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EDITOR’S NOTE EDITOR'S NOTE

FROM THE DESK OF

MANAGING EDITOR Addressing to a future transport system in the country Traffic congestion and parking difficulties, longer periods of commuting, public transport inadequacy, difficulty for non-motorized transport, loss of public space, high infrastructure maintenance cost, environmental impacts and energy consumptions, accidents and safety are some of the major challenges of urban transport system today.

Although these issues continue to be the major concern of people dwelling in cities, it is imperative to mention that cities and towns play a vital role in promoting economic growth and prosperity, especially in a developing country like India. In spite of the fact that less than one-third of the country's population lives in towns and cities in India, these areas generate more than two-thirds of the nation's income and account for 90% of government revenues.

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It is also important to highlight that the country is urbanising. The urban population in India is growing at an average rate of around 3% per year. Though, the average rate of growth of the urban population is not expected to change significantly during the next ten years or so, assuming a decadal increase of around 32%, India's urban population is expected to increase from 377 million in 2011 to 500 million by 2021.

In terms of percentage of total population, the urban population has gone

up from 17% in 1951 to 31.8% in 2011 and is expected to increase up to around 35% by the end of the year 2021. In coming years, as India would become more and more urbanized, urban areas will play a critical role in sustaining high rates of economic growth.

But, it should not be forgotten that economic growth momentum can be sustained if and only if cities function efficiently, its resources are optimally utilized to maximize the cities' contribution to national income.

The effectiveness of transport systems in cities today is one of the important indicators of efficiency of cities which is all about the efficacy with which people and goods are moved throughout the city. A poor transport systems stifle economic growth and development, and the net effect may be a loss of competitiveness in both domestic as well as international markets.

Although Indian cities have lower vehicle ownership rate, number of vehicles per capita, than their counterparts in developed countries, it suffers from worse congestion, delay, pollution, and accidents than cities in the industrialized world. This truly is an alarming figure for the government and policymakers thriving hard to make a future centric transport system in the country effectively addressing these issues.

It gives me pleasure to introduce you October issue of the magazine, focusing on some of the core topics discussed above. Future & importance of MRTS, white paper on RRTS, Ridership in metros will give you insightful thoughts about smart transport system being developed in the country.

I hope you all keep yourself safe and protected.

I wish you a happy reading.

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DMRC gets approval to conduct studies for Noida Airport-Delhi high-speed metro link On Tuesday, the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) board gave its go-ahead to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for conducting studies for high-speed metro rail links from Noida International Airport to Delhi.

These metro rail connecting projects are in two parts -- one between the airport in Jewar and Greater Noida and the other from Greater Noida to Delhi, according to details that emerged from the 71st Board meeting of YEIDA.

network span will become 390 KMs with 286 stations.

Complete Bengaluru Metro Phase 2 by 2024: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai On 22 September 2021, Karnataka Chief Minister Shri Basavaraj Bommai said that the BMRCL phase-02 project completion deadline is 2024 instead of 2025.

The early completion of the project will help people reach their destination faster and reduce traffic congestion. I personally monitor this project till its completion. At any cost, the phase-02 project should be finished by 2024, said CM Karnataka.

It is the longest of the two corridors being built under Phase-1 of the project. “Work has started on the elevated corridor between Dream city to Majura Gate and within the underground section between Apodaca and Chowk Bazaar,” said officials GMRC.

Coimbatore Metro Rail Project would be completed at the cost of Rs. 6,300 crores On Tuesday, it was announced in the Tamil Nadu Assembly that the metro rail project in Coimbatore would be completed at the cost of Rs. 6,300 crores.

Accordingly, it has been decided to implement the Metro Rail project through Coimbatore Trichy Road, Avinashi Road, Sathyamangalam Road, Mettupalayam Road and Corporation Roads.

There will be 144 KM of metro rail in and around Coimbatore. For this, it has been decided to implement the work in 5 sections.

Metro’s Najafgarh-Dhansa Bus Stand section opens for public

Surat Metro Construction works for Phase-1 will complete at the cost of Rs. 12,020 crores

On 18 September 2021, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA) Shri Hardeep Singh Puri and Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the Najafgarh-Dhansa Bus Stand extension of the Delhi Metro’s Grey Line section via video conferencing.

The construction work for Phase-1 of the Surat Metro rail project has begun after tenders’ worth over Rs. 3,002 crores for various civil works, including those for the underground section, were awarded by the Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC).

The commuter’s services on this line will start from today at 05:00 PM. With the opening of this line, the Delhi Metro

Work has started on the 21.59 KM corridor between Sarthana and Dream city, said officials GMRC.

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Greno West Metro Train work starts from December 2021 at the cost of Rs. 1100 Crores On Wednesday, Metro officials announced that the Greno West metro work would start from December 2021.

The tender has also been issued to select the operating company. The DPR of the project has already been prepared and sent to the Central Government. With www.metrorailnews.in

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS the start of the metro train, Greno West will also connect Delhi-NCR. As of now, there is no public transport facility on this route. Hence, UP CM Shri Yogi Adityanath can lay its foundation stone.

Alstom delivers the first Kanpur Metro trainset

The new route will be about 15 KMs. In the first phase, five metro rail stations work will be started. This metro train work started from Diwali earlier, but due to Corona-Lockdown, this plan got delayed.

As a result, this route will be fully elevated.

GMR Group will invest Rs. 500 crores for Hyderabad Metro Project The GMR Group, which manages Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), will invest over Rs. Five hundred crores in the Rs. 5,000 crores Metro Rail Link project proposed by the Telangana government for airport connectivity from various parts of the city. Hyderabad International Airport Economic Regulatory Authority

Mumbai Metro lines 2A and 7 will start operations by January 2022 On 05 September 2021, MMRDA announced that they postponed launching Metro Lines 2A and 7 by January 2022.

On 31 May 2021, MMRDA starts the trial run on a 20 KM stretch of Mumbai metro’s lines 2A and 7 between Dahanukarwadi and Aarey stations, which run along the link rod western express highway in the western suburbs of Mumbai. The trial was commenced in Maharashtra Chief Minister Shri Uddhav Thackrey, who had flagged off the trial run of the metro and deputy CM Shri Ajit Pawar and Revenue Minister Shri Balasaheb Bahusaheb Thorat.

A team from RDSO, Lucknow functions as a technical advisor and consultant to the railways. It will begin inspections next week. The commissioner of railway safety begins his examination of line 7 in October 2021, said MMRDA officials.

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited has submitted its tariff revision to the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority for its third control period from (April 2021 to March 2026). Accordingly, GMR will invest Rs. 519.52 crore in the metro project by 2024. The estimated cost of the entire Metro Rail project is around Rs. Five thousand (5000) crores out of which 10%, i.e., Rs. 500 crores will be bear by GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited. The consultation paper stated that this is equivalent to the estimated cost of metro connectivity at the entire airport. In addition, the Telangana government has approved the extension of the Metro rail link to RGIA from various parts of the city under the second phase of the Hyderabad Metro project.

Alstom completes handover of the first trainset for the Kanpur metro, to Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC).

The unveiling was done at Alstom’s rolling stock manufacturing facility in Savli, Gujarat by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath in the presence of Shri Kumar Keshav – MD, UPMRC, and Alain SPOHR – MD, Alstom. These metro trains are 100% indigenously manufactured at the facility in Savli, Gujarat.

Alstom completed the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation (BT) on 29 January 2021 and going forward, Alstom will be responsible for the delivery of Kanpur & Agra metro rolling stock and signalling, including the scope of all BT technologies.

Valued at approximately INR 2051 crore (245 Mn EUR), Alstom’s scope on the Agra-Kanpur metro project includes – design, build and delivery of 201 metro cars (67 MOVIA metro three-car trainsets) and an advanced signalling solution

AIIB approves $356.67 mn loan to expand Chennai metro rail system The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a $356.67-million loan to the Government of India to support the expansion of the Chennai metro rail system.

The project involves the construction of a new corridor in Chennai’s metro network as part of Chennai Metro Rail Phase 2. It will span from Lighthouse in the east to Poonamalee Bypass in the west to ensure

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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS seamless multimodal transport across Chennai by providing integrated access to suburban rail, bus stations and the city’s main airport.

In addition, the project will address traffic bottlenecks and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by increasing public urban transport options.

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Full Span Launching Equipment flagged off to speed up construction of MAHSR Corridor On 09 September 2021, Hon’ble Minister for Railways, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, flagged off indigenously designed and manufactured Full Span Launching Equipment, Straddle Carrier and Girder Transporter to expedite the construction of a viaduct for Mumbai- Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor.

The other vital people present at the ceremony were Mr. Miyamoto Shingo, Hon’ble Minister, Embassy of Japan, Shri Suneet Sharma, Chairman & CEO, Railway Board, Shri Satish Agnihotri, MD, NHSRCL, Shri Anupam Kumar, Shri S N Subrahmanyan, CEO & MD, L&T Construction.

NCRTC begins assembling of Special Spans for challenging sections of the RRTS corridor NCRTC is implementing India’s first RRTS corridor that connects Delhi with regional nodes of Ghaziabad, Murad Nagar, Modi Nagar, and Meerut. In this 82 km long RRTS corridor, a total of 70 km stretch is elevated, and 12 km stretch is underground. Most of the elevated stretch of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor passes through the median of Delhi Meerut road (erstwhile NH-58) and densely populated areas with heavy traffic movement as well.

To construct the elevated viaduct of the RRTS corridor, NCRTC is erecting piers generally at an average distance of 34 meters (approximately). Post this, precast segments are joining these piers with the help of launching gantries to construct an RRTS viaduct span. However, maintaining this distance between piers is not practically possible in some complex areas where the corridor is set to cross over rivers, bridges, rail crossings, metro corridors, expressways, or other such existing public infrastructure. Also, the maximum length of standard spans used to connect these piers is approximately 37 meters.

Indian Railway Indian Railways’ net-zero objective for 2030 may save Rs 17,000 crore while reducing CO2 emissions by 15 MT. In 2020, Indian Railways set a goal of being the world’s first net-zero emissions railway network by 2030. According to an environmental analysis released on Wednesday, if this occurs, it might result

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in a decrease of at least 15 million tons of CO2 emissions yearly, which could help the country fulfil 5% of its Nationally Determined Contributions target.

Furthermore, it has the potential to save Rs 17,000 crore a year in fuel expenditures as well as other savings. According to an IE report, the environment report titled “Riding Sunbeams in India” is prepared

by Delhi-based Climate Trends, United Kingdom-based Possible, and Riding Sunbeams.

The Indian Railways network is believed to be one of the world’s largest rail networks. The national transporter transports around 2.3 crore passengers per day and 1,160 MT of freight annually, which necessitates massive energy consumption, making it India’s largest power consumer as well as third largest fuel consumer. The national transporter used 2,749 billion litres of fuel, 17,682 terawatt-hours of power, and 1,000 tonnes of coal during the fiscal year 2018-19, accounting for 4% of India’s total greenhouse gas emissions. According to the research, the transportation industry as a whole accounts for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions.

The government authorised plans in 2018 to electrify the entire Indian Railways network by 2023.

Indian Railways increased its objective to reach net-zero emissions by 2030 in July of last year.

According to the analysis, changing all existing diesel traction to electric traction would result in an increase of 32% in CO2 emissions at first due to the country’s reliance on coal to generate electricity.

To equal the traction energy supplied by the power grid, the national transporter would need to either procure its own clean electricity supply from wind and solar generators directly connected into the railway network or construct new grid-connected renewable projects.

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Indian Railways has identified approximately 51,000 hectares of barren land as ideal for solar production. The national carrier and the Railway Ministry have launched the Railway Energy Management Company, a joint venture organisation to facilitate the development of solar PV and wind energy projects to meet Indian Railways’ energy needs. The Indian railway network is expanding its renewable energy strategy, including the tendering of 3 GW of solar projects this year, as well as the commissioning of 103 MW of wind power. According to the research, the approved electrification will generate 20.4 crore man-days of direct employment during the construction phase.

As of March 2021, around 71% of India’s conventional (broad gauge) rails are electrified, making Indian Railways the world’s third-largest electrified rail network after Russia and China. In addition, the national transporter has smashed the yearly railway electrification record with over 6,000 RKM wired in 12 months, and it is on track to be entirely electrified by the end of 2023.

Moreover, a variety of other initiatives are underway, including the replacement of diesel locomotives with electric, the construction of DFCs with high-speed rail, and the installation of 24 rooftop solar panels at 900 railway stations, among others.

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Moscow Metro to finance EcoInitiatives with Green Bonds Funds obtained from the placement of green bonds are channelled to projects to develop urban transport infrastructure, which will help reduce emissions of

pollutants and greenhouse gas, declares Moscow Deputy Mayor for Transport Maksim Liksutov.

The money from the green bonds will help build 18 new stations and more than 43 km of the Big Circle Line of Moscow Metro and reconstruct 3 more stations and 4 km of Moscow Metro lines – Maksim Liksutov.

Deputy Mayor added that the launch of the Big Circle Line would allow some Muscovites to abandon personal transport and underlined those 10 thousand fewer cars in Moscow would result in 20 thousand tons less CO2 per year. Moreover, Moscow uses the bond funds to purchase 400 e-buses, 100 of which are already in operation.

On September 22, Moscow presented an installation at Nizhegorodskaya metro station (Big Circle Line) dedicated to the Green Bonds project. The construction of the station was financed with funds obtained from the placement of green bonds. Its passenger flow is expected to reach more than 40 thousand people per day by 2023.

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COVER STORY

Changing the Way People Commute : Regional Rapid Rail Transport: Global Scenario - Need of alternative mode of transportation Transport in modern era has become an important subject and is at the heart of global financial and development institutions as one of the ways to fight poverty and boost shared prosperity. With the right policies and resources, transport has the power to propel economies forward, help take on climate change, and connect people to essential services like health care or education.

The COVID-19 crisis for e.g has underscored the importance of transport. Over the last one or two years, the sector has been instrumental in taking essential workers to their jobs, keeping the economy afloat, and kick starting global vaccines distribution. But the current situation has also exposed the vulnerabilities of the transport industry, with operators around the world facing severe disruptions and massive revenue losses.

As the world emerges from the pandemic, rethinking mobility is now a priority to enhance countries’ resilience and create the conditions for a greener, more inclusive recovery.

Reducing the climate impact of transport is among the most urgent priorities. The sector contributes 23% of global energyrelated greenhouse gas emissions—a figure that could reach over 30% within the next decade under a business-as-usual scenario. Ambitious solutions are needed to lower the carbon footprint of existing and new transport systems. The most significant opportunities to move the sector toward climate sustainability include shifting policies and investments in the design of public transport networks, vehicle efficiency, demand management, regional development, and land use.

Road safety is another critical challenge the transport sector must address. Road crashes claim over 1.35 million lives every year, 93% of them in developing countries. An additional 50 million road users are seriously injured annually. Road fatalities and injuries reduce the GDP of low and middle-income countries by an estimated 1% to 5%. Halving traffic fatalities could add 22% to selected countries’ per capita GDP over two decades.

