Metro
Kochi Metro authorities say that the land acquisition procedures for the project have considerably slowed down as the district administration is involved in the conduct of Lok Sabha polls. The authorities point out that Aluva and Palarivattom would continue without many obstacles but works on the other stretches may get disturbed. A Kochi Metro official [...] Continue Reading »
The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) at Shalimar Bagh recently completed a tunnel under the operational Ring Road on the Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar metro corridor. The tunnel at Shalimar Bagh was constructed by DMRC engineers without any problem to the traffic running on the ring road above. The TBM completed the task of a [...] Continue Reading »
The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) denied the possibility of acquiring more land for construction of Operation Control Centre (OCC) at Muttom. The Metro agency mentioned that the facility would come in focus at the site identified for Kochi Metro’s coach maintenance yard at Muttom. KMRL spokesperson says that the design of the maintenance yard has [...] Continue Reading »
Infrastructure firm IL&FS Engineering and Construction informed that they were successful in getting a Rs 300- crore contract for elevated metro stations on Kolkata Metro Line in West Bengal by Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL). The company says that they are awarded a contract by RVNL, Kolkata for a value of Rs 299.76 crore for [...] Continue Reading »
At Dhaula Kuan, Delhi Metro line is 23m high, which is not the highest in the network but it is a difficult task to build it much higher. A heavy traffic intersection, flyover and Airport Metro Express will be fully operational that’s why it is a big task to construct the elevated track of the [...] Continue Reading »
The metro station at Dhaula Kuan is challenging as it is a traffic-heavy intersection. The station is a part of Mukundpur-Shiv Vihar line of Phase III. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) spokesperson Anuj Dayal informs that special equipment for construction will be used due to the uniqueness of the station — curving viaduct of line [...] Continue Reading »
The extension of the Yellow line to Badli, on the Jehangirpuri to HUDA City Centre corridor, will be one of the few Metro lines going over a railway line in the capital. The DMRC will construct a special bridge to stretch the Northern Railway tracks on the Delhi-Ambala route. DMRC will also construct two separate aerial [...] Continue Reading »
After the announcement of polls on Wednesday, the urban development minister wants the Group of Ministers (GOM) to take decision whether Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) should terminate the payment to the private firm that was walked out of Airport Metro project. The minimum payment would be Rs 900 Crore in case the GOM takes [...] Continue Reading »
The swanky Green line is zipping ahead and so are the property prices: Construction work along the Metro corridors may have disgruntled them but property owners on this stretch now have good reasons to be delighted. As work expedited on the Malleswaram-Peenya line, land prices along the stretch rose by 20-30%, in the past two-three [...] Continue Reading »
An empowered group of ministers (EGoM) headed by Defence minister AK Anthony will take a final decision on Wednesday, regarding issues related to the operation of the Delhi Airport Express Metro Line and its debt. A senior government official said, “The EGoM will decide whether to go for a new concessionaire or not and who’ll [...] Continue Reading »
