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Indian Railway's production units are leading 'Make in India' initiative Devi Prasad Dash, CEDE, Indian Railways

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Urban Mobility: Challenges & Solutions Dr. Surabhi Singh, Associate Professor, IMS Ghaziabad

SAFETY IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Urban Transport and Safety against Airborne Disease Ar. Raja Singh & Prof. Dr. Anil Dewan, School of Planning & Architecture (SPA)

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Dear Readers, The new year begins as an empty slate with nothing but a sense of incalculable possibilities and hope. Every man should be born again on the first of January. But the year will soon be filled with activities, promises and commitments, pleasures and disappointments, work, play, friends and family members. We predict it will be a busy one. Most people these days seem to eschew New Year’s resolutions, having found them either impossible to keep or a trivial idea in the first place. Aren’t we always trying to do better?

But there’s something about the new year that can be inspirational. It’s the quintessential time to make necessary and beneficial changes. A new calendar can be just as powerful a motivating force as a new job, a new relationship, a new home. Some make lists. But my simple new year’s suggestion is: “Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, do it.”

The editorial team of Urban Transport News also has a resolution it intends to keep: We promise to continue to collect useful updates related to the urban transport industry and to keep you, our dear readers, informed about breaking stories for urban transport and infrastructure community. It can also be a good time to break with harmful patterns of the past; to release grudges and forgive; to say “Enough of that” and move on. The new year will bring changes, as every year does. And though changes can be challenging and uncomfortable, they’re a necessary part of life. It’s best to face them head-on rather than cling to the comforts of past memories. A new beginning is valuable. We hope its promise will last long into the year.

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Dr. Vinay Maitri Professor & Dean School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi

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Karuna Gopal Smart Cities Advisor Foundation for Futuristic Cities, Hyderabad

Dr. Annapoorna Ravi Media & Comm. Expert Public Affairs Centre (PAC), Bangalore

Dr. Surabhi Singh Associate Professor Institute of Management Studies (IMS), Ghaziabad

Ar. Priyanka Kumar Urban Planner Regional Centre for Urban & Environmental Studies, Lucknow

Dr. Vivek Vaidyanathan Urban Transport Scientist Center for Study of Science, Technology & Policy (CSTEP), Bangalore

R. Sethuraman Sr. EPC Advisor Chennai

Sudhanshu Mani, IRSME Urban Rail Expert Ex-GM/ICF, Indian Railways, Chennai

Dr. Kamal Soi Road Safety Expert Member-National Road Safety Council, New Delhi

Dr. Valavan Amudhan Public Transport Expert Executive Director-TECHSACS

Ishan Chanda Dy. Manager DIMTS, New Delhi

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HIGHLIGHTS 2019 January 2019 Centre approves 30.38 km Faridabad-Gurugram Metro line | Metro Rail The Central Government had approved the ambitious metro rail project between Faridabad-Gururgram with an estimated project cost of Rs. 5,900 crore on 2 January 2019. Maharashtra Govt. approves Nagpur Metro Project Phase-II | Metro Rail The Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had approved the phase-II of Nagpur Metro Rail project comprising 48.3 km network with an estimated project cost of Rs. 11,216 crore on 2 January 2019. MEGA Metro reconstitutes as Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Ltd | Metro Rail The board of directors of Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar And Ahmedabad (MEGA) Company Limited on Saturday meeting, has approved the change of the company name from MEGA Company Limited to Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Limited. Uttrakhand Govt. approves light rail transit project for Dehradun city | Light Metro Rail Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had given his approval on the recommendations of Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in Dehradun. Karnataka clears Rs23,000 crore suburban rail and Bangalore Metro alignment projects | Metro & Suburban Rail The Karnataka State government had given approval of the much-awaited Rs 23,000-crore suburban railway corridor project and a change in alignment of Bangalore Metro Rail project to connect Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) from Nagawara on 11 January 2019. Chennai Metro launches electric auto feeder services as a pilot project | Last-mile Connectivity The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) in association with the Namma Auto project had launched electric autos as a feeder service to the metro as a pilot project. PIB okays Dilshad Garden-Ghaziabad Metro rail corridor worth Rs 1805 crore | Metro Rail The Public Investment Board (PIB) had cleared the long-awaited 9.41 km long Delhi Metro’s Red Line extension corridor between Dilshad Garden – New Bus Stand Ghaziabad on 14 January 2019.

Noida Metro’s Aqua line linking Noida-Greater Noida opens for public | Metro Rail The much-awaited metro rail linking the twin-cities of Gautam Budh District of Uttar Pradesh had bee opened for the public on 25 January, 2019. Urban Transport News launches Metro Yatri Club for metro commuters | Metro Rail On 70th Republic Day of India, a group consisting with 26 like-minded persons in association with the Urban Transport News had launched the Metro Yatri Club to empower and guide the metro commuters across Delhi & NCR. WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

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 ROUND UP February 2019 Chennai Metro opens 10 km stretch AG-DMS to Washermenpet for public | Metro Rail The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) had opened the last stretch covering a 10 km distance between AG-DMS and Washermenpet Metro of Blue Line of Chennai Metro Rail Project on 10 February, 2019. Haryana Govt. approves Rs 37,000 crore Delhi-Gurugram-SNB RRTS Corridor | RRTS Haryana Government cabinet had approved the DPR of the 106-km long Delhi-Gurugram-SNB (ShahjahanpurNeemrana-Behror Urban Complex) Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor on 13 February 2019. Centre approves Rs13,365.77 crore Patna Metro Rail project | Metro Rail The Central Government cabinet had accorded its approval for Rs 13,365.77 crore Patna Metro Rail project comprising two corridors with a total network of 31.39 km on 15 February 2019. Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of Patna Metro Rail project | Metro Rail Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Rs.13365.77 crore Patna Metro Rail Project from Barauni on 17 February 2019. Centre approves Rs 5,523 crore Ahmedabad Metro Phase-II project | Metro Rail The Central Government had given its approval on the phase-II of Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro connecting the financial capital of Gujarat with the state’s political and administrative capital on 19 February 2019. Union cabinet approves Rs.30274 crore Delhi-Meerut RRTS project | RRTS Central Government has approved the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project between Delhi and Meerut to develop the fast traffic facility in the National Capital Region on 20 February 2019. Centre approves Surat Metro Rail project worth Rs.10829 crore | Metro Rail The Central Government had given its approval to 40.35 km Surat Metro Rail project on 29 February 2019 in a major push for alternative public transport for the Diamond City.

March 2019 Mumbai Monorail phase II opens between Wadala-Jacob Circle | Monorail The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) had opened second phase (from Jacob Circle to Wadala depot ) of Mumbai Monorail for public on 3 March, 2019 Ahmedabad Metro Phase 1 opens, PM Modi lays foundation of Phase 2 | Metro Rail Prime Minister Narendra Modi had flagged off the metro train services on the 6.5 km long stretch between Vastral and Apparel Park of Ahmedabad Metro Rail project Phase I on 4 March 2019. Apart from this, he laid found stone of Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 project. Maharashtra Govt. approves Thane Metro Rail Project worth Rs 13,095 crore | Metro Rail Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had approved 29 km long metro corridor for Thane city on 6 March 2019. PM Narendra Modi flags off 13.5 km Nagpur Metro Rail corridor | Metro Rail The Prime Minister Narendra Modi had flagged off the 13.5 km long stretch from Sitabulti to Khapri of Nagpur Metro, through video conference from New Delhi, on 7 March 2019. PM Modi flags off Noida City Centre – Noida Electronic City corridor of Delhi Metro | Metro Rail The Prime Minister Narendra Modi had flagged off the 6.68.km long blue line extention corridor (Noida City Centre – Noida Electronic City) of Lucknow Metro on 7 March 2019. Railway Board approves Rs 33,690 crore MUTP-3A project | Suburban Rail Railway Board had given its final approval to Rs 33,690 crore Mumbai Urban Transport Project – 3A on 7 March 2019.

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 ROUND UP PM Modi flags off North-South corridor of Lucknow Metro | Metro Rail The Prime Minister Narendra Modi had flagged off the 23.km long North-South corridor (Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport & Munshipulia) of Lucknow Metro on 8 March 2019. PM Modi lays foundation stone of Delhi-Meerut RRTS project | RRTS & Metro Rail Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid the foundation stone for India’s first Regional Rail (Delhi-Meerut RRTS) and Meerut Metro Service on 8 March 2019. Delhi Metro opens Dilshad Garden-New Bus Adda corridor for public | Metro Rail Prime Minister Narendra Modi had flagged off the Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda) to Dilshad Garden Metro Corridor on the Red Line of Delhi Metro on 8 March 2019. Delhi Govt. launches first Common Mobility App ‘One Delhi’ | Mobility App The Delhi Government had launched Delhi’s first Common Mobility App ‘One Delhi’ by adding a new feature to the public transport system on 8 March 2019. Central cabinet approves 3 lines of Delhi Metro Phase 4 project | Metro Rail The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) received clearance from Central government on three metro corridors of Delhi Metro Phase IV project on 9 March 2019. Hyderabad Metro opens HiTec City corridor for public | Metro Rail The Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) had opened 10 km long corridor of Hyderabad Metro Rail project from Ameerpet to HiTec City on 20 March 2019.

May 2019 Delhi Metro celebrates its Siver Jubilee, completes 25 years of Metro | Metro Rail The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had celebrated Silver Jubilee ceremony on 3 May 2019 on completion of its 25 years of foundation. Railways Board approves Kolkata Metro’s Line-2 (East-West Metro Corridor) | Metro Rail The Railway Board, Ministry of Railway had given its approval for 5.5 km stretch of Kolkata Metro’s East-West corridor between Sector V and Salt Lake Stadium on 19 May 2019. Haryana Govt. approves DPR of Gurugram Metro Rail project | Metro Rail Harayana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had approver Rs 5, 126 crore metro project between Huda City Centre and Cyber City of Gurugram.

June 2019 GNDA approves 14 km long direct metro connectivity to Delhi | Metro Rail The Greater Noida Development Authority (GNDA) had approved 14 km Noida Metro link (Noida Sec 142 – Botanical Garden) on 1 June 2019. The estimated cost of this project will be Rs 1500-2000 crore.

Cabinet clears formation of Uttar Pardesh Metro Rail Corporation as SPV | Metro Rail The Uttar Pradesh state cabinet had approved formation of UP Metro Rail Corporation (SPV) to implement metro rail projects in the Lucknow, Kanpur, Meerut, Agra, Jhansi, Allahabad, Varanasi and Gorakhpur city on 6 June 2019. MMRC completes 50% tunneling work on Mumbai Metro 3 corridor | Metro Rail The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRC) had completed 28-km of the 56-km tunneling on the ColabaBandra-SEEPZ Metro-3 corridor on 17 June 2019. Kochi Metro extension gets nod from Government of Kerala | Metro Rail The Kerala Government cabinet had approved the revised detailed project report (DPR) for the Kochi Metro extension to

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ROUND UP  Tripunithura Railway Station on 18 June 2019. Centre approves formation of new SPV ‘MMMOCL’ for Mumbai Metro projects | Metro Rail The Central Government had approved the formation of a new SPV in name of Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Limited (MMMOCL) to carry out the “business and operation” of the upcoming 13 Metro corridors of Mumbai Metro projects in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region on 21 June 2019.

Rajasthan Govt. approves DPR of Delhi-Gurugram-SNB-Alwar RRTS corridor | RRTS Rajasthan Government cabinet had given its approval to the DPR for the 164-km long Delhi-Gurugram-SNB-Alwar RRTS corridor on 29 June 2019.

July 2019 HRIDC Board approves Rs 5,566 crore Orbital Rail Project | Suburban Rail The board of directors of Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HRIDC) has approved the detailed project report (DPR) of the Haryana Orbit Rail Corridor Project. Maharashtra Govt. approves ₹3,500-crore ropeway project to link Metro stations | Ropeway Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) board also approved the appointment of the Indian Port Rail and Ropeway Corporation Ltd to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for the ropeway projects between Malad and Marve and from Gorai to Borivali on 8 July 2019. Govt. of India issues standards for light urban metro rail ‘Metrolite’ system | Metrolite The Union Urban and Housing Ministry had issued standards regarding operation of light urban metro rail ‘Metrolite’ system in Tier II and Tier III cities on 22 July 2019. Maharashtra Govt. clears three more metro rail corridors (Metro 10, 11 & 12) in Mumbai | Metro Rail Maharashtra cabinet had cleared three new metro rail corridors that would cost Rs 24,000 crore and expand 50 kilometres to the already approved metro rail network in the city on 23 July 2019.

August 2019 Telangana Govt. approves Mindspace-Shamshabad metro corridor of Hyderabad Metro | Metro Rail The Telangana state cabinet has approved a 30-km long Mindspace-Shamshabad metro corridor on 14 August 2019. Maharashtra Govt. approves Rs2100 crore ‘Metro Neo’ project | Metro Neo Maharashtra Government had approved a state-of-the-art Mass Rapid Transit System “Metro Neo” for the city of Nashik on 28 August 2019.

September 2019 Kochi Metro Rail opens Maharaja’s College-Thykoodam stretch for public | Metro Rail Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan along with Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri had inaugurated metro services of Kochi Metro on 5.65 km Maharaja’s College-Thykoodam stretch on 3 September 2019. Kochi Metro laid foundation stone of Phase I extension project | Metro Rail Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan along with Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri had laid foundation stone of 2 km long Kochi Metro extension corridor (Petta-SN Junction) on 3 September 2019. Kochi Metro laid foundation stone of Kochi Water Metro Phase I project | Water Metro Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan along with Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri had laid foundation stone of Phase I of Kochi Water Metro project on 3 September 2019. NCRTC completes foundation of 100 piles on Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor | RRTS The National Capital Regional Transport Corporation (NCRTC) had completed the foundation of 100 piles on the 17 km WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

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 ROUND UP long priority section from Sahibabad to Duhai on 4 September 2019. PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of three metro lines in Mumbai | Metro Rail Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of three metro lines (Metro 10, 11 & 12) of Mumbai Metro Rail network on 7 September 2019. Navi Mumbai Metro begins official trial run on Belapur-Pendhar corridor | Metro Rail Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had officially flagged off the trial test run on 11 km long Belapur-Pendhar corridor (Line 1) of Navi Mumbai Metro from Taloja Depot on 11 September 2019. Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath lays foundation of Rs7,500 crore Indore Metro project | Metro Rail Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath laid the foundation stone for the Indore Metro Rail Project costing Rs 7500.80 crore on 14 September 2019. Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath lays foundation of Rs.6,941 crore Bhopal Metro project | Metro Rail Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath laid the foundation stone for the Bhopal Metro Rail Project costing Rs 6,941 crore on 26 September 2019.

October 2019 Delhi Metro opened Dwarka-Najafgarh corridor (Line 9) for public |Metro Rail Delhi Metro Rail Corporation had opened metro services on 4.23 km long Dwarka – Najafgarh Metro corridor for public on 4 October 2019.

Govt. approves first ‘Metrolite’ on Kirti Nagar-Dwarka Sector 25 Metro corridor |Metrolite The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and board of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had approved the induction of first Light Urban Rail Transit system ‘Metrolite’ on 19 km stretch between Kirti Nagar and Dwarka Sector 25 Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre on 12 October 2019. PMO gives in-principal approval for Urban Transport system in Varanasi |Light Metro The proposed urban transport system in Varanasi, facing the problem of traffic and traffic, has now received in-principle approval from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on 27 October 2019.

November 2019 Construction work of Patna Metro Rail project begins with soil testing | Metro Rail Consulting Engineers Group Limited (CEG) had commenced geotechnical investigation work (soil testing) on the NorthSouth corridor of Patna Metro Rail project on 1 November 2019. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath laid foundation stone of Kanpur Metro Rail project | Metro Rail Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had laid foundation stone of Rs 11,076 crore Kanpur Metro Rail project at IIT Kanpur on 15 November 2019. GDA approves Rs 3,711 crore metro rail projects in Ghaziabad | Metro Rail Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) had approved the two detailed project reports (DPRs) for the Delhi Metro extension from Vaishali to Mohan Nagar on 22 November 2019. Hyderabad Metro opens Hitec City-Raidurg stretch for public | Metro Rail Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) had launched metro services on the long-awaited 1.5-km long Hitec City-Raidurg stretch of corridor III (Blue Line) of Hyderabad Metro Rail project on 29 November 2019. Railway Board approves DPR of Rs 418 crore Broad Gauge Metro in Nagpur | Metro Rail The Railway Board, Ministry of Railways had approved the detailed project report (DPR) of proposed Broad Gauge Metro in Nagpur, Maharashtra on 30 November 2019

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November 2019 UP Govt. approves Rs 2,682 crore Noida-Greater Noida Metro extension line | Metro Rail The Government of Uttar Pradesh had given its approval for Rs 2,682 crore 15 km long Noida-Greater Noida Metro extension project (Noida Sector 71 – Knowledge Park-V) on 8 December, 2019. Gulermak-TPL JV commences tunneling work on Pune Metro Underground Line | Metro Rail Gulermak-Tata Projects Limited JV had announced underground construction work of Pune Metro Rail project after commissioning first TBM S78 “Mutha” at Agriculture College on 9 December 2019. Telangana appoints Maha Metro to prepare DPR for MetroNeo project for Warangal city | Metro Neo After Nashik, Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MahaMetro) had bagged yet another prestigious project to prepare the detailed project report (DPR) for Warangal Metro Neo in Telangana State. Haryana Govt. approves DPR of Rs 5,125 crore metro project to link Old Gurugram | Metro Rail The Haryana government cabinet had approved a revised detailed project report (DPR) which proposes a composite metro rail network without any interchange for Rapid Metro and HUDA City Centre of Delhi Metro on 17 December 2019. Delhi Metro commences civil construction work of phase IV project | Metro Rail The team of KEC International Ltd. in presence of Delhi Metro officials had commenced a piling test near Haidrpur Badli More on the Janakpuri West-RK Ashram corridor of Phase IV project on 30 December 2019.

