Round Up 2019

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 ofRs. 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 ofRs. 11,216 crore on 2 January 2019.

MEGA Metro reconstitutes as Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation(GMRC) Ltd | Metro Rail The board ofdirectors ofMetro-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.

UttrakhandGovt. approves light rail transit project for Dehradun city | Light Metro Rail Uttarakhand ChiefMinister Trivendra Singh Rawat had given his approval on the recommendations ofLight 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-GreaterNoida 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.

Chennai Metro opens 10 km stretchAG-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 ofBlue Line ofChennai 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) corridoron 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 of31.39 km on 15 February 2019.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays foundationstone ofPatna Metro Rail project | Metro Rail Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone ofthe 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 ofGujarat 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 ) ofMumbai Monorail for public on 3 March, 2019

Ahmedabad Metro Phase 1 opens, PM Modi lays foundation ofPhase 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 worthRs 13,095 crore | Metro Rail Maharashtra ChiefMinister Devendra Fadnavis had approved 29 km long metro corridor for Thane city on 6 March 2019.

PM Narendra Modi flags off13.5 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 offNoida City Centre –Noida Electronic City corridorof 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) ofLucknow 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.

PM Modi flags offNorth-South corridorofLucknow Metro | Metro Rail The Prime Minister Narendra Modi had flagged off the 23.km long North-South corridor (Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport & Munshipulia) ofLucknow Metro on 8 March 2019.

PM Modi lays foundationstone ofDelhi-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 offthe Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda) to Dilshad Garden Metro Corridor on the Red Line ofDelhi 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 ofDelhi 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 ofMetro | Metro Rail The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had celebrated Silver Jubilee ceremony on 3 May 2019 on completion of its 25 years offoundation.

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 ofGurugram Metro Rail project | Metro Rail Harayana ChiefMinister Manohar Lal Khattar had approver Rs 5, 126 crore metro project between Huda City Centre and Cyber City ofGurugram.

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 ofthis project will be Rs 1500-2000 crore.

Cabinet clears formation ofUttar 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 ofKerala | Metro Rail The Kerala Government cabinet had approved the revised detailed project report (DPR) for the Kochi Metro extension to

Centre approves formation ofnew 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 ofDelhi-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) ofthe Haryana Orbit Rail CorridorProject.

MaharashtraGovt. approves ₹3,500-crore ropeway project to link Metro stations | Ropeway Mumbai MetropolitanRegion Development Authority (MMRDA) board also approved the appointment ofthe 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. ofIndia 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.

MaharashtraGovt. 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 corridorofHyderabad 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 ofKochi 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 ofKochi Water Metro project on 3 September 2019.

NCRTC completes foundation of100 piles on Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor| RRTS The National Capital Regional TransportCorporation (NCRTC) had completed the foundation of100 piles on the 17 km

PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone ofthree 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 ChiefMinister Devendra Fadnavis had officially flagged offthe trial test run on 11 km long Belapur-Pendhar corridor (Line 1) ofNavi Mumbai Metro from Taloja Depot on 11 September 2019.

MadhyaPradesh CM Kamal Nath lays foundationofRs7,500 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.

MadhyaPradesh CM Kamal Nath lays foundationofRs.6,941 crore Bhopal Metro project | Metro Rail Madhya Pradesh ChiefMinister 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 offirst Light Urban Rail Transit system ‘Metrolite’ on 19 km stretch between Kirti Nagar and Dwarka Sector 25 Exhibition-cum-ConventionCentre 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 ofPatna 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 ofPatna 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 ofcorridor III (Blue Line) ofHyderabad Metro Rail project on 29 November 2019.

Railway Board approves DPR ofRs 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

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 UndergroundLine | 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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