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 Posted - 06/09/2008 : 02:32:49
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http://steelguru.com/news/index/2008/06/08/NDk0ODI%
3D/No_SPV_for_Bangalore_Metro_Rail_project_%252526%2525238211%
25253B_Planning_Commission.html
The Planning Commission has decided that the Bangalore Metro Rail
Corporation should finance the project with grants from the
government instead of going through the 50:50 equity model that
involved setting up a special purpose vehicle for the funds.
The project, estimated to cost INR 6,395 crore, has a debt equity
ratio of 70:30. As per the current funding model, the centre and the
Karnataka government are to contribute 15% each to the equity
portion. For the debt portion, 45% will be taken care of by the BMRC
in the form of borrowing from the Japanese Bank for International
Cooperation and the remaining 25% will be raised through subordinate
debts. The JBIC is providing the loan at an interest rate of 8.75%
per annum.
According to the MoU signed with JBIC, the Japanese bank will give a
loan of INR 1,795 crore for the project under a special rate of
interest. While the bank charges an interest rate of mere 1.3% per
annum the project will have to bear a rate of 3.6%.
The proposed metro project envisages a 33 kilometers elevated and
underground rail network with 32 stations in the first phase. The
proposed gauge will be standard gauge, unlike the broad gauge in the
Delhi Metro network. The BMRC, executors of the project, has the
Delhi metro as its consultant.
Construction work, which was scheduled to start in 2005, was delayed
due to change in the coalition government in the state and continuous
debate over the feasibility of the project.
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Posted - 06/11/2008 : 02:26:51
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Was govt right in shifting Metro Rail MD?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bangalore/Was_govt_right_in_shiftin
g_Metro_Rail_MD/articleshow/3118533.cms
11 Jun 2008, 0213 hrs IST
BANGALORE: On Monday, when the new government affected a major shake-
up in the bureaucracy, one posting that probably caught everyone by
surprise was that of BMRCL managing director V Madhu. For, the powers
that be missed out an important rider put forth by the government of
India before signing the approval papers for the Rs 6,400-crore Namma
Metro Rail project â€" not to transfer BMRCL managing director without
prior approval of the Centre.
Madhu's appointment to BMRCL was not a normal posting done by
politicians at their whims and fancies. His CV was sent to the Union
urban development department and scrutinized by a panel of experts.
While he was appointed by the state government in March 2006, the
approval for his posting came in February 2008.
The Union government has a 25% stake in the project. The approval was
given for Metro Rail on May 11, 2006 when the agreement papers were
signed â€" under the institutional agreement, the terms and conditions
clearly stated that the "Managing Director of BMRCL shall be
appointed by the Government of Karnataka with prior concurrence of
Government of India."
Very recently, on February 27, 2008, the Metro Rail Cell of the Union
ministry of urban development wrote to state urban development
department principal secretary K Jothiramalingam about Madhu's
appointment as MD, BMRCL. In the letter, the Union government
requested the state government to ensure the appointment continues
during the construction period till December 2011.
"The project being one of the rail-based urban public transports, it
calls for consistency in the incumbency of the post of managing
director who is the crucial functionary at the field level. In order
to ensure that the project moves with the required thrust and drive,
realises the set targets without time overruns, the appointed MD
should continue during the project construction till Dec 2011. In the
event of the need arising for any change in the incumbency for
unavoidable reasons, such a step shall be taken only with the prior
approval of the central government," the letter said.
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Posted - 06/18/2008 : 10:25:15
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Transportati
on/Karnataka_plans_high-
speed_rail_link_at_Rs_3600_cr/articleshow/3138701.cms
17 Jun, 2008, 1930 hrs IST
BANGALORE: Karnataka Government has approved a high-speed rail link
between the city and the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) at
Devanahally at a cost of Rs 3,600 crore.
The rail link aims to cover the 33 km distance (between the city and
BIA) in 25 minutes, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa told reporters
after reviewing various projects. "It is also proposed to have check-
in counters (for the BIA) on Cubbon Road (in the heart of the city)",
he added.
Officials said the rail link would be established under the public-
private-partnership model.
Meanwhile, the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) would float a
global tender for building the first phase (65 kms) of a 115 km
peripheral ring road, aimed at decongesting Bangalore, in the next
three months.