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India’s Urban Rail Network AT A GLANCE

OPERATIONAL NETWORK System

# As on 31st December 2019

Network Length (km)

Metro Rail

Network Length (km)

647.92 Total Network:

3298.92

Monorail

19.5

High Speed Rail

Tram

38.0

Regional Rail (RRTS)

2593.5

Suburban Rail

Regional Rail (RRTS)

Tram

High Speed Rail

Suburban Rail

Total Network:

2593.5 38

Monorail

19.5

Metro Rail

3298.92

647.92

1000

2000

3000

4000

UNDER CONSTRUCTION System

Network Length (km)

Metro Rail

972.41

Metrolite

Network Length (km) Total Network:

High Speed Rail

Suburban Rail

Regional Rail (RRTS)

High Speed Rail

508

Total Network:

1716.41 508 85

Suburban Rail

Metrolite

Metro Rail

972.41 0

1644.41

500

1000

1500

2000

NEW APPROVED (as on 31.12.2019) System

Network Length (km)

Metro Rail Metrolite Suburban Rail Regional Rail (RRTS)

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972.41 0 79 85

580 1737.41

Network Length (km) Total Network: High Speed Rail Regional Rail (RRTS) Suburban Rail Metrolite MetroNeo Metro Rail

1134.97 0 0 252.96 19 32 831.01 0

500

1000

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 URBAN RAIL PROGRESS REPORT OPERATIONAL METRO PROJECTS Length (KM) Since

URBAN RAIL NETWORK PROGRESS : 2019

City

State

Kolkata Tram

West Bengal

1900

NEW LINE OPENED

Kolkata Metro

West Bengal

27.3

1984

Project

Corridor

Length (km)

Delhi Metro

Delhi-NCR

347.6

2002

Noida Metro

Noida-Greater Noida

29.7

Bangalore Metro

Karnataka

42.42

2011

Gurgaon Rapid Metro

Delhi-NCR

11.7

2013

Chennai Metro

AG DMS - Washermenpet Corridor

Mumbai Monorail

Maharashtra

19.5

2014

Ahmedabd Metro

Vastral Gam and Apparel Park

6.5

Mumbai Metro

Maharashtra

11.4

2014

Nagpur Metro

Sitabuldi-Khapri

13.5

Jaipur Metro

Rajasthan

9.6

2015

Delhi Metro

Noida City Centre-Noda Electrconic City

6.68

Chennai Metro

Tamil Nadu

2015

Lucknow Metro

North-South Corridor

Kochi Metro

Kerala

23.8

2017

Delhi Metro

Dilshad Garden-New Bus Adda

9.63

Lucknow Metro

Uttar Pradesh

22.9

2017

Hyderabad Metro

Ameerpet-Hitec City

Hyderabad Metro

Telangana

56.5

2017

Kochi Metro

Maharaja’s College-Thykoodam

5.65

Noida Metro

Uttar Pradesh

29.7

2019

Delhi Metro

Dwarka-Najafgarh Line

4.23

Ahmedabad Metro

Gujarat

6.5

2019

Hyderabad Metro

Hitec City-Raidurg

1.5

Nagpur Metro

Maharashtra

13.5

2019

TOTAL:

120.39

TOTAL

705.42

NEW PROJECT APPROVED

UNDER CONSTRUCTION METRO PROJECTS

Project

Corridor

Faridabad - Gurugram Line 30.38

Length km Project Cost ₹Cr

City

State

Length (KM) Project Cost (₹)

Delhi Metro

Ahmedabad Metro Agra Metro Bangalore Metro Bhopal Metro Chennai Metro Delhi Metro Hyderabad Metro Indore Metro Jaipur Metro Kanpur Metro Kochi Metro Kochi Water Metro Kolkata Metro Mumbai Metro Meerut Metro Nagpur Metro Nagpur MetroNeo Navi Mumbai Metro Patna Metro Pune Metro

Gujarat Uttar Pradesh Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Tamil Nadu Delhi-NCR Telangana Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Kerala Kerala West Bengal Maharashtra Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Bihar Maharashtra

61.79 29.30 121.06 27.87 86 64.058 17.7 31.5 2.3 8.7 2 76 101.526 180 20 28.2 32 11.1 31.39 39.92

1615.7bn 838.0bn 3600.0bn 694.1bn 3977.0bn 2500.0bn 1880.0bn 750.0bn 614.9bn 1107.6bn 35.6bn 74.7bn 2003.8bn 8518.3bn 1154.4bn 826.0bn 210.0bn 198.5bn 1336.6bn 2027.5bn

Delhi Metro

Red Line Extension

9.41

1805

Nagpur Metro

Phase II (2 corridors)

48.3

11216

Bangalore Metro

Nagawara- KIA Airport

39.8

10584

Bangalore Suburban

Phase I (4 Corridors)

148.17

15990

972.41

339628.3bn

TOTAL

NEW APPROVED METRO PROJECTS Ahmedabad Metro Surat Metro Delhi Metro Delhi Metrolite Dholera Metro Hyderabad Metro Kochi Metro Mumbai Metro Nagpur BG Metro Noida Metro Thane Metro TOTAL

Gujarat Gujarat Delhi-NCR Delhi-NCR Gujarat Telangana Kerala Maharashtra Maharashtra Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra

61.79 40.35 72.74 19.09 100 31 11.1 87.6 268.63 29 29

831.01

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1615.7bn 1082.9bn 1396.2bn 558.7 bn 700.0bn 500.0bn 257.7bn 3310.4bn 41.8bn 468.2bn 1309.5bn

11241.1bn

Delhi-SNB-Alwar RRTS Delhi-Gurugram-SNB-Alwar 164

5900

37000

Patna Metro

Phase I (2 corridors)

31.39

Ahmedabad Metro

Phase II

28.5

13365.77 5523

Delhi-Meerut RRTS

Delhi-GZB-Meerut RRTS

82.15

30274

Surat Metro

Phase I

40.35

10829

Thane Metro

Line 1

13095

MUTP 3A

4 Lines

241

33690

Delhi Metro

Phase-4 (3 Corridors)

25000

Kolkata Metro

East-West Corridor

16.6

4874.6

Delhi Metro

HUDA CC-Cyber City

6.3

5126

Noida Metro

Sec 142-Botanical Garden 14

2000

Kochi Metro

Phase I Extn

1.2

Mumbai Ropeway

Two Lines

Mumbai Metro

Metro 10, 11 & 12

42.78

Hyderabad Metro

Mindspace-Shamshabad

Nashik MetroNeo

Phase I (2 corridors)

Bhopal Metro

Phase I (2 corridors)

27.87

6941.4

Indore Metro

Phase I

31.55

7500.8

Delhi Metrolite

Kirti Nagar-Dwarka Sec 25 19.3

5587

Delhi Metro

Vaishali-Mohan Nagar

5.06

3711

Nagpur BG Metro

4 Lines

268.63

Noida Metro

Sec 71-Knowledge Park V 15

2682

Delhi Metro

HUDA CC-Old Gurugram

5125

Agra Metro

Line 1

29.4

Meerut Metro

Phase I (2 corridors)

11544

Dholera Metro

Phase I (2 corridors)

100

7000

Haryana Orbit Rail

Palwal – Sonepat

121.74

TOTAL:

1793.88

356 3500 24000 5000 2100

418

8380

5566 320096.57

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URBAN RAIL PROGRESS REPORT  UNDER CONSIDERATION METRO PROJECTS

REGIONAL RAIL (RRTS)

City

Status

City

Length (km)

Project Cost

Status

DPR sought

Delhi-Meerut RRTS

85.15

₹3027.4bn

U/Construction

DPR sought

Delhi-Alwar RRTS

164

₹3700.0bn

Approved

DPR sought

Delhi-Panipat RRTS

103

₹1650.0bn

Approved

Proposed

Length

Coimbatore Metro

Project Cost

136km

Gorakhpur Light Metro 27.41km ₹480.0bn Varanasi Light Metro

13km

Prayagraj Metro

Planned

Delhi-Palwal RRTS

Jhansi Metro

Planned

Ghaziabad-Khurja RRTS

Proposed

Jabalpur Metro

Planned

Delhi-Rohtak RRTS

Proposed

Gwalior Metro

Proposed

Ghaziabad-Hapur RRTS

Proposed

Visakhapattanam Metro -

Planned

Delhi-Baraut RRTS

Proposed

Guwahati Metro

Proposed

Indore-Ujjain RRTS

Proposed

Warangal MetroNeo

DPR sought

Indore-Dewas RRTS

Proposed

Bhopal-Sehore RRTS

Proposed

Bhopal-Betul RRTS

198

Proposed

TOTAL

974.15

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SUBURBAN RAIL City

Length (km)

Project Cost

Status

Mumbai Suburban Rail

427.5

Operational

Kolkata Suburban Rail

1243

Operational

Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban

Operational

Chennai Suburban Rail

509

Operational

Delhi Suburban Rail

Operational

Front Cover

25000

400

350

Inside Front

15000

240

210

Back Cover

20000

320

280

Pune Suburban Rail

Operational

Inside Back

12500

200

175

Hyderabad MMTS

Operational

Barabanki-Lucknow Shuttle

Operational

Goa-Karwar Suburban

100

Operational

Bengaluru Commuter Rail

200

₹1599.0bn

Palwal-Sonepat Orbit Rail

121.74

₹555.6bn

Approved

TOTAL

2900.24

Status

First Opening

15000

240

210

Inside

10000

160

140

Double Spread Centre

20000

320

280

Double Spread

12500

200

175

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Approved

HIGH SPEED RAIL City

Length (km)

Project Cost

508.17

₹1.1 Lakh Crore U/Construction

Ad Type

Size

INR

USD

EUR

Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR Mumbai-Nagpur HSR

753

DPR sought

Leaderboard

728×90

20000

320

280

Mumbai-Hyderabad HSR

711

DPR sought

New Delhi-Varanasi HSR

865

DPR sought

New Delhi-Ahmedabad HSR 886

DPR sought

Chennai-Mysore HSR

435

DPR sought

New Delhi-Amritsar HSR

459

DPR sought

New Delhi-Kolkata HSR

1447

Proposed

Leaderboard

650×165

15000

240

210

Leaderboard

650×100

12500

200

175

Rectangle

300×100

10000

160

140

Square

300×300

12500

200

175

New Delhi-Bhopal HSR

700

Proposed

210

Nagpur-Mumbai HSR

1015

Proposed

Patna-Kolkata HSR

522

Proposed

Chennai-Bengaluru HSR

342

Proposed

TOTAL

8643.17

Rectangle Footer

300×500 728×90

15000 10000

240 160

140

Content Based Ad: Website & Magazine Ad Type

INR

USD

EUR

Cover Story

30000

480

420

Guest Posts

7500

125

100

Announcements

5000

100

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INR

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Diamond

500000

8000

7000

Gold

250000

4000

3500

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125000

2000

1750

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 BRTS PROJECTS IN INDIA

BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN INDIA OPERATIONAL: 1000.82 km City (State)

Network Length

Lines

Since

Rainbow BRTS, Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad (Maharashtra)

61.0 km

Dec, 2006

Ahmedabad BRTS (Gujarat)

118.0 km

14 Oct, 2009

Jaipur BRTS (Rajasthan)

26.0 km

31 Jul, 2010

Rajkot BRTS (Gujarat)

63.0 km

1 Oct, 2012

Surat BRTS (Gujarat)

114.0 km

26 Jan, 2013

Indore BRTS (Madhya Pradesh)

126.5 km

2013

Raipur BRTS (Chhattisgarh)

60.0 km

1 Nov, 2016

Visakhapatnam BRTS (Andhra Pradesh)

42.0 km

2 Oct, 2016

Amritsar BRTS (Punjab)

68.0 km

15 Dec, 2016

Bhopal BRTS (Madhya Pradesh)

186.0 km

27 Sep, 2013

Hubli-Dharwad BRTS (Karnataka)

70.0 km

2 Oct, 2018

UNDER CONSTRUCTION/UNDER PLANNED: 164.1 km City (State)

Network Length

Lines

Status

Kolkata BRTS (West Bengal)

15.5 km

Under construction

Mumbai BRTS (Maharashtra)

11.7 km

Under construction

Bhubaneswar BRTS (Odisha)

66.32 km

Planned

Chennai BRTS (Tamil Nadu)

70.3 km

Planned

Coimbatore BRTS (Tamil Nadu)

27.6 km

Planned

Hyderabad BRTS (Telangana)

39.0 km

Approved

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URBAN INFRA & LEADERSHIP AWARDS 2019 

10 URBAN INFRA SOLUTIONS PROVIDERS & LEADERS OF THE YEAR 2019 Corporates S. No.

Name

Presented to

Citation

RITES Limited Gurugram, India

Mr. Rajeev Mehrotra Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD)

For outstanding services in project management consultancy to Urban Transport Industry

Afcons Infrastructure Limited New Delhi, India

Mr. S. Parmasivan Managing Director

For outstanding services in Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC)

ITD Cementation India Limited Mumbai, India

Mr. Jayanta Basu Managing Director

For outstanding services in Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC)

KEC International Limited Gurugram, India

Mr. Vimal Kejriwal Managing Director & CEO

For outstanding services in Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC)

Fluid Controls Private Limited Mumbai, India

Ms. Sophie Moochhala Managing Director

For manufacturing & supply of world-class industrial instrumentation products to Urban Transport Industry

Aludecor Lamination Private Limited Kolkata, India

Mr. Ashok Kumar Bhaiya Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD)

For manufacturing and supply of world-class Aluminium Composite Panel & Engineering products to Urban Transport Industry

ABS India Private Limited Bengaluru, India

Mr. Rajesh Madan Chief Operating Officer

For providing world-class data, voice, video and wi-fi solutions to Urban Transport Industry

Leadership/Personality S. No.

Name

Role

Citation

Dr. E. Sreedharan

Principal Advisor to various Metro Rail Projects

For extending extra-ordinary services in implementation of various urban rail and public transport projects in India

Ms. Ashwini Bhide

Managing Director of Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation

For outstanding leadership role in implementation of Mumbai’s first underground Metro Rail project. (Mumbai Metro Line 3)

10.

Mr. Saibaba Ankala

IRSE & Chief Engineer (SECR) Indian Railways

For outstanding leadership role in implementation of World’s Tallest Railway Bridge in India

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 INFRA BUSINESS REPORT

MAJOR CONTRACTS AWARDED IN 2019 Project Name

Contractor

Tender Value

Work

Pune Metro

Alstom Transport India

₹164.79 Cr.

Supply of Signalling and Train Control Systems

Pune Metro

AFCONS-SPCPL JV

₹470.43 Cr.

Construction of 7 metro stations (Ramwadi-Mangalwarpeth stretch) of Reach-3

Mumbai Metro

Alstom Transport India

₹292.30 Cr.

Supply of Train Control, Signalling & Telecommunications Systems for Mumbai Metro Line 2A, 2B and 7.

Pune Metro

URC Constructions

₹377.90 Cr.

Construction of Range Hill and Vanaz Depots including E&M works.

Pune Metro

Alstom Transport India

₹93.40 Cr.

Supply of 25kV Rigid OHE/OCS Systems

Mumbai Metro

J Kumar Infraprojects

₹444.98 Cr.

Construction of viaducts and 3 elevated metro stations of Mumbai Metro Line 6

Pune Metro

Gulermak-Tata Projects JV

₹826.24 Cr.

Construction of underground stations at Budhwar Peth, Mandai & Swargate and associated tunnels on North-South corridor

Bangalore Metro

Alstom Transport India

₹580 Cr.

Supply of 750V DC third-rail traction, 30 33kV/415V auxiliary substations, 26 33kV/750V DC traction substations and a 33kV Cable distribution network

Pune Metro

Sterling & Wilson

₹297 Cr.

Supply of Sub-station, ASS , SCADA System and 33kV Cable Network.

Bangalore Metro

Parnika Commercial & Estates

₹170.41 Cr.

Construction of Metro depot in Hebbagodi in Reach 5 line of Bangalore Metro Rail project (Phase 2)

Mumbai Metro

Sterling- Cimechel JV

₹168.09 Cr.

Supply of 25kV OHE, SCADA, 33Kv ASS at Charkop depot of Mumbai Metro Line 2A

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INFRA BUSINESS REPORT  Project Name

Contractor

Tender Value

Work

Mumbai Metro

BEML Limited

₹834 Cr.

Supply of additional 21 Metro trains sets (126 coaches) for Mumbai Metro Line 2 and 7

RRTS

KEC-CCECC JV

₹580 Cr.

Construction of viaduct and 2 RRTS stations (Sahibabad & Ghaziabad) of Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor

Pune Metro

Titagarh Firema SpA

₹1125 Cr.

Supply of 3-coach metro train sets (102 coaches)

Kochi Metro

KEC-CCECC JV

₹265 Cr.

Construction of viaducts and stations of Kochi Metro Phase I Extension project

Delhi Metro

ETA-Tricolite JV

₹100.91 Cr.

Supply of ECS/TVS Systems for Extension Delhi Metro Airport Line and Line-9

Kanpur Metro

Afcon Infrastructure

₹734.56 Cr.

Construction of elevated viaducts and 9 elevated metro stations

Pune Metro

Schindler India JV

₹122.56 Cr.

Supply of Heavy Duty Room less Elevators and Escalators (Lot 2)

Pune Metro

Johnson Lifts

₹52.1 Cr.

Supply of Heavy Duty Room less Elevators and Escalators (Lot 1)

Delhi Metro

BEML Limited

₹729 Cr.

Supply of 80 nos. broad-gauge metro coaches (RS1)

Bangalore Metro

Vascon Engineers

₹159.88 Cr.

Construction of Metro depot at Kadugodi in Reach-1 Extension Line of Bangalore Metro Phase 2

HSR

BL Kashyap & Sons

₹332 Cr.

Constructions of Sabarmati High Speed Terminal on MumbaiAhmedabad High Speed Rail corridor

Bangalore Metro

ITD Cementation

₹1771.25 Cr.

Construction of Underground tunnel and 4 metro stations in Reach 6 of Bangalore Metro Phase 2 project

Delhi Metro

KEC-CCECC JV

₹954.87 Cr.

Construction of elevated viaduct and 10 metro stations on Janakpuri West-RK Puram corridor (Line-8 Extn) of Delhi Metro Phase 4 project. (Package 1)

Kanpur Metro

KSM Bashir Mohammad & Sons

₹83.89 Cr.

Construction of Metro depot at Govt. Polytechnic for Line 1 of Kanpur Metro Rail project

Delhi Metro

KEC-CCECC JV

₹1080 Cr.

Construction of elevated viaduct and 8 metro stations on Majlis Park-Maujpur line of Delhi Metro Phase 4 project. (Package 2)

Delhi Metro

YFC Projects

₹726.08 Cr.

Construction of elevated viaduct, 6-lane flyover and 4 metro stations on Aerocity-Tughlakabad line of Delhi Metro Phase 4 project. (Package 4)

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 HIGH SPEED RAIL

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project:

Accelerating India’s Journey into Future India’s first High Speed Rail (HSR) project, steered by the National High Speed Rail Corporation, is all set to transform the train travel experience. Besides boosting the infrastructure development, and providing a fillip to the socio-economic growth of the country. transport system from other modes (e.g. cars, air) or other rail services (e.g. intercity) to a highly efficient and fast network. Project Highlights

ndia’s 320 km-per-hour bullet train is gradually jumping over stumbling blocks to usher in High Speed Rail (HSR) technology that promises to revolutionise journey by train. The projects spearheaded by the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), which has been set up as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) with the participation of central Government through Ministry of Railways, and the two state governments of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Significantly, transportation by HST would be powered by indigenous electric power unlike diesel/petrol and aviation fuel. This will reduce India’s dependence on imports for crude oil. NHSRCL aims to effect a shift in the country’s modal

• The high speed rail corridor will pass through Thane Creek in Mumbai, a protected sanctuary for flamingo and nearby mangroves. So, rail trucks will be made undersea through a 7 km long tunnel, a single tube with 13.2 meters diameter, ensuring no disturbance to existing eco-system. • High Speed Rail Training Institute, Vadodara, will serve as a backbone for future development of other High-Speed Corridors in India. • Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology, adopted for the 1st time in a railway project in India, uses a combination of laser data, GPS data, flight parameters and actual photos to give accurate survey data for design of alignment of high speed rail corridor. • Special steel bridges, designed with stringent deflection criteria, are planned

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to span over existing railway tracks. • Approximately 92% of the high-speed railway track will be elevated through viaducts and bridges. • These trains will be equipped with most advanced signalling system comprising primary train detection through coded digital audio frequency track circuits and secondary detection through analog axle counters. • Signalling system will use high quality gas filled moisture-resistant ATC cables which help in quick detection of cable crack or breakage. • The train will be equipped with optical fibre cables and centrally controlled passenger information system for stations well as onboard. Travelling Comfort The train’s air tight body can maintain a positive pressure above the atmospheric pressure. It has double skin aluminium alloy in the car body, air tight floors with noise insulation sound absorbing side covers over the bogie portion, fairings (smooth covers) between cars, noise WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

 HIGH SPEED RAIL insulation panels for pantographs etc. All cars are fitted with active suspension system to minimize lateral vibrations due to car body swaying. Seats are ergonomically designed and have ample leg space for passenger comfort.

NHSRCL in association with Rural Development and Self Employment Training Institute (RUDSET), started Future Entrepreneur Training Programme for Project Affected Families.

 HSR Stations

Sabarmati Ahmedabad

Environment-friendly Travel Additionally, trains are provide with features such as LED lighting, overhead baggage racks, reclining seats in all cars and seat leg rests operating in conjunction with seat reclining & reading lamps in business and first class cars. Passengers will be able to talk with train crew by pushing a button in case of any emergency. Cars will have braille enabled information signage in the vestibule area, toilets, and other required places. One car will be provided with multipurpose room with folding bed, mirror etc. for sick persons or child feeding women and so on. Safety First There will be cameras on front and rear ends of the passenger cabins and on both sides of vestibule that will record any suspicious activity onboard. The train will be fitted with most advanced crash avoidance system, automatic brake application in case of over speeding etc. It will be equipped with earthquake detection system that will enable automatic power shutdown when primary waves emerging from an earthquake epicentre is sensed. It will be fitted with a network of sensors monitoring rail track temperature, rain monitoring and anemometers for wind monitoring. Driving unit of bullet train, equipped with a number of display units, communication equipment and other tools, will help driver in taking prompt decisions. Social Initiatives NHSRCL provided fully-equipped modern ambulance cum mobile health unit in the tribal areas of DahanuTalasari Talukas of Palghar District. In coming days, skill development programme will be undertaken to ensure that the youth in tribal areas get maximum opportunities of employment.

Anand

HSR is efficient, eco-friendly, creates less noise and air pollution and uses less land for building similar passenger capacity infrastructure as compared to other transports. As the train will pass through wildlife areas and coastal regions, and also cross areas classified as forest, NHSRCL is making sure that even during construction stage of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail, there is minimal damage to the environment. All efforts such as sound barriers are planned so that wild life is not disturbed because of the corridor and the construction activity. There will be no disturbance to fish and other animals as complete corridor after undersea tunnel is on elevated viaducts. Without changing the location of Thane station, design of station was modified and NHSRCL has saved around 21000 mangroves.

Vadodara Bharuch Surat Billimora Vapi Boisar Virar Thane

Further, at the construction sites NHSRCL is using ‘Tree Spade Technology’ which ensures that the uprooted tree is taken to a new plantation site and replanted.

