Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) would sign a general consultancy agreement with Kerala Monorail Corporation for the Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode monorail projects, which may together cost Rs 5,581 crore. Of the total project investment, Rs 3,590 crore would go for Thiruvananthapuram project and Rs 1,991 crore for Kozhikode project. DMRC would get 3.25 per cent of the total inv
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DMRC awards Rs 3.8 bn contract to Era Infra for Kochi project
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) awarded a Rs 383.7 crore contract to Era Infra Engineering (EIEL) for the construction of elevated viaduct, five elevated stations at the Kochi Metro Rail corridor in Kerala. The contractor is also responsible for architectural finishing, plumbing works of stations on Alwaye-Petta line of Kochi Metro Rail Project. EIEL is an integrated infrastructure company with its presence across the country
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UT govt takes steps for Rs 109 bn metro rail project
The UT administration of Chandigarh is taking steps to implement the 37.57-km metro rail corridor project covering Chandigarh, Panchkula and SAS Nagar. The project, which is estimated to cost Rs 10,900 crore, would be implemented through a special purpose vehicle (SPV). The cost of the project would be shared between the centre, UT administration and governments of Pu
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WB support for Hyd metro
Barjor E Mehta, Country Head of World Bank in India expressed the commitment of the multilateral lending agency to support Hyderabad Metro Rail project and activities to transform Hyderabad as an eco-friendly global city.
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Kochi Metro
In Kochi, when the planned Metro Rail comes into service, each train will have three coaches with a capacity to carry a maximum of 1,000 persons.
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Authority to set up SPV for metro rail project
In order to set up a 29.707 kilometre metro rail line between Noida and Greater Noida, the Noida and the Greater Noida authorities are in the process of forming a special purpose vehicle (SPV). The SPV, named Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC), will see an investment of Rs 1,000 crore. It is learnt that the authorities would soon approach the registrar of companies, Uttar Pradesh, for clearance and the w
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RMGL expects to commission metro rail project in June
Rapid Metrorail Gurgaon (RMGL) is about to complete work on the metro rail project in Gurgaon and it expects to commission the project in June. The project concessionaire completed work on five out of six metro stations (except Gateway Tower) and has also finished work on signaling, electrification and laying of tracks. Four of the five trains to be pressed into service have arrived at the site from
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Kolkata’s Noapara metro opening likely by month’s end
As soon as clearance is received from the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) Metro Railway plans to run 25 pairs of trains to and from the Noapara station in north Kolkata. Officials have already approached the CRS and urged him to carry out the mandatory inspection so services may start from the end of this month.
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Ranchi-Delhi direct rail track to be ready by 2014
The Ranchi-Lohardaga-Tori railway line would be completed by 2014, says the Railways. The project has been delayed by a year. Once the rail tracks are laid completely it would facilitate faster route between Ranchi and New Delhi. The newly-laid railway tracks between Ranchi and Tori would shorten the route to Delhi, said General Manager of South Eastern Railway (SER), Abhay Kumar Verma. Currently the trains need to undertake a circuitous journey to Delhi via Ramgarh and Barkakana.
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State govt must rectify error on metro project
In order to implement the Hyderabad metro rail project successfully, the Andhra Pradesh government will have to rectify the technical error in terms of the Act governing the project. Earlier the Andhra Pradesh High Court said in its order that the project was being wrongly governed by the Tramways Act and unless it is changed to Metro Act it could not be called 'Metro