About 1,800 acres of land has been acquired for the first phase
(Tumkur Road to Hosur Road), whose cost would be around Rs 3,000
crore including land acquisition costs. The project would be taken up
under Build-Own-Transfer (BOT) or annuity basis, officials said.
BDA plans to build about 92,000 flats measuring 3.25 square metres
each for economically weaker sections. Each flat would cost around Rs
three lakh. A total of 326 acres of land has already been acquired
for the purpose and the constructed flats would be shared on 50:50
basis, that is the developer who invests would get half of the flats
built, officials said
Besides the economically-weaker sections, beneficiaries from other
poor sections and middle-class peoople would also be allotted some
houses under this scheme, they said.
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Posted - 06/19/2008 : 19:54:29
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BMRCL rules out change in project alignment
Staff Reporter
A group of residents has moved court against Metro project
BMRCL says project will not affect temples
BANGALORE: The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has not only ruled out any change in the alignment of the Metro project, but also said that there is no need for obtaining environmental clearance for it.
BMRCL made this submission in a statement of objections before the Karnataka High Court when a petition by Madhava and other residents of CMH Road in Indiranagar, who have challenged the project, came up for hearing.
The petitioners said the project had not been environmentally cleared and that it was not taken up under the Indian Railways Act, but under the Mysore Tramways Act. They also apprehended that the project would damage the Kumaraswamy and Somaeshwara Temples in Bangalore.
In its objections, BMRCL said the Metro project, taken up under the Tramways Act, did not need environmental sanction.
It said schedule 1 of the Environmental Protection Act, 1986, and the Environmental Impact Assessment notification of 1994 had listed 30 projects that need not obtain environmental clearance. Schedule 1 of the notification did not include a project of mass-based rapid transport system like that of a metro rail obtaining clearance.
Moreover, the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, in a letter on April 11, 2005, had clarified that the rail-based Mass Rapid Transport System being taken up in Bangalore did not attract the provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment notification.
However, a detailed project report and environmental impact and assessment study had been taken up and it had studied the environmental aspects of the Metro Rail.
The Department of Environmental Sciences, Bangalore University, had also taken up a study on the environmental impact of Metro project. In its report, the department said that the project was environmentally sound and also sustainable.
BMRCL rejected allegations by the petitioners that the project would affect the Kumaraswamy and Someshwara temples.
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Posted - 06/24/2008 : 00:02:46
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http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jun232008/city2008062374903.asp
Having seen the Metro in Delhi and Kolkata, the urban rail network in
Mumbai and Chennai, the Bangalorean had always wondered why the
City's existing railway llines weren't put to better use. After all,
Bangalore had about a dozen railway stations criss-crossing the
City...
Trains there were aplenty as well, so what if they were long distance
ones. A lot of people had indeed thought about connecting these
existing lines and plan a road-rail network to boost Bangalore's
transport connectivity and let the concept of an urban rail take
root. BANGALORE 360 Degrees takes this route, and digs deeper into
those RITES files. Are its recommendations feasible today, how does
the Metro, Monorail and the roads fit in. Now, that was a question
then, and still is. Read on to find more.
Much hope hinges on the Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation Plan
for Bangalore prepared by Rail India Technical and Economic Society
(RITES), consultant for transportation projects to provide a solution
for the City’s transportation crisis. The report was readied for the
Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation in
October 2007.
A multi-modal public transport system involving rail and road routes
is the thrust of the plan. The railway options it provides are the
creation of Mono Rail or Light Rail Transport Corridors and Commuter
Rail Corridors. Here is an elaboration on the proposal and the
reaction to it from experts in the field:
Mono Rail/Light Rail
Normally, if the peak hour peak direction trips takes upto 15,000
people, buses would be able to handle it. However, this would be
possible only if a dedicated 10-meter wide bus lane is created.
Right of Way issues would come in the way of creating such bus lanes.
Therefore, elevated lanes, are the only solution.
According to sources, the route proposed is a mono-rail along the
Western crescent of the Outer Ring Road from Bellary Road to
Kanakapura Road along with a couple of spurs along selected radials
leading to the core area.