Sustainable transport also means inclusive transport, and the sector has a long way to go when it comes to promoting equitable access. Around the world, one billion people still live more than 2km away from an all-weather road. One in six women in the world do not look for jobs out of fear of harassment in transit.

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Expanding sustainable transport options, especially in lowincome or vulnerable communities, will be a powerful way for countries to bolster human development and social inclusion.

In rural Morocco, the enrollment of girls in primary school increased from 17% to 54% when their access to roads improved.

In Lima, an additional 100,000 jobs will be available to people living in the poorest districts thanks to the introduction of a new metro line.

In addition to human development outcomes, transport investment brings considerable economic returns. A transition to sustainable mobility could deliver savings of US$70 trillion by 2050, when considering full transport costs, including vehicles, fuel, operational expenses, and losses due to congestion.

Better access to roads could help Africa become self-sufficient in food and create a regional food market worth $1 trillion by 2030.

Modern and alternative mode of transportation in India: Need & Importance An efficient urban transport system matters to India on many counts. An efficient urban transport is also critical for raising economic productivity and consequently making Indian enterprise competitive. Admittedly, Mass Rapid Transportation systems (MRTS) is one of the modes of urban mobility, its importance, especially when cities are seen as a growth node of an economic region rises significantly as inclusive growth is determined not only by the state of transport system within a city limit, but its connectivity to its periphery, rather is entire

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COVER STORY zone of influence. A clear appreciation of the urban context in India at this stage of her development has the potential to inform our decision on prioritizing investment towards MRTS, a sector which is under-invested.

Seen from the global standards, the Indian economy has been on a high growth trajectory for quite some time now.

However, sustained economic development world over is often associated with rapid structural changes in the economy.

Despite a significant reduction in share of agriculture and allied activities in India’s GDP from 51.45% in 1951 to 16.82% in 2014-15, per cent of labour force employed in these sectors has almost showed an occupational stasis, decreasing from 70% to 54.6% only since 1951. For a rapid inclusive growth, a core imperative is faster creation of remunerative employment opportunities in non-farm sector. While there is some evidence of creation of non-farm employment in rural sector itself, if experience in other countries undergoing economic transformation is an indicator, much of such opportunities need to be created in urban sector and therefore cities in India must emerge as an ‘Engine of Economic Growth’.

As the pressure on natural resources is increasing, sustainability of cities has emerged as a major concern. It’s a common knowledge that a shift towards public transport would significantly reduce energy footprint of the city as well as release of pollutants. Among various modes, a shift towards rail based electric mobility is amongst a preferred solution, if not an ideal solution. Environmental sustainability of Indian cities is therefore a major imperative for guiding efficient urbanisation.

Additionally, Indian cities are visibly deficient in providing basic amenities to its citizens even at their current level of population.

Assuming that the rate of rural- urban migration which has so far remained muted would accelerate, cities have to create these amenities at a rate faster than what has been accomplished before.

While every service counts, poor transport infrastructure adversely affects the ability of cities in attracting investment in this globalized world. Coping cost, especially due to long commute time or health hazards due to deteriorating pollution as well as loss of productivity due to absence of an environmentally sustainable and efficient public transport are significant. It is also important to realise that the incidence of such coping cost is disproportionately higher on economically weaker section (EWS) and other vulnerable groups not only due to deficiency in provision of such facilities themselves but due to relatively higher living expenses in center of cities, they live on periphery and their average commute length is much higher. Alain Bertaud, an urbanist, once aptly remarked that proletariat of today are those who have long commute time.

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• Bus-ways and Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS): Busways are physically demarcated bus lanes along the main carriageway with a segregated corridor for movement of buses only. At the intersections, the buses may be given priority over other modes through a signaling system. BRTS is an enhanced form of a bus-way which incorporates features such as facilities for pedestrians, Non-Motorised Vehicles (NMV) and many other associated infrastructures including operations and control mechanism.

• Light Rail Transit (LRT): LRT is generally at-grade rail based mass transit system which is generally segregated from the main carriageway.

• Tramways: These are at-grade rail based system that are not segregated and often move in mixed traffic conditions.

• Metro Rail: Metro rail is a fully segregated rail based mass transit system, which could be at grade, elevated or underground. Due to its physical segregation and system technology, metro rail can have a very high capacity of 40,000– 80,000 passengers per hour per direction (PPHPD).

Metro systems also include monorails, which, however, has lower capacities and higher maintenance cost.

• Regional Rail: Regional rail caters to passenger services within a larger urban agglomerate or metropolitan area connecting the outskirts to the centre of the city. The services have greater number of halts at smaller distances compared to long distance railways but fewer halts and higher speeds compared to metro rail. Regional rail are common in large metropolitan cities and help in decongesting the city centre The first RRTS in India: Background

A Task Force under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) to develop a multi modal transit system for Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) was formed by the Planning Commission in 2005. This was included in the Integrated Transport Plan for NCR-2032 with special emphasis

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COVER STORY on Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) connecting regional centres. The Task Force identified 8 corridors and prioritised three corridors namely Delhi-Meerut, Delhi-Panipat and DelhiAlwar for implementation. In Mar 2010, National Capital Region Planning Board(NCRPB) appointed M/s. Delhi Integrated MultiModal Transit System for Delhi-Meerut and Delhi-Panipat and M/s. Urban Mass Transit Company Limited for Delhi-Alwar to carry out feasibility study and prepare the Detailed Project Report.

Introduction The first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) between Delhi and Meerut is an ambitious effort to accelerate public transport, make travel smooth and pleasant in India’s National Capital Region. This Railway based modern means of transport will be quite different from conventional regional transport.

Its maximum speed will be 160 kilometer and the average speed will be 100 kilometer per hour which will be three times faster than the metro. With the construction of this Regional Rail more than 05 crore people living in the National Capital Region will no longer have to struggle for their commute.

Along with this it will speed up continuous and sustainable economic development by becoming a fast reliable and cohesive medium of transport.

Project Detail

Three corridors are to be constructed in the first phase of the RRTS project in which Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Corridor is the first corridor to be developed. The Pre-construction work has been started at this circuit. The total length of this corridor will be approximately 82 kilometers in which approximately 67 kilometers will be elevated and 15 kilometers will be underground. The Delhi-Meerut Corridor of RRTS will not leave passengers out of the city but it will facilitate the journey by connecting the centers of the city in Delhi, Ghaziabad, Muradnagar, Modinagar and Meerut.

The average distance of stations on this dedicated rail-based fast track corridor will be 5-10 kilometers and the trains will be available at 5-10 minutes intervals. This Smart Rail starting from Sarai KaleKhan in Delhi will pass through New Ashok Nagar, Anand Vihar, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Guldhar, Duhai, Muradnagar, Modinagar South and Modinagar North and through Meerut South, Shatabdi Nagar, Bagam pul will go upto Modipuram station in Meerut.

Two depots will also be constructed for maintenance of this rapid rail. There will be no change in operation of these trains during dense fog and unusual weather as it would be operated through centralized operation control. Where there is a need of nearly 40 meter wide landstrip for construction of a fourlane highway, the regional raid rail will run in the middle of the Delhi – Meerut highway which would occupy only three meters of space on elevated corridors. The regional rapid rail with world-class modernity is constructed keeping in mind the convenience of the passengers. Regional Raid Rail will be fully air-conditioned. The seating arrangement will be like airplanes. The transport system would mostly use solar energy.

There would also be an executive coach for promoting the use of public transport. A special coach for female passengers, separate seats for senior citizens, differently-able people shall also be available in these trains. Proper arrangements shall also be available to keep luggage in the coaches. After the implementation of this regional rail the use of public transport in the area would increase.

It is estimated that on an average eight lakh passengers will travel daily on the Delhi-Meerut Corridor on the rapid rail.

Considering the safety of passengers the stations would be equipped with surveillance and CCTV cameras, control rooms and platform screen doors and other security related provisions.

At Sarai Kalekhan station different platforms will be created for entry and exit and the doors of the trains will open from both the sides in order to facilitate the passengers. Convenience and security arrangements will provide the world-class public transport system to the passengers.

A unique scheme is being implemented by the government considering the requirements of local commute for the residents of Meerut. NCRTC will also provide metro facility in Meerut on the RRTS track. It will not only facilitate the daily commuters but will also save approximately 6300 crores to the X Checker by running the metro on the track of the rapid rail.

Under RRTS Phase – 1 Delhi Alba and Delhi Panipat corridors will also be constructed along with Delhi-Meerut corridor. So that in future people living near Delhi, Meerut, Panipat and Alwar Corridors will be able to commute rapidly from any to

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COVER STORY any station without changing the train. One more facility of the regional rapid rail corridor will be that it will be connected seamlessly with other means of transport which is ISBT, Railway Junction, Airport and Metro Stations.

For e.g; Sarai Kalekhan station will be connected with Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station, Nizamuddin Metro Station, Ring Road and Basadan in such a way that the commuters may switch from one means to another without any inconvenience.

To expedite lifts, escalators, walkways-like facilities have been planned to be used. With the construction of DelhiMeerut corridor many small and big regional centres will be interconnected which would lead to economic activities that would result in increasing jobs and new opportunities would be seen in the field of health, education and business.

Simultaneously, savings in fuel, low traffic on roads would decrease in carbon emissions and most importantly people would get time for their personal needs for those who spend hours for their bread and butter in daily commuting.

The train will be put into public use after extensive trials. The 17-km priority corridor of Delhi-Merrut RRTS from Sahibabad to Duhai will be operational in 2023 and the entire corridor will be ready in 2025. The NCRTC, which is executing India’s first RRTS, will procure 30 train sets of six cars each for operating regional rail services on the entire corridor and ten train sets of three cars each for operating local transit services in Meerut. The entire rolling stock for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor will be manufactured at Bombardier’s Savli plant in Gujarat.

The Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS will increase passenger ridership in the region and minimise the travel time. It will reduce traffic congestion and kerb vehicular emissions. It will provide a comfortable and safe mode of transport and boost economic activities through positive changes in travel patterns.

The project aims to decongest Delhi by providing an option for the population of NCR to settle in surrounding cities and being able to travel to Delhi. It will promote social inclusion and development through improved accessibility to places that provide education and job opportunities.

In August 2020, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved $1bn in loan for the construction of the Delhi-GhaziabadMeerut RRTS. The financing will be undertaken in four tranches between August 2020 and May 2025. The project secured a loan of $500m from the New Development Bank (NDB) in October 2020. ADB’s Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction will also support the RRTS with a $3m grant for the installation of visual, hearing and mobility aids for persons with disabilities.

The Government of India will provide $1.89bn while the cofinanciers are expected to provide $1bn. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is one of the co-financiers of the project.

Corridor Detail

Rolling Stock The RRTS corridor will initially have trains operating with a headway of ten minutes, which is expected to increase in the subsequent years based on ridership requirements. Rolling stock will include 30 regional commuter trainsets and ten

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COVER STORY intracity mass transit trainsets with six and three cars each respectively.

The trains will have a business class coach and a ladies’ coach. Trains and stations will have universal accessibility.

Other features will include CCTV surveillance, mobile/laptop charging points, and luggage space. The aluminium rolling stock will have a width of 3.2m with a two by two seating configuration. Traction power will be supplied by a 25KV AC overhead electric cable. Signalling and train controlling will be performed via continuous automatic train control system and computer-based interlocking.

Bombardier India has been selected for supply of 210 rolling stocks for the first regional rapid transport from Delhi to Meerut.

The rolling stock will indigenously designed by Bombardier.

It is going to be manufactured in a way that more than 80 percent of train’s components would be of Indian manufacture and origin making it one of the good examples of Aatmnirbhar Bharat and Make in India. The process is expected to steer the campaign of being vocal for Local and then from Local to global.

Other Recent Developments The manufacturing the regional commuter and transit trains for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut semi-high-speed rail corridor for RRTS Phase 1 has been started by the French company Alstom. RRTS trains are 100% indigenously manufactured, with over 80% localisation and are being manufactured in Alstom’s factory in Savli (Gujarat). This facility will produce the bogies, car bodies and undertake train testing. The propulsion systems and electricals are being manufactured at the company’s factory in Maneja (Gujarat).

As per the contract, Alstom will deliver 30 regional commuter trainsets of six cars each and 10 intracity mass transit trainsets of three cars each. The first look of the train for India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) was unveiled in September 2020. Inspired by Delhi’s iconic monument, The Lotus Temple, the fresh, modern and advanced look of the new trains resonate a unique amalgamation of sustainability and India’s rich heritage. These energy efficient semi-highspeed aerodynamic trains will incorporate latest tech features to provide a superior passenger experience, to all commuters, including the specially-abled.

Larsen and Toubro (L&T) won contracts covering different works, including the construction of two viaducts and a 12km elevated stretch, as well as the manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of tracks from Sarai Kale Khan to Modi Puram.

A joint venture of APCO-CRFG was awarded the contract for building a 10.3km-long viaduct as part of the project.

Bombardier Transportation received a $340m contract to supply regional commuter trainsets and intracity mass transit trainsets in May 2020. The contract will also include 15 years of maintenance services for the rolling stock.

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Challenges of RRTS Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor, most of which will be elevated, will pass through the median of Delhi-Meerut Road, formerly National Highway 58, bridges, rail crossings, metro corridors and expressways. The 82 km-long Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor is the first of its kind in India with a design speed of 180 kmph. The corridor, most of which will be elevated, will pass through the median of DelhiMeerut Road, formerly National Highway 58, bridges, rail crossings, metro corridors and expressways. The project will entail the use of ‘special spans’ to cross over existing structures or landscape terrain.

Out of 82-Km stretch of India’s first RRTS corridor being constructed by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), a joint venture between central government and states of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh mandated for implementing the RRTS project across the National Capital Region, 70 km stretch will be elevated.

NCRTC is erecting pillars at a distance of approximately 34 metres to construct the elevated viaducts of the corridor.

However, this distance will not be consistent as the project as to bridge over rivers, bridges, rail crossings, metro corridors and expressways and existing public infrastructure, he added.

This is the reason that ‘special spans’, giant civil structures with beams made of structural steel are being deployed. Two such special spans are being set up between Sahibabad and Ghaziabad, he added. The span being set up at Vasundhara is 73 metres long and weighs 850 tonnes, to cross the railway crossing, the report added.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) also deployed such special spans where construction of viaduct was not possible.

The longest was these was deployed at Okhla in South Delhi to cross over four railway tracks.

The NCRTC builds these at factories, transports it on special trailers during night to avoid traffic congestion and then installs it systematically using cranes. NCRTC has so far constructed 900 piers and 10-km of viaduct, mostly located between Sahibabad and Duha in Uttar Pradesh, set to be commissioned

by March 23.

Summary : Key Information & Features • The RRTS project was approved by the Union Cabinet in February 2019. The RRTS will have an estimated daily ridership of more than 740,000 passengers by 2024 and 1.1 million passengers by 2041.

• The Indian Government formed a joint venture, known as National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), with the state governments of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana to design, build, finance, operate and maintain rail-based RRTS projects in the NCR. NCRTC works under the administrative control of the Indian Government’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, which is the executing agency of the project.

