News Highlights expanded by more than 469 km, and today a total of 717 km of the metro is operational in 18 cities in the country.
UPMRC MD Shri Kumar Keshav inaugurated the manufacturing of Kanpur Metro Coaches through ribbon-cutting ceremony| Photo Copyright: UPMRCL
Alstom begins manufacturing of Kanpur Metro Coaches
Alstom India officially begins the manufacturing of Metro trains for the Kanpur Metro Rail Project. UP Metro's Managing Director Shri Kumar Keshav today inaugurated the Rolling Stocks' manufacturing (Metro Trains) in Bombardier's Savli Plant in Gujrat, located near Vadodara, on February 26, 2021. The manufacturing of Metro coaches for Kanpur Metro started at the Savli plant after the Puja ceremony by Shri Kumar Keshav, MD, UPMRC and in the presence of Shri Sushil Kumar, Director (Operations), UPMRC and Shri Atul Kumar Garg, Director (Rolling Stock & Systems), UPMRC. Bhopal and Indore Metro Gets RS. 262 CR in MP Budget 202122 Madhya Pradesh government allocated Rs. 262 Crore for Bhopal and Indore metro project. Finance minister Jagadish Devda presented the state budget of Rs. 2.42 Lakh Crore for this year on March 2, 2021. According to the Sources, in the last three years, the MP government has expanded
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RS. 475 Crore for the development of metro projects. Madhya Pradesh Government spent a lot of money for the development of metro projects, but they can't achieve as per expectations, but in this year MP government take an initiative of "Atmanirbhar Bharat" Mission which ensure people satisfactions and also increase the growth of public transportation- said by Jagadish Devda
While elaborating the government's plan of extending the metro rail network, the Union minister said that by the 75th year of India's Independence in 2022, the metro rail network would extend to around 1000 kms by a present network. By 2025 at least 25 Indian cities will have a metro network with a total network of 1700 kms. The Minister said that the government's focus is to develop an inclusive system together with multimodal integration and last-mile connectivity under the new metro rail policy.
Johnson Lifts to supply Escalators for Kanpur and Agra Metro Projects Metro Network to be expanded in the country, 25 cities to have metro by 2025: Union Minister The Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs Mr. Hardep Singh Puri shared his vision and opinion for expanding the country's metro rail network. The Minister recently was expressing his views in a webinar where he spoke as the key speaker. Mr Puri said that there is a need for improved connectivity of metros in Indian cities. Highlighting the development in the metro rail network in the country in the last six years, considering it to be the most sustainable mode of the public transport system, he said that till 2014, there were only 248 kilometres of metro rail network operational in five Indian cities. During a period of 06 years, the network has
M/S Johnson Lifts Pvt. Ltd has got the contract from Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) for the supply of Escalators including maintenance of two years during the Defect Liability Period (DLP) and one-year Comprehensive Annual Maintenance beyond the DLP Period for Kanpur (Corridor 1 and 2) and Agra (Corridor 1). According to Technical and Financial Evaluation of offer submitted on 02.12.2020 and as per the terms and conditions of the tender KNPAGE-04 and on 27.12.2021 M/S Johnson Lifts Pvt. Limited got the letter of acceptance.
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