Bandra

manufacturing and construction practices. Hence, NHSRCL is ensuring there is Modernisation of Indian Railways, the minimum effect to the environment. third largest railway network in the world, is essential to attain goals of national Make In India progress. Introduction of HSR is a As per the agreement between India and significant step in this endeavor. Bullet Japan, the MAHSR Project has “Make in trains would provide big boost to Indian India (MII)” & “Transfer of Technology” Railways with advanced safety, technology objectives which are envisaged to be met transfer, skill development and huge influx of resources. through the following: • Joint Venture between Indian and Japanese firms manufacturing in India • Equity participation by Japanese firms in Indian firms manufacturing in India • Japanese firms manufacturing in India TOT to Indian firms manufacturing in India

A virtual game changer, HSR is all set to help provide passengers with safe, reliable, and comfortable travel experience matching global standards. The project apart from being a technological benefits. These include saving in travel time, vehicle operation cost, reduced Co2 emissions, comparatively less land required than a 6lane highway for same passenger capacity, enhanced safety, and job creation because of higher economic activity and faster connectivity.

While Japanese firms will have access to opportunities in the big and growing Indian Railways, Metro Railways other than HSR projects, India stands to gain by assimilation of better technology, ***

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INTERVIEW 

Metro is a green mobility option and I would like to invite people to be a part of the sustainable development of the city and adopt this public transit system. - Kumar Keshav MD, UPMRCL

In a recent conversation with Urban Transport News team, Mr. Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (formerly known as Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation) has shared his insights on recent development of various metro rail projects being implemented in Uttar Pradesh state under his leadership. Here are edited excerpts:First, congratulations on bagging award in “Best Mass Transit System” category at 12th Urban Mobility India Conference from Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Govt. of India. Kindly tell our readers about some commuterfriendly initiatives that made “Lucknow Metro” the Best Mass Transit System in India. Thanks You, It was a great moment for us. Our efforts and works have been recognised and appreciated by the GoI. I congratulate my UPMRC team for this wonderful achievement. As far as commuters and their convenience are concerned, we frequently get their feedback, analyse their needs and work accordingly to provide them ensure a WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

great travel experience.

(UPMRC) and the main purpose behind renaming LMRC.

We have world-class stations consisting of commuter-friendly features such as free Wi-Fi, lift, escalators, and automatic fare collection machines. Coaches of the train are also equipped with convenient features. Low noise inside the train, intercar passage, LED lighting, and spaces for baby prams are some other prominent features. We have given special attention to wheelchair-bound passengers through wide passenger doors. Passengers’ safety and security is a great concern for us and we have special arrangements to ensure that. Kindly tell our readers about the role of Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation

UPMRC will execute various metro projects in all the cities of UP. The main purpose behind the renaming of the LMRC is to constitute a Single Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) in place of cityspecific body. As per the directive of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA), GoI, the GoUP approved the reconstitution of Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Limited (LMRC) into a Single SPV named Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (UPMRC) for implementation of Metro Rail projects in various important cities of the state. The single SPV is constituted for better management and cost control purpose.

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 INTERVIEW This will help in standardization of various technical aspects. This will also help in the reduction of the cost of administration as well as duplicity of work. Kindly highlight recent development in Kanpur, Agra and Meerut metro projects. Kanpur Metro Project: Tender for civil works of the priority section from IIT Kanpur to Moti Jheel has been awarded and Work commenced on 15.11.2019 in presence of Shri Yogi Adityanath, Hon’ble Chief Minister, UP and Ministers of Housing & Urban Planning, GoI. Tender for civil works in priority section awarded. Tender for construction of Depot of corridor-1 awarded on 18.11.2019 and now work has been started. Combined tender for procurement of Rolling Stock and Signaling for Metro floated on Best Urban Mass Transit project award given to Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affair, Government of India during 12th Urban Mobility India Conference 2019 in Lucknow, India. 06.12.2019. Agra Metro Project: Tender for Detailed Design Consultants (DDC) has been awarded on 22nd October 2019 and the land acquisition is under process. Priority Corridor of approx. 06 Km length from Taj East Gate to Jama Masjid has also been selected which will have 03 elevated and 03 underground stations. Meerut Metro: DPR approved by GoUP for implementation on Equity Sharing Model and submitted to Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, GoI for approval on 24.01.2018. What is the current status of proposed metro rail projects in other cities like Gorakhpur, Prayagraj and Varanasi? The DPR of these projects are under process. When will the work on Charbagh Railway Station – Vasant Kunj corridor start? We have submitted the revised DPR of Lucknow Metro (East-West corridor) to the government of Uttar Pradesh and it is yet to be approved. The 11.098 km long East-West Corridor will connect from Charbagh to Vasantkunj. The corridor will have 12 stations - Charbagh, Gautam Buddha Marg, Aminabad, Pandey Ganj, Lucknow City Railway Station, Medical

Chauraha, Nawajganj, Thakurganj, also helps management to know the Balaganj, Sarfarazganj, Musabagh and opinion and suggestions of common people Vasantkunj. which ultimately helps us upgrade and revisit our plan and system. At the same How are you planning the integration time, people become aware of the of present operational as well as future development in their cities with all the metro corridors of Lucknow Metro details. These platforms help establish realwith other modes of public transport time communication in this age of like Indian Railways, Bus, airport etc? information. Last mile connectivity is one of the top priorities and in this direction we have been working with state authorities. We have signed MoU with Urban Mass Transit Company (UMTC) and UBER Company to meet the demand from Metro commuters for feeder services across the city. LMRC has also planned to hire E-rickshaws as feeder services because of their benefits to the environment. We have also been providing parking facilities at most of the stations in order to provide people with park and ride facility.

Any other thing you want to share with our readers. We are in the journey to provide a smooth mobility option within the cities. Many projects are running simultaneously and we are planning this for other cities as well. Metro is a green mobility option and I would like to invite people to be a part of the sustainable development of the city and adopt this public transit system. ***

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RRTS: Connecting India’s National Capital Region with world-class rapid trains

Vinay Kumar Singh Managing Director NCRTC

Population growth in India has led to cities that are buckling under the weight of demand for services. To avoid the overpopulation, many families are moving outside of the cities, but from there, another problem arises: how do they then move around? Shri Vinay Kumar Singh, Managing Director of National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), explains how this rapid urbanisation has forced India to rejuvenate its public transport offering to ensure that these people are just as provided for as those within the cities' central business districts. WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

rbanisation is a global phenomenon and India is no exception to this population shift, primarily due to the evident disparity in rural-urban opportunities. The growing aspirations of the country’s citizens force around 25-30 people to migrate1 every minute from rural areas to cities in search of better opportunities. The national census in 2011 counted 139 million people as domestic migrants in the country between 2001 and 2011. The future is no less challenging for India, with the national economic survey of 2017-18 predicting that about 40 per cent of India’s population will be living in cities by 2030. This is further acknowledged by the United Nations in its World Cities report, which has estimated that urbanisation levels in India are expected to gradually increase from the current 32 per cent to 50 per cent in 2050. This influx of domestic migrants is predominantly to Indian megacities like

New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, primarily because they are the sectoral hubs driving the economy’s meteoric growth. This trend of domestic migration, particularly in New Delhi, has led to uncontrolled urban sprawl, posing serious challenges for infrastructure, environment and citizens’ quality of life, constraining economic growth. Planned growth of existing economic hubs and the development of new economic epicenters will be critical to sustainable polycentric urban development for realising the prime minister’s vision to make India a $5 trillion economy by 2025. National Capital Region (NCR) The National Capital Region (NCR) of India encompasses several districts adjoining New Delhi in the States of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, with New Delhi at its centre. NCR is one of the largest urban agglomerations in the world, formed in 1985 in line with the internationally adopted approach of regional planning to decongest New Delhi

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 REGIONAL RAIL (RRTS) by enabling holistic development of the region. Until now, the NCR has undergone lopsided development with a few satellite cities of New Delhi emerging as business hubs, while other sub-regions continue to struggle. This unicentric development has prevented the region from realising its true economic potential. A report by Oxford Economics has projected NCR’s GDP to hit $1 trillion by 2030. With an average 33 per cent decadal growth, the population of NCR is expected to reach approximately 64 million by the year 2021, while New Delhi is set to overtake Tokyo to become the world’s most populous city by 20286. The lack of planning and uncontrolled urbanisation in NCR in general, and Delhi in particular, has resulted in serious issues of over-stressed civic amenities, severe congestion, a high number of road accidents and hazardous pollution levels. Regional mobility in NCR Despite the augmentation of new roads, flyovers and expressways, traffic congestions has continued to plague the NCR unabated. Plans for transport arteries that create enhanced regional mobility serving the aspirations of NCR have become critically important for sustainable development. Worldwide in extended urban agglomerations around cities like Seoul, Paris and Tokyo, besides the dense public transit (e.g. BRT, metros and buses) network within urban boundaries, the importance of regional transit planning was realised early on. Accordingly, regional rails have been planned to serve as the main transport backbone of the region with urban public transit modes serving as feeders. To address existing issues and meet organically growing demand, as well as the mobility requirements of the future to unlock the NCR’s economic development potential, the need to develop the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) was identified. The National Capital Region Planning Board, a statutory body under the Government of India, in its Functional Plan on Transport for NCR-2032 identified eight corridors for constructing

high speed RRTS in the NCR by 2032. Out of these, three corridors were strategically prioritised for implementation in Phase 1. The responsibility of designing, developing, RRTS has been assigned to the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), a joint venture with the Indian government and the state governments of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

stations and inter-state bus terminus. Equipped with state-of the art technology, best-in-class command and control systems, level two ETCS signalling, and ballastless tracks, the RRTS will not only revolutionise public transport in the region but will set a benchmark for similar future projects in India. The journey so far

The RRTS will connect cities, towns and urban centres across the region, largely serving the needs of daily commuters travelling within the larger urban agglomeration. RRTS is a high-speed, high-frequency rail-based system with a design speed of 180 kmph and an average speed of 100 kmph. Once operational, the RRTS will be the NCR’s fastest, most comfortable, most reliable and safest mode of transport. Efficient and sustainable mobility will enable polycentric development in the NCR. RRTS is first of its kind project in India. The priority corridors of DelhiGhaziabad-Meerut, Delhi-Panipat and Delhi-Gurugram-SNB-Alwar will not only converge at Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan, but will also be interoperable. Multimodal integration with other modes of transport is central to the project, with the intent of reducing travel bottlenecks for commuters adopting public transport. Integrated modes include airports, urban metro stations, Indian national railway

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RRTS corridor to be implemented by the NCRTC. The prime minister of India laid the foundation stone of the corridor on 8 March 2019. Civil construction work on the first 17 km of corridor is already in progress, slated to be commissioned by March 2023. Tenders for the rest of the packages for civil construction will be called shortly and the full corridor is set to be operational by 2025. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is funding around 60 percent of the cost of the corridor. The other two priority corridors are in the advanced stages of government approval. Pre-construction activities like geotechnical investigations, detailed designing and surveys are in progress on the Delhi-Gurugram-SNB-Alwar corridor. Multilateral lending agencies like the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and World Bank, including ADB, have shown keen WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

REGIONAL RAIL (RRTS)  interest in funding these RRTS corridors. With a team of its own experts, NCRTC has collaborated with several leading global organisations such as M/s Ayesa Ingenieria, M/s ADIF and M/s INECO of Spain, M/S Italferr of Italy, and M/s Systa and M/s EGIS Rail of France – in various technical areas related to conceptualisation, design, planning and integration for efficient implementation of the project.

Along with a fast, reliable and safe transit system, the regional rapid rail will also offer a range of other socio –economic benefits to the NCR. The RRTS will result in substantial time savings by cutting the current travel time for a 100km journey of around three to four hours by about a third on its routes. Around two million daily commuters are likely to benefit from the operations of Phase I corridors. The Delhi-Ghaziabad-

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The population in cities is increasing rapidly. Therefore, public transport and intercity linkages are a must. If you make a rapid transit system, there would be many people who would prefer living in Meerut and NCR and come to Delhi for work. I am confident that RRTS project would be completed on time and will improve the ease of living of people living in Meerut and nearby areas along with improving the region’s economic situation. --Hardeep Singh Puri MoS for Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Govt. of India - at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor on March 8, 2019.

Benefits of RRTS The prime minister’s vision of ‘New India’ envisages an equitable and prosperous nation supported by a friendly ecosystem for economic growth. In New India, a sound mobility infrastructure network will define the transformation of cities in a more planned, equitable and sustainable manner. RRTS, with the capacity to move 70,00080,000 passengers per hour per direction, with minimal footprint on the land, will act as the transport backbone of the NCR. This next-generation infrastructure will not only be effective in curbing ills like urban sprawl, air pollution, road congestion and accidents, but will also be able to cater to the growing mobility demands of New India for the next 50-60 years. RRTS will be immensely advantageous in controlling the urban sprawl of New Delhi as well as in decongesting the city. WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

Meerut corridor alone is expected to remove around 100,000 vehicles from the roads, resulting in less pollution, relief in road congestion and a significant reduction in road accident cases. The RRTS will also enable industries and businesses to have better access to a workforce with varied skillsets. The highspeed regional rapid transit system will bring people closer to opportunities; construction of the Phase 1 corridors alone is expected to create around 21,000 direct jobs. The adoption of the government's ‘Make in India’ policy will also help in generating direct and indirect employment. An easy, safe and faster commute by RRTS would improve access to healthcare, education and economic opportunities, leading to improved quality of life and delivering progress through speed.

About the Author

Mr. Vinay Kumar Singh is the first regular Managing Director of the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) – a joint partnership corporation of the Government of India and the participating states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi. NCRTC is mandated to implement India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System in the National Capital Region. Prior to this, he served as the first CEO of High Speed Rail Corporation, a subsidiary of Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (an Indian Railways unit). He has extensively studied global high-speed rail systems such as the systems of Spain, France and Japan. The feasibility study of India’s first High Speed Rail corridor between Mumbai and Ahmadabad was finalised under his guidance.

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r. Rajesh Madan is an industry veteran with over 26 years of experience across sales, marketing, services and large projects. As a COO, he is responsible for driving vertical business, handling operations & profitability at ABS India. A transportation vertical leader with a key role in 9 out of 11 operational metros in India.

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Embrace technology, build capabilities and nurture relationships are the key factors we are bringing on to the table which will be the key differentiators in near future. ~ Rajesh Madan, COO, ABS India

His professional experience spans across companies like Alstom, Samtel Group and Alcatel-Lucent. He has enthusiastically led various functions like presales, channel management and heading Project Management while driving key project executions and maintain profitability. His 26+ years of stellar experience is credited across business operations, business development, Sales & Marketing. Rajesh has successfully overseen execution of key assignments in the areas of telecom, enterprise network solutions & IT services and IT outsourcing in India, Europe and South East Asia.

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Rajesh Madan holds a post graduate degree from IMT Ghaziabad. In a recent interaction with Urban Transport News team, Mr. Madan has shared his views and thoughts on role and contribution of ABS India in sustainable urban mobility sector in India. Here are excerpts: First, please tell our readers about your professional journey and leadership experience in the industry? Mr. Rajesh Madan: ABS India started its journey as Alcatel Business Systems India Pvt Ltd, later when OEM decided to go indirect route, ABS India was formed and since then we have been in Indian enterprise business landscape as System Integrator. With about 20 plus years of experience and association with world leader when it comes to enterprise solutions, be it voice, data networking, WiFi and cloud solutions, we have been

in this segment with success in some of the large and notable projects in Indian infrastructure with key references to transportation vertical. Talking about professional experience, I have been part of this industry with more than 26 years of experience while leading business operations, business development, Sales & Marketing. It is really amazing to drive the current and the past team that has handled successful execution of key assignments in the areas of telecom, enterprise network solutions and Telecom services in India, Europe and South East Asia. Today, my organization is proud to mention that along with our OEM, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, we are serving 9 operational metros in India.

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Give us a brief overview with regard to the vision, mission and business /operations of ABS India. Mr. Madan: Our Vision - We aspire to be the Most Valued Partner Providing Futuristic Enterprise Communication Solutions and all Encompassing Services to our Customers. Our Mission - Bring Inspiration & Innovation to Every Employee and To Give Customers the Most Compelling Sales & Service Experience . We aspire to be front runner in enterprise solutions across all the segments in India and overseas. Today our operations spans across India, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal and Singapore. Our Indian presence is across 40 locations with sales WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

INTERVIEW  and service capabilities. Apart from this we operate with about 100 + channels in India. Neighboring countries presence could give us the reach to far geographies and customers. How do you view the Indian government’s ambition to create smart urban infrastructure and public transport systems in various cities? What role do you see your company playing there? Mr. Madan: It feels extremely pleasing to note the kind of progress and investments that are lined up for urban infrastructure & transportation vertical in India. We are already present in this segment with credit of executing 9 out of 11 operational Metro systems in India with reference to voice and data enterprise communication solutions. We are also credited with transportation project in Bangladesh. Moving forward, we hope to be preferred service providers for the upcoming such projects in India and overseas.

unique competitive edge or We strive towards successful of each and every project project designs, acceptance handover to end user.

advantage. India. Tell us about the main theme of completion the event. right from tests and Mr. Madan: Transform to the Outclass was an event jointly hosted along with Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise. Event was all We propose unique solutions comprising about how ALE solutions and ABS India of consultancy, project management, service capabilities can transform the way optimum solutions, implementation and business is done and outclass the rest. extended support to end users. These are Theme and the event was all about how our unique propositions and selling customers can keep their productivity and points. customer satisfaction HIGH and cost of operations LOW. Key to manage challenges successfully will be the above unique propositions. Anything else, you want to tell our readers about the future expansion plan What are the key challenges faced by of your company. the Company and how are you addressing them? Mr. Madan: Embrace technology, build capabilities and nurture relationships are Mr. Madan: Challenges for every the key factors we are bringing on to the organization are many fold. Our focus is table which will be the key differentiators on understanding project requirements, in near future. designing of solutions, deployment and extended support. Key here will be *** resources and we have adequately ensured that trained and certified resources to address the challenges.

We see ourselves as complete solutions providers including consultancy and post Do you have enough capacity to sustain sales support functions. the huge growth that the urban mobility sector is likely to see in the coming There is a huge focus on digitalisation, times? enterprise solutions and intelligent systems across the business world. How Mr. Madan: Definitely. If you notice our do you see this impact on the urban vision, we are gearing up to handle huge mobility sector, both globally and in opportunities that are about to roll out. India? We have special project groups to cater to Mr. Madan: We cannot afford to ignore these large requirements. We are profound impact of IoT, Artificial augmenting manpower and strengthening Intelligence and Cloud solutions across on-field force and ready to brace every all the business worlds leading to challenge and we see opportunity in digitalisation. We are ready to embrace every challenge. the change few of our solutions are born out of these next generation solutions. What is your personal vision for the ABS India and where do you see it five Urban mobility is on its way to years down the line both in terms of the experience digitalisation and digitally brand and revenues? aided or driven solutions like WiFi, IoT powered by Artificial Intelligence. Mr. Madan: In 5 years from now, we see ourselves to be the most preferred vendor Tell our readers about some value- from brand perspective in India and added products, services and solutions overseas. We are on path to establish as being offered by ABS India to overcome vertical specialists for some of the fastest the industry challenges. growing segments in India including metro transportation. Mr. Madan: With our experience of handling and successfully executing some Recently, ABS India and Alcatel-Lucent of the most complex projects in India and Enterprise jointly organized an event abroad, the experience has given us that “Transform To Outclass” in Bengaluru, WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

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First two decades of 21st century has witnessed transformation of urban transport in major Indian cities by way of development of new metro eco-system in the country. Dr. Brijesh Dixit MD, Maha-Metro

In a recent interaction with Urban Transport News, Dr. Brijesh Dixit, Managing Director, Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro) has frankly talked about the progress in the urban transport sector, key initiatives and measures taken by government, issues and challenges affecting project implementation, mitigation strategy and priority areas for the future development. He specially highlighted USPs of Nashik ‘MetroNeo’- first kind of urban mass rapid transit system to be introduced in India. Here are edited excerpts:It has been seen that Maha Metro always prefers adopting new technology while planning and executing the project. How the same benefitted in terms of reducing the time and cost overrun? We in Maha-Metro believe that construction of the metro rail projects now in the third decade of 21st century should use the latest technology and technological innovations to ensure project execution within cost and timeline and with the highest level of quality standards. A case in point is indeed our adoption of country’s first and globally best practice of creating digital project management

platform using 5-Dimensional Building Information Modelling (5D BIM) integrated with SAP ERP and supported by Owner’s Support Office (OSO) which is a dedicated team responsible for efficient utilization of the digital project management platform. This unique 5-D BIM solution of Maha Metro has already proven to be an effective platform for efficient monitoring of project execution, enabling execution of almost 25 km of metro network in just 50 months while saving 10% of the DPR Cost. All stages of metro project implementation right from planning, designing, construction, commissioning, handover operations & maintenance till closure could be visualized virtually

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through intelligent 3D Drawings with Time as 4th Dimension and Cost as 5th Dimension and then closely monitored helping in mitigating the key risk factors. The platform is located in “War Room” in one office at Nagpur, where all decisions can be taken instantly on war footing. What are the salient features of the Metro Neo? Please tell us about its design and construction features and current progress in the project. Over last two decades metro rail systems are being implemented in about two dozen cities. This has given demand for such systems from several other cities. WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

INTERVIEW ď ˇď ľ Nagpur and Pune Metro and has connected metro rail with airport, railway stations and inter-state, inter-city and intra-city bus terminus. Further, Maha-Metro has ensured provision of bicycle parking and wide footpath access in and around the stations for ease of pedestrians, it has effectively integrated IPT (Intermediate Public Transport - Auto Rickshaws and E- Rikshaws) at stations, as well as creating infrastructure in form of pick up drop off bays for organized seamless movement. Another key integration measure has been proposed for feeder buses at all stations in partnership with municipal corporations as well as battery operated feeder buses in partnership with private sector operators.

levy for additional 1% stamp duty on property transactions to be given to metro and TOD regulations enhancing FSI along the metro corridors with premium received being distributed to metro and municipal corporation.

