Metro
The opening of the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar metro to the public will delay even though the construction of the line is nearing completion. It passed the seventh deadline without opening on time. Now, the deadline has been set to August 2013. However, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) officials said the line will be open to the [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi- The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) is likely to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) in order to resolve their differences of opinion and thus facilitate the construction of the Metro in the city. Meanwhile, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is considering plans to finalise [...] Continue Reading »
The French Embassy and French development agency, Agence Francaise de Development (AFD) has signed an agreement with Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) for providing Euro 110 million (about Rs 787 crore) finance to Bangalore Metro project. They signed a project Financing Agreement this week. The financing has been earmarked for a long term Credit [...] Continue Reading »
The long pending monorail project in Mumbai will be functional shortly. Trials are going on regular basis between Chembur and Wadala in Central Mumbai. Chief secretary of Maharashtra said that the test ride which was organised recently went successful and he witnessed the enthusiasm and the excitement of the Mumbaikars to ride a Mono Rail. [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi- The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has raised an objection against the launch of Kochi Metro work without first acquiring land for widening the national highway along which the metro over-bridge has been proposed to be constructed. The Kerala government is all set to launch the project as soon as the Terms of [...] Continue Reading »
Kolkata- Metro trains will run more safely from July onwards as the Railway Board has planned to implement Train Protection and Warning System (TPWS). The system will alert the motorman of metro train and at times, it will even apply brakes if there is a possibility of danger signal being overshot or the train passes [...] Continue Reading »
Residents living on the stretch of road from Maruthi Mandir to Vijaynagar are facing difficulties because of the metro work which began three years ago. Despite being one of the busiest roads in the area, it is filled with potholes that makes the life of the commuters miserable. The people staying in and around this [...] Continue Reading »
Jaipur – The first set of metro cars for Jaipur metro rail project will be rolled out by Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) in March 2013. BEML is a public sector defence Power Supply Unit (PSU) company of Bangalore. In 2011, an amount of 318 crore was handed over to the company for manufacture, supply, testing [...] Continue Reading »
Pune metro rail project has finally got a budget of Rs 10 crore in the Union Budget which was announced recently. The long delayed project had proposals from Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations in association with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Pune metro, for the first time has got listed in this year’s list of projects of the urban [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- The Union Budget has allocated budget of Rs 7,701 crore to Delhi Metro in the Budget 2013-2014, for Phase-III metro construction in Delhi. In 2012-2013 fiscal, Rs 4,511.89 crore (Plan and non-Plan combined) was allocated to the Delhi metro. Union Budget has increased the allocation by Rs 669.23 crore under the 2013-14 Budget. [...] Continue Reading »