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COVER STORY • The foundation stone for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS was laid in March 2019 and the project is expected to begin operations in 2024.

• RRTS would be a new, dedicated, high speed, high capacity, comfortable commuter service connecting regional nodes in NCR. • The Regional Rapid Rail would be different from conventional railway as it has been designed to provide reliable, high frequency, point to point regional travel at high speed along with dedicated pathway. It would be different from metro as it would cater to passengers looking to travel relatively longer distance with fewer stops and at higher speed.

• The train will have an aerodynamic modular design with light stainless steel carbody which would operate at every 5-10 minutes with stations at an interval of 5-10 Kms. • Some other feature includes - Comfortable Interior, Separate Business & Economy Class. On board Wi-Fi (other than luggage spaces), coaches with push buttons on every doors for selective opening of doors on need basis for energy conservation.

• It would be a zero emissions low carbon footprint mode of transport helping people to move faster. Shall significantly help in reducing congestion, traffic and pollution in NCR and the way people commute in NCR. • The transport system has been designed by Bombardier transport in India. It would be based on Bombardier MITRAC

Propulsion System with regenerative braking system, high acceleration and deceleration. It is designed to provide weather proof coaches for great passenger experience to revolutionize regional connectivity in India.

Conclusion The first regional rapid rail project of the country seems to be a long awaited mass rapid transport system ideally introduced for NCR territory keeping in view the need of commuters there. These trains have been developed with the vision to transform the future of regional commute for passengers in India. The RRTS corridors will operate the fastest trains in India with a design speed of 180 kmph. Right ergonomics, safety, low life cycle costs and high recyclability also contribute towards making these trains an attractive sustainable choice to promote public transport thereby reducing traffic congestion and air pollution significantly. This line will be the first in India to adopt the European Train Control System (ETCS) hybrid Level 2 signalling system, which is the core signalling and train control component of the European Rail Traffic Management System making it an ultra-modern means of transportation for the commuters at an affordable cost.

Needless to say that the initiative is a good move for Indian transport system, desperately looking for alternative and modern means of transportation at an affordable cost and viability. The regional rapid rail and other modern transport system like metros is also mandated for India amidst its rapidly growing population and urbanisation of its cities.

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One 2 One Interview Session with Mr. Rama Raju, Founder & CEO of Envision Enterprise Solution Metro Rail News's Managing Editor Mr. Narendra Shah conducts one 2 one interview session with Mr. Rama Raju, Founder & CEO of Envision enterprise Solution, a leading solution provider for Metro Rail, Ports, Terminals, and logistics industries. Under his dynamic leadership, Envision has built strong clientele & strategic partnerships worldwide.

He is an avid reader known for his thought leadership out of box thinking and believes that technology transformation helps organizations grow exponentially.

Narendra Shah (N.S) : Thank you for being with us, we would like to know your journey so far as Founder and CEO of Envision?

Rama Raju (R.R) : Thank you Narendra, it is my pleasure to be with you on this one-to-one interview session. Metro Rail is doing a tremendous activity for the Indian Metro rail industry connecting the industry leaders and futuristic ideas.

Here the role and the contribution of Metro news is valuable.

I am one of the founders and CEO of Envision, we started our journey in 2004.

Since the beginning, we believe that we wanted to improve the enterprise’s operational efficiency through technology.

Keeping this in mind we always selected large enterprises where we see a potential opportunities to bring collaboration and visibility so that improvement and efficiency can be achieved through technology.

We started as 10 people team in 2004, currently we are 340+ people at this point of time even though we are a small boutique organization, having a customer base in 34 countries. We work with most of the Indian System Integrator as a niche delivery partner.

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We have a partner ecosystem in 20 countries and own offices in 6 countries.

It’s an exciting journey, we are thankful to our clients for the trust they had in us, we are thankful to the team for their commitment and dedication.

N.S : It’s truly had been inspirational.

What suggestions would you like to give young entrepreneurs aiming to do something big in the solutions industry?

R.R : Narendra, this is a very tricky question, so what is happening is, business models are changing, the definition of entrepreneurship is also changing, and there is a lot of investment by entrepreneurs to grow fast, scale up faster or fail fast.

It is a new thought process, we belong to a slightly older thought process or a different school. What I believe in that whatever we do we should be very consistent and second is that we should always be with the team and customers because they are the one who helps us shape up the organization that is the prime importance.

Sometimes things get late, it doesn’t mean that we don’t get deserved fruits we will certainly get it, but we should not take shortcuts at any point of time in any aspect. Beyond that when we are growing we should genuinely invest in our teams because entrepreneurship is not a solo journey we grow together as a team, it is a collaborative effort.

N.S : How does Envision Enterprise boast of being superior to other service providers in segments it is dealing, in when the exact domains are being facilitated by several other service providers in a market with cutting edge competition?

R.R : I see some exaggeration, but what I feel is that we have a philosophy behind

Mr. Rama Raju

Founder & CEO Envision Enterprise Solution that at Envision, we want to make our life easy for our team and our customers.

It is possible only when we focus on the same vertical again and again, so we opted an enterprise asset management especially to metro rail, oil and gas to seaports and terminals, Logistic and Supply chain domains.

The advantage with us is we continuously improve from each engagement in the process we deliver more value to the money for the customer. We constantly upgrade ourselves and upgrade our customers to the next level of business model.

That way, we are very fortunate, we remain to be a boutique niche solution provider.

I will give you an example. An organization from Paris did a deal with our Dubai team to implement at Vietnam. Technically we are neither present in Paris nor Vietnam. But, still they came to us and they gave us an

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opportunity knowing that we are a specialty service provider. So, we can deliver value more than any other partner in the same space, which is the most significant advantage.

Narendra, in that way we remain to be focused in a specialized industry vertical solution.

N.S : Metro Rail is the most sustainable urban transport solution India has been heavily investing in Metro Rail Network past few decades. Can you share with us your experience in working in this Industry?

R.R : We are an IBM Platinum partner for MAXIMO Asset Management software and Implementation. We got our first opportunity to associate with L&T Hyderabad Metro Rail around 8 years ago. During the blueprint stage we got a lot of ideas, and were able to implement all those ideas at Hyderabad Metro, In fact, Hyderabad Metro is one of the very first of its kind implementation where entire Asset management is

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implemented across the asset classes of the metro rail. They are seamlessly connected with the rail subsystems for real-time conditioning data, and subsequently what happened seeing this work we got opportunities from Bangalore, Lucknow Metro, Kochi Metro, Jaipur and Mumbai monorail.

In fact, L&T gave us an opportunity for their Mauritius Metro project, which is going live this month. In addition, few of the OEM rolling stock suppliers picked us as a solution provider for their Metro rail project coming up in Vietnam Hanoi, so it was always a lot of learning for us, and now our understanding is much deeper and wider.

We know where we can bring up value and optimize the operations. It would add more value to our upcoming engagements and work closely with the industry leaders and subject matter experts to enrich our solutions further.

N.S : Do you think policies by the govt. in the last few years, like Make in India,

Aatmanirbhar Bharat, Ease of doing business has been instrumental in shaping the tech industry the way we see today in a concise period in India?

R.R : In the last 10 years, we have seen a remarkable change. The government is doing a lot of work in the front-end and a lot of invisible work on the backend, which is not visible to the people. Still, it is helping us integrate Indian businesses into the global businesses seamlessly.

Whatever work happening is commendable, and some of the results will be seen immediately. Some of the results will be seen in the long run, but what I personally see is, India is just taking off. We all of us and the next generation see a tremendous amount of growth, and global opportunity for everyone to realize their dreams.

One way India is different from others, we generally believe in growing along with others. So, the philosophy is not growing at the cost of someone else, India is always happy, and any Indian is

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N.S : Technology is playing a critical role in every aspect of Industry; how do you think Technology can contribute to Metro Rail Industry?

R.R : Metro rail industry is a very complex industry, it comes with lot of complex assets and diversified technologies.

Once the operation commences Technology plays a very crucial role in engaging the passenger for a safer comfortable journey, in optimizing the routes, increasing the frequencies and maximizing the revenues (fare and nonfare) or whatever the revenue available, technology directly impacts the optimizing operational cost in terms of the cost we spent in daily operations like energy and people. It also helps us to optimize the cost in terms of maintenance and operations, so that way technology has an inherent play. Especially in a Metro rail kind of situation, it plays a very crucial role. Most of the metros already learning many things from their people who invested in the Technology earlier. They are also improving it from the lessons learnt from previous players.

That way I see that Technology can really add value, and the investment in Technology compared to the rest of the investment is very minimum. It certainly pays back, the investment quickly giving them better visibility and control of the operations and early payback.

N.S : What is ENVISION’s road map for the Metro Rail industry? What is the value you would be bringing in?

R.R : When we started our engagement for metro rail, our focus was, maintenance and operations, in last ten years we learnt a lot and are expanding the origins of the solutions. So now we have an end-to-end solution offering for maintenance and operations, optimizing the facilities, optimizing the resources, and managing the operations better.

We created a lot of industries specific

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accelerators which are very specific to metro rail, for example, RAMS, like reliability, maintainability and availability and serviceability of RAKES and a lot of fundamental matrices which is very, very specific to the metro rail in terms of bringing up the integrity of the business on a day to day basis, top-level management in terms of key performance indicators so that they can come up with both short and long term strategic planning, we are one of the leading implementation partners for IBM Maximo.

We seamlessly integrate with the other solutions for metro rail, and we have built-in accelerators for metro rail, built on top of Maximo. We also have independent boutique solutions for crew management and rostering, operational improvement, collaboration, coordination so that the entire solution stack itself will give them an immense value at a reduced cost within the time, that is the most significant advantage we bring into this ecosystem.

N.S : Why do you think maintenance is very important, and how does ENVISION’s solution bring value?

R.R : Interesting question, what happens is that metro rail comes with a challenging asset class, you have the car or the rolling stock, which is helping the people to communicate, but many backend systems which make the system work.

When a problem surface fixing it isn’t accessible if you don’t have a great maintenance system in its place. For example, when you get into a metro, you have a car set of 6 or 4. Whatever it is there, it will be having around close to few thousands replaceable components.

So you have two car sets supplied with the same vendor at different points of time both of them may be using several 10 to 15 subsystems supplied by their OEM’s belonging to different models, and a station infrastructure will be having close to 400 to 500 pieces of equipment’s belonging to 5 to 6 departments, a car set which is running for 8 to 12 hrs. Which will generate more than million or million and a half events and data sets. These events may be related to failures, alarms, or run hours or cumulative run hours. Whatever it is

related to that respective point.

What we are trying to say is that this looks very complex. Still, we reduce this complexity into a simple solution providing traceability like what is the fault, which spare contributed to this fault, and who supplied it, what is the kind of problem, what is the remedy we found it, how do I improve the reliability of the equipment and then how can I reduce the turnaround times during the night time when I do the daily maintenance dispatches of the rolling stock back to the transportation system, all these things are very complex. Our solution addresses all of them seamlessly. We also help people to collaborate between the vendors collaborate between the suppliers and DLP conditions of respective OEM’s during the time of DLP period, so we bring that complete visibility, and it will generate massive value to the customer.

N.S : Can you share your thoughts on the challenges this industry faces and how technology can help mitigate them?

R.R : Conventional aviation industry, for example, if you have any airline, they will be having either Boeing or Airbus. They will always opt for a particular model to optimize their maintenance operations.

But a typical metro rail even though you see somehow industries always been given blue line red line yellow line, the blue line may be running on a different rolling stock supplied by Alstom or Hyundai or BEML, so similarly the signaling and telecom maybe belonging to two different vendors even though you have a single network all these networks will be having a complex asset set supplied by multiple stockholders at different points of time with different terms and conditions and different spare parts and subsystems.

The second one is, this is a very complex situation; it looks easy. But, still, it is not as easy as we think, the second thing what we are talking about is Capex and Opex. Organizations spent more money for setting up the facility, but when it comes to the maintenance, most of the money is spent on people and energy and other operations very little

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW money or low budget is available for the maintenance.

How I can get the best out of my maintenance and the 3rd point is that my supply chain optimization, my vendors or my sub vendors for spares, alternative sources available for my spares and how can I bring overall synergy in my operations that’s where technology acts as the point of reference, where all the operations can be bought into a single solution. So, you have visibility at the operational level, the transaction level, and the strategic level.

Technology, a lot of metro rail players, implemented in a pointed silo solutions.

Still, now the new metro rails feel the importance of the fully integrated solution, which will help them control their operations, and now they are investing in that.

N.S : These day’s people talk about Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning? Can you help us to understand how this is relevant to this industry and application areas?

R.R : Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning used to be a hype curve maybe 5 to 6 years back but now what happened because of the tooling available and because of a lot of open stack tools and a lot of people invested already in this now it is no longer a fancy it is the reality now.

All industries are getting benefited from AI and ML industry, coming to the metro rail it also has the significant role to play, for example if you want to analyze your historical data, you can also come up some traffic predictions and which stations are having higher on-boarding and higher off-boarding and basing on the weather and basing on season and time of the day it will give you specific patterns this will help us to optimize our routes and manage our frequencies, so that we can have better passenger comfort and lesser cognition and the second thing is that we can also predict the potential revenues and you can also come up with a models for optimizing the cost especially in maintenance and operations, we are working on some methodologies for optimizing the crew with the roster method so that you know we can have better optimization

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in terms of manpower planning scheduling and distributing, also we are working on some models prioritizing the service ticket breakdowns basing on the severity, impact and risk.

The next one is that, we recently signed a contract with a leading rolling stock supplier where we are getting the realtime data of the rolling stock that runs into millions of data sticks. So, we are coming up with close to 24 odd data models to come up with predictive modelling to predict wear and tear and to predict a breakdown or a potential failure, which can be fixed earlier in depot rather than in fleet.

Metro Rail News, you are doing a fantastic job of bringing vendors, service providers and consultants together on a platform. With appropriate content, which is helpful for the audiences to take the right decision, so that way you’re doing a fantastic job, and we appreciate, people like you, who will act like catalyst for the industry to come out with better ideas and better solutions so that the overall ecosystem can be benefited.

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So, it is the reality now, and a lot of talent is available, and many ideas are available.

Fortunately, we are also working on few engagements implementing these models for our customers.

N.S : Any message to our readers? We would like to know your views about Metro Rail News.

R.R : India started its first project at Delhi metro somewhere around 10 to 12 years ago. Still, what Delhi metro started then and is today a multifold growth, and similarly, we have around 14 to 15 metros under operation. I see that 50 or 60 cities are going to have metro rail operations in the next 10 years at least.

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PROJECT OF THE MONTH

Adding feathers to the Diamond City of India – The Surat Metro Surat – An Introduction Surat is the second largest city after Ahmedabad situated on the mouth of river Tapti close to Arabian Sea in the western state of India, Gujrat. Earlier it used to be a large seaport and now it is the commercial and economic center in South Gujarat, and one of the largest urban areas of western India.