The new metro rail eco-system has a distinct role to play in ensuring that urban transport of the country is safe, fast, accessible, comfortable, affordable, eco-friendly, inclusive and sustainable. The metro rail based urban transport

What are the various strategies to make metro projects more sustainable? Maha-Metro for its twin projects at Nagpur and Pune is trying to ensure financial sustainability by various means aimed at constructing and maintaining the metro rail at lowest possible cost and maximizing the revenues, particularly non-farebox revenue. As regards cost optimization, it has already ensured that Nagpur Metro is constructed at a cost 10% lower than the DPR cost. As to energy cost, Maha-Metro is already on way to achieve the target of meeting 65% of its all energy needs including for traction by solar power which will not only cleaner and greener power but substantially cheaper also being done on RESCO model. While cost optimization is necessary to embark on the path of financial sustainability, the key ingredient of sustainability is maximization of its nonfare box revenue. It has been consistently pursuing the path of achieving 60% of total revenue both at Nagpur and Pune through a mix of non-fare box revenues. The specific measures include but are not limited to large scale value capture from property development, licensing of property business spaces in station box area in a much larger scale than what has happened in the country so far and using innovative advertising across stations, depots and other metro structures. In addition Maha - Metro also got a boost from certain pioneering measures taken by the Government of Maharashtra like WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

What are your views on developing the infrastructure must seamlessly integrate new metro ecosystem in India? with other modes of public transport i.e. high-quality bus service, BRTS corridors First two decades of 21st century has where they fit in, Metro Neo type witnessed transformation of urban systems in 2/3 tier cities. The public transport in major Indian cities by way of transport as per the new definition of development of new metro eco-system in development has to be such that it is the country. However, Metro Rail has preferred mode of transport even for the not come in to the country too soon. In affluent classes. less than a decade India will be home to 600 million urban population and in less However, demand side issues also need than three decades from now out of to be taken up. There is a strong case for projected 1.5 billion population, there ensuring behavioural changes in making will be more Indians living in cities than more and more people to take metro rail in villages. and other complementary public transport through policy prescriptions It is in this context that the development backed by concrete actions. of new metro eco-system must be seen. In the beginning of 21st century, all that the What are your views on the contents we country had a small metro rail system in covered in Urban Transport News Kolkata. Then came 2002 when the first publications i.e. online news portal and 8.5 km section of metro rail was opened bi-monthly magazine? in Delhi. The country has not looked back since then and in less than 18 years, It is good to know that you are regularly today India has over 650 km of metro rail covering various issues related to in 18 cities. This is the largest infrastructure projects including railways, development of metro rail anywhere in and urban mobility. Especially issues the world during the period outside related to metro rail segment have been China. And, this is just the beginning. very well covered. The various aspects During the decade ahead more than 1500 related to metro rail industry and its km of additional metro rail will be added benefits to the society have also been in the country. Nearly 1000 km of that is included in its issues. The magazine and already either in construction or in the portal also regularly feature advanced stage of planning. This will interviews of prominent personalities make the India of tomorrow drastically related to infrastructure and similar such different from the India of yesterday. sectors. JANUARY 2020 // Urban Transport Infrastructure

INTERVIEW  Though the tier 2/3 cities are also getting increasingly transport gridlocked, the traffic on the roads measured in PHPDT (per hour per direction traffic) at around 10000-15000 does not justify the construction of expensive metro rail system. Metro Neo has been conceptualized by Maha-Metro as an innovative, cost effective, energy efficient and eco-friendly system that is an ideal solution for such cities. It can be developed in such a modular way that in future when the PHPDT increases, it can be upgraded into light metro. Metro Neo basically is an elevated Rubbered Tyred Metro System with overhead electric traction, where there is no track and signalling system and stations are very small and simple. All this brings down the cost to almost one fourth of the heavy metro system. The idea is to make “Metro Experience” of safety, punctuality, reliability, accessibility, comfort, affordability and eco friendliness available to tier 2/3 cities. DPR of this Metro Neo system has been made by Maha-Metro for Nasik city which has been approved by Maharashtra Government and sent to Government of India for sanction. Other state governments too have shown keen interest in Metro Neo and recently MahaMetro has been entrusted with the assignment to prepare DPR for Metro Neo in Warangal City by the Government of Telangana. Also, on 21st August 2019, MoHUA, Government of India has initiated the process of framing the Standard Specifications for Metro Neo for incremental implementation across the country with a clear focus of encouraging its implementation in Tier 2/3 cities across the country. Tell us more about the Broad-Gauge Metro Project. In what way will it affect the integrated transport services in Nagpur? Broad Gauge Metro is again a unique concept being jointly conceptualized by Maha Metro and Indian Railways to bring satellite cities of Nagpur viz. Wardha, Narkhed, Bahandara and Ramtek much closer to Nagpur. The idea is to wean away commuters from these WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

cities travelling to Nagpur every day by road to metro thus operating as feeder service to that of metro enhancing the ridership. It will be win-win all stakeholders including Indian Railways as their slow sectional passenger trains in these stations can stop.

the Maha-Metro Nagpur team has in record time of 50 months successfully completed 25 km of total network covering two third of total project length thus achieving the average of 1km every two months which is a benchmark for a metro project.

The distances and stations on planned routes of Broad-Gauge Metro will be Wardha (78.8 km, 12 stations), Narkhed (85.53 km, 11 stations), Ramtek (41.6 km, 8 stations) and Bhandara Road (62.7 km, 11 stations). The maximum design speed of Broad-Gauge Metro 120/160 km per hour with metro like quality of service.

Like 2019 was the year of “Tryst with Metro” for citizens of Nagpur, the year 2020 will be the “Year of Metro” in Pune. The work on priority sections of Reach 1 and Reach 2 is progressing fast and the trial run on the priority section is likely to start before end of 2019. Commercial operations will begin after CMRS certifications of the sections. Equally importantly, the construction work on challenging underground section using Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) has already started in real earnest. The entire elevated stretch of Pune Metro shall be completed in 2021 and the complete project including underground stretch by 2022.

The MoU for Broad Gauge Metro Project was signed between Maha-Metro and Indian Railways (Railway Board) and Maha-Metro on 16th July 2018 and the DPR of the project prepared for the cost of the Rs 418 Crore cleared by the Railway Board and soon it will be submitted to Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Government of India for How are you integrating metro rail sanction. corridor with other modes of public transport like Railways, Bus etc.? Kindly highlight recent development in Nagpur and Pune Metro projects. Tell Metro rail systems face the challenge of our readers about the deadlines of reaching expected ridership and make various projects. metro the preferred mode of transport. Maha-Metro is seized of this challenge Year 2019 has been momentous for us in and is making all out efforts to ensure Maha-Metro team. Commercial train efficient, effective and seamless operations on its 13.5 km section of integration with other modes of transport Orange Line was inaugurated by in its both projects at Nagpur and Pune. Honorable Prime Minister on 7th March. Not only that we are consciously trying In less than six months thereafter in to enhance footfalls by creating September 2019 another 11 km stretch of commercial hubs and malls etc. Aqua Line at Nagpur was certified fit for commercial operation by Commissioner Maha-Metro team has created multiMetro Rail Safety (CMRS). With this modal transport hubs at key stations of JANUARY 2020 // Urban Transport Infrastructure

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The motivation factor of Aludecor is not money, but the sense of pride and accomplishment that comes from doing its job well. Ashok Kumar Bhaiya CMD, Aludecor Lamination Pvt. Ltd.

Ashok Kumar Bhaiya, Chairmancum-Managing Director (CMD) of Alodecor Lamination Pvt. Ltd. has recently interacted with Urban Transport News and shared his insights about the company, the journey so far and his vision and mission for India’s premier brand for aluminum composite panel, a product that garnered much attention and significance in the architectural and infrastructure skyline of India. Here are excerpts:Please, could you give us some background as to your own career and what attracted you towards the incorporation of the Aludecor Lamination Private Limited? Hailing from a hardcore business family, my professional journey started at the age of 20 as a trainee in the parental business of Raw Jute, one of the leading distributors of the material then. With my dedicated performance and devotion into the account, I was handed over the business. In 1995, I started the business of imports and exports with ACP as one of the trading stuff. While my trip to China, I noticed the unparalleled usage of ACPs

and studied about this promising material. Post that, in 2002, I decided to explore the possibilities of this highpotential product in India and decided to travel to various parts of the US and Europe to learn about the technology, production nitty-gritty and testing methods used in ACPs. Soon after I came back to India and set up two state-of-theart manufacturing units with advanced equipment and futuristic technology in Haridwar in 2006 and 2015 respectively. Tell us a little bit more about your company and how it would typically be better for projects than more traditional methods? Ans: Aludecor has built an unbreakable trust in the industry since its inception in 2004. Equipped with state of the art production facilities at Haridwar, the company has continuously been setting benchmarks in quality and innovation. Aludecor’s production capacity is 5.5 million square meters (approx.) per annum. It has a pan India presence and a robust retail chain spanning over 250 cities. Aludecor is the only company in India that manufactures the mineral core required to produce fire-retardant MCPs in-house. It is also equipped with a Baby Line that produces mineral core on trial, which is subjected to rigorous tests in the company’s own fire testing lab. It is only after passing these tests that a particular

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batch goes for final production. Firewall, the fire retardant MCP & FireWall A2, the Fireproof MCP of Aludecor have Factory Production Control Certification (FPC) from Exova Warringtonfire, UK Aludecor also pioneered the Double Coat Double Bake Line with its own Coil Coating Line in India, which ensures zero elongation cracks on the primer and the paint surfaces, as well as better bonding. The Steel Applicator Roll in its Coating Line gives its metallic shades unmatched brilliant effects. ACPs of Aludecor also have the highest gloss retention owing to the usage of highquality resins. They are manufactured with high-quality virgin raw materials sourced within the country from the world’s best suppliers like Hindalco, Dupont, PPG, AkzoNobel, Berger Becker etc. As we know that your company offers specialized design and engineering services to the infrastructure and construction industry, please enlighten our readers more about your specialized product & services and their salient features. We cater to the Solution-Based services.

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INTERVIEW  accessories set-up that facilitates rainscreen cladding. By using Aludecor systems, we can get silicone-free ACP facades for those advanced and aesthetically appealing facades. Aludecor is the Pioneer of Rain Screen Installation System in India. Aludecor’s Male Female Rain Screen Systems are the first choice for eminent architectures for its exceptional quality of cost-effective, hassle-free installation, heat insulation and adherence to the green building practices! We also have a Design Assist facility – It is a digital preview service for ACP fabrication in 3D. Besides this service, the ‘Design Assist’ team provides technical guidance on ACP installation as well. ‘Design Assist’ provides design support for both interiors and exteriors not only to the fabricators but to the Architects and the end-users as well. What are the other kinds of players and how do you differentiate yourselves from them? The motivation factor of Aludecor is not money, but the sense of pride and accomplishment that comes from doing its job well. Through the implementation of the Aludecor Philosophy, we work towards finding solutions of the issues, build relationships of mutual trust with our stakeholders, and aim for the sustained development of the organization. Besides taking care of the core developments and emerging technologies, Aludecor has always focused on innovation and creation, keeping in mind the quality parameters of the metal composite panels manufactured. Moreover, we endeavour to contribute to the healthy development of society as well as keeping in mind environmental balance and sustainability. What are the measures you take with regards to quality control? The Company maintains stringent quality checks in its manufacturing processes so that its products can pass any international standards for Coated and Composite Products. Quality Assurance tests take place online as well as in its fully equipped labs where tests of AAMA and ECCA standards can be conducted. Our Fire Wall MCPs are WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

Aludecor Lamination Private Limited is elected as the winner for the Urban Infra & Leadership Awards 2019 as “Urban Infra Solutions Provider of the Year 2019” by Urban Transport News, New Delhi. subjected to rigorous tests in the company’s own fire testing lab. It is only after passing these tests that a particular batch goes for final production. Firewall, the fire retardant MCP & FireWall A2, the Fireproof MCP of Aludecor have Factory Production Control Certification (FPC) from Exova Warringtonfire, UK. We are also equipped with a Baby Line that produces mineral core after stringent check and trial. Tell us about major infra projects are undertaken by you and what are the challenges you face when it comes to catering to the Indian market?

What are your predictions for the construction and infrastructure industry in 2020? As per the forecast by National Investment promotion & facilitation agency, by 2025, the Construction market in India is expected to emerge as the third-largest globally. Smart cities development will be full-fledged and will contribute to the overall development of National infra sector. Govt will initiate the Industrial corridors, railway stations (development and re-development) and lines, mega ports etc. as planned. Also, there will be an increased demand for the commercial space sector in India. Moreover, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana will also contribute significantly to top the residential infrastructure of the country.

Aludecor has been a proud part of numerous big-shot projects over the years. To name a few: LMRC (Lucknow), Coal Bhawan (Kolkata), NIELET (New Delhi), Kochi Smart City, Mumbai Monorail, East-West *** Kolkata Metro (Sector V), Vizag and Baroda Airports. Challenges faced: People are not aware of the quality material. Hence low-quality materials are being marketed as quality ACPs Lack of proper knowledge leads to faulty fabrication thereby imparting poor aesthetics.

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Hyderabad Metro: India’s Exclusive and Successful Metro Rail Project Under PPP Model

mproving infrastructure is the key to India’s and other developing country’s growth and development. Public Transport mechanism in a highly populated country like India is often complex and has to operate in framework of strict rules and regulations by the Government. Any successful model in public transport is a significant achievement. Hyderabad Metro Rail Project is definitely one such unique PPP model that would set an example to the world and boost the economy of the country. Better infrastructure always attracts investors globally. Accelerated urbanization will continue for quite some time to come, and definitely there is a drastic need for an efficient Public Transport System both in existing cities and Metros or new Metros which will come up. As such there seems to be a very good potential for Metro Construction in India for immediate as well as in near future. It will be challenging to put up an efficient Mass Public Transport System

like Metro Rail Project in existing cities and Metros due to various factors like congested roads, heavy density of traffic, Inadequate suitable land etc. However, planned new cities with transport as backbone having Metro will be ideal, provided, futuristic planning is properly done, not remaining myopic which has been the hallmark of urban Infrastructure in India in the recent past. Metro Rail is considered to be modern, safe, green and reliable Public Mass Transport System and as such will be very much favoured. Hyderabad Metro Rail Project is the “World’s Largest Public-Private Partnership Project in the Metro Sector”. Cities are modern day nerve centres of growth. They are magnets for capital and for large, multi-cultural and multi-ethnic groups of people. Cities can generate an energy that can transform communities and accelerate the pace of progress. Metros as Mass Rapid Transport Systems (MRTS) are enablers that help cities to realize their full potential for growth and

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development. Hyderabad Metro Rail Project is the world’s largest PPP projects in the Metro Sector. It is a pioneering concept adopted for the first time in the world. L&TMRHL has taken a quantum leap from the concept of client & contractor to the role of a concessionaire. L&TMRHL is a harbinger on the global platform of metro rail and has opened new vistas for the Indian economy. Our O&M model has similarity to the Hong Kong and other metros where Transit Orientation Development (TOD) plays a significant role. The other features include Intra Modal transportation (Physical, operational, fare integration). Emphasis is on Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS) and customer satisfaction. Our main focus is on life cycle costing, development of an efficient and lean organization for O&M and building its capability in a structured manner. WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

INTERVIEW  Efficient project execution and O&M strategies in developing world class metro railway networks, employment generation and skill development are significant features of this model, resulting in overall economic development.

execution is finalised giving suitable thought to the challenges envisaged in the Concession Agreement (CA) from the point of view of proper risk identification and mitigation and making the PPP projects really working as a partnership especially in PPP mode.

Having said that, in spite of large opportunities available presently in the metro sectors, unless proper model of

A number of statutory approvals should be made system based and not personal based to avoid undue delays.

Standardization of technical specifications and unification of same across the country will help in a great way. Ease in coordinated approvals from different agencies both at Central and State Government levels will definitely ease the pains being felt presently for speedier and economical execution of the project.

Q&A with KVB Reddy, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited ____________________ Mr. KVB Reddy has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Regional Engineering College now known as NIT), Bhopal. He has also completed his Master’s in Business Administration from the Indira Gandhi National Open University. He started his career with NTPC Delhi, as an Engineering Executive Trainee in the year 1983 and rose to the position of Manager (Planning & Systems-NCR), in which position, he worked upto February 1995. Prior to joining L&T, he was the Executive Director of Essar Power Limited and was associated with Essar for the last 22 years. He has had a long career in the Power sector, both in Concessionaire and EPC side, and brings with him 34 years of rich experience. His areas of expertise include, Procurement, Project coordination and development, Operations & Maintenance, Business Development, Project Execution, EPC, Project Financing, Commercial and Business Strategy. WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

Almost two years since the project has been launched how do you see it has shaped up - are you happy with passenger’s response? Hyderabad Metro Rail has become a lifeline for public commute in Hyderabad. With the opening of Raidurg section recently, it is more so. This project is a unique example of a successful PPP model in public transport in India. Hyderabad Metro Rail has made a significant impact on the commuting behaviour of the people in Hyderabad. This has been possible with all the hard work, support and collaboration of all our employees, partners, stakeholders, media friends and contractors. I am thankful to all the citizens of Hyderabad for welcoming and adopting Hyderabad Metro in an overwhelming manner. They have filled us with zeal to strive harder and serve them better.

We have won the trust of the citizens because our operations are accurate, timely, safe, secure, gender friendly and comfortable. Hyderabadis do understand and are sure of reaching a destination at a stipulated time and are not at the mercy of traffic conditions on roads. Are there any take-aways from the passenger’s experiences so far and has it made you to change certain processes in operating the metro rail services? We have Engaged, Equipped and Empowered our commuters, through all possible media and communication channels. We enabled them to understand HMRs goals and values, understand operations and services and also to speak to the customer service centres at various stations.

Passenger advocacy has been a very important communication channel for

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 INTERVIEW L&TMRHL, and we made it authentic and natural. Various measures like the customer service help centres, call centre, website, social media etc., have helped them talk about our services in their own voice and communicate the aspects that make our service unique both good and bad. Our endeavour has always been and will always remain to consistently provide best-in-class passenger services and maintain 100% timeliness. We are sure, going forward, the passenger numbers will further improve along with betterment of our services. TSavaari App is very user friendly and the QR Code AFC access with different service providers has been a new addition to facilitate easy access for our commuters.

• Private acquisition is difficult with lengthy procedures. • Social considerations need to be factored – A challenging assignment. • Risk for concessionaire if construction commences before availability of complete land parcels and unhindered availability of ROW. • Lack of continuous ROW in a linear project like Metro. • Difficulties in procuring technically required ROW in congested areas. 4. Alignment Finalization • Limitation on sharp curve < 130. • Frequent changes even after finalization of alignment, necessitated due to property acquisition challenges. 5. Design • Design reworks due to uncertain ground features. • Lack of standardization in Metro Sector.

9. Financial Challenges • Volatile financial market. • Interest rate fluctuations during construction. • Large Foreign Exchange Exposure – Volatility of Rs vs. USD & Euro. • Cost overrun risk – Delays resulting in cost increase and inflation of inputs. 10. Operation and Maintenance Risk What can passengers expect in the near future about improvement in services first & last mile connectivity, frequency, common ticket & so on. Smart Cards provides hassle-free transport, easy recharge methods and lifetime validity. With around 10 lakh smart card users in the city and the number expected to rise sharply as commuters are shifting towards Smart Cards which fetch 10% discount on all trips.

