the concerns relating to declining growth rate. India was slowly labeled as ‗Fragile Five‘ at the global level. In order to usher in a new wave of optimism and give much-needed impetus, the central government laid the foundation of ‗Make in India initiative‘.

support on metro projects under the finance ministry‘s viability gap funding scheme • Secondly, central government grant under which 10% of the project cost will be given as the central aid in a lump sum • Thirdly, there will be a 50:50 equity sharing model between state and central government.

This was first of its kind initiative after the Make in India campaign was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September 2014. Exporting metro coaches made in India to Australian soil was indeed a landmark moment for the country.

This initiative is slowly getting integrated with metro rail projects. In order to promote this initiative, the Ministry of Urban Development has framed the New Metro Policy. The focus is to promote ‗Make in India‘ initiative in metro rail projects going on in the country.

The underlying feature is that private participation is compulsory under all three alternatives.

Make in India initiative aims to transform India into a global design and manufacturing hub.

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The new policy makes the Public-Private component obligatory for availing central

In order to strengthen Metro Rail Systems contribution to ‗Make in India initiative‘, the central government has also issued parameters to follow. This is to achieve uniformity and fostering standardised procurement and indigenisation.

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COVER STORY The central government‘s Make in India initiative is slowly making its presence felt too. As per news, Make in India coaches are set to chug the Vijayawada metro corridors.

Earlier Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has insisted on purchasing them.

Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation (AMRC), plans to procure the coaches from the metro bogies manufacturing units at - SriCity in Chittoor district Savli in Gujarat and from Bengaluru.

This is for manufacturing stainless steel coaches and bogies for metro rail.

Central government last year had also introduced new rules pertaining to procurement of equipment for metro rail projects The Ministry has stipulated the following mandatory conditions to be incorporated in Tender Documents:•

In 2015 three metro coach manufacturing units were set-up under Make in India in our country.

On the other hand, State-run engineering firm BHEL entered into an agreement with Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd (KHI), Japan in 2017.

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Minimum 75% of the tendered quantity of metro cars shall be manufactured indigenously with progressive indigenisation of content, for which the contractor may either establish an independent manufacturing facility in India or partner with Indian manufacturers if the procurement is more than 100 cars.

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availability of spares beyond the warranty period, an identified list of critical equipment and sub-systems shall be included in the Tender Document for ensuring indigenous manufacturing of a minimum of 25% of such equipment, either by Original Equipment Manufacturers themselves by establishing a wholly owned subsidiary in India or through Indian manufacturers.

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The requirement of metro cars at State level shall be clubbed to enable applicability of local procurement norms.

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WOMEN IN RAILWAYS INDUSTRY

Exclusive interview with Ansuya Oogur Ramhota, Senior Consultant for Arup

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ajkumaree (Anusuya) Oogur Ramhota Senior is Consultant in Arup‘s Digital practice in London. She is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) with over eight years of experience in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) systems and infrastructure design. She talked with the Metro Rail News recently. Here is excerpts from her interview with usPlease tell us a little bit about yourself..

I am originally from Mauritius and have been in the UK for about 6 years now. I joined ARUP in late 2011 as a graduate where I was introduced to the concept of railway telecoms. I have been promoted over the years and am now a senior consultant. I currently lead and manage the production of various deliverables including design reports, technical notes, surveys, strategy documents, drawings and schematics on different ICT and railway telecommunication systems. I am involved on a wide range of multi-disciplinary projects across various sectors including railways, sports, commercial, healthcare and government. My work includes research, design and advice on various telecom technologies and systems. I love it!

How did you get into rail and engineering?

My parents have always been very encouraging in science subjects, essentially because I was good at them.

Physics, biology and chemistry, were always my favourite subjects at school. This is how I got into engineering. My teachers were also very supportive and I received career guidance based on my skills. Engineering was what I wanted to do and be in telecommunications. I did my first degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, then a Masters in Mobile, Wireless and Broadband Communications before joining ARUP as a graduate consultant.

Railway Telecommunications was a fairly new topic then and I wanted to know more so I joined IRSE

which led to my interest in the railways. Rail was unknown to me when I was growing up. There is no rail industry in Mauritius. I discovered the sector whilst at ARUP. I was fascinated by this unique field which requires a very specific skills set. I believe that it is an interesting time to be involved in the rail industry with so many changes occurring specifically in the sphere of digital railway.

What do you love about your job?

I like the engineering field as a whole. I love working as a consultant. It challenges me to remain constantly up-to-date with new technologies. I am always learning. It is hugely interesting and rewarding.

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Being nominated as one of the 20 Rising Stars of rail! It is rewarding to be recognized as an expert in one‘s field. The team I work with has been very supportive and ARUP is very excited about my winning.

Where do you see your career in the next 5 to 10 years?