In addition, an independent corridor has been proposed from Hosur
Road-Bannerghatta Junction to National Park.
The plan suggests radial corridor along Magadi Road and Bannerghatta
Road to be extended up to the Peripheral Ring Road along Outer Ring
Road extended up to Bannerghata Road. It also suggests creation of
ten commuter rail corridors.
‘Not possible to implement’ (REACTIONS)
What is the feeling in the Railways about the proposed ideas?
The Monorail does not come under the purview of the Railways. On the
proposed Commuter Rail corridors, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of
the Bangalore division of South Western Railway Mr Mahesh Mangal
says, “Most of these proposals are not feasible at all. There is
neither line capacity nor terminal capacity to operate more trains.â€
As the City railway station was bursting at its seams, Yeshwantpur
was made another terminal; even that has become full now.
Byapannahalli is now being looked at as the next terminal. “There are
many long distance trains being added with every passing year. So,
there is no question of using the existing capacity to introduce more
trains for short distances in and around the City.â€
Doubling work is presently being undertaken from Bangalore up to
Tumkur and Ramnagaram. “As of now, the Commuter Rail corridor
proposed from BMA boundary to Ramanagaram and to Tumkur appear to be
the only ones possible.†If a separate dedicated lane is constructed
only for these suburban routes, then there is some solution, Mangal
added.
Another top railway official calls for the construction of a four-
lane track from Bangalore to Bangarpet, Bangalore to Whitefields,
Bangalore to Byappanahalli and Bangalore to Hosur. “This would help
in tackling passenger traffic in a big way.â€
Mono Rail - a better option
Prof M N Sreehari, Chief Operating Officer, Consortia of
Infrastructure Engineers (CIE) and Chairman of Traffic Engineer and
Safety gives a huge thumbs up for the RITES plan. “The RITES report
must be taken in the right spirit!†he said.
He suggests that the Mono Rail/Light Rail must be expanded in a big
way to act as an effective feeder to Metro Rail. “ Mono Rail can be
constructed for a length running over 300 kms. The planned Metro Rail
can take care of only 18% of the population out of the existing 78
lakhs. It is therefore, imperative that the Mono Rail is deployed
very effectively.
Apart from the 60 km-length for Mono Rail proposed by RITES, Sreehari
calls for introducing it along the entire Outer Ring Road for 78 kms
and the Peripheral Ring Road for 140 kms. Other hugely congested
areas where he wants Mono Rail to help out are the stretches from
Majestic to Jayanagar, Majestic to Mysore Road and Majestic to
Hasserghatta Cross (which would take care of Peenya too).
The Metro Rail takes care of only North, South, East and West and
ends up neglecting North East, South East and South West. Even on the
time and cost aspects, Mono Rail scores over the Metro Rail in a big
way. “The cost involved for laying lines above the ground for Metro
Rail works out to Rs 125 crore per km and Rs 250 crore per km to lay
the lines underground. Whereas, only an amount of Rs 65-70 crore
needs to be spent for one km of the Mono Rail.â€
The Chairman added, “Work related to Mono Rail would take only 18
months and other Asian countries like Japan and Malaysia are
concentrating only on Mono Rail now.â€
He also vouches for a multi-modal Integrated system which would be a
combination of Metro, Mono, Commuter Rail Corridors and Bus Rapid
Transit Corridors. “This will help in tackling 60% of the traffic.â€
So, why was no such solution attempted over the years? Instability in
the State and unfavourable governments at the Centre have been
responsible, Sreehari said. “The State government needs to have the
will to bring about such an improvement and they must apply sustained
pressure on the Centre so that such projects are sanctioned.â€
On the time frame that it would take to bring about such
improvements, he was too optimistic. “We can start even tomorrow. All
that is needed is to begin operations from Bangalore to Tumkur,
Bangalore to Whitefields, Bangalore to Hosur and Bangalore to
Kengeri. This can be slowly extended to other places. A new line can
be created which will cater exclusively to these services.
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Posted - 06/24/2008 : 23:16:02
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BMRCL : HC notice to State on metro station
http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/24/stories/2008062457840300.htm
BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Monday ordered issue of
notices to the State Government, the Karnataka Industries Areas
Development Board (KIADB) and the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation
limited (BMRCL) on petitions by owners of buildings in South End,
Jayanagar, challenging the acquisition of their buildings for the
construction of a Metro railway station.