We have taken several initiatives to improve the ridership experience of commuters like providing free water, free toilets, exclusive ladies section, cross-sell offers, complimentary newspapers etc., Given its commitment to transform the lives of the people of Hyderabad through ‘best-in-class’ mobility, connecting and creating vibrant urban spaces. L&TMRHL has introduced various Last Mile Connectivity options like electric vehicles, rent a bike service, rent a bi-cycle service, cab aggregator service and bus service at Metro stations.

What have been the key challenges in run up to the launch of the services and from there on? 1. Pre-Construction • Underground utilities and no readily available drawings. Lot of surprises in store. • Involvement of too many Govt. agencies with very lengthy procedures. • Clash of interest between various departments. 2. Dealing with Railways/Defence • Long drawn process of approvals. • Support from GOT/MOR/MOD 3. Land • Responsibility of procuring Right of Way (ROW) and land rests with Govt. Delay in this activity is detrimental for the project.

• Concurring engineering resulting due to – Underground utility diversions and frequent changes in finalised alignments. 6. System Integration • Involves complex system integration for fully functional operational system. 7. Traffic Management • Limited availability of ROW and limited road width in core areas of the city. 8. Ridership • Lack of definitive data, which is heavily dependent on city development • First & Last Mile connectivity. • Non-Fare Revenues. • Unpredictable economic growth both in the country and city.

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When can we expect Corridor II to be launched? And, how do you think Hyderabad as a city could change once all three corridors are completed? Shortly. Hyderabad Metro Rail Project has already transformed Hyderabad into one of India's most futuristic cities, with an integrated urban transportation using intermodal connectivity. I am sure with the completion of all the three corridors will mark the beginning of an era of seamless and hassle-free commuting in Hyderabad. Life of Hyderabadis will itself undergo a quantitative and qualitative change for better. We are committed to enhance the quality of life for the people through sustainable transport network, integrated with vibrant urban spaces and make Hyderabad Metro an integral part of one’s daily life Hyderabad Metro Rail is an iconic infrastructure project in India. It has WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

INTERVIEW ď ˇď ľ already triggered robust economic activity in and around the city and is also generating substantial employment. This trend will continue for time to come and with the entire stretch being operational. How do you see the public, private partnership mode of constructing projects taking shape in the current economic scenario? PPPs are all about balance: maintaining equilibrium between public and private, risk and reward, cost and impact. A PPP structure will ensure better value for money, higher performance incentives, apart from faster construction and costeffective delivery. The accountability is well-defined, and the risk is with the PPP player.

not available to private entities.

What is the impact of Transit Oriented Development? Hyderabad Metro Rail Project is the Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Largest Public - Private Partnership Project in the Metro Sector. Cities are modern day nerve centres of growth. They are magnets for capital and for large, multi-cultural and multi-ethnic groups of people. Cities can generate an energy that can transform communities and accelerate the pace of progress. Hyderabad Metro Rail as a Mass Rapid Transport Systems (MRTS) is enabling the city to realize its full potential for growth and economic development. High-speed, high-quality urban transport catalyses development and real estate value of the areas it connects.

transportation costs significantly, apart from enhancing the quality of life of the workforce. For the retail segment, it enables higher footfalls. Social Initiatives L&T Metro Rail believes in giving back to the society and we have engaged with differently abled and orphan school children by giving them a joy ride in Hyderabad Metro Rail. During this process they were familiarized with the onboarding and deboarding process into the station from street level to concourse, enroute ticketing counter to the platform and then to the train. Hyderabad Metro Rail design is disability friendly and the blind students used the tactile flooring to trace their path successfully. It was indeed a heart-warming experience for

I will speak only about the Metro Rail Projects here. It is always important to have a robust model for execution of such PPP projects with clear change of mindset of all the concerned. A robust mechanism for redressal and risk sharing is essential. Challenges faced in the sector: If these challenges are addressed in the current economic scenario, I am sure metro rail projects will excel. 1. In the pre-construction stage, difficulties are being faced because no comprehensive map of underground utilities was available. 2. Encumbrances related to land, such as acquiring continuous right of way and acquisition of private land, are also responsible for delays in project execution. 3. Support that government agencies should extend to metro rail concessionaires. Though several opportunities are available in the metro sector, government should ensure that coordinated time bound approvals from different government agencies both at the Central and state levels will definitely ease the pains presently being felt. 4. Standardization of technical specifications and unification of the same across the country which will help in a great way. 5. Financial challenge for funding such long gestation Infra Projects is basically to Private companies. A special funding with low interest and for long duration or funding tied with International agencies to provide Low Interest, unfortunately is WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

KVB Reddy, Managing Director & CEO of L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited is interacting with visually disabled school children during an organised metro rail journey.

Hyderabad is seeing a similar transformation through the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project wherein, already vibrant micro markets are getting further uptick, whereas nascent micro markets are becoming vibrant. Similar phenomenon was noticed in Delhi, London and other cities. Uppal/Nagole and Miyapur are such terminal hubs which have transformed significantly; thanks to Hyderabad Metro Rail. An estimated 12.5 Million sq. ft out of the total 18.5 Million sq. ft of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) will be developed at these terminal hubs of the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project. TOD integrated with the Metro Rail will help in operational cost arbitrage for companies by reducing employee

everyone involved. What are your views on the contents we covered in Urban Transport News publications i.e. online news portal and bi-monthly magazine? Urban Transport News concisely presents the latest developments in the transportation sector and also highlights the policy and industry updates. The online version is handy and is updated regularly. Urban Transport Infrastructure (Bi-monthly) Magazine provides in detail review of the sector and the insights provided by industry leaders throws light on the future and the issues that need to be addressed. ***

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he first wave of transformative efforts by Ministry of Railway in 2016-17 empowered the Zonal Railways and production units. The path breaking initiative of passenger coach production units such as ICF, RCF and MCF brought out new dimensions in Railway coach manufacturing and new technology adoption in large scale. New designs such as Tejas, Double decker, Smart Coach, Vistadome, Vande Bharat Express etc., to name a few were the finest examples of innovation in indigenous development. MCF, the newest production unit, achieved full capacity in just 3 years scaling up production year after year and poised to cross 200 per cent (2000) of installed

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capacity by March 2020. This unit almost doubled its production every year for last 3 years. In addition attempted to make a foray into big league of Metro cars and EMU segments by several expression of interest. MCF is also planning to assimilate aluminum coach technology through technology transfer route. This unit is on the path of sustainable energy from the 2MW solar power plant. This unit has become only Production Unit under Railway Ministry to achieve GreenCo PLATINUM rating. Rail Coach Factory (RCF) Kapurthala having consolidated manufacture of LHB coaches over last 3 decades have brought out new variants of coaches such as Tejas, Gatiman and double decker coaches. RCF Kapurthala also has been manufacturing MEMU coaches for Indian Railways with conventional propulsion system since last decade. During 2017-18 RCF Kapurthala had finalised contract for supply of IGBT based 3 phase propulsion system and equipment for new generation of MEMU. With the decentralization of purchase RCF Kapurthala was able to finalise the 276 sets of MEMU electric in January 2018. Further, RCF Kapurthala has planned to develop bogie for fully suspended motor for 160kmph and manufacture few trains for which the order has been placed on BHEL in January 2018. Such developments were possible because of decentralization and empowerment.

ICF Chennai on the other hand was at cross road of transition from conventional design to stainless steel coaches and LHB coaches. ICF 's old infrastructure were completely revamped by setting up new facilities and modernising old facilities. ICF had to completely switch over to stainless steel coaches in 2017-18. ICF also had travelled in the path of innovation and developed number of new design of rolling stocks for Indian Railways and Srilanka. The fully air-conditioned AC EMU, air-conditioned Metro rake with 3 phase propulsion system and equipment, first 3 phase MEMU, most importantly Vande Bharat Express (Train 18), Vistadome coaches are few examples of latest innovation in indigenous design of rolling stocks. ICF is only factory in the country (also in the world) to have manufactured highest number coaches (Limca Book of world records) and selfpropelled coaches. ICF stepped up the production to 3205 in 2018-19 and aspiring to make 4200 by March 2020. ICF also undertook number of sustainable projects to harness renewable energy by installation of 2.4 MW solar rooftop plants in addition to 10.5MW wind mills . In addition to Green Co Gold certification, ICF also has one platinum rated green building and two platinum rated green schools in the campus. (Views are personal)

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All decisions of implementing transportation projects should be backed by studies and justification: Rupa Nandy UITP is internationally recognized for its work in advancing the sustainable urban mobility as a critical policy agenda. It is, perhaps, the only worldwide network to bring together all public transport stakeholders and sustainable transport modes, with an agenda of enhancing the quality of life and economic well-being of the masses by promoting sustainable public transport. Urban Transport News interacted with Ms. Rupa Nandy, who is Head of UITP India office and taking part in various initiatives of Govt. of India towards advancing the sustainable urban transport system in India. Here are the excerpts: How long have you been in the public transport industry? Tell us about your journey in this industry and your role in UITP in brief. In the industry it has been about 19 years now which includes about 7 years of studies. My first rendezvous with Urban Transport was in my first year of college when I was studying Bachelor of Planning in School of Planning and Architecture. Every semester had a component of Urban Transportation. After my Bachelors I went into specialising in Urban Planning which again followed the same pattern. My first work in public transportation was when I was working in a infrastructure consultancy firm on JNNURM projects.

The next stint was in DIMTS for 5 years, which has its core in Public Transportation from planning to operations – the full lifecycle of public transportation. I left DIMTS to do my full time MBA at Indian School of Business and even there I was actively involved with the infrastructure club. I have worked with Ola for about an year and learnt how the new mobility players operate in this ecosystem. I joined UITP in the beginning of this year and its been a fascinating ride since then. Please brief our readers about the role of UITP in India. How does UITP help policymakers in the planning of urban mobility projects in the country? UITP is the only worldwide network to bring together all public transport stakeholders and all sustainable transport modes. UITP has three main functions as its core -Advocacy and Outreach, Network, Knowledge Sharing. In India also UITP follows the same core. We help various public transport players to come together by providing various platforms for them to interact. We have a huge knowledge base that is readily available and all our members can access them to learn not only from developed countries on the efficient public transportation they have but also how developing countries are moving forward and growing themselves to provide adequate systems to their residents. We have various working bodies and groups within UITP that keeps producing cutting edge research on latest transportation issues. We help authorities in India to

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connect with their counterparts within India as well as abroad to learn from their experiences. We have year round trainings across the world in which many of our Indian members participate and learn. Recently UITP was also part of the screening committee for selection of cities under the FAME Scheme. We also have a few research projects within India on electric buses and through them we are trying to help the Indian authorities to make informed choices in transitioning to cleaner transportation systems. Women's safety in public transport is a major challenge in India. What measures you would like to suggest policymakers to make Public Transport safe and comfortable for women? The foremost requirement is to have a gender sensitive planning, while planning for public transportation and infrastructure around it should have suggestions from women and have a gender expert in the policymakers group planning it. Better lighting from transit stops till to surrounding streets so that women feel safe walking back and going to, having transit personnel inside the public transport mode can enhance the safety. More frequent services to reduce overcrowding, information on arrival of public transport to allow reduced waiting time and increase certainty will increase safety. Help point kiosks, police presence, 24 hours hotline can also address the issue. Public Transit drivers should also be trained on how to address such issues WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

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 INTERVIEW on-board. Technological Solutions such as CCTV cameras, panic button may also enhance the safety.

How do you perceive things can change? What according to you is the role of various stakeholders in developing ‘New Mobility’ solutions for India? Indian public transportations systems face many issues such as lack of adequate public transport, accessibility, last mile connectivity, reliability, frequency, absence of seamless intermodal travel, absence of integrated ticketing to name a few. The new mobility players have cropped up in last 10 years to plug in that gap. Having said that these solutions are not a replacement of public transport nor do they compete with public transport. Unfortunately all these solutions are the new age start-ups with substantial funding and non profitable. It would be interesting to see how these start-ups convert to full fledged profitable business and still maintain the level of service that they are providing right now and maintain low fares. How do you view the Indian government’s ambition to create metro, RRTS and high-speed rail network in the country? I believe all decisions of implementing transportation projects should be backed by studies and justification. The ambition of RRTS, metro , high speed rail are great, having said that there are other modes of public transport such as light rail transit, buses and few more and they should not be ignored. Any new project should be an informed choice based on the various, geographic, economic, social, population, institutional fabric of the city today. Every public transport project should consider the situation today and future growth and be proactive and not just reactive.

and beyond that much lower in sectors such as Public Transport. I think more than focusing on how to bring more women to this sector we should ask a question why women do not join this sector, it could be access to education, disparity in pay with men, workplace biases, non-inclusive workplace, additional family responsibilities, limited growth opportunities, harassment.

publications i.e. online news portal and bi-monthly magazine?

We need to cater to each issue to provide a wholesome and inclusive environment for women to work. e.g. if the sector is non inclusive we should make it more inclusive may be by providing facilities for taking care of children or providing flexible timings. We need to ensure that there is a well defined career path as well as no pay difference in the same work between men and women. Many women take a break due to many reasons from their career, provisions should be made so that they have an option and an environment of joining back the workforce as and when they can.

Anything else you want to tell our readers about UITP’s future plans in India?

I follow Urban Transport News portal and the magazine and I think it is doing a fantastic job of being a one stop information centre to learn about all that’s happening across the world in this sector. I wish you the best to achieve greater heights.

UITP plans to increase its engagement in the sector by organising more trainings and providing knowledge exchange platforms as India is going through a change in this sector, UITP is in a perfect position to handhold the authorities and the operators in this transition. We also understand the change has to be driven from the top and hence we plan to increase our engagements with various ministries involved in the public transportation.

The transport as well as manufacturing sectors have both been male-dominated. However, women are now making inroads in both sectors. What do you think the industry should do to get more women into the transport sector?

UITP has a campaign called PT4ME. The PT4ME campaign is meant to spread *** awareness and advocate for an inclusive public transport to better serve our women passengers, as well as to promote the benefits of a diverse workforce comprised of women as well as men, in efforts to advance public transport

The workforce participation rates (WFPR) of women in India is quite low

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Congratulations on taking charge of Managing Director of Kochi Metro Rail Limited. Kindly brief us about your professional journey in the industry.

Alkesh Kumar Sharma, who is currently leading Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) and took the responsibilities of implementing key challenging infrastructure projects of Government of Kerala such as Kochi Metro Rail project Phase II, Kochi Water Metro, Cochin Smart Cities Mission etc. He joined Indian Administrative Service from the 1990 batch of IAS Kerala Cadre. In recent interaction with Urban Transport News team, he emphasised on the importance of public transport and talked frankly on the current development of various urban transport and infrastructure projects in Kerala. Here are edited excerpts:WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

Before joining to Kochi Metro Rail Limited as Managing Director, I had worked as Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited (DMICDC) from October 2015 to September 2019. I was also CEO of National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT). The Industrial Corridors are being developed by the Government of India as global manufacturing and investment destinations by setting up investment regions supported by the world-class infrastructure and enabling policy framework. Before that, I was working as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India for three years, where I handled matters relating to National Highways Planning, land acquisition, forest and environment

clearances, review and monitoring of National Highways Projects, coordination with Railways, Defence and other agencies and all matter related to toll and toll policy on the national highways. I was also Chairman of the Indian Highways Management Company Ltd. Apart from this, I had worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for three years as National Project Director, Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation. In Kerala, I worked as the Managing Director of Kerala Tourism Development Corporation; Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation; Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited; Malabar Cement Limited and Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation. I also worked as Director, Kerala Tourism and as Secretary, Industries and Investment Promotion in Government of Kerala. I was Director in the Board of BPCL, Apollo Tyres, Nitta Gelatin India Ltd and Geojit BNP Paribas Ltd.

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 INTERVIEW What technical, financial, logistic, and project management challenges did you have to deal with to make Kochi Metro one of the best urban mass rapid transit systems in the country? Land Acquisition was a major challenge with the State government spending a large amount of money on it to increase the Right of Way along the viaduct. A majority of the work force came from other States and their logistics had to be managed. Traffic congestion during the construction had to be managed with efficiency and people's support . besides, alignments through major road junctions and Railway crossings posed challenges which were managed systematically. When will the Petta Metro station of Phase I be opened for public? What is the latest civil work progress in the Kochi Metro Phase II? We are planning to open it by March 2020. Work is progressing fast and we hope we can finish much earlier than the deadline. We have started the road widening at the seaport airport road as part of the preparatory work for the phase-II of Kochi Metro. What are the salient features of the Kochi Water Metro? Please tell us about its design and construction features, and current progress in the project. Kochi, often referred as the commercial capital of Kerala, is one of the most densely populated district in the state of Kerala. The present estimated population of Kochi is about 20.01 Lakhs (Census 2011 for Greater Cochin Development). Inland water transport was once the primary means of freight and passenger transport on the Vembanadu lake. The system has been declining over the last few decades and has seen minimal investment and technology upgrade.

The Kochi water metro project envisages the development of 15 identified routes, connecting 10 islands along a network of routes that span 78 km with a fleet of 78 fast, electrically propelled hybrid ferries plying to 38 jetties. More than 1,00,000 islanders are expected to benefit from the water metro. It is envisaged to be a socially inclusive transport system than being just a transport service with focus on improved livelihoods through commercial property development and tourism based initiatives.

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Route length: 78 Km Number of Routes: 15 (Revised) Names of Stations: 38 Stations Speed of Boats: 8-12 Knots Number of Boats: 78 Nos (23 Nos of 100pax & 55 Nos of 50 pax Boats) • Hull Material: Aluminium • Project Cost: Rs. 747.28 Crores • Expected Completion: March 2020

The Kochi Water Metro Project intends to introduce modern, energy efficient, Metro with other modes of public environment friendly and safe boats with transport to provide first and last-mile low wake and draft characteristics at a connectivity to commuters? high frequency to increase ridership. KMRL has already integrated other modes The project is estimated to cost 747.28 of Public transport. Under the guidance of crores with core water transport KMRL seven bus companies were formed. infrastructure estimated at 435.37 crores. KMRL also introduced e-autos and Auto External funding for the project is being Rickshaw drivers have formed a society, a provided the German Funding Agency first in the country. Cycles and auto KfW to the tune of 579 Crores. The rickshaws are aiding to the last-mile balance 102 Crores is being funded by connectivity plans. At present there is a Government of Kerala. plan to ensure last-mile connectivity to all Metro commuters. Discussions with various In order to encourage private sector stakeholders are fast progressing.. participation in the project and reduce burden on the government, private sector You are also heading the Cochin Smart participants under suitable business City Mission. Please tell our readers about model was proposed. The funding to be new development in the project. provided by private sector is thus estimated at 66 crores. Thus the total Cochin Smart City Mission (CSML) has capital outflow excluding private awarded tenders for 18 projects. This participation is expected to be 681crores. includes the Integrated City Command and Control Center (IC4) which will integrate Majority of the navigation channel the entire city services in Kochi including identified already belongs to the National surveillance, security, utilities and fire Waterways and Cochin port area. Hence services. The largest project is the vacuum seven additional Terminal locations have based Severage Treatment Plant at West been proposed based on the public Kochi which is expected to connect 10,000 consultation with various stakeholders in households. the area. What are your views on the contents we Ground Breaking Ceremony of the First cover in Urban Transport News Water Metro Terminal station at Vytilla publications i.e. online news portal and on obtaining the recommendation for the bi-monthly magazine? project for Environmental Clearance from MOEF&CC. I am glad that there is an exclusive magazine and news portal to deal with the Water Metro is fast progressing. KMRL Urban Transport in India. There is a need plans to complete as many terminals as to make the public aware about the possible in a year. Cochin Shipyard has importance of public transport. More focus won the tender for constructing boats. on the integrated transport solutions will They are expected to deliver the boats by help stakeholders in better planning and November 2020. project management.

