Metro
According to unidentified sources, the concession agreement for the Mumbai Metro II – the 32-km-long underground Metro rail link between Charkop and Mankhurd via Bandra – will likely be scrapped by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and Reliance Infrastructure. It has been reported that the apparent termination of the concession deal for the [...] Continue Reading »
When India’s capital was given the Delhi Metro, it completely changed into the fast-paced city that you see today. India’s financial capital is gearing up for a similar change with the forthcoming Versova Andheri-Ghatkopar (VAG) corridor commissioning of the Mumbai Metro. The PPP initiative from a major French transportation company, Veolia, and Reliance Infra is [...] Continue Reading »
After the wait was finally over, the city of Mumbai finally experienced the rush and joy of the metro ride within six hours of its operation on Sunday itself when Prithviraj Chavan who happens to be the chief minister flagged offs its service. According to one of the Mumbai Metro One Spokesperson, it passes the [...] Continue Reading »
The Mumbai Metro Rail which was earlier going through a phase has finally cleared its last and most important intrusion since the Railway Board had given it final permission in order begin with all the commercial operations to the operator itself named the Anil Ambani Mumbai One. The operation which is for about 11.4 kilometres [...] Continue Reading »
According to recent news, the Metro Rail Project at Indore and Bhopal is being worked towards so that it can become operational within the next three years. Kailash Vijayvargiya, the minister for urban development and administration, has mentioned that feasibility reports of these two sites at Bhopal and Indore are now complete. In order to [...] Continue Reading »
Once again the Pune Metro proposal is in the news, and this time because the newly elected MP, Anil Shirole wants a reverse gear to play. The newly elected MP now wants to undo what the outgoing Union government did and their decisions too. This would be on the lines of gifting the city with [...] Continue Reading »
Reliance Infrastructure sings the song of hope as it waits for the nod to set up the Mumbai Metro line in the next ten days, says a source. The company now waits eagerly for the Indian Railway Board to give it’s final approval, and then the project is scheduled to begin with its commercial operations [...] Continue Reading »
A day after his meeting with top brass of the metro cell, Principal advisor to Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation E Sreedharan, on Tuesday, met chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. It is learnt that he told the CM about various formalities before going ahead with the ambitious project. Some of the sites were inspected by him on [...] Continue Reading »
The State government has given sanction to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to construct the Panniyanakara rail overbridge. It is a vital and primary infrastructure part of Kozhikode’s monorail project. The detailed plan, tender of works, execution, supervision and handing over of the completed work to the government will be done by DMRC and [...] Continue Reading »
In a mail to Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation’s (LMRC) Sreedharan suggests that an Agence Francaise de Development (AFD) loan is not best suited for the project. He points out that FIDIC contract conditions don’t suit the Indian situations and may lead to international arbitrations hiking the cost of the project. He adds that AFD would [...] Continue Reading »