Surat is well known for its diamond and textile industries and popularly called the Diamond City of India. It is famous for its diamond cutting and polishing and more than 90 percent of crude diamond across the world is processed here. Surat is a popular shopping centre for apparels and accessories in India.

It is the eighth largest city by population and ninth largest urban agglomeration in India. It is the administrative capital of the Surat district. According to a study conducted by Economic Times, Surat is expected to be the world’s fastest growing city till 2035. Presently is the 4th fastest growing city of the world and fastest growing city of India. The city registered an annualised GDP growth rate of 11.5% over the seven fiscal years between 2001 and 2008.

Surat has been awarded as the ‘best city’ by the Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS) in 2013. The city has been selected as the first smart IT city in India which is being constituted by the Microsoft CityNext Initiative tied up with IBM. Surat is listed as the second cleanest city of India as of 21 August 2020 according to the Swachh Survekshan 2020.

The city has various engineering plants like Essar, Larsen and Toubro and RIL. Surat won the Netexplo Smart Cities Award 2019 with UNESCO in the resilience category.

Surat is located 284 Kms south of Gandhi Nagar, 265Kms of Ahmedabad and 289 Kms north of Mumbai. The economy of the entire city is based mainly on two industries, the textile industries of manmade fibers/fabrics and the diamond cutting and polishing industry.

Surat is one of the most dynamic cities of India having faster growth rate due to immigration from various parts of Gujarat and other States of India too. National Highway-8 (NH-8) passes within 16 Kms. of municipal boundaries of Surat and is located midway on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai route.

Growing & Developing Surat Surat, the ‘Economic powerhouse of Gujrat’ is envisioned to transform the dreams of people of the country into reality through its dream city. Ninety percent of the diamonds of the industrial grade glittering all over the world is processed at Surat. Looking at the immense potential of this industry the central government under Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi has conceptualized a big sparkling dream - The Diamond Research and Mercantile City (Dream City) to be developed at Surat.

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The mega project envisioned by central government (to be developed by state government) is on the paths of creating Aatmnirbhar Bharat. The core objective of this mega dream is to improve trading facilities of diamond industry outward by forward and backward integration. The master plan of dream city formed in 683 hectares on Sachin Magdala National Highway just opposite to the existing international convention centre and only three kilometres from Surat Airport will transform the trading scenario of Diamond City - Surat and bestow it the required identity on global map in terms of grandeur, luxury and quality compared to any world class standard set.

A glorious entrance gate has been designed to welcome the visitors to the world of opportunities at Dream City. The 60 meter wide main road with dedicated corridor for mass transportation has been designed to facilitate commuters through all modes of transport.

The first phase of Surat Metro starts from dream city. Envisioned here is an elegant skywalk that shall transfer passengers from dream city metro station to diamond burst by BRTS service with ultra modern terminal that is designed to make multimodal connectivity smoother and comfortable.

Dedicated cycle track, elegant footpath decorated with classic street furniture and smart street lights have been introduced to add glint to the ambience. Environment friendly infrastructure has been given importance to create green spaces. As a part of it park, open spaces, garden have been planned that would flourish throughout the project. The area which was used as dumping site previously has been scientifically refilled capped and developed as lush green sports and ecological park.

Currently the dream city company has started establishment of basic infrastructure such as roads water supply drainage system and electricity along with corporate office and control and command center.

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PROJECT OF THE MONTH To boost the economic activity and trade the dream city project will also incorporate allied facilities like international banking and insurance facilities, dedicated custom house accompanied by national diamond research institute, international convention center, international education facilities, five-star hotels and dedicated custom house with high security surveillance system. Development of Dumas Ubraat Beach has also been planned that would add glitter to the development of dream city. The gem of the project Surat Diamond Bourse the world’s largest office building with 6.6 million sq.ft area which is larger than Pentagon and Burj Khalifa will be the focal point of the dream city.

The gigantic SDB complex consisting nine sky-high towers of 15 floors will accommodate 4200 plus offices ranging from 300 to 7500 square feet will fulfil all requirements of international, national and local traders. All the towers have been designed and planned to connect each. 126 high speed lifts will drop commuters to the desired destination within four minutes of time from entering the security gate.

transport system. With high growth in transport demand over the years, congestion on roads has been increasing due to phenomenal rise in private transport. Absence of an efficient full-fledged public transport system coupled with rapid growth in the use of personalized vehicles has led to high consumption of fossil fuel and increase in environmental pollution. Surat has also been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a ‘Smart City’. The existing network of public transport systems including dedicated BRTS needs to be strengthened further in order to cope-up with rising demand of transport system.

Surat Metro To cater to needs of most prospective and fastest growing city of India the following two Metro Corridors have been identified for its inclusion in Surat Metro Rail Network (Phase-1)

The majestic sdb building costing rupees 2276 crore has been designed on Panchatatva theme.

IGBC platinum rated green building will also be an another attraction that would provide amenities such as conference spaces, multipurpose halls, restaurants, banks, retail shops along with high security plans. The Surat Diamond bourse has already proven its potentiality through enormous response which booked all 4200 office spaces in advance. The dream city in Surat, Gujrat determines to take the economy to the new height through revenue, employment and business development. The dream of progress and prosperity not only of Surat, Gujrat but India will become reality soon.

Surat Metro : The Viability Surat is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world and densely populated with an average 13680 persons/sq.km accommodating about 44.67 Lakhs people as per census 2011. Average decadal growth of population of Surat since 2001 to 2011 was about 55.29%. Surat is spread over an area of 326.515 sq. kms.

Surat’s high population growth rate, coupled with high economic growth rate has resulted in an ever increasing demand for transport creating excessive pressure on the existent

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PROJECT OF THE MONTH

The Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been prepared for the proposed 02 (two) corridors extending in North, South, East, West and Central parts of Surat city, as such most parts of Surat are covered with these proposed corridors. The project comprises various important and prominent areas along the proposed corridors under Surat Metro Rail Network as per details as under: (i) Sarthana – Dream City : This corridor provides metro connectivity to Gadhpur Township, Sarthana Nature Park, Nana Varachhe village, Kalakunj Junction, Kapodra and Puna village, Labeshwar Chowk area, Big Diamond Market (Mini Bazar) of Surat, Retail Sari Market, Surat Railway Station, Muskati Hospital, Bhagal Junction, Gandhi Bagh, Chowk Bazar, Majura Gate, Roopali Canal, Altha Treatment, Althan Gram, VIP Road, Women IIT, Bhimrad, Convention City and Dream City.

Seismic Zone

Zone III

Soil

Alluvial Soil

Duration of Construction

36 Months

Consultants appointed till date

INR 12,800 Crore

Total Phase 1 length

DMRC – DPR CoE, CEPT University – Traffic Studies

Summary

(ii) Bhesan – Saroli : Prominent areas like Bhesan Treatment Plant, International Cricket Stadium, SMC Botanical Garden, Palanpur, LP Savani School, Performing Art Centre, TGB Circle, Aquarium, Badri Narayan Temple, Star Bazar, Tapi River, Athawa Chopati, Majura Gate, UdhanaDarwaja, Kamala Darwaja, Anjana Junction, Parvat Pataya, Magub Village, Bharat Cancer Hospital, Saroli etc. are connected through this route.

The other general details are as under: Project

Metro rail for N-S and E-W corridor for Surat City

Location

Surat City (Gujrat)

Client

GMRC

Total Cost of Phase 1

INR 12,800 Crore

Total Phase 1 length

40.35 Km

Total No. of Stations

37

Corridor 1

Sardhana to Khajod where 15.14 Km is elevated and 6.47 Km is underground section

Corridor 2

Bhesan to Saroli. 18.74 Kmis elevated section.

Interchange / Depot(D)

Majura gate / Khajod (D) & Bhesan (D)

Worked Involved

Feasibility Studies

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Surat Metro with 2 lines and 37 stations is an approved mass rapid transit system (MRTS) being built to serve Surat, the second largest city in Gujarat, by the Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC).

The Pre-construction work on Surat Metro Phase-1 started in 2021. Surat Metro Phase 1 project’s DPR (Detailed Project Report) with a network length of 40.35 km was approved by the Gujarat state government in January 2017 and by the Central Government’s cabinet in March 2019.

The project will be financed mainly through equity from Government of India and Government of Gujarat on 50:50 basis, and through loans from AFD (Agence Francaise de Developpement – French Development Agency) (€250 million).

Pre-construction work on Surat Metro’s Phase 1 started in Q1 2021.

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PROJECT OF THE MONTH System Specifications

Surat Metro Fares (Ticket Prices)

• Top Speed: 80 kmph

Surat Metro’s fare structure, prices and rules have not been announced yet. That will be finalized closer to the start of commercial operations. GMRC plans to use the latest technologies for its automatic fare collection (AFC) system to allow QR codes and Near Field Communication (NFC) phones to utilize the system.

• Average Speed: 40 kmph • Track Gauge: Standard Gauge 1435 mm • Electrification: 750 V DC Third Rail

Conclusion

• Signalling: Communications-based Train Control (CBTC) Key Figures • Operational Line : 0 km • Under Construction: 18.6 km • Approved Line : 40.35 km • Estimated Cost: Rs. 12,020.32 crore • Estimated Daily Ridership: 2.20 lakh/day (2027) Surat Metro Phase 1 Route Information

Surat’s high population growth rate, coupled with high economic growth rate has resulted in an ever increasing demand for transport creating excessive pressure on the existent transport system. With high growth in transport demand over the years, congestion on roads, has been increasing due to phenomenal rise in private transport. Absence of an efficient full-fledged public transport system coupled with rapid growth in the use of personalized vehicles has led to high consumption of fossil fuels and increase in environmental pollution. The existing network of public transport systems including dedicated BRTS needs to be strengthened further in order to cope up with the rising demand of transport system especially when Surat is being developed as a ‘Smart City’. For this purpose provision of rail-based Metro system has been considered in the city.

Line-1 (Red Line) : Sarthana – Dream City • Length: 21.61 km

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• Type: Elevated (15.14 km) & Underground (6.47 km) • Depot Dream City (system’s operations control centre OCC to also be built here) • Number of Stations: 20 • Station Names: Sarthana, Nature Park, Varaccha Chopati Garden, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Kalakunj, Kapodra, Labheshwar Chowk, Central Wavehouse, Surat Railway Station, Maskati Hospital, Chowk Bazar, Gandhi Baug, Kadarsha Ni Nal, Majura Gate (interchange), Rupali Canal, Althan Tenement, Althan Gam, VIP Road, Woman IIT, Bhimrad Convention Center, Dream City Line-2 (Green Line) Bhesan – Saroli • Length: 18.74 km • Type: Elevated • Depot: Bhesan • Number of Stations: 18 • Station Names: Bhesan, Botanical Garden, Ugat Varrigruh, Palanpur Road, LP Savani School, Performing Art Centre, Adajan Gam, Aquarium, Badri Narayan Temple, Athwa Chopati, Majura Gate (interchange), Udhna Dawaja, Kamela Darwaja, Anjana Farm, Model Town, Magob, Bharat Cancer Hospital, Saroli

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FEATURED COMPANY

Toshi Automatic Systems Pvt. Ltd.

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stablished in 1992, Toshi Automatic Systems Pvt. Ltd. has grown to emerge as thought leaders and innovators in Industrial, Public Safety, Mass Transit, and Hygiene Automation Solutions.

Over the past 29 years, Toshi Automatic Systems Pvt. Ltd. has evolved from a household operation to a nationally recognized brand name. However, as we continue to evolve in a dynamic market to place the needs of our clients at the forefront of our purpose, we are committing ourselves to the highest standards of service through a platform built on better QSP Quality, Service, and Price.

At Toshi Automatic Systems Pvt. Ltd., we operate from one of the most modern designs and manufacturing facilities in the business and employ a team of highly skilled engineers. Moreover, being placed well geographically helps meet the needs of our wide customer base across the country. In addition, our detailed feasibility survey, comprehensive specification, and quotation ensure that we can meet your requirements on time and within your budget.

Our focus on innovation and customer-centricity aims to deliver best-in-class end-to-end automation solutions to industrial, commercial, institutional, pharmaceutical, public & private clients. To initiate this transition of placing our company on a platform built on better QSP (Quality, Service & Price), we will deliver our best and fulfill our motive of “Service - Our First Attitude”.

was recognized as one of the upcoming pioneers in the field of payment solutions, fare collection systems, and passenger services for AFC gates, PSD and PED doors for Metro & BRTS. By 2016, TOSHIAUTOMATIC had successfully completed 7 mass transit projects across India with 800+ Platform Screen Doors in 6 cities (Ahmedabad, Rajkot, etc.) and 120 Immigration Barriers at Delhi Airport (T3). One of these projects was inaugurated by the Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in 2017.

To fulfil the increasing demand and the company’s vision to achieve continued growth, TOSHIAUTOMATIC has set up state-of-the-art manufacturing and warehousing facility spread across 30,000 sq. ft., for capacity expansion with CNC bending and laser machinery.

Mission: To empower every business owner with automation that maximizes user safety, efficiency, and convenience.

Vision: To establish indigenously developed automation products, solutions, & service standards as the benchmark for the world and to achieve a greater degree of specialization to become leaders in our respective fields.

Future Plans

At the Rail Analysis Innovation and Excellence Summit, held on January 22, 2020, Toshi Automatic Systems Pvt. Ltd. (TASPL)

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To develop expertise in the Mass Mobility Domain and advocate the Make-In-India initiative by fulfilling our capabilities, i.e., design, manufacturing, supply, and service & AMC, that guarantee paramount efficiency and safety of our products and passengers.

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CASE STUDY

PT. Waskita Karya Revitalizes Manggarai Station for Jakarta’s Long-distance Railway Hub

Using OpenBridge Designer, OpenRail Designer and ContextCapture, Waskita identified and resolved potential issues prior to construction, saving 0.3% per month.

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Leveraging Bentley’s Digital Twin Technology Streamlined Decision-making to Transform Future Project Delivery in Indonesia

improving passenger flow and ensuring reliable transport, but presented significant construction constraints, compounded by additional challenges—including conducting a design review within the 720-day contract period.

Committed to Quality, Cost, and Time Efficiency

Projected to be the world’s largest city by 2030 with more than 35.5 million inhabitants, the Jakarta metropolitan area aims to increase passenger capacity and railway reliability for the over 1 million daily users of its network. As part of those efforts, Indonesia’s national rail operator is investing in station upgrades and alignment improvements, one of which is at South Jakarta’s Manggarai Station. The station has a single platform that currently serves over 100,000 daily commuters along the Jabodetabek and Soekarno-Hatta Airport Rail Link.

When work is completed in late 2022, Manggarai Station will replace the current Gambir Station as the city’s terminus for long-distance trains.

In addition to construction, Waskita was required to take on the design review of the existing contract drawings due to discrepancies with current standards and existing conditions.

It required an accurate representation of the existing station and surroundings to precisely design and ensure seamless integration with the new infrastructure elements. In addition, Waskita also faced construction restrictions due to the large amount of rail traffic at Manggarai Station and the requirement to maintain train operations throughout construction. Lastly, the project team also needed to pay particular attention to controlling costs on prestressed concrete bridge segments, which accounts for up 30% of the total project budget.