Water transport is inherently more energy efﬁcient than either rail or road transport. The project is expected to reduce pollution and traffic congestions in the city and also ease access to business areas on the mainland for urban households situated along the Kochi lakeshore. What are your plans to integrate Kochi

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URBAN MOBILITY CHALLENGES 

Urban Mobility: Challenges & Solutions

Dr. Surabhi Singh Associate Professor IMS Ghaziabad

rban Mobility is an indicator of modern cities and shows distinct sustainable development. As per Mckinsey, 50% percent of the world’s population lives in the towns in 2019. The urban cities, therefore, face common challenges and opportunities. It’s helpful to think of urban mobility in terms of people, infrastructure and Sustainability. The towns with urban mobility are distinct in policies, technology, consumer preferences, and business-model innovations. The current developments in the urban mobility industry have opportunities as well as challenges. The smart cities program undertaken by the Indian Government in 2015 is to develop 100 smart cities. Around 11% of work is over and there are challenges involved in the sustainable development programs. Congestion is quite unbearable in many cities and costs some percentage of national GDP, by measures such as lost time, wasted fuel, and increased the cost of doing business. The strategies which must be employed to meet the challenges are

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designing secure public transport systems integrated with MaaS and other platforms, Promoting alignment to air quality standards and other quality-of-life measures, enhancing public-private partnerships, collaborating with knowledge institutions to address air quality, traffic congestion, and sustainability issues. Urban mobility projects are highly complex and involve all levels of government, namely local, state and federal). This complexity is most evident in metropolitan regions. Urban mobility projects also affect the use of urban areas and the residents of these areas. Delhi has made metro rail cards usable on buses. The growth of smartcards and appbased services has made digital currency more acceptable. On platforms, over a third of cab and autorickshaw rides are paid for using digital wallets. Kolkata has shown digitization in its transport sector through app-based parking, bringing the use of public transport to over 70%. San Francisco plans to extend the Caltrain to reach the center of the city, introduces the bus rapid transit along select corridors. Washington, DC, is in the process of expansion of its metro system into the suburbs and is installing dedicated bus lanes.

Urban Mobility will give momentum to the growth of any country. India is on the way to achieve urban mobility goals. Urban-policy decisions made today will determine how mobility and car usage evolve in the next 10 to 20 years. ***

About the author Dr. Surabhi Singh is Ph. D. from AMU, ADIM, PGDBA-Mktg., MCA and M. Com. & Certification in Marketing Analytics from the University of Virginia, USA. With an experience of more than 18 years in academics, research, teaching, training & consultancy, she is currently associated with IMS Ghaziabad as Associate Professor-Marketing. She is an active member of Editorial Advisory Board of Urban Transport News since September 2018. The views and analysis expressed in this article are personally those of the author. They do not reflect the views of IMS Ghaziabad or Urban Transport News.

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Challenges in Design and Construction of World’s tallest rail bridge in India At present people have to travel by road on the existing National Highway (NH-37) which is 230km long with several steep gradients, hair-pin bends and weak bridges. It takes more than 10 hours by road, whereas it will be less than 2 hours once the rail line is commissioned. Saibaba Ankala IRSE & Chief Engineer, SECR Indian Railways

s part of Northeast Policy, Ministry of Railways took up the project of providing rail connectivity to Imphal in Manipur state. As per the detailed survey, the rail alignment takes-off from existing Jiribam railway station in Assam and traverses a length of 111km before connecting to Imphal, running along the picturesque lush green scenery of Northeast, marked by hills, valleys, waterfalls and rivers.

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The rail link has other advantages of strategic importance, ushers economic development of Manipur state with tremendous tourist potential and more importantly, It will also form a vital link of the proposed Trans-Asian Rail Network connecting several countries As the rail line crosses series of hill ranges, several tunnels and viaducts are necessary to maintain the gradient required for a railway line! One of these viaducts is spanning across a gorge of width 700m and depth 141m which is the World’s tallest pier bridge of this category, surpassing the previous record of 139m in a rail line in in Europe. In this paper, it is endeavored to discuss the various challenges encountered and specific techniques developed in designing

and building this World record bridge to make it safe and sustainable. Special Challenges Hilly Terrain The alignment passes through hill ranges of Patkai region (eastern trail of Himalaya), entailing series of tunnels and viaducts. While the high mountains are penetrated by tunnel, the deep gorges need to be spanned by tall viaducts. An alternative to viaducts is high embankments. But this is not a professional solution in the present scenario, considering their susceptible for failures, required huge earth quarries and occupy large spaces, yet requires huge maintenance efforts. Hence a detailed comparative study was made and viaducts are found to be the best choice from considerations of aesthetics, environment, sustainability and economy on long term basis. The tallest of such bridges (Br.No.164) which is explained in this article spans over a gorge of depth 141m and length 703 mtrs. This bridge is slated to become

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ď ľď ˇ ENGINEERING CHALLANGES the tallest in the world in its category from the point of view of pillar height surpassing the existing tallest of MalaRijeka viaduct on Belgrade-Bar railway line in Europe where the height is 139m. Digital Terrain Model of the bridge site (Not to scale) is illustrated in Fig.1a. Logistic challenges Except for a meandering NH-37, there are no other significant roads. The alignment is interior in the hilly forests and far-flung from the NH. All construction material like cement, steel, aggregate and equipment are to be carted from various places to the work-sites along the NH. Hence new approach roads were to be made with heavy duty excavators from the NH to the sites often at steep slopes and sharp curves. (Fig.1b) Undulating ground with thick vegetation poses severe constraint of space required for stacking of various materials. Contamination of streams by construction wastes is to be minimized. The rich local culture and heritage are to be given their due respect. The salubrious environment of Northeast with fragile flora and fauna is a treasure to be properly protected with least damage during construction or operation phases.

Fig.1a Digital Terrain Model

and trains running on it, specific site studies and detailing are essential. Geological conditions Being sedimentary formations, the general soil type is classified as shale interspersed with sandstone. Shale when exposed to atmosphere loses its shear strength drastically, warranting out-ofthe-box slope protection measures to stabilize the slope as well as protect the surface from erosion due to the heavy rains of this region Security and Law and Order issues Militancy is a serious concern which needs to be properly addressed not only during construction but also during operation. Threat calls, armed attacks on sites, kidnap and ransom demands of engineers are a regular phenomenon which are tackled in coordination with the local State Government.

Heavy Rainfall

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durability and environmental conformity besides meeting functional requirements of the structure. The provisions are discussed in the subsequent paragraphs.

Reference Codes & Manuals As this bridge is first-of-its kind in India, TAG recommended that apart from IRS codes (Indian Railway Standard), other codes like IS (Indian Standard), IRC (Indian Road Congress), AREMA (American Railway Engg & Maintenanceof-way Association), UIC (International Union of Railway) and Euro codes shall also be considered to the relevant extent and ensuring robust design. Deciding Span lengths The total gorge length to be spanned is around 700 metres. Various options were considered; Continuous spans, Arch, balanced cantilever, cable stayed and simply supported through type open web girder.

Finalization of Bridge Configuration The area receives almost 3500mm of rain annually. Hence the alignment needs to be designed with adequate drainage to cater to the flash floods and sharp flows causing erosion and instability Flash floods with landslides are a serious concern, as experienced by the NH presently which need to be addressed now to ensure the slopes are well protected and adequate drainage arrangements are made. Most-severe Seismic Zone The entire railway line including the bridge lies in the most severe seismic zone due to its proximity to the active fault between Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. Static methods for bridge analysis given in the code are not representative to study the dynamic response of this massive structure. Hence to ensure overall stability of the bridge

Due to the complexity of the conditions and challenges enumerated in para 2 above, it was decided that the total bridge system need to be properly dealt right from design to construction to operation stage to develop the most sustainable solution. Hence a special team of experts, called Technical Advisory Group (TAG) had been exclusively formed comprising members from various fields like Bridges, Earthquake, Geo-technology, Hydrology, Environment and Security. The TAG was given full powers to deliberate and decide the best configuration for the bridge from all aspects.

Longer the span length, higher are the seismic forces and associated deformations which are detrimental to the safe running of the trains. On the other hand, smaller spans entail more number of tall piers enhancing the cost. To strike the right balance, compromise, it was proposed to adopt span of 106m, as such spans are already in-vogue. Simplysupported option was most desirable in view of its advantages of simple design and maintainability besides safety and long-term stability. Other spans of 71.5m and 30m are also adopted on the sloped approaches as per site-suitability.

Recommendations of Advisory Group

Design Methodology

After detailed investigations, site visits and deliberations, TAG made recommendations considering the constructability, maintainability,

As desired by TAG, Consultants having sufficient experience in similar designs have been engaged. In addition, following IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) were

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ENGINEERING CHALLANGES  associated: • IIT Kharagpur: For developing the sitespecific earthquake spectra, as per Codal requirements. • IIT Kanpur: For performing the wind tunnel tests for ensuring safety and stability against vibrations • IIT Guwahati: Validation of structural designs and drawings and value addition. • IIT Roorkee: Validation of slopestability studies and protection works. Foundations As per exploratory bore-logs, the general trend in soil profile is 5m of thick soft shale, followed by 12m of fractured siltstone with interspersed boulders and overlaid on hard sandstone rock. Open foundations are ruled out as the SBC of shale are extremely poor. Well foundations are practically difficult considering boulder strata. Hence Bored cast-in-situ RCC piles are the preferred option. The pile is 30m long well-anchored into the hard sandstone to safely with stand the huge vertical and horizontal forces under most-adverse conditions. Capacity of the piles needs to be calculated based upon the subsoil characteristics available beneath that perfidious layer prone to destabilization. As some of the piers are on the slopes, structural design of pile foundation is also influenced deeply by the extent of slope failure. In absence of lateral soil resistance the unsupported length of pile increases simultaneously the design moment on pile also rises. In such scenarios, the predominant design factor for pile foundation is the moment capacity of piles instead of axial or lateral capacity (Ref. Figure – 2a & 2b). Skin friction is not considered as per the Codal requirement due to soil liquefaction in for high seismic zones, corroborated by cyclic pile load tests. All piles are tested ultrasonically by CHUM method to establish their integrity for full depth Substructure As the pier are high, the design is governed more by the top lateral deflection in view of the stability of the superstructure and safety of running WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

Fig.2a: Without considering the slope failuredepth of fixity of pile achieved is shallow

trains. Three different pier types were examined: Steel trestle, Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) hollow cylindrical and RCC hollow tapered. As there are no other standards, it was decided to limit the lateral deflection of pier to H/500as per the Building Code, where H is the pier height. Time-History Analysis are performed to understand maximum pier deflections and associated curvature of the track Steel trestle was failing in deflection criteria. Tapered hollow sections though apparently economical, pose problem during construction by slip-form. Hence cylindrical hollow RCC piers are selected which have better aesthetically appeal. Economy is achieved by reducing the thickness along the height. To provide better rigidity, diaphragms are provided at regular intervals. Construction of the pier is by slip-form technique, which does not need any support from the bottom. It is supported on series of jacks that anchor against the set concrete

Fig.2b: Considering the slope failure, depth of fixity achieved is deeper

• Flexural rigidity of cracked section Limit of slenderness provides the basic criteria to the engineer about the consideration of second order effect [4]. As per the common practice the tall piers are considered as fixed on the pile cap level during the calculation of slenderness ratio. In light of the previous discussion, unsupported piles on a collapsed slope, the slenderness calculation should consider the slenderness of the pile group (Refer Figure – 3b). Effect of unsupported length of pile group will increase the slenderness of the system. This is a crucial design factor as an apparently non

Second Order effects on Tall Piers Tall piers are considered slender as per the height to base dimension ratio. Hence second order analysis becomes relevant. The second order effects can be considered as supplementary action to the internal forces and corresponding deformation due to the first order effect. Second order effects are additional action or effects caused by the interaction of axial forces and deformation under load. (Refer Figure – 3a). The influencing factors for assessment of second order effects are considered as:• Slenderness ratio • Magnitude of Axial Load • Magnitude of Moment • Reinforcement ratio

Fig.3a: Second order effect

Fig.3b: Effect on piles

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Fig.3c: Model with SSI

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ENGINEERING CHALLANGES ď ˇď ľ slender structure will experience second order moment in reality. The additional moments have been properly factored into the design to avoid stress concentration, cracking and serviceability issues in long term design life. The bridge element computer model duly considering . Super-structure As mentioned in para 3.3 supra, maximum span length of 106m is proposed with Open-web through (OWT) steel girders which are ideal and economical. Steel elements are fabricated in workshop with controlled conditions ensuring consistent quality. Apart from normal loads, members are designed for special requirements like fatigue, erection loads and serviceability. Central camber of 165mm is provided to counter for the vertical deflection under loads. The overall height of the OWT girder is decided as per the vertical deflection criterion, whereas width had to be decided from consideration of stability and torsional rigidity. After several alternatives, height of 12.5m and width of 8.5m are found to be satisfying the requirements. The guiding criterion to decide the width of the girder is the confirmation of the torsional requirements of UIC code 774 3R.

The fabricated members are transported to the site, which is more than 1000km away, in special road trailers fit for traversing on hilly terrain roads. Each girder weights around 850tons. Launching such a heavy girder to a height of 140metres is a herculean task as no central supports from bottom can be provided due to site constraints. Hence improvised site-specific scheme of launching was developed modifying the conventional cantilever erection technique the steel girders. The individual members are erected oneby-one by a special overhead crane and connections between members is performed with high strength friction grip bolts HSFG bolts. Bearings

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Final Span Configuration Summing up the studies of various elements of the bridge, the final configuration adopted is 5 spans of 106m with 2 spans of 71.5 and one of 30.0m on the approaches. As the bridge is situated on a deep ravine, pier heights vary from 20m to a maximum of 141m (which is going to be the Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tallest in this category!) The final configuration of the Bridge is shown in Fig.4.The diameter of the tallest pier is 16m with the ring thickness of 2.0m gradually. The pier is supported on 81 bored-cast-in-situ RCC piles of 1.5m diameter. Superstructure comprised of steel through girder fabricated with High grade steel.

Due to the long span configuration, tall piers and high order of wind and seismic forces, the magnitude of loads as well as movements to be borne by the beatings are high. Conventional roller-rockerbearings are found inadequate especially to counter the high uplift forces due to earthquake. Even pot bearings are found to be having limitation. Hence spherical bearings with special arrangements are the most suited alternative to safely cater to these special requirements (Fig.3)

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Unique Design Features Due to the specific challenges and locational constraints mentioned in above paras, conventional design methodology was not found adequate to make a safe, constructible and sustainable design.

Apart from normal loads, members are designed for special requirements like fatigue, erection loads and serviceability. Central camber of 165mm is provided to counter for the vertical deflection under loads. High Tensile Steel of grade E410-B0 as per BIS:800is used for main chord members with high demand of tensile strength while E250-B0 grade is adopted for cross-girders and stringers with high demand of fatigue resistance under dynamic train loads. All steel members are fabricated from sheets and rolled sections by modern techniques of automatic CNC driven submerged-arcwelding and fully tested ultrasonically. Surface protection of steel is achieved by grit-blasting and metalizing with Alumimium to a thickness of 150 microns followed by 4 layers of finishing coats.

severe seismic event .

Certain unique design and construction features adopted for this world record bridge are explained below:

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The bearings are equipped with claw-andclamp arrangement to hold the superstructure down to the pier with anchor bolts. This will prevent the liftingoff of the girder in case of severe seismic event that may cause dislodging of the span and eventual collapse, with severe consequences. In addition, lateral seismicres training blocks made of RCC are also provided on both sides at both ends to further contain the girder from toppling down during a

Site-specific spectra The spectra given in the seismic code (IS:1893) is general in nature and valid for the entire Zone-V uniformly. The effect of faults in the vicinity of the structure is not reflected. Hence sitespecific spectra had been developed by IIT Kharagpur. All the seismic events within a range of 350km and magnitude exceeding 3.5 Richter in the last 250 years had been considered for the study and an empirical formula developed

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 ENGINEERING CHALLANGES based on regression analysis. Based on this, responses with various time periods had been developed for the bridge location using computer software and these data are utilized for plotting the site-specific response spectra. The PGA as per this spectra is 1.1 times higher than the code specified value as shown in Fig.5a. Detailed modal analysis is performed on the bridge model considered as a whole (Fig.5b)

Fig.5a: Site-specific spectra

maintained. Due to the magnitude of the bridge, conventional methods are not adequate.

Wind Tunnel Studies The bridge is situated in a deep gorge. The design wind speed calculated as per IS:875 is around 225kmph, duly factoring for the terrain and the pier heights. To understand the behaviour of the bridge during the high wind, it was considered necessary to perform wind tunnel studies. The services of IIT/Kanpur were utilized for preparation of a 1:325 scaled down model fitted with instruments and studying the performance in a wind tunnel (Fig.6) A comparison of forces and moments as per theoretical analysis and wind tunnel studies was performed and it was seen that the Fig.6. Theroretical analysis is giving higher forces, which are eventually adopted for design.

Fig.5b: Whole-bridge model for modal analysis

Hence following 3-pronged approach is proposed:• Providing access by way of spiral ladders, lifts and walk-ways to reach the various elements of the bridge. Fig.6

Fig.7a: Slope stabilization scheme

Fig. 7b: Work in progress

Slope-stabilization As the piers are located on sloping ground, computer analysis is made simulating the ground conditions and soil properties to establish the stability during construction phase as well as on longterm basis. Necessary soil stabilization and slope protection measures proposed by expert consultants in consultation with IIT Roorkee are being provided. The scheme adopted is a combination of grouted soil anchors with wire-mesh support and green facia with coir mats as shown in Fig.7a and 7b.

Fig. 8a: Pier construction with Slip form

While the soil anchors provide stability of slope, the facia ensures surface protection from erosion due to rains

piling to pier construction are mechanized to improve efficiency and quality. Hydraulic rigs, slip-form shuttering, concrete pumps, self-erecting lifts for carrying men and material are some of the equipment deployed. Typical slip form construction is shown in Fig. 8a and 8b.

Mechanized Construction

Inspection & Maintenance

Due to restriction of time and working space, most of the activities right from

During trains operation phase, the bridge needs to be inspected on regular basis and

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Fig. 8b:Final position

• Structural health monitoring by instrumentation where different sensors are fixed at critical locations on the bridge which constantly measure various parameters like stresses, deflections, tilt and wind speed. Typical scheme is shown in Fig.9. The sensors are connected to a central data processing system and storage unit. Real-time alerts are flashed whenever a threshold value of a parameter is exceeded so as to regulate train services as required. The data can be stored for WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

ENGINEERING CHALLANGES  analysis of the performance over a period of time. • Drones fitted with high-resolution cameras that scan the surface of piers to identify any defects like cracks are flown at regular intervals. (Fig10). They can cling to the pier surface and move continuously while recording the data. The information can be stored and compared at intervals to assess the propagation of damage, if any.

Fig.10: Drone scan

Fig.9: SHM by Instrumentation

Sustainability features A bridge of this magnitude needs to be constructed with sustainability in view. Following innovative measures are being adopted to make the project sustainable: Soil Cement Blocks (Fig. 11a & b) Excess soil from the excavation is converted into blocks in terms of IS:17251982 by simple block making machinery. After setting and curing, the blocks are used in the project itself for slope protection. This innovation is not only economical and environmental friendly, but also encouraged local employment and local resources The concept has been appreciated by the State and Central governments and nominated for the prestigious Golden Peacock award for eco-innovation! Eco-tourism (Fig.12a and 12b) The bridge is a world record structure and will be a global attraction by itself. Besides, its location in a picturesque valley with rich scenic beauty makes it more attractive to tourists world over. The local government is involving the local people to promote home-stay concept, where they will act as hosts cum guide to the visitors. This eco-tourism concept is a win-win situation for all. Promoting local resources To the extent feasible, local material, machineryand skilled labouris deployed like aggregate, artisans and vehicles. This benefits the local people who get involved in the project Fossil museum The project is located in sedimentary rocks rich in fossils and special WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

Fig.11a: Soil Cement Block machine

Fig.11b: Slope protection

Fig.12a: View from the bridge

Fig.12b: Homestay enthusiasts

formations. During excavation, several fossils are unearthed. All such fossil rocks are show-cased in a museum at the tourist spots Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities The project acceptability of the local people is of utmost importance. Hence promote positive image among them, certain CSR activities have also been taken up which include water storage tanks with piped drinking water facility, equipping schools with additional rooms, play grounds and toilet facilities, thereby promoting hygiene!