I want to continue to learn. My focus at the moment is on wireless communications. I want to strengthen my knowledge and expertise in this field. There are many projects out there where improvements are needed, such as the provision of mobile services on trains. I want to be part of the team that makes it happen.

mentoring program which is very successful. On my first day as a graduate, I was assigned a mentor for guidance and career development. One of my career goals is to qualify as a chartered engineer and Arup has offered me a great platform to develop my skills set. Hopefully, I will be qualified by the end of this year. ARUP also offers training courses, take part in career fairs and organizes engineering awareness week workshops. I am involved in all these initiatives. During career fairs, I have talked to ARUP students about engineering, what my personal experience has been as a woman engineer and what the career prospects are. I have also prepared and presented at various workshops. I have been the ‗buddy‘ to summer students and some have now come back as graduates!

What do you think the rail industry should do to get more girls into rail?

The rail industry needs to promote itself better with the younger generation. Young girls need to be made aware of the wide range of careers the industry has to offer and this should start from an early age. Rail should also encourage apprenticeship, offer summer placements in rail companies and advertise site visits to trigger the interest of young girls and encourage them to learn more about the sector.

Secondments are also very important. As part of the ARUP graduate scheme, I was seconded in HS2 as the assistant Control, Command and Signalling (CCS) System Engineer. I was exposed to the bigger rail picture, that of a modern railway. The secondment contributed towards making me realize the breadth of opportunities and learning potential that a modern digital railway will offer. Mentoring is also key. ARUP has an internal

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What advice would you give to a young graduate who just entered the industry?

Young women should be encouraged to join networks and professional bodies such as the IET and IRSE. Networking enables you to meet fellow professionals and learn more about industry.

Do you have a role model?

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My role models are more experienced people in ARUP, my mentor for instance. She really impresses me.

She is a high achiever, dedicated to others and also balancing her day job with her family life. She is an inspiration to me.

What do you do to relax when you are not working?

My hobbies are travelling but even when I travel, I tend to visit project sites if possible – I can‘t help it!

When I went back to Mauritius to visit my family recently, I went to visit the ‗Mauritius Commercial Bank‘ which is one of Arup‘s awardwinning project. What can I say? I am passionate about technology and engineering! ***

LEADERS’ SERIES

Meet Dr. I. P. Gautam, Managing Director of Ahmedabad Metro: Developing City with advanced Metro Rail System  Reeta Shah | Communication Manager

D

r. I. P. Gautam did his Post Graduation from Pt. Dindayal Upadhyay University of Gorakhpur and LL.B (Practicing Degree) from Lucknow University before joining the Central Government in 1981-82.

Dr. Gautam had a Diploma in Management from NADT Nagpur (1985) and he has recently earned certificate in Doctor of Philosophy on Urban Transport System from CEPT University under their Doctoral Program.

Dr. Gautam began his career with Indian Revenue Service as an Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax and joined Indian Administrative Service in 1986. He has served as Secretary & Principal Secretary Government of Gujarat in various departments like Power Energy & Petrochemical, Port & Transport and Urban Development & Urban Housing Depts. etc. He has also served as Director (Finance) of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Project, a Life line of Gujarat for five years and Municipal Commissioner of Rajkot and Ahmedabad City for Eight years. His major contributions have been both in improving regulatory mechanisms, delivery services as well timely implementation of Important Projects and managing growth related investments for the State. As the Commissioner of both Rajkot and Ahmedabad, Dr Gautam focused on improving civic services & city infrastructure and innovative service delivery arrangements apart from managing basic obligations of the City Government. Dr. Gautam, having evolved the Ahmadabad‘s

City Development vision, also spearheaded the Sabarmati River Front & Bus Rapid Transit System, one of the first in the Country to launch it to scale. His major contribution includes, Management of Large Projects, Power Sector Reforms (Jyotigram), conversion of thousands of auto rickshaws of Ahmedabad City into CNG, implementing PPP arrangements for City Bus and BRTS, effective Financial management of Sardar Sarovar Project & Civic bodies like RMC & AMC, innovation of Two room housing for urban poor and rehabilitation & resettlement of Projects Affected People of Sabarmati River Front, and many innovations in Civic Management, Project Financing including creation of AMC Medical Education Trust which runs 3 Medical Colleges since 2009. Dr. Gautam also initiated and submitted a proposal to UNESCO through ASI for declaring Ahmedabad city as a World Heritage City in April 2010 and UNESCO had placed Ahmedabad in tentative list of World Heritage Cities in March 2011. Now finally Ahmedabad city was declared as a first World Heritage City of India on 8th July 2017. Many Nationally famous Projects like BRTS, Kankaria Lake Front and Sabarmati River Front Development were implemented & completed during his tenure as Commissioner AMC and several International &

National Awards were received by the Civic Body and also by Dr. Gautam during his more than five years tenure as Municipal Commissioner & Chairman & MD of Sabarmati River Front and also founder Chairman of Ahmedabad Janmarg Ltd. (BRTS).