Negotiating any changes or amendments to the contract would require presenting several options to the client for approval.

To achieve this station transformation, Indonesia’s Ministry of Transportation appointed PT. Waskita Karya (Persero) Tbk, to construct a new bridge and assemble track panels, which will connect the existing first-floor mainline track to a new second-floor rail line of the main building. The project is vital to

To overcome these challenges and produce quality deliverables within the contract schedule, Waskita realized that its success hinged on three main objectives: quality, cost, and time efficiency. The team determined that their traditional, paperbased 2D processes were insufficient, and that collaborative,

Improving Railway Reliability in Jakarta

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CASE STUDY coordinated digital workflows were critical to enabling accurate decision-making and the production of contract deliverables. They also needed to provide clear visualization of different alternatives in terms of project scope and cost to the client and authorities. They sought to push the boundaries of information modeling and decided to adopt integrated BIM workflows and a digital-twins approach to develop visual, digital workflows, improve communication, and enable prompt and precise decisions.

Integrated Modeling Applications Drive Digitalization Recognizing that reality, rail corridor (track and civils), and bridge modeling were essential elements to their workflow, Waskita selected Bentley’s ContextCapture to generate a 3D reality mesh of

Waskita was tasked with constructing a new bridge and track slabs, connecting new and existing lines at the station. Image courtesy of PT. Waskita Karya (Persero) Tbk

the current infrastructure, OpenRail Designer to model 1.5 kilometers of new railway track, and OpenBridge Designer to model the concrete bridge structure. With Bentley’s integrated applications, they established a digital twin that incorporated existing site conditions and a multidiscipline BIM design model of the proposed structure.

Digital twins have played a critical role in the transformation of Waskita’s approach to working on the project. It has significantly improved the team’s productivity, and even replaced 2D CAD drawings as a decision-making tool. Through their ability to leverage digital twins via tablets on site, Waskita ensured the accuracy of structures being built on site, enabling engineers to measure actual distances between designed structures and existing assets to detect and resolve conflicts, allowing for appropriate clearance and avoiding on-site construction errors.

Through digitalization and visualization, the team at Waskita were also better able to present their client with numerous design options, and as part of the design review process negotiate an amended project budget. “When the client asked us to indicate options, what results they wanted to get out of the project, and how much it would cost, there was no better way to point out those options than to visualize them with a digital twin,” explained Marsa Achadian Tyarpratama, junior BIM expert at Waskita.

To address all issues with designing the concrete bridge segment and the construction constraints, Waskita relied on OpenBridge Modeler and SYNCHRO 4D. With the geometry control functions in OpenBridge Modeler, they calculated precise geometry, coordinated information for each bridge segment, and exported the data directly to the fabricator to help mitigate risks associated with ordering segments of the

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wrong size and/or number. To ensure that railway operations were maintained throughout construction, Waskita performed construction simulation in SYNCHRO 4D, which helped them visualize planned activities and clearly communicate them to the client and stakeholders. Working with Bentley’s integrated modeling applications, Waskita transformed their conventional 2D processes into digital workflows that improved efficiencies and quality of deliverables to meet contract demands.

Digital Twins Industrialize Industry Workflows Developing a digital twin that combines design information for tracks, civils, bridges, and structures with a 3D reality model of the existing ground helped Waskita and project stakeholders make more informed decisions. Working in the connected digital environment, they identified budget shortcomings during the design review and were able to clearly visualize alternatives relative to the project scope and cost, as well as present those options to the client. The model helped identify and resolve conflicts at an early stage, avoiding approximately 0.3% per month in additional time and costs.

Exporting the precise geometry details for the bridge segments directly to the fabricator meant that Waskita avoided additional costs of 0.8% and helped mitigate the risk of casting errors that could result in segments being discarded. If these errors had occurred, in addition to wasted time and effort, the team could have faced additional re-procurement costs. Using figures from phase 1 of the project, the additional cost of only two concrete spans was approximately IDR 2.785 billion. Finally, generating 4D construction models with SYNCHRO optimized resources, shortened the construction schedule, and enabled coordinated delivery of the project while railway operations continued.

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CASE STUDY Establishing digital twins not only provided Waskita and the project stakeholders valuable insights into the revitalization of Manggarai Station, but it also served as an example to encourage other engineers to implement this technology. By adopting Bentley solutions, Waskita modernized their own workflow processes and are promoting building information modeling and digitalization within the industry to achieve greater efficiencies when delivering infrastructure projects in Indonesia. “Bentley has helped us have cost and time efficiency from the beginning of our project. Even the slightest efficiencies are a big movement to help us encourage people in our field, especially in Indonesia, to implement BIM,” said Luki Danardi, senior vice president of technology, research, engineering, and knowledge management at Waskita.

Project Summary

“Setting up a digital twin

with Bentley technology is very convenient.”

Marsa Achadian Tyarpratama, Junior BIM Expert, PT. Waskita Karya (Persero) Tbk Authored by:

Organization: PT. Waskita Karya (Persero) Tbk Solution: Rail and Transit Location: South Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia Project Objectives: • To implement 3D modeling and visualization throughout design review and construction.

• To use digital twins to advance workflows and optimize decision-making.

Project Playbook: ContextCapture, LumenRT, OpenBridge Designer, OpenRail Designer, OpenRoads Designer, SYNCHRO 4D Fast Facts • The Manggarai Station in Jakarta will replace the Gambir Station as the terminus for the city’s long-distance trains in late 2021.

• Waskita was tasked with constructing a new bridge and track slabs, connecting new and existing lines at the station.

• Their success was based on quality, cost, and time efficiency, and required precise decision-making.

ROI • Using OpenBridge Designer, OpenRail Designer and ContextCapture, Waskita identified and resolved potential issues prior to construction, saving 0.3% per month.

Steve Cockerell

Industry Marketing Director, Rail and Transit, Bentley Systems Steve Cockerell joined Bentley in 2002 through the company’s acquisition of Infrasoft, and has worked to deliver knowledge and expertise to users in the transportation industry, with a focus on rail and transit. He has more than 20 years of industry experience, which he began by studying civil engineering and working as a highway designer for local government in the UK. Cockerell joined MOSS Systems in 1990 as an application engineer highlighting the benefits of using CAD-based design applications for highways, rail, and land development projects.

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• OpenBridge Modeler’s geometry control functions facilitated accurate calculations for the concrete bridge segments, reducing risks and avoiding unnecessary costs and delays.

• SYNCHRO 4D helped visualize the construction scheme and optimize available resources to shorten the construction schedule.

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Alstom delivers the first Kanpur Metro trainset

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lstom completes the first trainset for the Kanpur metro, to Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC). The unveiling was done at Alstom’s rolling stock manufacturing facility in Savli, Gujarat by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath in the presence of Shri Kumar Keshav – MD, UPMRC, and Alain SPOHR – MD, Alstom. These metro trains are 100% indigenously manufactured at the facility in Savli, Gujarat.

for their operational reliability, appealing design and enhanced safety features – everything that makes metro an attractive mode of transport,” he added

Alstom completed the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation (BT) on 29th January 2021. In the future, Alstom will be responsible for delivering Kanpur & Agra Metro rolling stock and signalling, including the scope of all BT technologies.

Valued at approximately INR 2051 crore (245 Mn EUR), Alstom’s scope on the Agra-Kanpur Metro project includes – design, build and delivery of 201 metro cars (67 MOVIA metro three-car trainsets) and an advanced signalling solution (CITYFLO 650).

The customer also has a provision for exercising an option for an additional 51 metro cars.

The new metro trains will benefit around 5 million citizens of both cities. Additionally, the overall project will significantly contribute to the socio-economic development of the region.

“We are proud to deliver the first metro trains, for Kanpur Metro in record time. After successfully delivering Rolling Stock & Signalling solution for the state’s capital Lucknow, we are happy to strengthen this partnership with UPMRC and redefine the mobility needs of Kanpur & Agra,” said Alain SPOHR, Managing Director, Alstom India. “Our MOVIA metros are world renowned

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FEATURED STORY to the speedy execution of this project and catering to the transport infrastructure needs in growing cities.”

Inspiration from Uttar Pradesh’s rich cultural heritage combined with best-in-class design has resulted in an attractive look for India’s latest metro fleet. The aerodynamic modular design of the new MOVIA metros will offer a host of safety, security, and environmental benefits along with a great passenger experience. Built with stainless-steel car bodies, the air-conditioned cars will have automated sliding doors, comfortable seating & standing spaces, dedicated areas for entry of especially abled, who use wheelchairs and modern passenger information systems, combining to provide an accessible and welcoming environment for passengers.

The trains will be equipped with FLEXX metro bogies and MITRAC propulsion system to increase energy efficiency, reduce operating costs, and ensure the new trains meet the highest environmental standards. Each train will accommodate approximately 960 passengers in the three-car configuration.

“As I virtually unveil the first metro train for Kanpur, I would like to congratulate Alstom and UPMRC for the fast-paced execution of the ongoing metro project”, said the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath. “In addition to Kanpur & Agra, we are looking forward to bringing advanced metro service for enhanced public transportation in cities like Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Jhansi and Meerut, and improving connectivity in the near future”, he added.

According to the given information, the front and rear coaches will also have engines. All three coaches will relate to each other from the inside. The coach will have an announcer key as well as an emergency button. In case of emergency, by pressing this button, the train driver can report the problem. The driver will inform the control room so that proper arrangements can be made at the next station.

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Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC), said, “It is a proud moment for Alstom, which is indigenously manufacturing the rolling stock for some of the most prestigious metro projects in the country. With an illustrious track record of successfully delivering the trains for Lucknow metro in record time, we are happy to have Alstom as our partner in this journey towards transforming the face of urban mobility in Uttar Pradesh. These world-class trainsets for Kanpur & Agra will breathe life into the metro project. We are looking forward

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DHANSA BUS STAND – NAJAFGARH SECTION INAUGURATED

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fter a long wait since 2019, the Najafgarh-Dhansa Bus Stand section of the Delhi Metro’s Grey Line was inaugurated on 18th September 2021. After this, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) entered the elite league of the world’s metro networks that cover the span of 392 KMs with 286 stations.

Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA) Shri Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi’s Chief Minister (CM) Shri Arvind Kejriwal inaugurates the Najafgarh- Dhansa Bus Stand extension of this section via video conferencing.

In October 2019, the Dwarka-Najafgarh corridor opened, connecting the urban village region of Najafgarh to the rapid transit network for the first time. As a result, the future Dhansa Bus Stand Station has been decorated with appealing artworks and pictures that depict this national capital neighbourhood’s rich legacy, culture, flora, and biodiversity.

radius has increased, including the Noida-Greater Noida Metro Corridor and Rapid Metro, Gurgaon. During the virtual event, Hardeep Singh Puri said that Delhi would also become one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Puri inaugurated the corridor along with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, thanked his government for his cooperation, and urged him to continue his cooperation for the remaining corridors of the DMRC network.

This new corridor will benefit the people of about 50 villages in the region. Travelling to Delhi will be easier for the commuters coming from Jhajjar, Haryana, said Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal during the inauguration.

Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal

On this occasion, Hardeep Singh Puri said that about 740 KMs of the metro line is operational in various cities of the country, and the network will be expanded to about 900 KMs by 2022.

The Najafgarh-Dhansa Bus Stand stretch, about one kilometer long (891 M), will extend the metro farther into Najafgarh’s interior. The people of the interior villages of Najafgarh, which is steeped in history, would greatly benefit from this expansion of the nearly 4.2 KMs Greyline (Dwarka to Najafgarh corridor).

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Kishor, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gehlot, West Delhi MP Pravesh Sahib Singh, South Delhi Mayor Mukesh Suryan also attended the occasion. At the same time, Japan’s Ambassador to India, Satoshi Suzuki, also visited the embassy and he’s also part of this event.

Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra said that parking facilities could be searched in metros under the new concept. The Dhansa parking facility could accommodate around 300 vehicles, including 110 cars and 185 two- wheelers.

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(I) The station has been designed as a four-level underground structure. The platform will be at the bottom (at an approximate depth of 18 meters), followed by the concourse and then an entire floor for parking above it with the roof level at the top (ground level).

(II) The Dhansa Bus Stand Metro station is the first-ever underground Metro station of the Delhi Metro network to have an entire underground floor dedicated to parking vehicles. The parking facility will be integrated with the central station area, where vehicle users will be able to park their cars and twowheelers and then proceed to the station’s concourse directly using lifts and escalators.

(III) The parking lot is equipped with entry and exit ramps, lifts, staircases, escalators etc. The facility has a parking space for about 110 cars and 185 two- wheelers. In addition, there would be provision for property development activities at the ground level in the future.

(IV) The parking facility will significantly benefit the residents as the adjoining areas are highly congested with minimal space for parking vehicles. The parking space has ramps on two sides for the entry and exit of vehicles. In addition, two entry/exit facilities are connected to the parking lot, both with the surface above and the platform below.

as well. Jheel between Najafgarh and Dhansa is a marshy ecosystem. It is ecological heaven for much perennial local wildlife and the seasonal movement of migratory birds, which is a delight for bird watchers in the winters. Photographs on printed glass panels at Dhansa Bus Stand station showcase this area’s rich biodiversity and are themed as “Migratory Birds.”

• The surrounding villages are renowned for many ancient folklores. The villages host fairs to celebrate their historical significance. Therefore, some hand-painted artworks are inspired by their rich spirit and the celebration of values and are themed as “local socio-cultural scenario.”

• A hand-painted artwork shows the residents coming together to honour the essence of their values and upcoming lifestyle. It is themed as “Fringes of rural- urban progression” and showcases the bridge built to connect the past and the future.

• Few artworks also depict scenes from the fairs, while some show the spirit of celebration or a touch of local designs and motifs. The artworks will be eye- catching for any passenger passing through the station and might generate interest in the place itself.

••• ARTWORK OF THE STATION: • The areas around Dhansa Bus Stand in the Najafgarh region have deep cultural roots. The area is rich in historical content and contributes significantly in terms of ecological values

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ARTICLE

Top 5 Reasons of Delays and Disputes in Infrastructure Projects in India

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ith the present emphasis on creating physical infrastructure, massive investment is planned in the infrastructure sector in India. However, infrastructure projects in India are infamous for Delays and Disputes. As a result, there is significant time and cost overruns in projects. Projects across different government employers suffer from 50-100% cost overrun, primarily due to Delays.

Several studies and surveys are conducted to investigate reasons and their relative impact on these delays and disputes. With our extensive experience in project and claims management, we grouped several overlapping factors into 10 primary reasons and then analysed their relative contribution to Delays and Disputes. The result of the analysis is presented as below: 1. Delay in handing over Right of Way/Site 2. Poor Scope and Interface Management by Owner/Engineer

1. Delays in handing over Right of Way/Site: It is not surprising to find that Top reason is the Delay in handing over the Right of Way / Site to the contractor due to unpredictable and lengthy land acquisition process coupled with politically motivated agitations and equally lengthy interdepartmental permission processes in India.