Conclusion Like necessity is the mother of invention, challengeis the mother of innovation! The wide spectrum of challenges in this project ranging from technical to social, cultural, environmental and security have given us the opportunity to innovate and introduce certain novel concepts in

designing and constructing this iconic structure to serve the nation for decades to come. It is a proud honour that this World record bridge is entirely designed and constructed indigenously by the team headed by the author. The dedicated efforts of all stake holders is highly commendable in realizing the vision to build this mega bridge project using stateof-the-art technology to make it sustainable and to provide rail connection to the remote Manipur state benefitting the nation as a whole! The Author is an IRSE officer and working in the capacity of Chief Engineer in South East Central Railway (SECR) of Indian Railways. Having over 30 years of experience in design & construction of major national and international infrastructure projects of Railways, Metrorail, Multi-modal transport systems, Ports and Mega-bridges. He has designed and Executed 48 Railway projects, 1600 bridges and 73 tunnels spread across India and abroad including the present project estimated at USD2.2 billion

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SAFETY IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT ď ˇď ľ

Urban Transport and Safety against Airborne Disease

here seems to be a constant push to promote public transport in metropolitan cities worldwide. In India too there has been a rise public transportation project. Our cities are promoting transit oriented development. This change has led to an increase in the number of Mass Rapid Train projects, Bus Transit transport projects and also an increase in aggregator based cab services. One common noteworthy factor in these developments is the reliance on HVAC systems by these modes of transports. We see today that the MRTS and the BRTS projects are all air conditioned buses. The Ola and Uber and other aggregator based cab services are also air conditioned. At an increased energy and commute cost, these air conditioned services definitely provide thermal comfort to the passengers. But there is a cost that they might be unaware of. That is the cost of disease burden. That is the cost of a high risk of getting infected by an airborne infection. To explain this phenomenon, we must understand the history of a common Infectious disease like Tuberculosis. This disease is spread through the airborne route. This means that when a person having pulmonary TB sneezes, the TB bacteria in the form of 'droplet nuclei' or simply an aerosol is suspended in the air and immediately tries to find another human host whose lungs the bacteria will penetrate and cause infection. The major evolutionary trait of the Tuberculosis bacteria is that it doesn't become active infection in all the people it infects. It rather become a latent form of infection and doesn't infect the host. In this dormant or 'latent' state the bacteria activates only due to any immunosuppression in the host due

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to old age or any other disease. There are today millions of Indians who have latent TB infection but are unaware. This way the bacteria has kept itself within the human population for ages. Latent infection apart, the number of people having active Pulmonary Tuberculosis infection also are in huge numbers. These people are of three types: 1. People who have been diagnosed and are taking treatment or have completed treatment. 2. People who have been diagnosed but have not completed the treatment or are not following up with the treatment. 3. People who are neither diagnosed and are not taking treatment as a consequence. The people in the point 1 are safe but the people who are undiagnosed and undiagnosed and not treatment unintentionally spread the disease to the community. The changes of disease spread is limited in the areas where there is exposure to outdoor Sunlight and Natural Ventilation. The areas not safe are the hermetically sealed ones. The urban modes of commute are made air tight in order to optimize the energy cost. This tradeoff in order to save air conditioning energy can lead to a spread of disease due to low Air Changes per hour in these vehicles. Increased air changes will also optimally deodorize the air, diffuse harmful gases and bring in optimum levels of oxygen in the spaces. With this increase in exposure to recirculated air in the commute vehicles, there is an increase risk of airborne infection transmission to the passengers. Tuberculosis, which was known as a disease of the homeless and the poor has

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A potential of becoming the disease of the rich and the urban. Another key concern is that there is a high quantity of PM 2.5 and PM 10 particulate matter in the urban air today. This is reflected in the High levels of AQI index of major cities like Delhi. This factor leads to people not letting the outside air to enter into the spaces or the passenger vehicles. In the metropolitan cities where the AQI is bad, there should be use of Naso-filters and other screen which prevent the PM 2.5 from entering but otherwise do not hamper the dilution ventilation. Dilution ventilation will be the dilution of the bacteria percentage in the air due to exchange of air with outdoor fresh air. There are other coastal cities like Mumbai where the AQI is not as severe as that of New Delhi. In these cities, fresh air has low PM 2.5 and low PM 10. This simply means that dust is less of a concern in these cities. Increasing air changes per hour with fresh air in these cities may serve to be an optimum strategy for preventing airborne infection spread. In the case of Mumbai, the need is all the more as Mumbai as a city has the highest TB infected people in the community. Additionally there are conditions of slums and congested transportation and standards of living. As transport planners, passenger vehicle designers, architects and municipal commissioners, we must make ourselves aware of the rising need for an interdisciplinary approach to designing smarter cities with better transportation. In this interdisciplinary context we must also understand disease dynamics and how as designers we can play a major role in preventing its spread in the community.

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E-MOBILITY REVOLUTION 

India's unique path towards electric mobility revolution…

Abhishek Saxena Public Policy Professional NITI Aayog, Govt. of India

ndia economy is growing at a rapid pace with a GDP growth rate of more than 7% in the last 5 years. This coupled with the increase in per-capita income has led to the massive mobility needs in the country. This is evident from the Census 2011 data which shows that nearly 40% of Indians travel more than 6 Km for work. The addition of non-work related travel to, will point to immense travel needs for 1.3 billion people in India. Undoubtedly, People in India, and across the world, are travelling more than at any point in history. The increased mobility needs of the country would have to be met in a unique and innovative way by transforming the traditional means of mobility. This, coupled with the issues of pollution & global warming prevalent in India and across the world requires a mobility revolution, which would be led by Electric Vehicles, among other forms of shared, connected and transformative mobility solutions. India is perfectly poised to be a leader of the global electric mobility revolution. According to a recent Morgan Stanley Blue paper titled ‘ India's Transport Evolution' (May 2018), India would have 30% EV penetration and 35% of total miles would be shared, by 2030. Moreover, the blue predicts that from now till 2030, every second car sold across the world would be in India. This has presented a huge opportunity for India to move towards clean shared and connected mobility solutions.

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More than 2.5 crore vehicles were sold in India in 2017, out of which nearly 78% were 2 Wheelers, 15% were 4 wheelers and the rest were 3 wheelers, buses & trucks. The vehicular mix is unlike any other western country where the majority of automobile sales are driven by 4 wheelers. It is evident from the lower car penetration of 18 per 1000 population in India compared to more than 800 cars per 1000 population in some cities of the US & Europe. This presents a unique landscape in India to usher towards electrification. The cost dynamics of an electric vehicle is different from the conventional Internal combustion engine vehicles. The upfront cost of Electric vehicles is higher than its electric counterpart, but its operating cost (including fuel, maintenance, etc.) is much lower than electric. Thus, the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) parity between electric and ICE vehicles would be achieved earlier for vehicles having usage (in KMs) every day. This is true for commercial vehicles, public transport and shared mobility. The yearly combined sales of 3 wheelers & commercial vehicles( buses & trucks) are nearly 1.5 million( nearly 7% of total vehicle sales). But, the majority of travel needs of the citizens are met by public (& shared) transport. It directly correlates with the higher usage of public transport vehicles (KMs per day) compared to lesser usage of private vehicles in India. This presents a direct opportunity for the electrification of public transport, where the higher upfront capital cost can be offset by the lower operating cost, thus making a viable business proposition. There are nearly 20 million 2 Wheelers which are sold annually in India. The

electrification story of 2 wheelers, which are largely used for private transport, would be very different from cars. Electric 2 wheelers have a smaller battery size( 1-3 KWH), smaller motor and lesser number of electronic components compared to electric 4 wheeler. With the rapidly falling battery prices slated to go below $100/KWH by 2030, the electric 2 wheelers would achieve the upfront price parity compared to ICE 2W. This combined with the lower operating cost and minimum need for public charging would make a good case for faster electrification. The government of India, in its commitment to clean mobility, has recently approved a US $ 1.3 billion scheme called FAME (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid and) Electric Vehicles in India Phase-II). The scheme aspires to incentivize 10 Lakhs E2W, 5 lakhs E-3W, 55,000 e-4W and 7,000 buses (on OPEX basis) over the next 3 years period up to March 2022. The scheme rightly captures the essence of the Indian mobility landscape by providing more than 90% of demand incentives for electric 2W, 3W & buses. Along with the fiscal incentives of Rs. 10,000 for every KWH of battery (for 2W, 3W & 4W), other incentives announced by various ministries and state governments would pave the way for rapid electrification of the automobiles in the country. The future of India would surely be driven by clean, connected & shared mobility.

*** The views and analysis expressed in the paper/document are personally those of the author. They do not reflect the views of NITI Aayog. NITI Aayog does not guarantee the accuracy of data included in the publication nor does it accept any responsibility for consequences of its use.

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 METRO RAILWAY DIPLOMACY

The Metro Railway Diplomacy: A Path ahead of Mainstream Diplomacy

Ranjesh Kumar Station Controller Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation

ecently, 2019 global diplomacy Index was released by Lowy Institute, in which they ranked 61 countries around the world based on their diplomatic relations with other countries. China ranked first in this list with 276 embassies and consulates around the world and India ranks 12th in this list with 123 embassies and consulates around the world. It need not be debated that our major competition is with China. India can always deepen its ties with countries and can improve its ranking by doing a unique kind of diplomacy, which I would call as The Metro Rail Diplomacy. What is Metro Railway Diplomacy? India currently has Metro Railway projects floating worth approximately 3 lakh crores across the country and new metro railways are being set up in almost every Metropolitan city across the country. India can share its technology, expertise and act as consultant to help other countries build their first Metro Railway Networks. Importance of Diplomatic relations for countries

Better diplomatic relation means better exchange of trades, talks and culture with that country. Better diplomatic relations also mean better understanding between countries on various issues like poverty, technology exchange, terrorism, security etc. To understand the gravity of having a good diplomatic relation with countries, I would like to request you to just rewind few months back to August-2019, when India revoked Article 370 from Kashmir, most of the major countries around the world did not oppose India or built pressure on us despite continual attempt from Pakistan for the same. All of this happened smoothly because India had and has a very balanced diplomatic relation with almost every major country around the world. Need of Metro Railway Diplomacy The Equation of geo politics is dynamic and keeps on changing. We all have witnessed it in past few decades. Indian interest lies in having a good tie and having a vested interest in our neighboring country so that they don’t chose to be the part of another block. Countries like Myanmar, Maldives, Sri Lanka are now in heavy influence of China and can prove to be a serious threat for India, if they fall in the famous Chinese debt trap. To secure our interest, it is required that we assist them build infrastructures without letting them get trapped in Chinese debt trap. Hambantota Port is a life long lesson for India, that I think none of us would want to forget. How Line of Credits can be used as a part of The Metro Railway Diplomacy India can always give loans to these countries in the form of line of credit to build the Metro lines for themselves. Generally, the terms of line of credit are much flexible than the normal loans, Line of credits are easy to pay and easy to

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access. For our readers, those who don’t understand what line of credit is. Line of credit is a kind of loan with easier repayment schedule and easy access of money. In simpler words, it is like a coupon, to buy things from India. For example, if they need to buy cements to build Viaducts, they can simply show the coupon to the Indian cement companies to buy cements without having to pay anything at the time of purchase. Of course, cement company can be in touch with the Indian government to receive their payment. Line of credits can be borrowed easily and can be withdrawn in installments and interest will be charged on only the amount withdrawn not on the overall granted amount. This makes Line of credits are suitable for borrower as they don’t have to pay hefty amount of money in the form of the interest of the amount that they have not even used yet. Line of credit is not a new concept, India has already issued Line of credits worth $28 billion to 63 countries around the world. So, we can always extend few more millions for the Metro Railway projects around the world. Will it hurt our Economy? Answer is No! In fact, it can help us grow faster in a way. Line of credits are project specific and If the condition of the Line of Credit says that borrower must buy required raw materials and other required accessory for that project from India only, then such type of Line of Credits is suitable for Indian economy. As our country is going through an economic crisis due to less demand in the market. We can use our line of credits to generate foreign demand of our products. For example, if a country A has taken Line of Credit from us to build a Metro Railway Network in their country, they will have to buy rolling stock, construction related materials and all other required accessory from Indian companies which will eventually help our companies survive at the time of no demand scenario. Another, intangible benefit would be that companies will be able to keep its significant population employed. We all know that in Economy, there is always a ripple effect of every events and incidents, if there is a growth in a certain industry then all other related industries will grow simultaneously to help India to grow at bit a faster pace. WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

E-MOBILITY REVOLUTION 

New Energy Mobility Paradigm for India times of the FAME I quantum, representing the positive market evolution bolstering the government confidence.

Manoj Kumar Upadhyay Senior Research Officer NITI Aayog, Govt. of India

Kowthamraj V Sangappillai Young Professional NITI Aayog, Govt. of India

ver the last decade, the world has seen many governments across the world coming up with various initiatives to promote new energy mobility, especially battery electric mobility. China has emerged as the clear leader in this segment due to their first mover advantage and sheer will power to vertically integrate the supply chain. Recognizing the opportunity, the Indian Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved “National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage” with an Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee chaired by CEO NITI Aayog in March 2019. The motivations for new energy mobility comes from two angles. The one is sustainability and clean aspect of mobility. The second is the energy security and selfsufficiency of India, which is not well endowed with traditional mobility fuels like some of the other G20 countries. While

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currently the CNG and battery powered vehicles are helping the Indian transport sector become cleaner, the future might encompass e-VTOLS (the battery powered flying vehicles), Hyperloops and Maglev trains, enabling Indians move sustainably and at significantly higher speeds. The Department of Heavy Industry launched the FAME-India Scheme Phase-I [Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India] in 2015. The FAME II India Scheme proposes to give a push to electric vehicles (EVs) in public transport (especially buses) and seeks to encourage adoption of EV's by way of market creation and demand aggregation. The Total outlay of for FAME 1, was around 795 Crore to Rs. 895 Crore and the total fund requirement for FAME 2 is Rs 10,000 Crore over three years from 201920 to 2021-22. It is prudent to note that the incentive capital outlay jumped ten

Sustainable and Clean Globally, the environmental impact of transport is significant because transport is a major user of energy, and burns most of the world's petroleum. This creates air pollution, including nitrous oxides and particulates, and is a significant contributor to global warming through emission of carbon dioxide. Within the transport sector, road transport is the largest contributor to global warming. Environmental regulations in developed countries have reduced the individual vehicle's emission. However, this has been offset by an increase in the number of vehicles, and increased use of each vehicle (an effect known as the Jevons paradox). The GHG emissions fueled global warming and subsequent climate change will affect India’s multitude of islands and financially important cities dotting the 15000 KM Indian coastline. With significant amount of world’s top 20 polluted cities in the world located in India, air-pollution emerges as the most important subset of this conversation. Air pollution is the fifth leading risk factor for mortality worldwide. It is responsible for more deaths than many better-known risk factors such as malnutrition, alcohol use, and physical inactivity. Each year, more

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 E-MOBILITY REVOLUTION people die from air pollution–related disease than from road traffic injuries or malaria. Globally around 4.2 million people die every air due to exposure to poor quality air. So, it is important to gradually attain a paradigm shift in the way we move.

gradually electrified supported by market demand and consumer awareness. The charging and swapping infrastructure will grow hand in hand with the sales and the maturity of business models supported by the state incentives. Way forward for Heavy Duty Vehicles

Energy Security and Self Sufficiency In India, transport is the second largest consumer of energy after Industry at 28%. Almost all of that mobility energy come from high polluting oils. The import dependence of oils in 2019 stands at 86.89%. India with a growing economy depends a lot on mobility to transport goods and people. As highlighted by recent global events, a small disruption in the global value chain can affect the sensitive oil prices. This reality cannot continue and a need for transformative but measured transition to localized energy sources powering mobility is imminent. Rational for Electrification India has significantly improved its electricity access in the last 20 years with special acceleration in last 7 years. Electrification of mobility (in effect any energy intensive sector) achieves two objectives for India. It reduces the air pollution in urban conglomerations (transport is the No.1 source of PM 2.5) leading to better quality of living and strongly supports the reduction in oil imports. India already has emerged as a global leader in e-3 wheeler space and it’s not going to take long before Indian e-2 wheelers are absorbed by the market. The reduction in battery prices and increasing offerings is attracting value-conscious consumer and soon electrification of India’s most common mode of mobility will complement the vastly improved ICE vehicles. There is an argument that given the major share of electricity generation comes from thermal sources, electrification won’t achieve the desired effects. But, India is already among the top 5 renewable electricity producing countries in the world with 85 GW installed capacity. We are expected to grow to 450 GW by 2030. But, we can’t reach the desired results if we start electrifying after reaching majority renewable share in electricity. We have to build green supply and green demand simultaneously. Intra-city buses, LCVs, 2/3 wheelers and cars are going to be

HDV – Heavy Duty Vehicles form the majority of vehicular emissions in countries like India. The majority of emission from HDVs might be outside of urban agglomerations, as heavy-duty trucks with long-haul travel account for three-quarters of HDV fuel consumption. Rising emissions and energy use in this segment are driven primarily by strong economic activity and increased demand for goods, which translates into more delivery and more trucking activity. Electrifying Long haul Heavy Duty Vehicles has many engineering challenges and requires transformative improvement in both gravimetric and volumetric energy density of batteries. So, in medium term, varieties of natural gas and second generation bio-fuels are the best bet for HDVs, to cut their emissions significantly. In the long term, hydrogen produced from surplus renewable capacity (on-site or bulk) might be the way to go for trucks. Future modes of transportation It is important to note that gradual and significant improvements to existing mobility modes like national and transnational train networks, airplanes, HDVs and personal vehicles will continue to play a significant role in improving the sustainability of the sector. At the same time, world has intermittently seen transformative mobility systems, which took the market by storm. Examples are the airplane by Right brothers or Model T of Henry Ford. Following are some of the exciting developments in the 21st century which might shape our lifestyle in the centuries to come. The Hyperloop : Engineers around the world are testing a radically different type of mass transit: one that aims to move people and cargo in small wheel-less pods in a vacuum tube at speeds that could exceed 600 miles per hour. Today’s swiftest rail travel, at top speeds less than half as fast, would become a quaint if this

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takes off. The challenges are mainly in land acquisition in straightlines. The Bullet Trains : Though a staple in Japan and recently growing in China, Maglev trains are still not mainstream in majority of the world. Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) is a system of train transportation that uses two sets of magnets, one set to repel and push the train up off the track, and another set to move the elevated train ahead, taking advantage of the lack of friction. Along certain "medium-range" routes (usually 320 to 640), maglev can compete favorably with high-speed rail and airplanes. e-VTOLS : electric – Vertical Takeoff & Landing Vehicle: Drastic reduction in battery prices and other e-drivetrain components coupled with engineering expertise gained from mainstreaming of recreational drones, made the flying cars not only a technical possibility but also financially viable. e-VTOLs has the potential to significantly reduce the congestion in urban roads where cars despite transporting fewer people are occupying the majority of physical space. e-VTOLs solve the problem by taking advantage of the 3D space around the cities. The challenges are in creation of standards and safety protocols which no government in the world are equipped with yet. Uber estimates a journey from Gurgaon to Connaught Place in Delhi, which usually takes 1.40 Hrs by car will take only 6 mins in a e-VTOL with almost the same cost in long-term.

Indian government agencies like NITI Aayog are keeping abreast of the technology and market developments in future new energy mobility space through wide consultations and literature research. As the Indian government’s premier think tank, NITI Aayog will always strive to think ahead and support the federal and state government’s ability to develop, adopt and stay ahead of the curve in green mobility. *** This article is intended to inform decision-makers in the public, private and third sectors. The views of writers are personal and it does not represent the views of either the Govt. of India or NITI Aayog. They are intended to stimulate healthy debate and deliberation in Urban Transport sector. The data are taken from published source, such as Economic Survey 2019, Union Budget 2019 and NITI Aayog reports.

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INLAND WATER TRANSPORT 

Inland Water Transport in India: Can we think it to be more Sustainable, Green and Connected?

Shravani Sharma Project Associate WRI India

Dr. Praveen Kumar Senior Manager WRI India

n India, almost all the metro cities are struggling with issues such as congestions, emissions from vehicles, air pollution, etc. These problems are resulting in much bigger problems like poor health conditions, negative impact on the productivity of the human resource, etc. Even in tier II and tier III cities, the above problems are emerging as a major issue. Another major challenge is climate variability and flood disasters. Every year, several parts of India face disruption in road and rail network due to flood. For example, in Assam, the road and rail networks get disrupted due to flood water in the Brahmaputra river. Other cities on the bank of big rivers such as Ganga and Yamuna also face a similar problem of riverine flooding. In the case of coastal cities, cyclonic storms, tsunamis, tidal inundation and riverine flood create huge disruption on road and rail network, which takes a long time and huge investment to re-build.