Dr. Gautam was appointed as Director General of Institute of Urban Transport of GOI for five year tenure, by Govt. of India in August 2013; however he was given the responsibility of constructing Metro Rail in Ahmedabad by Government of Gujarat in Sept 2013 itself where he joined as Vice Chairman & Managing Director of MEGA Co. on 13th September, 2013. After sanction of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project phase 1, by the Government of India, the MEGA Company was converted as a 50:50 SPV of Govt. of India & Govt. of Gujarat and Dr. Gautam was appointed first Managing Director of the SPV on 14-01-2015 and now implementing Ahmedabad Metro Rail project Phase-I.

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TENDER & CONTRACTS UPDATE

RECENT CONTRACT AWARDED Contract Winner

Description of Work

Project

Alstom Transport India

Contract Package 17: Design, Manufacture, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of 31 (8 Car) trains of Rolling Stock.

Mumbai Metro Line 3

Dilip Buildcon Limited

Design and construction of elevated viaduct between AIIMS and Subhash Nagar (excluding stations) including entry and exit to depot for Bhopal Metro Rail project, phase-l.

Bhopal Metro

LIVE TENDER NOTICES Chennai Metro Rail Project, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India Description of Work

Tender Cost (INR)

Closing Date

Issuing Authority

Engagement of Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) for the Works and Services of the Detailed Design and Drawings for the Civil, Architectural, MEP, TVS, VAC Track Works

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15.09.2018

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)

Supply, Installation, Testing, Commissioning and Training of EnM works including Electrical, VAC, Fire Protection, SCADA works for WIMCO Nagar Depot and Auto coach washing plant at Wimco Nagar and Metro Bhawan at Nandanam

10.95 Crore

25.09.2018

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES | LIVE TENDERS Chennai Metro Rail Project, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India Description of Work

Tender Cost (INR)

Closing Date

Issuing Authority

Detailed Geotechnical Investigation from Light House to Meenakshi College of Corridor 4 total length 10 302 CH 275 000 to CH 10027 120 for under ground section of Phase-II

5.58 Crore

26.09.2018

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)

Description of Work

Tender Cost (INR)

Closing Date

Issuing Authority

Supply, Testing and commissioning of Toy Train Including complete civil work of track, station, wheel sculptures etc. at Traffic Training Park of Delhi Traffic Police at Punjabi Bagh, Delhi

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24.09.2018

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)

Comprehensive AMC of KONE make 105 nos.

Escalators and Elevators (75 Escalators and 30 Elevators) for a period of 5 years

1.87 Crore

01.10.2018

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)

Description of Work

Tender Cost (INR)

Closing Date

Issuing Authority

Design, Detail Engineering, SITC of regenerative traction energy recovery system for 750 V DC Traction System, integration with Auxiliary and Traction Substations and associated SCADA interconnection with existing system installed at KMRL

16.35 Crore

24.09.2018

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)

Delhi Metro Rail Project, New Delhi, India

Kochi Metro Rail Project, Kochi, Kerala, India

Mumbai Metro Rail Project, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Description of Work

Tender Cost (INR)

Closing Date

Issuing Authority

Design, Manufacture, Installation, Testing and Commissioning (including integrated Testing and Commissioning) of Escalators including Maintenance for 02 Years During Defect Liability Period for Mumbai Metro Line 2A (Dahisar East D.N. Nagar).

49.38 Crore

18.09.2018

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)

Description of Work

Tender Cost (INR)

Closing Date

Issuing Authority

Design and Construction Works for Construction of Sabarmati HSR Terminal for Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Railway Project.

35.00 Crore

04.10.2018

High Speed Rail Corporation of India Limited (NHSRCIL)

High Speed Rail Project, New Delhi, India

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Metro & Railway Job Openings Organization & Location

Position Name

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, New Delhi

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Deputy General Manager (Finance) – 1 post Assistant Manager (Finance) – 1 post

03.10.2018

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, New Delhi

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Manager (Legal) – 1 post

05.10.2018

Uttarakahnd Metro Rail Corporation, Dehradun

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General Manager (Finance) – 1 post Manager (Corporate Communications) – 1 post Dy. General Manager (Electrical) – 1 post Assistant Manager (Electrical) – 1 post Assistant Manager (Finance) – 2 posts Assistant Manager (Civil) – 2 posts Junior Engineer (Civil) – 4 posts Surveyor (Civil) – 2 posts Accountant – 1 post

10.10.2018

Chennai Metro Rail Limited, Chennai

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Structural Design & Planning Expert - 1 post Co-ordination Expert (DDC) – 1 post Management Trainee (Finance & Accounts) – 1 post

06.10.2018

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation, Bengaluru

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Dy. Chief Engineer – 1 post Assistant Engineer – 1 post

09.10.2018

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation, Bengaluru

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Section Engineer – 26 posts

11.10.2018

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, New Delhi

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Director (Projects) – 1 post

12.10.2018

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