2. Poor Scope and Interface Management by Owner/ Engineer: The second most frequent reason for delays and disputes is the unavailability of work fronts due to poor interface management among various agencies and contractors involved in the project. Although it is noted that generally, scope breakdown (work packaging) is based on only size manageability without precise scope distribution and interface matrix (RACI) and Master Implementation Program, it results in many scopes omission/duplication and too many interfaces, which in turn results in many scope addition/deletions during construction.

3. Delay in Payments by Owner/Engineer:

3. Delay in Payments by Owner/Engineer 4. Slow Decision Making by Owner/Engineer 5. Incorrect Contracting Practices by Owner/Engineer

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The third most frequent reason for delays and disputes in infrastructure projects is delayed payment to contractors.

Again, several legitimate reasons range from fund allocation blues for Govt. funded projects to poor payment terms in the

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agreed contract.

4. Slow Decision Making by Owner/Engineer:

2. Unreasonable Contracting Risk perceptions lead to a heavily one-sided contract document.

• Tendency to transfer all the risks to the contractor

One of the most common reasons for delays across the sectors and industries as experienced by us in performing delay analyses is the excessive time taken by the owner / Engineer in review and approvals of technical and non-technical deliverables multiplied with too many rounds of commenting and revisions.

There are instances where a critical design document approval process has taken >1000 days! Unbelievable but true!!

There are many reasons for slow decision making. Still, the most contributing reason found in our analyses is (a) lack of collaboration among various disciplines, departments with bureaucratic structure and multiple agencies, both internal & external working in silos and (b) non-availability of timely and correct information for effective decision making. Therefore, a Smart Engineering Document Management System Integrated with Project Communication and Interface Management Systems is an absolute necessity for successful project delivery.

5. Incorrect Contracting Practices by Owner/Engineer:

• Tendency to pass on interfacing responsibility on the contractor • Tendency to cover up all unknowns within the scope of the contract

“Simply passing risks and complexities on to the contractors does not actually mitigate them.

Ultimately, it only affects outcome of the Owner’s Project adversely” Protecton BTG has been instrumental in setting up these systems at India’s first bullet train project MAHSR and is currently in active discussion with other important infrastructural projects for providing MIP services and implementation/operations of SMART PMS. Authored By

The top contract-related reason that creates frequent disruptions during execution is poorly written and incomplete, and heavily one-sided contract. It leads to cascading delays due to the stoppage of work or pace slowdowns. Our analyses have found several reasons out of which most frequent ones are: 1. Lack of staff experience for contract management and adoption of the wrong contract standards leads to poorly written and incomplete documents. We often receive a tender document for consulting services amended from a standard tender for construction works. We find that it has many clauses that are not applicable for consulting work and at the same time, it does not have many mandatory clauses applicable to consulting services.

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Changing the face of the transport system in the country: MRTS Introduction India, a land of opportunities with immense potential, is on the path of building a new India with determination and conviction to fulfil the aspirations of its 130-crore people. Currently, 702 kilometres of the metro network is operational in 18 cities, while 1016 kilometers of the network is rapidly under construction in 27 cities. The metro network development has ushered in a wave of latest technologies, unleashing investment generating jobs and business opportunities in the country. Moreover, the tireless efforts made in the last few years has steered the country in a new direction of self-reliance, especially through skill development of the workforce and the make in India campaign providing the much-needed push to the manufacturing sector.

Now, Metro coaches are being designed and manufactured in the country and have also been exported. These efforts of the past years have brought down the cost of metro coaches from 12 crores to eight crores in areas such as signalling, rolling stock, design, NCMC card, platform screen doors etc. India is now rapidly moving towards self-sufficiency. A knowledge-sharing platform, i-metros is helping in enhancing the efficiency of all metro systems across India.

The development of metro systems has brought a socioeconomic transformation of cities. Promoting the use of public transport resulted in less congestion and pollution, and with the use of clean energy, new cities are emerging with improved quality of life. The regulatory framework is being amended in the form of a new metro rail policy to give a new direction to urban development, increase private sector participation, develop new sources of funding, reduce costs, and extend metro rails’ benefit to more cities citizens. Important steps such as standardization of technology, uniformity and eligibility criteria, cost benchmarking, and the development of a new metro bill is also being undertaken.

Many new urban transport initiatives like regional rapid transit systems for densely populated multi-situations, low-cost metrolite and metro neo for less populated cities, and water metros give the sector new dimensions.

taking pace. Most Indian metro projects are being developed in phases (e.g. Delhi Metro, which is now on Phase 4), while others are being developed by line as funds become available (e.g. Mumbai Metro, where 169 km of lines are currently under construction in parallel).

Key Figures Operational Routes: 704.90 km Under Construction Routes: 507.96 km Approved Routes: 471.54 km Proposed Routes: 1045 km

In the 75th year of the nation’s independence, more than one crore passengers would daily benefit from over 1000 kilometers of the operational metro rail network by promoting holistic, sustainable, and balanced development. The metro sector is now opening new vistas of opportunities and possibilities and playing a crucial role in shaping the new India.

Brief Summary New metro rail (subway) systems are under construction, bringing about vast changes in 20+ Indian cities at a breath-

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List of Operational & Under Construction Metro Projects in India Sr. No.

City & State

Operational Network

Under Construction Approved New Proposed New New Routes Routes Routes

1

Agra Metro, Uttar Pradesh

0 K.M

4 K.M

25.4

2

Ahmedabad Metro, Gujrat

6 KM

54.1 KM

3

Bangalore Metro, Karnataka

55.6 KM

4

Bhopal Metro, Madhya Pradesh

5

Operator

Present Status

0 K.M

UPMRCL

7.41 KM

0 KM

GMRC

60.63 KM

56.24 KM

105.55 KM

BMRCL

Approved Active. Started on 6 March 2019.

Active. Started on 20 October 2011.

0 KM

6.22 KM

21.65 KM

77.13 KM

MPMRCL

Chennai Metro, Tamil Nadu

54.1 KM

0 KM

118.90 KM

15.30 KM

CMRL

6

Delhi Metro, Delhi-NCR

347 KM

43.46 KM

24.99 KM

57.3 KM

DMRC

7

Gurgaon Rapid Metro, Haryana

12.1 KM

0 KM

0 KM

200 KM

RMRG (now DMRC)

Active. Started on 14 Nov 2013.

67 KM

0 KM

0 KM

58 KM

HMRL

Active. Started on 29 Nov, 2017

0 KM

5.29 KM

26.24 KM

57.18 KM

MPMRCL

Active

8 9

Hyderabad Metro, Telangana Indore Metro, Madhya Pradesh

Active.

Active. Started on 29 June, 2015 Active. Started on 24 Dec, 2002

10

Jaipur Metro, Rajasthan

11.98 KM

0 KM

0 KM

26.36 KM

JMRC

Active. Started on 3 June, 2015

11

Kanpur Metro, Uttar Pradesh

0 KM

8.73 KM

23.66 KM

0 KM

UPMRCL

Active

12

Kochi Metro, Kerala

25 KM

2.94 KM

12.36 KM

0 KM

KMRL

Active. Started on 19 June 2017.

13

Kolkata Metro, West Bengal

39.25 KM

56.32 KM

28.2 KM

15.7 KM

22.90 KM

0 KM

0 KM

85 KM

0 KM

3 KM

17 KM

15 KM

14 15

Lucknow Metro, Uttar Pradesh Meerut Metro, Uttar Pradesh

Metro Active. Started on Railway & 24 Oct, 1984 KMRC Active. Started on UPMRCL 6 Sep, 2016 NCRTC, Active UPMRC MMOPL, Active. Started on MMRC & 8 June 2014.

MMMOCL MahaActive. Started on Metro 8 March, 2019

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Mumbai Metro, Maharashtra

11.40 KM

169 KM

21.29 KM

136.40 KM

17

Nagpur Metro, Maharashtra

22.90 KM

18.80 KM

48.30 KM

0 KM

18

Navi Mumbai Metro, Maharashtra

0 KM

11.10 KM

0 KM

95.30 KM

CIDCO

19

Noida Metro, Uttar Pradesh

29.70 KM

0 KM

14.95 KM

70 KM

NMRC

20

Patna Metro, Bihar

0 KM

6.10 KM

24.80 KM

0 KM

21

Pune Metro, Maharashtra

0 KM

58.58 KM

4.41 KM

26.46 KM

22

Surat Metro, Gujrat

0 KM

18.62 KM

21.73 KM

0 KM

PMRC MahaMetro & Pune IT City Metro Rail Ltd. GMRC

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Active

Active

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ARTICLE List of Approved Metro, Metrolite & Metro Neo Projects in India Sr. No.

City & State Gorakhpur Metrolite, Uttar Pradesh Kozhikode Metrolite, Kerala Nashik Metro Neo, Maharashtra Trivandrum Metro, Kerala

1 2 3 4

Network Length

Approval Date

Total Cost

Operator

27.41 KM

Oct-20

Rs. 4672 crores

UPMRC

13.13 KM

February, 2021

Rs. 4673 crores

KRTL

32 KM

August, 2019

Rs. 2100 crore

Maha-Metro

21.82 KM

February, 2021

Rs. 2773 crore

KRTL

City & State

List of Proposed Metro / Metrolite/Metro Neo Projects in India Table below lists out cities/towns with serious proposals of light rail (Metrolite) that can possibly be built in next 10 years.

Sr. No.

City & State

Proposed Network Length

01.

Delhi Metrolite, Delhi

40.88 KM

02.

Bangalore Metrolite, Karnataka

60 KM

03.

Chennai Metrolite, Tamil Nadu

15.50 KM

04.

Coimbatore Metro, Tamil Nadu

136 KM

05.

Guwahati Metro, Assam

61.40 KM

06.

Jammu Metro, J&K UT

43.50 KM

07.

Prayagraj Metro, Uttar Pradesh

42 KM

08.

Raipur Metro, Chhattisgarh

N/A

09.

Srinagar Metro, J&K UT

25 KM

10.

Uttarakhand Metro, Uttarakhand

58 KM

11.

Varanasi Metro, Uttar Pradesh

29.23 KM

12.

Vijaywada Metro, Andhra Pradesh

66.2 KM

13.

Visakhapatnam Metro, Andhra Pradesh

79.91 KM

14.

Warangal Metro Neo, Telangana

17 KM

Besides above cities, metro projects are proposed in Amritsar, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Jabalpur, Ranchi, Hubli, Mathura, Dholera, Thane, Gwalior, Bareilly, Dehradun, Bhubaneswar, Mysore, and Mangalore.

These projects also include the 90-km RRTS line between Meerut and Delhi, which has been estimated to entail an investment of Rs 30,000 crore and would cut the travel time between the two cities to less than an hour. Important to mention that over the past 5 years, metro projects totalling 877 km had been put in the pipeline in 27 cities, of which 400 km have already been laid and the work on the remaining sections is underway.

The central government has also prepared a standardisation document, which would bring about 25-30 per cent reduction in cost of metro rail projects. Besides that, ‘metrolite’ (light metro) have also been introduced which would cost 5075 per cent cheaper than regular metro projects to save on investment.

Hence, it is beyond any doubt that Mass Rapid Transit System will be the future of urban mobility in the country. It would change the transport scenario of the nation to a significant extent. There may have been questions regarding commercial viability of MRTS, Metro Neo, Metrolite projects in the country.

But it is worthwhile to note that India would seriously need an alternative mode of transportation to cater to the mobility needs of its rapidly growing population and urbanisation of its cities at an enormous pace. So, MRTS can be an answer to several issues and problems like traffic congestion, road and parking cost, time and transport cost, per capita traffic accidents, vehicle ownership, cost of production of goods and services. It would also help in attaining substantial reduction in per capita pollution emission preventing chronic diseases, walkable development pattern & public health benefits, safety, security, gender, and disability friendly transport system.

MRTS nowadays also is an answer to metro culture and equality. It helps in an integration towards a Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) focussing on future requirements, evaluate alternative modes of transportation and integration of various other means of transportation viz; roadways, railways, nonmotorized transport etc. through last mile connectivity making it a required and viable transport system.

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Conclusion With rapid urbanization, the pressure is mounting on the public transport system from the people living in cities and towns across the country. Mass Rapid Transport System, MRTS has emerged as one of the most effective means of mobility for the citizens in tier-1 and tier-2 cities and Metro has been a major player.

It may be additionally noted that Metro rail networks stretching over 1,500 km, including rapid rail transit system (RRTS) projects, are being proposed to be laid over the next 5 years across various cities of India. The proposed Rs 3-trillion expenditure on these projects comprised central and state government equity, apart from funding by other agencies.

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IAS officer Chhavi Bhardwaj appointed as Managing Director of MP Metro Rail Corporation

On 1 Sep 2021 night, the Madhya Pradesh government appointed the New MD of MPMRCL – IAS Officer Chhavi Bhardwaj.

Previously, Ms. Chhavi Bharadwaj IAS (Madhya Pardesh 2008) worked as an Additional Commissioner Tribal Development has been transferred and posted as Mission Director, National Health Mission, MP. In 2013, she was appointed as a collector for the first time in the Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh. Before her joining, almost 15 officers had been appointed there in the last 17 years. No one stayed there for a long time for various reasons.

Govt. extended Dr. Mangu Singh tenure till 31 Mar 2022

According to an official order released on 29 Sep 2021, the government has extended Dr. Mangu Singh’s tenure as the Managing Director (MD) of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) till 31 Mar 2022.

Dr. Mangu Singh’s tenure as an MD of DMRC began from 01 Jan 2012, after his predecessor E Sreedharan had handed over charge to him.

“The Govt. of NCT of Delhi, in accordance with the provisions of Article 130 of the Memorandum and Article of Association of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited, and after obtaining the concurrence of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Govt. of India vide letter dated 28.09.2021 is pleased to extend the tenure of Dr. Mangu Singh as Managing Director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited up to 31.03.2022,” written in the official statement

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TENDER AWARDED

RVNL bags contract worth Rs. 1034.90 Cr for Indore Metro Rail Project

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adhya Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MPMRCL) has awarded a contract worth INR 1034.90 Crores to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) for the Indore Metro Rail Project.

This contract includes the construction of an elevated viaduct and nine stations on the upcoming Super Corridor zone in Indore.

These nine stations are Gandhi Nagar, Super Corridor 6, Super Corridor 5, Super Corridor 4, Super Corridor 3, Super Corridor 2 and Super Corridor 1, Bhawarsala Square and MR 10 Road.

Tenders for this package were invited on 10th March this year by MPMRCL at an estimated cost of INR 1000 Crores and completion period of 847 days. Surprisingly for this package, RVNL was the only bidder when technical bids opened in July.

Tender Number – 273/MPMRCL/2021/Package IN-03

Line.

Name of Work – Design and Construction of Elevated Viaduct between Ch.14+488 & Ch.25+415, viaduct connecting Depot leading upto interface location, Nine (9) Elevated Metro Rail Stations including all Civil, Structural, Roof structure, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) works, Architectural finishes, Façade, Entry/Exits, FOB, Viaduct within the stations including Transition spans” for Indore Metro Rail Project Yellow

Phase-1 of Indore Metro comprises construction of 33.53 km long corridor as Line-3 (Yellow Line) which will form a ring around the city connecting Palasia – Railway Station – Rajwada – Airport – Bhawarsala through 29 stations. The corridor will have 6 underground stations from Kothari market to Airport and all other 23 stations will be elevated.