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When we talk about transportation in a city, the first thing that comes to our mind is road transport. We always try to solve the issue of congestion by widening or construction of road, building flyovers, diversion, etc. To address the air quality issue, we are pushing for the cleaner mode of transport like electric vehicles. But we always forget that topography is one of the important factors in making robust planning of transport network in the city or state. It is important to understand the physical environment includes elements of the natural environment such as climate and topographical features, including water features of harbours, bays and rivers and land features of peninsulas, ridges, slopes, and elevations. We should always remember that “One size does not fit all” while doing the planning for public transport in cities. One such mode of transport that is often forgotten when bettering the public transport in a city in the Inland Water Transport System (IWT), which is one of the most common modes of transport for the residents of cities in Assam, Kerala, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, etc. IWT is not only fuel-efficient, environment-friendly and cost-effective mode of transport, but it also has the potential to ease the pressure on the existing rail and road network in some geographical locations in India. Till the early part of the 20th century, IWT was an important mode of transport

and widely used for trade and commerce. The advent of railways and extension of its network made a dent in share of water transport in India. Rapid growth of roads, coupled with inadequate development of IWT sector over the years gave a decisive set back to IWT and in the later years of 20th century, except in a few areas namely, Assam, Goa, Kerala, Mumbai, West Bengal, and some other coastal areas (where it has natural advantage and no developmental intervention was needed), the IWT sector was marginalized. However, considering its inherent advantages, the need for systematic development of IWT sector was always felt which is evident from the fact that since independence, several committees studied IWT system of the country from time to time and advocated systematic development of this transport mode. National Transport Policy Committee in its report (1980) accordingly recommended for setting up of an authority for development and regulation of inland waterways, which led to the formation of Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) in 1986 for development and regulation of inland waterways. Currently, the navigable inland waterways are approximately 14,500 km, and it caters less than 0.5% of India`s freight traffic. Advantages of Inland Water Transport The distance travelled using the ferry is much less than what the distance would be via any preferred mode by roadways,

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 INLAND WATER TRANSPORT subject to geographical areas although. For example, it takes around one hour to reach the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati from Panbazar via road on a regular day. In ferries, it takes only 20-30 minutes for the same. This not only saves up travel time, as when the journey is made via ferries, but it also helps in reducing congestion on the roads. The occupancy ratio is also quite significant as compared to those of singleoccupancy cars or two-wheelers. If the commuters choose to take ferries as their preferred mode of transport, the cars on the road will go significantly low and hence are the reductions. If cities had a great ferry service, provided there is well first and last-mile connectivity, it could bring down the vehicle ownerships down to a great extent. This would also mean that other problems, such as on-street parking, bottlenecks due to such parking, etc could come down as well. When comparing the total trip length along with the trip costs, going from an origin to a destination, it seems that the cost for travelling in a ferry is significantly lower than any other mode of travel with any fuel type such as diesel, petrol or Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). In the longer run, it is much more sustainable as it has quite a low maintenance cost as well. It also does not require much infrastructure investments, but only the modifications of the existing ferry jetties. Advantage of using electric boats than diesel-powered boats As high oil import dependence and air pollution due to usage of fossil fuel are among major motivation behind the electrification of road transport in India, it is important to promote electric motorpowered boats instead of diesel-powered boats. Electric boats also have very less maintenance and operational costs as electric motors don’t need regular fuel or oil for their operations. It is also much like electric cars or buses, as they have fewer moving parts than conventional ones. As per the report of Stephens Waring, it is established that the electric powered boats are cost-effective than diesel boats, the analysis was based on the test conducted for both electric boats and diesel boats for 1000 miles. The bottom line for diesel boat was 657 dollars whereas it was 360 dollars for electric boats. Solar boats are highly environment-

Figure 1. Distance from point A to B via road transport, Guwahati, Assam

friendly, easy to maintain, and quite efficient in performance. The installed solar panels can produce 80% of their potential energy and even on very cloudy days they can give as much as 25% output. They are also flexible as their sizes could be modified as per the energy requirements. The solar-powered electric boat is not something new, it came up in 2007 by some Swiss sailors who piloted boat called the “sun21” using solar panels only, which crossed the Atlantic Ocean. The goal of this project was to combat climate change and to encourage more use of renewable energy sources. This “sun21” was a 45.9 ft longboat with a roof of 48 silicon photovoltaic cells. The device was able to transmit 3600 pounds of storage batteries and the 11-ton solar boat was able to provide power as much as required to light ten 100-watt light bulbs and had a speed of 3.5 knots. Water Transport in Assam In Assam, IWT was established in the year 1958. The Directorate of IWT has slowly developed as a full-fledged Directorate under the administrative control of the Transport Department, Govt. of Assam. In 1968, the shift in administrative control of six ferry services operating in the river Brahmaputra from the state Public Works Department (PWD) to Directorate of IWT was the first major expansion activity. Also, the

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wooden country boats which were used in the services were now replaced with the power vessels. The IWT Assam offers services such as Ferry Services, Cargo Services, and River Cruises. Assam has 15 National Waterways (NW), and the IWT Assam has nearly 10% of the cumulative navigable length of all 111 NWs in India, and it caters to about 4% of the total freight movement in the state. The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has also enabled 24-hour navigation facilities from Dhubri up to Dibrugarh. The government of Assam has identified Silghat, Pandu, Karimganj and Dhubri as an immigration checkpoint. Now, these already existing places have a lot of potential for river taxis, port townships, development of IWT Terminals, and unimaginable opportunities for urban design projects such as riverfront developments and hence attract more and more revenue. The total revenue generated for the year 2017-2018 was around 195 crores and carried 48 lakh passengers, 9 lakh units of motor vehicles, 3 lakh units of goods along with many bicycles and animals etc. Although the government of Assam has taken several initiatives to expand its Inland Water Transport System, it is still highly underutilized sector. There is massive scope for riverside developments which can be used as public urban squares. It is important to establish an inter-state WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

INLAND WATER TRANSPORT  The boat also has 50kWh Li-ion battery pack weighing around 700 kg. The boat can reach speeds up to 7.5 knots/hr with normal operating speed is 5.5 knots (10 km/h) to cover a 15 minutes travel time between Vaikom and Thavanakkadavu, a distance of 2.5 km on water. Kerala has already demonstrated the viability of solar-powered boats, they need to scale this and create the necessary infrastructure for proper integration of the water transport with road or rail transport network via convenient and safe exchange point and last and first-mile connectivity. Conclusion and Way forward

collaboration, particularly in the northeastern states so that one can learn from each other and implement the best and the most cost-effective ideas. The IWT system in the state could act as a great example and hence it could be scalable, feasible and replicable for the rest of northeast India wherever the IWT systems exist currently. Water Transport in Kerala Kerala has more than 1680 km of inland waterways and navigable canals, and this network of water transport can cater to the movement of both passengers and freight traffic at low cost. Currently, the waterways in Kerala are highly underutilized (~20%) due to the various reasons which include lack of maintenance, competition from road and rail network. Kerala has 41 west-flowing rivers, 3 east-flowing rivers and a large network of the backwater. The west coast canal connects Hosdurg in the north to Poovar in the south of Kerala. With the help of feeder canals and cross canals, a low cost and efficient network of inland water transport can be developed in Kerala. Earlier, water transport was the predominant mode of transport for the passenger and freight movement in the WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

An integrated network of road, rail and inland waterways can help in the development of Resilient Transportation System (RTS) in India. Interchange convenience, travel comfort, use of superior technology is key to the success of road and water interconnected network. It is high time for India to look forward to more progressive policies in terms of advancement and inclusiveness of new forms of technology and all modes of transportation. It needs to be a seamless, integrated, clean and safe commute for all. area like Vembanad Lake, Vypeen and Cochin. With the improved road connectivity and bridge construction, the focus shifted from water transport to other modes in these cities. After flood disaster in 2018, the Government of Kerala under Rebuild Kerala initiative is working towards strengthening and connecting the water transport with road and rail network. In Kochi, the government is working on the water metro project which will be feeder service for the Kochi Metro Rail. Another important initiative includes electrification of the road and water transport in Kerala. Besides, India’s first solar-powered ferry ‘Aditya’ was successfully launched in Vembanad Lake in Kochi in November 2016, which was a landmark occasion in India’s journey towards the use of solar energy. With a seating capacity of 75, Aditya is the largest solar-powered boat in India. The Ferry is 20-metre-long and 3.7-Meter-high with a 7-meter beam. The fibreglass made boat has 78 solar panels are fixed on the roof connected with two electric motors of 20kW, one in each hull.

It needs to be a seamless, integrated, clean and safe commute for all. Following are the few key enabling steps for the efficient IWT ecosystem in India: • A holistic approach is required, to ensure efficient integration of IWT with road and rail transport network • Introduce enabling policy and regulation at the national and state level • Institutional coordination needs to be enhanced • Inter-state collaborations, so that one can learn from each other and implement the best and the most cost-effective ideas. • Develop a plan for necessary basic infrastructure to support IWT • Create awareness to develop the whole ecosystem, which includes manufacturing • Promote electric and solar-powered boats, at IWT routes • Improve first and last-mile connectivity along with interchange convenience • Use a technology-enabled platform like IoT, and keep safety on top priority • A strategy must include steps to minimize negative impact on the biodiversity due to IWT implementation. ***

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 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINE

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NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINE 

Govt. of India’s National Infrastructure Pipeline for 2019-2025 To achieve the GDP of $5 trillion by 2024-25, India needs to spend about $1.4 trillion (Rs. 100 lakh crore) over these years on infrastructure. On the basis of the information compiled as on date, total project capital expenditure in infrastructure sectors in India during the fiscals 2020 to 2025 is projected at over Rs 102 lakh crore. During the fiscals 2020 to 2025, sectors such as Energy (24%), Roads (19%), Urban (16%), and Railways (13%) amount to around 70% of the projected capital expenditure in infrastructure in India. The detailed sector wise break of the pipeline is as follows: Energy

2,454,249

Power

1175995

Renewable Energy

929500

Atomic Energy

154088

Petroleum and Natural Gas

194666

Roads

1,963,943

Railways

1,368,523

Ports

100,923

Airports

143,398

Urban Infrastructure (AMRUT, SMART Cities, MRTS, Affordable Housing, Jal Jeevan Mission)

1,629,012

Telecommunications

320,498

Irrigation

772,678

Rural Infrastructure

772,765

Rural Infrastructure

410,955

Water and Sanitation

361,810

Agriculture and Food Processing Infrastructure

60,553

Agriculture Infrastructure

54,298

Food Processing Industries

1,255

Food and Public Distribution

5,000

Social Infrastructure

356,701

Higher Education

118,348

School Education

37,791

Health and Family Welfare

168,622

Sports

7,618

Tourism

24,321

ndustrial Infrastructure

307,462

Industries and Internal Trade

299,237

Steel TOTAL (INR in Crore)

8,225 10,250,704

Out of the total expected capital expenditure of Rs. 102 lakh crore, projects worth Rs 42.7 lakh crore (42%) are under implementation, projects worth Rs 32.7 lakh crore (32%) are in conceptualization stage and rest are under development. WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

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 EVENT REPORT

Post Event Report:

Urban Mobility India Conference & Expo 2019

he challenge that India is facing is that the use of desirable modes of transport; walking, bicycle and public transit is declining, and the undesirable modes such as car and motorbikes, are increasing. The result is that congestion is increasing, mobility is being reduced, and accidents, pollution and the use of fossil fuels are increasing. One of the reasons for the present situation is that urban transport has been neglected in India for many years. To address these issues, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India issued the National Urban Transport Policy, 2006 (NUTP). The objective of the policy is to ensure safe, affordable, quick, comfortable, reliable and sustainable access for the growing number of city residents to jobs, education, recreation and such other needs within our cities. The policy provides a framework and a direction for possible interventions towards sustainable transport.

Reena Arora Manager, UMI IUT India

Genesis of UMI Conference-cum-Expo

Past Events

One of the key focus areas of NUTP is to build capacities at the State and city level to address the problems associated with urban transport and undertaking the task of developing sustainable urban transport systems. To meet the objective of the policy, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India institutionalized an annual flagship event at national and international level known as “Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference-cum-Expo”.

Till date 12 events have been organized on the themes mentioned below:

The primary objective of the conference is to disseminate information to the cities, whose officials attend the conference to help them keep up-to-date with latest and best urban transport practices globally. The conference provides an opportunity to interact with other professionals, technology and service providers both domestic and international so that the delegates can carry home ideas to develop their urban transport along a sustainable path. The event brings together technology and service providers in urban transport from India and abroad as well as policy makers, practitioners and officials under one roof.

2013: Transforming Cities with Transportation 2014: Sustainable Transport for Sustainable Cities 2015:Transforming Mobility for Liveability 2016: Planning Mobility for City's Sustainability 2017: Intelligent, Inclusive and Sustainable Mobility 2018: Green Urban Mobility

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2008: Urban Mobility 2009: Sustainable Urban Transport 2010: Sustainable Cities 2011: Sustainable Mobility 2012: Smart Cities

2019: Accessible and Livable Cities

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EVENT REPORT  State Governments, city authorities and other stakeholders have gained substantially through participation in these conferences. 12th UMI Conference 2019 The 12th Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference was held from 15th to 17th November, 2019 at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Lucknow. The theme of the conference was “Accessible and Livable Cities”. It was attended by more than 1000 delegates, including foreign nationals, students, urban transport experts, practitioners, resource persons, researchers, scholars and senior government officials from 22 States & 4 Union Territories across India and from foreign countries including the Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Peru, United Kingdom, United Nations, World Bank, etc. The major topics / sub-themes are as follows: • Inaugural Session On 15.11.2019, the conference and exhibition was inaugurated by Shri Yogi Adityanath, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C), Ministry Housing & Urban Affairs, Govt. of India delivered the opening address. Mr. Jose Luis Irigoyen, Former Senior Director, Transport and ICT Global Practices in the World Bank at Washington D.C., U.S.A delivered the Keynote Address. A short video film on “Journey of Urban Transport in India” was launched and book on “Standard Specifications of Light Urban Rail Transit SystemMETROLITE” released in this session. • Major sessions 1. Conclave on “Public Transport for All” 2. Panel Discussion on Accessible Mobility 3. Avenues for Increased Revenue and cost cutting Methods in Metro Rail Systems • Technical Sessions 1. Walk the Talk on Walkability Policy (panel discussion) 2. Problems for Small and Medium Towns & Introduction of Public Transport Systems 3. How Women can be empowered through Public Transport? 4. Universal Accessibility 5. Child Friendly Mobility WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

6.Introduction of Electric Mobility: Challenges in Implementation 7.Clean Air Action Plan: Mitigations in Urban Transport Sector in Reducing Pollution 8.Technology to Leverage Services for Improved Mobility • Valedictory Session On 17.11.2019, the valedictory function was graced by Dr. Dinesh Sharma, Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh, Shri Ashutosh Tandon, Hon’ble Minister for Urban Development, Uttar Pradesh and Shri A. K. Saseendran, Transport Minister, Govt. of Kerala. Highlights of the valedictory session was the valedictory address by Shri D.S. Mishra, Secretary, MoHUA and awards presentation to the state / city level winners for Excellence in Urban Transport & Urban Mobility decided by a jury in the following categories: 1. Best Non-Motorised Transport (NMT) Project 2. Best City Bus Service Project 3. Best Urban Mass Transit Project 4.Best Intelligent Transport System Project 5.Best initiative for improved Road Safety 6.Best City in Urban Transport Initiatives 7.Best city in Green Transport Initiative

projects were given to 2 States and 14 commendable initiatives in Urban Transport. As part of the Conference, Institute of Urban Transport (India) conducted the Research Symposium which was organized on 16th and 17th November, 2019 in which selected research work in the field of urban transport was disseminated through 24 presentations by selected research students. The Fraunhofer Institute, Germany also assisted in reviewing the papers. An exhibition was also organized as part of the event in which 20 exhibitors, including 3 International and Media Partners participated. The participating organizations showcased their best practices. The participating manufacturing companies showcased latest technologies & state of the art products on Urban Transport.

At the conclusion of the conference, launch of UMI-2020 conference on the theme of Emerging Trends in Urban Mobility was announced to be held from 30th October to 01st November, 2020 in Delhi. ***

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 INDUSTRY EVENTS 2020

EVENT CALENDER 2020 Dates

Event Name

Venue

February 10-12

International Traffic Safety Forum & Exhibition 2020

Saudi Arabia

February 10-12

MOVE 2020

London, UK

February 18-19

5th Rail Cyber Security Summit 2020

London, UK

February 19-21

International Railway Summit 2020

Warszawa, Poland

February 25-26

Middle East Rail 2020

Dubai, UAE

February 27

Rail Business Awards 2020

London, UK

March 03-05

Taxi and Ride-hailing Conference & Exhibition

Karlsruhe, Germany

March 03-05

IT-TRANS 2020

Karlsruhe, Germany

March 11-12

Asia Pacific Rail 2020

Bangkok, Thailand

March 18-19

Geo Connect Asia 2020

Singapore

March 18-20

Railwaytech Indonesia

Jakarta, Indonesia

Mar.31-Apr. 02

Rail Live 2020

Madrid, Spain

May 05-07

PowerGen India

New Delhi, India

May 18-20

Smart Rail 2020

Rome, Italy

May 20-22

6th Smart Cities India 2020 Expo

New Delhi, India

May 20-22

Transport India 2020 Expo

New Delhi, India

May 27-29

International Transport Forum 2020

Leipzig, Germany

September 20-25

InnoTrans 2020

Berlin, Germany

October 6-8

GeoSmart India 2020

Hyderabad, India

Oct. 30 – Nov. 01

13th Urban Mobility India Conference & Expo 2020

New Delhi, India

November 25-26

Rail Asia Expo 2020

Bangkok, Thailand

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WHO’S WHO IN URBAN TRANSPORT INDUSTRY IN INDIA CENTRAL GOVERNMENT • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs Mr. Durga Shankar Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs Mr. Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Mr. Yudhvir Singh Malik, Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Mr. Piyush Goyal, Union Minister, Minister of Railways Mr. Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman Railway Board, Minister of Railways Mr. Ranjanesh Sahai, Secretary, Minister of Railways Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister, Ministry of Civil Aviation Mr. Arvind Singh, Chairman, Airport Authority of India Mr. Pradeep Singh Kharola, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation Mr. Arun Kumar, Director General of Civil Aviation Mr. Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister, Ministry of Shipping Mr. Gopal Krishna, Secretary, Ministry of Shipping

CHIEF OF METRO & RAILWAYS (MRTS) OPERATORS Metro Railway Operators • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Amravati Metro Rail Corporation (AMRC): Mr. NPRK Reddy, Managing Director Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC): Mr. Ajay Seth, Managing Director Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL): Mr. Pavan Kumar Bansal, Managing Director Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC): Mr. Mangu Singh, Managing Director Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation (HMRTC): Dr. J. Ganesan, Managing Director Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL): Mr. NVS Reddy, Managing Director Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC): Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singhal, Managing Director Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL): Mr. Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Managing Director Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC): Mr. Manas Sarkar, Managing Director Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC): Mr. Kumar Keshav, Managing Director L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited: Mr. K.V.B. Reddy, MD & CEO Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Co. Limited (MPMRCL): Mr. Sanjay Dubey, Managing Director Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha-Metro): Dr. Brijesh Dixit, Managing Director MEGA Company Ltd. (Ahmedabad Metro): Mr. S. S. Rathore, Managing Director Metro Railway, Kolkata: Mr. P. C. Sharma, General Manager Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC): Mrs. Ashwini Bhide, Managing Director Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC): Mrs. Ritu Maheshwari, Managing Director Patna Metro Rail Corporation (PMRC): Mr. Shiv Das Meena, Chairman Uttrakhand Metro Rail Corporation (UkMRC): Mr. Jitendra Tyagi, Managing Director

High-Speed Rail, DFC & RRTS Operators • • • • •

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL): Mr. Anurag Sachan, Managing Director High-Speed Rail Corporation of India Limited: Mr. Satish Chandra Agnihotri, CMD Kerala Rail Development Corporation Limited (KRDCL): Mr. V. Ajith Kumar, Managing Director National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC): Mr. Vinay Kumar Singh National High-Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL): Mr. Achal Khare, Managing Director

INSTITUTE AND ASSOCIATION • Institute of Urban Transport (IUT-India): Mr. Mukund Kumae Sinha, Director General • National Rail & Transportation Institute (NRTI): Ms. Alka Arora Mishra, Vice Chancellor • Indian Association of Urban Infra & Transport Industry (IAUITI): Ms. Mamta Shah, Founder President WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM

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Event Calendar 2020

Who is Who in Urban Transport Industry

Report on National Infrastructure Pipeline 2020 2025 by Govt. of India

New Energy Mobility for India

India's unique path towards electric mobility revolution

The Metro Railway Diplomacy: A Path

Urban Transport and Safety against Airborne Disease Ar. Raja Singh & Prof. Dr. Anil Dewan School of Planning & Architecture (SPA

Challenges in Design and Construction of World’s tallest rail bridge in India

Mr. Alkesh Kumar Sharma

Ms. Rupa Nandy

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Fluid Controls Private Limited: Manufacturer and supplier of world class industrial instrumentation products

Indian Railway's production units are leading 'Make in India' initiative Devi Prasad Dash, CEDE, Indian Railways

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Mumbai Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project: Accelerating India’s Journey into future

RRTS: Connecting India’s National Capital Region with World class Rapid Rails

Editor’s Message

Editorial Advisory Board

Urban Mobility & Leadership Award 2019 20

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Round Up 2019

BRTS Projects in India