Altis Holding Corporation and Varindera Construction Ltd. will construct the Poonamalle Depot

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n 17th July 2021, five construction firms have submitted bids to construct Chennai Metro Line-04 Poonamallee Depot after CMRL opened technical bids for Package DPT-01.

According to the given information, the venture between Ukraine based Altis Holding Corporation, and Varindera Construction Ltd. emerged as the lowest bidder of this project.

This depot of the 118.9 KMs, Chennai metro Phase-02 project will serve trains on the new 26.09 KMs line-04, which will connect Light House Poonamallee Bypass through 30 stations.

It will be used to stabilize and maintain the line’s 26.3KMs coach train sets for which bids were invited in December 2020.

The cost of the depot is approximately Rs. 225 crores which require 17 hectares of land.

Scope of Work: Construction of Depot at Poonamallee including Structural Works, Architectural Finishes, Plumbing Works, Signages, Utility shifting & Boundary wall and all Associated works.

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Rather than this depot, the CMRL phase-02 project will have a bigger one at Madhavaram for which CMRL is yet to finalize a contractor.

The work on the phase-02 project’s will be constructed at the cost of Rs. 61,843 Crores.

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TENDER AWARDED

NCC Ltd. gets another big project of Bangalore Metro On 14th September 2021, BMRCL announced that NCC Ltd. is the lowest bidder to construct all three packages of Bangalore Metro’s 37 KMs Airport Line (Blue Line), which will link Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) to K.R. Puram.

These three (3) elevated packages of the Bangalore Metro Phase 2B project range from 11 to 15 KMs and consist of 15 out of the 17 stations planned on the line. BMRCL had opened bids in July 2020 and the completion deadline of the project is between 24 to 27 months.

Package 1 Bid Values: 1. NCC: Rs. 739 Crores 2. SNC–CVCC JV: Rs. 754 Crores 3. Afcons: Rs. 842.55 Crores Estimate Value: Rs. 639.95 crores Deadline: 27 months Length of the Work: 11.003 KMs Tender Name: Phase 2B/P2/69(a) Scope of the Project: Construction of elevated structure (viaduct & stations) of length 11.003 KMs from Chainage 0.000 m to 10072 Mand eight (8) elevated metro stations, i.e., Kasturi Nagar, Horamavu, HRBR Layout, Kalyan Nagar, HBR Layout, Nagawara, Veerannapalya and Kempapura.

Package 2 Bid Values: NCC: Rs. 748 Crores SNC–CVCC JV: Rs. 760.16 Crores Afcons: Rs. 811.15 Crores GR Infra: Rs. 858.73 Crores Estimate Value: Rs. 645.31 crores Deadline: 2 years Length: 11.678 KMs Tender Name: Phase 2B/P2/69(b)

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Scope of the Project: Construction of elevated structures (viaduct & stations) of length 11.678 KMS from chainage 10072 M to 21500 M and five (5) elevated metro stations, i.e., Hebbal, Kodigehalli, Jakkur Cross, Yelahanka and Bagalur Cross, including 250 M pocket track, road widening, utility Diversion and allied works of Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase-2B. Package 3 Bid Values: 1. NCC: Rs. 680.23 Crores 2. SNC–CVCC JV: Rs. 692 Crores 3. Afcons: Rs.809.10 Crores 4. GR Infra: Rs. 827 Crores 5. ITD Cementation: Disqualified 6. Estimate Value: 620.90 crores Deadline: 2 years Length: 15.011 KMs Tender Name: Phase 2B/P2/69(c) Scope of the Project: Construction of elevated structures (viaduct & stations) of length 15.011 KM from chainage 21500 M to 36511M and two (2) elevated metro stations, i.e., Bettahalasuru and Doddajala, including road widening utility Diversion and allied works of Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase-2B. The length of work is approximately 719 KMs cut & cover portion in front of Yelahanka Air Force Station.

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Larsen & Toubro gets another big tender of Rs. 3500 Crores in Chennai Metro Phase-2 project Larsen & Toubro (L&T) emerged as the lowest bidder for two elevated contracts of the new 47 KMs Line-5, which will connect Madhavaram – Sholinganallur through 48 stations in the 118.9 KMs Chennai Metro Phase-2 project.

When technical bids were opened in mid-July 2021, it was observed that they are the lowest bidder when Chennai Metro moved on to technical bid evaluation and onward to the financial bid opening stages.

• CP-10-EV-03: 10.2 KM CMBT – Venugopal Nagar with one underground and 11 elevated stations • C5-ECV-02: 12.431 KM CMBT – Puzhuthivakkam with 12 elevated stations Package CP10-EV-03 This package consists of 1 underground and eleven 11 elevated stations at the northern end of Line-5. It includes two disjointed sections on either side of the underground Package UG6 (Kolathur – Nathamnuni), for which L&T is the only bidder. The two sections and other infra includes:

middle of Line-5. It includes two disjointed areas on either side of the double-decker Package C4-ECV-01 (Power House – Porur) awarded to L&T in May 2021.

The two sections and other infrastructure within this package includes:

1. CMBT to Nathamuni Ramp – 5 stations at CMBT, Kaliamman Koil Street Junction, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Thirumangalam & Anna Nagar Depot

1. CMBT to Alwartiru Nagar (approx. 3.2 KM) with three stations at Grain Market, Sai Nagar Bus Stop and Elango Nagar Bus Stop

2. Retteri Ramp to Venugopal Nagar – 7 stations at Retteri Junction, Shastri Nagar, MMBT, Velmurugan Nagar, Manjambakkam, Assisi Nagar & Venugopal Nagar (underground)

2. Porur Junction to Puzhuthivakkam (approx. 9 KM) with nine stations at Mugalivakkam, DLF IT SEZ, Sathya Nagar, CTC, Butt Road, Alandur, Adambakkam, Vanuvampet and Puzhuthivakkam

3. 1.5 KM depot-line to lines 3 & 5’s Madhavaram Depot

3. Underpass at Vanuvampet

4. Cut & cover section between Assisi Nagar Ramp and Venugopal Nagar (length not disclosed)

CMRL invited tenders for its construction in January 2021 with an undisclosed estimate and a 36-month deadline.

L&T’s Bid: Rs. 1909.60 crores (approx.)

L&T’s Bid: Rs. 1655.15 crores (approx.)

Tender No.: CMRL/CON/PHASE-II/CORRIDOR5/CP10EV-03/2021

Tender No.: CMRL/PHASE II/CORRIDOR 5/C5-ECV-02

Scope of Work: Construction of approx. 10.2 KM of the elevated viaduct, elevated ramps, and 11 elevated stations from Assisi Nagar to CMBT (excluding the underground portion from Retteri Ramp to Nathamuni Ramp) and cut and cover section, depot approach of approx. 1.5 KMs and Venugopal Nagar underground station verification of design suitability for construction, including architectural finishes, plumbing works, signages and all associated works in Corridor 5.

Package C5-ECV-02 This elevated section’s viaduct and 12 units are proper in the

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Scope of Work: Construction of Elevated Viaduct of Approx. 12.431 KM length from ((Ch: 16178 m to 19296 m, Ch:22962 m to 30199 m, Ch: 31178m to 31241 m & Ch: 31657 m to 33710 m)) between CMBT Metro station (excluding station) and Puzhuthivakkam Metro Station including extraordinary spans and construction of 12 no. of Elevated Stations at Grain Market, Sai Nagar Bus Stop, Elango Nagar Bus Stop, Mugalivakkam, DLF IT SEZ, Sathya Nagar, CTC, BUTT Road, Alandur, Adambakkam, Vanuvampet and Puzhuthivakkam and Integrated highway grade separator from Mugalivakkam to MIOT Hospital, Vehicular underpass at Vanuvampet and all associated works in Corridor-5 of CMRL Phase-2 project.

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Pune Metro Recruitment 2021: Applications invited for Manager, Engineer and many more

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une Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (PMRC) has invited applications for various posts. Applications have been sought from experienced professionals for these posts.

According to the notification, there are a total of 96 vacancies in these posts. According to the notice, after being recruited on these posts in Maharashtra Metro, a salary of up to one lakh rupees will be available per month. The Last Date to apply for these posts is 14th October 2021

relevant field for the post of Junior Engineer. Whereas for the post of Assistant Accountant, one should have a B. Com degree.

Vacancies & Posts details:

Deputy General Manager – 70,000 – 2,00,000/-

Additional Chief Project Manager- 01 Post

Assistant Manager – 50,000 – 1,60,000/-

Senior Deputy General Manager- 01 Post

Senior Station Controller – 40,000 – 1,25,000/-

Deputy General Manager- 01 Post

Senior Section Engineer – 46,000 – 1,45,000/-

Assistant Manager- 01 Post

Section Engineer – 40,000 – 1,25,000/-

Senior Station Controller- 23 Post

Junior Engineer – 33,000 – 1,00,000/-

Senior Section Engineer- 03 Post

Senior Technician – 33,000 – 1,00,000/-

Section Engineer- 01 Post

Account Assistant – 25,000– 80,000/-

Junior Engineer- 18 Post

Click on this link https://www.mahametro.org/pdf/Apply_ MahaMetroPune_HR_06_2021.pdf to apply online for these posts

Senior Technician- 43 Posts

Salary (Rs. per month) Additional Chief Project Manager – 1,00,000 – 2,60,000/Senior Deputy General Manager – 80,000 – 2,20,000/-

Account Assistant – 04 Posts Qualifications

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Candidates must have BE or B. Tech in the relevant field of engineering. At the same time, a diploma has needed in the

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EVENTS

Metro and Railway Industry Events Calender Dates

Event Name

Venue

Sep 02-03, 2021

INRFAWEEK Asia Pacific

Virtual Conference

Sept 07-09, 2021

Railtex / Infrarail 2021

NEC, Birmingham

Sep 07-08, 2021

7th Railway Forum

Berlin, Germany

Sept 15-16, 2021

Asia Pacific Rail 2021

BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand.

Sep 30, 2021

ROLLING STOCK NETWORKING

Derby Velodrome

07 - 09 Sep 2021

Infra Rail

NEC, Birmingham

Sep 29 - Oct 01 2021 Oct 12 - 13, 2021

HTS-2021 Middle East Rail

Mumbai, India Dubai, UAE

18-20 Oct 2021

Smart Metro

Vienna, Austria

20 - 22 Oct, 2021

RAIL EXPO

Kyiv

Oct 27-29, 2021

PowerGen India

IECC, PRAGATI MAIDAN, NEW DELHI, INDIA

Oct 29-31, 2021

Urban Mobility Conference & Expo 2021

Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty, Kerala, India

Nov 08- Nov 10, 2022

Intermodal Europe 2021

RAI AMSTERDAM

Nov 9-10, 2021

Move

London, ExCeL

NOV 16-18, 2021

Innorail2021

Budapest

Nov 25-27, 2021

EURASIA RAIL

TÜYAP, Istanbul.

30 Nov- 1 Dec 2021

Rail Live! 2021

IFEMA, Madrid

Dec. 16-18, 2021

International Railway Equipment Exhibition 2021 (IREE)

New Delhi, India

Mar. 23-25, 2022

7th Smart Cities India 2021 Expo

Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India

Mar. 23-24, 2022

Geo Connect Asia 2020

Singapore

Mar 08-10 2022

RailTech Europe 2021

Digital event

April 28-30, 2022

InnoMetro 2022

Virtual

31st May-02nd June 2022

28th International Exhibition for Track Technology (iaf)

Münster

June 2-3, 2022

7th Smart Ticketing & Digital Services Forum

Virtual

June 22 nd -23 rd, 2022

Rail Live 2022

Quinton Rail Technology Centre, Warwickshire, UK

June 04 - 07, 2023

UITP Global Public Transport Summit

BARCELONA, SPAIN

Oct 24-26, 2022

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LOCATION

VALUE

DEADLINE

Madhya Pradesh, India

INR 322.91 CR.

11-11-2021

Architectural Finishing Works And Public Health Engineering Works Of Challaghatta Station In Reach-2 Extension, Madavara (Biec) Station In Reach-3c And 5 Stations At Central Silk Board, Btm Layout, Jayadeva Hospital, Ragigudda & Rv Road In Reach-5 (P3) Of Bangalore Metro Rail Project, Phase-2.

Karnataka, India

INR 100.91 CR.

02-11-2021

Construction Of Rolling Stock Depot Cum Workshop At Gandhi Nagar For Indore Metro Rail Project

Karnataka, India

INR 283.66 CR.

01-11-2021

Corrigendum : Tender For License Out Exclusive Advertising Rights In Metro Stations And On Outside Civil Structures Along With SemiNaming Rights Of Metro Stations Of Kanpur Metro Rail-Priority Corridor (Iit Kanpur-Motijheel) In Upmrc Network

Uttar Pradesh, India

Refer Document

28-10-2021

Corrigendum : Expression Of Interest For Providing Rolling Stock(42 Trains Of 3 Car Configuration - 126 Cars) On Lease Basis For Phase Ii Of Chennai Metro Rail Project.

Uttar Pradesh, India

Refer Document

28-10-2021

Provision Of Check Rail In Sharp Curve Over Rake Feeding Lines Under Noapara Yard Of Metro Railway, Kolkata.

West Bengal, India

INR 67.45 Lacs

28-10-2021

Supply And Installation Of Automatic Smart Card Recharge Machine With 3 Years Post Warranty Camc. - Supply And Installation Of Automatic Smart Card Recharging Machines (Ascrms) With Smart Card / Token Issuing Features For Metro Railway Stations (As Per Specification Attached).,

West Bengal, India

Refer Document

28-10-2021

Supply Of Braided Copper Strip - Braided Copper Strip To Item 1 Of Drg.No.Icf/Sk 7-2-487 Alt 'B'. Eligibility Criteria: Firm Shall Be Oem / Oem Authorised Agents Having Valid Authorization From Oem For Supply Of This/Similar Items To Railway Coaches Or Metro Railway/Automobile/Aviation Applications Etc.

Tamil Nadu, India

Refer Document

28-10-2021

Construction Of Rolling Stock Depot Cum Workshop At Subhash Nagar For Bhopal Metro Rail Project

Provision Of Cleaning Service For Metro Railway Hospital At 28/55, M. N. Sen Road, Chanditala, Kolkata-700040

West Bengal, India

INR 1.15 CR.

27-10-2021

Supply, Installation, Testing& Commissioning Of Electrical& Mechanical (E&M) System Including Fire & Hydraulics System, Environmental Control System (Ecs), Tunnel Ventilation System (Tvs), Bms& Tvs Scada Including Comprehensive Maintenance For Ecs, Tvs, Scada And Fire System (After Completion Of Defect Liability Period) For Bimanbandar Metro Station , Metro Railway, Kolkata

West Bengal, India

INR 97.94 CR.

27-10-2021

Through Repair & Renovation Of The Quarter Complex At Belgachia, Metro Railway, Kolkata (156 Nos. Type - Ii Quarters)

West Bengal, India

INR 99.76 Lacs

26-10-2021

Heavy Repair & Painting Of Poh Workshops; Repairing & Painting Of Shed No. 1 And Other Ancillary Works At Noapara Crashed, Metro Railway, Kolkata.

West Bengal, India

INR 76.38 Lacs

26-10-2021

Replacement Of Cast Iron Spigoted Socketed (Ciss) By Cast Iron Double Flanged (Cidf) Pipeline From Noaparacarshed To Central (Upto Km 7/14), Metro Railway, Kolkata

West Bengal, India

INR 2.04 CR.

26-10-2021

Architectural Finishing Works And Public Health Engineering Works Of 5 Stations At Central Silk Board, Btm Layout, Jayadeva Hospital, Ragigudda And Rv Road In Reach-5 (P3) Of Bangalore Metro Rail Project, Phase-2.

Karnataka, India

Refer Document

25-10-2021

Supply Of Solid Lubricant Sticks For Wheel Flange Lubrication System To Chennai Metro Rail Limited

Tamil Nadu, India

Refer Document

23-10-2021

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Construction Of Government High School At Doddanagamangala Village, Electronic City In Reach-5 (P1) Of Bangalore Metro Rail Project, Phase-2.

Karnataka, India

INR 4.06 CR.

22-10-2021

Architectural Finishing Works And Public Health Engineering Works Of Challaghatta Station In Reach-2 Extension And Biec Station In Reach-3c Of Metro Rail Project Phase-2.

Karnataka, India

INR 16.22 CR.

19-10-2021

Supply Of Third Rail Current Collector Assembly Complete For Mr300 & Fuse Box Assembly Complete For Mr300 Series Ac Rakes Of Kolkata Metro Railway - Third Rail Current Collector Assembly Complete For Mr300 Series Ac Rakes Of Kolkata Metro Railway As Per Drg. No. Mr/Poh/Ac-1-023(Sheet 1 & 2) And Annexure Enclosed., Fuse Box Assembly Complete For Mr300 Series Ac Rakes Of Kolkata Metro Railway As Per Drg. No.Mr/Poh/Ac-1-024 And Annexure Enclosed.

Multi Location

Refer Document

18-10-2021

Design, Manufacture, Supply, Testing And Commissioning Of 50 Coaches (36 Coaches For Corridor 1 And 14 Coaches For Corridor 2) Tyre Based Electric Bus Running On Ohe (Metro Neo) At Nashik For Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.

Maharashtra, India

Refer Document

18-10-2021

Electrical And Mechanical (E&M) Works Including Hydraulics, Fire Safety Systems, Ups & Dg Sets For Five Underground Stations, Associated Tunnel Sections & Five Elevated Stations In Reach-6 Of Bangalore Metro Rail Project- Phase-Ii.

Karnataka, India

Refer Document

18-10-2021

Supply Of Solid Lubricant Sticks For Wheel Flange Lubrication System To Chennai Metro Rail Limited.

Tamil Nadu, India

Refer Document

Refer Document

Rfp For Design And Construction Of National Metro Rail Knowledge Centre On Ppp Model At Vishwavidyalaya Metro Station.

Delhi, India

Refer Document

13-10-2021

Design, Manufacture, Supply, Installation, Testing And Commissioning Of Signage And Graphics For Eleven Elevated Stations (Pkg-2: Paldi, Gandhigram, Old High Court (Interchange), Usmanpura, Vijayanagar, Vadaj & Pkg-4b: Ranip, Sabarmati Railway Station, Aec, Sabarmati Metro Station & Motera Stadium) On NorthSouth Corridor Of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Phase - 1

Gujarat, India

INR 4.55 CR.

13-10-2021

Design And Construction Of “National Metro Rail Knowledge Centre (Nmrkc)” On Ppp Model At Vishwavidyalaya Metro Station

Delhi, India

Refer Document

13-10-2021

Bihar, India

INR 144.65 CR.

11-10-2021

Madhya Pradesh, India

INR 10.22 CR.

11-10-2021

Uttarakhand, India

INR 46.49 Lacs

11-10-2021

Supply Of Mask Box For Driver's Cab As Per Metro Railway Drawing No. Mr/Poh/Sk-0-057

West Bengal, India

Refer Document

11-10-2021

Tender For License Out Exclusive Advertising Rights In Metro Stations And On Outside Civil Structures Along With Semi-Naming Rights Of Metro Stations Of Kanpur Metro Rail-Priority Corridor (Iit Kanpur-Motijheel) In Upmrc Network

Uttar Pradesh, India

Refer Document

07-10-2021

Maharashtra, India

Refer Document

Refer Document

Corrigendum : Sitc Of 25kv Overhead Equipment (Ohe) System, Switching Posts, 33kv Ring Mains, Auxiliary Sub Stations For Elevated Sections And Scada System For Underground And Elevated Sections For Corridor 1 And 2 And Isbt Depot Of Patna Metro Rail Project.

Providing Space For Office And Other Facilities On Lease Basis In Bhopal Town For Offices Of Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Mpmrcl) And General Consultant Facility Management Services Including Miscellaneous Services For Two Years At Uttarakhand Metro Rail, Urban Infrastructure Building Construction Corporation Ltd (Head Office), 4th Floor, Sci Tower, Opposite Mahindra Showroom, Haridwar Bypass Road,

Licensing Of Property Business Spaces At Concourse Level Of Zero Mile Metro Station Of Nagpur Metro Rail Project, Exclusively For Business Related To Consumer Electronics, For A Period Of 09 Years.

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Manufacture And Supply Of Pretensioned Prestressed Concrete (Psc) Bridge Straight Wider Sleepers For 60kg Rails As Per Rdso's Drawing No:t-8672 And Bridge Approach Wider Sleepers As Per Rdso's Drawing No:t-8672 To T-8680 (1 Set Consists Of 11 Nos - 3 Nos Of T- 8672 And One Each Of T- 8673 To T-8680) Or Bridge Straight Wider Sleepers For 60kg Rails As Per Rdso's Drawing No. T-8970 And Bridge Approach Wider Sleepers As Per Rdso's Drawing No:t-8970 To T-8978 (1 Set Consists Of 11 Nos - 3 Nos Of T- .....

Tamil Nadu, India

Refer Document

20-10-2021

Supply Of High Tensile Aar H Type Tight Lock Coupler With Transition Screw Coupling And Its Associated Components For Fitment On Bg Passenger Coaches Of Indian Railways To Rdso Specification No. Rdso/2009/Cg-22, Rev.1 And Also Confirming To Rdso Specification No. Rdso/2011/Cg-03, Rev.3. (Detailed Description Is Enclosed At Annexure-A)

Multi Location

Refer Document

18-10-2021

Supply Of :Crest For Indian Railways(Hindi), As Per Drawing: Cc26145 Alt D, Packing Instruction: Card Board Boxes, Quality Plan: N.A.

Punjab, India

Refer Document

18-10-2021

Supply Of Ne S-50 / Rb/S-1350 Gate Pass Size 5.8x4.6 Inch Carbon Less Two Foils Each Set Contains 100 Sets/200 Leaves With Alphabatic Series And With Six Digit Numeric Series At Both Foils In Each Set.Single Side Printing, To Be Printed On White 58gsm Water Mark Paper With Indian Railway Monogram.Oblong / Binding With Side Stitching And Cover Paper Brown 110gsm Drawing Number Confirming To Is 1848/2007.

Uttar Pradesh, India

Refer Document

18-10-2021

Corrigendum-1 Supply Installation Testing Commissioning Integration With Existing Vss Infra Operation And Maintenance Of Ip Based Video Surveillance System Vss At Railway Stations Under Eastern Region Of Railtel For And On Behalf Of Indian Railways From Nirbhaya Fund.

Delhi, India

Refer Document

15-10-2021

Corrigendum : Supply, Installation, Testing, Commissioning, Integration With Existing Vss Infra, Operation And Maintenance Of Ip Based Video Surveillance System (Vss) At Railway Stations Under Northern Region Of Railtel For And On Behalf Of Indian Railways(ETender No. Railtel/Tender/Ot/Nr/O&M/2021-22/Vss/02,Dated: 28.05.2021).

Multi State, India

Refer Document

14-10-2021

Supply, Installation, Testing, Commissioning, Integration With Existing Vss Infra, Operation And Maintenance Of Ip Based Video Surveillance System (Vss) At Railway Stations Under Northern Region Of Railtel For And On Behalf Of Indian Railways.

Multi State, India

Refer Document

14-10-2021

Corrigendum : Supply Installation Testing Commissioning Integration With Existing Vss Infra Operation And Maintenance Of Ip Based Vss At D And E Category Railway Stations Under Nr Of Railtel For And On Behalf Of Indian Railways

Delhi, India

INR 170.40 CR.

13-10-2021

Supply Of Fabrication And Supply Of Statutory Warning Boards As Per No. 146 & 160 Of Indian Railway Act. In Tri-Lingual Languages (Kannada, Hindi And English)Made Up Of High Intensity Prismatic Type Iv Sheeting Made Of 3m/Avery Dennison Board Of 3mm Thick Aluminium Composite Panel Sheet Along With Angle Frame Support Of Size 40mm X 40mm X 4mm With Printed Details Of Statutory Warning In Reflective Red Colour Ink. The Board Provided With Pipe Post Support Of 88 Od 3000mm, 2no's. On Either Side Du.....

Karnataka, India

INR 170.40 CR.

13-10-2021

Multi State, India

Refer Document

12-10-2021

Andhra Pradesh, India

INR 86.98 CR.

12-10-2021

Corrigendum : Supply, Installation, Testing, Commissioning, Integration With Existing Vss Infra, Operation And Maintenance Of Ip Based Video Surveillance System (Vss) At D & E Category Railway Stations Under Southern Region Of Railtel For And On Behalf Of Indian Railways - Supply Of Full Hd Bullet Type Ip Colour Camera Along With All Accessories Required Including Bracket/Fixture/Angle For Fixing Of Camera For Installation Purposes As Defined In Chapter 8., Supply Of Full Hd P/T/Z Type Ip Colour.....

Corrigendum : Supply Installation Testing Commissioning Integration With Existing Vss Infra Operation And Maintenance Of Ip Based Video Surveillance System Vss At D And E Category Railway Stationsunder Southern Region Of Railtel For And On Behalf Of Indian Railway

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Rajasthan, India

Refer Document

30-12-2021

Supply Of Gold Plated Silver Medal With Following Specification And Design:- [I] Weight 20 Grams.[Ii] Silver Of 0.999 Purity.[Iii] Diameter Of Medal 1.5 Inches.[Iv] Two Aluminium Pillars Of Height 1.5 Inches, Diameter 0.75 Inches On Both Sides Of Medal.[V] The Design Of Medal Will Be Indian Railways Logo On One Side And North Central Railway Logo On Other Side.[Vi] 0.5 Micron Thickness Of Gold Platting On Silver Medal.[Vii] Packing Viz Velvet Box With Acrylic Case Inside.

Uttar Pradesh, India

Refer Document

16-11-2021

Supply Of Smps Based 48v/ 50 Amp Battery Charger For Indian Railway Telecom Equipments Comprising With 48v/25 Amp Smr Module Based Power Plantin N+2 Configuration ,Fr-Bc Module Suitable For Vrla Battery With Ultimate Expandable Capacity 100 Amp,As Per Rdso Specification No Rdso/Spn/Tl/23/99 Ver-4 Amnd-1 Or Latest.

Delhi, India

Refer Document

02-11-2021

Planning, Operating And Refurbishment Of The Irctc Saloon Cars Over Indian Railways For Tourism Purpose For A Period Of Five Years.

Delhi, India

INR 2.72 CR.

29-10-2021

Gujarat, India

INR 35.93 Lacs

29-10-2021

Maharashtra, India

Refer Document

25-10-2021

Andhra Pradesh, India

Refer Document

25-10-2021

Supply Of Gangway Bridge Mounting. Drawing No: Indian Railway's (Lhb Gmbh) Drg. No. 1.10113.0.24.120.001, Alt. B. Material And Specification: As Per Drawing.

West Bengal, India

Refer Document

21-10-2021

Supply Of Printing Of 'Indian Railways Annual Report And Accounts 2020-21', 'Indian Railways Year Book, 2020-21' And 'Indian Railways Facts And Figures 2020-21' In English And Hindi Versions - Printing Of 1000 Copies (800 English And 200 Hindi) Of The Publication Indian Railways Year Book, 2020-21., Printing Of 1000 Copies (800 English And 200 Hindi) Of The Publication Indian Railways Annual Report And Accounts 2020-21., Printing Of 200 Copies (100 English And 100 Hindi) Of The Publication Facts.....

Delhi, India

Refer Document

21-10-2021

Tamil Nadu, India

Refer Document

20-10-2021

Hiring Of Ambulance Vehicle For 03 Years. Ambulance Vehicle Should Be New Tata Winger Ac- 3200 B 56, Force Ac 3360 Ambulance With Emergency Kit Advance Stretcher, Oxygen Cylinder With All Required Attachment, 02 Driver And 02 Stretcher Bearer (For Each 12 Hrs. Shift) To Be Stationed At Railway Hospital Dahod For Transporting Railway Beneficiaries From Their Residence To Rly.Main Hospital. And From Rly.Main Hospital To Recognised Pvt. /Govt. Hospital /Diagnostic Centre & Back. Also During Railway.....

Supply Of Paper Computer Interlerleaved With Carbon In Sheets Conforming To Is 12766/97 With Test Requirements As Given In The Iss. "Ez" Read Continuous Stationery For Passenger Reservation System Single Ply Size 38.1 X 27.9 (15" X 11") 60 Gsm With Indian Railway Logo And Serial Numbers On Each Sheet In The Same Colour As Ez Lines. (1 Set=1000 Sheets). Art Work And Quality Of Paper To Be Got Approved From Acm(Res)Prs Centre, Cstm Before Bulk Printing & Supply 1Supply Of Fuel Level Gauge To Icf Drg.No: Dmu/Dpc3-9-0-312.

Make: Jayshree/Midland Or Equivalent. Note: (1) Oem/Authorised Dealers Of Oem Only To Quote. (2) Equivalent Make Supplier Should Produce Performance Certificate Issued By Any Indian Railway Establishment / Any Government Organisation

Supply Of Manufacture And Supply Of Pretensioned Prestressed Concrete (Psc) Wider Curve Sleepers For 60 Kg Rails As Per Rdso's Drg No:t- 8621/T-8622/T-8623/T-8624 Or T8979/T-8980/T-8981/T8982 With Latest Alteration (Upto The Date Of Opening Of Tender) And Conforming To Indian Railway Standard (Irs) Specification T- 39 (Sixth Revision - March2021) For Pretensioned Prestressed Concrete (Psc) Sleepers For With Up To Date Amendment(Upto The Date Of Opening Of Tender) Including Loading Into Wagons/R.....

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