The petitioners, Lakshmi Builders and M.A. Lakshmidevamma and several
others, have questioned the legality of the notifications passed by
the KIADB classifying their buildings as industrial structures and
seeking to acquire them for the construction of a metro railway
station.
Lakshmi Builders said they are the owners of commercial properties in
South End. They said banks, insurance companies, hotels, restaurants
and several offices were operating out of their five-floor building.
More than 1,000 people were directly or indirectly employed in these
firms. It said the KIADB had issued preliminary and final
notifications, seeking to acquire the building for the construction
of a metro railway station. They said the authorities had not
considered the objections they had filed. They urged the court to
stay the notifications.
Justice B.S. Patil ordered issue of notices to the State and other
respondents and adjourned further hearing in the case.
In a similar case, M.A. Lakshmidevamma and several others have
questioned the rationale of the KIADB in seeking to acquire their
building on South End, Jayanagar, for the construction of a metro
railway station.
They said in the earlier alignment drawn up by the BMRCL, the metro
station was to come up near a hospital and a BBMP park. However, this
has been arbitrarily changed.
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Posted - 07/02/2008 : 20:19:19
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Metro set to get NGEF land
B.S. Ramesh
SRTC, BMTC want part of it
BANGALORE: Bangalore Metro is all set to acquire 53 acres of land belonging to New Government Electric Factory (NGEF) on Old Madras Road. This follows the decision of the State Government to draw up proceedings for acquiring the land.
The State had directed the Deputy Commissioner of Bangalore to notify the acquisition of land.
Sources told The Hindu on Saturday that apart from Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC), two other State undertakings — Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) — want the NGEF land for setting up an integrated transport hub.
The decision to acquire land was taken after the company court (High Court) permitted the State to acquire lands.
The matter was before the company court as NGEF was under liquidation and all the movable and immovable assets of the company were under the care of the official liquidator appointed by the company court.
The State planned the transport hub at NGEF land to take care of the burgeoning traffic from Bangalore East. Sources said apart from this hub, the Byappanahalli Metro Station was being designed and projected as a terminal station situated between Old Madras Road and Byappanahalli Railway Station.
Bangalore Metro planned to have direct pedestrian connectivity between the metro station and the railway station and from Old Madras Road.
The traffic integration area, where BMTC and KSRTC buses would be available was situated across the railway tracks.
The Byappanahalli station was likely to have a host of facilities, including easy access points for the disabled.
Sources said once the NGEF land was handed over to BMRC and the other two corporations, the pace of work would pick up.
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Posted - 07/09/2008 : 01:42:57
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Namma Metro is running nine months
behind schedule.
http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/09/stories/2008070960360500.htm
But BMRCL chief hopes to make good the time lost
First phase likely to be completed in December 2010
BMRCL facing shortage of skilled manpower
Bangalore: It's now official. Namma Metro is running nine months
behind schedule.
This was disclosed by none other than Managing Director of Bangalore
Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) N. Sivasailam on Tuesday
during an interactive meeting with the members of Federation of
Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
With this delay, the first phase of the rail service between
Byappanahalli and Karnataka State Cricket Stadium on Mahatma Gandhi
Road will now be completed in December 2010 as against the earlier
schedule of March 2010.
Originally, the first phase of metro was scheduled to be commissioned
by December 2009 but it was later rescheduled to March 2010. And now
the work on metro rail is a year behind the original schedule.
Making up
Mr. Sivasailam said that efforts were on to make up the delay by
taking various steps and hoped that the BMRCL would be able to reduce
the delay by at least three to five months besides trying to complete
the first phase by March-April, 2010, if possible.
Without elaborating the causes for delay, he said that factors such
as acquisition of land, process of demolition of certain private
properties are a few reasons. He said that in certain cases, the
company could not accelerate the work owing to pending litigation,
though there were no stay orders against work.
The BMRCL is also facing shortage of skilled manpower in certain key
areas such as tunnel work among others.
Mr. Sivasailam also said that the proposed extension of metro rail
network has been included in the project pending clearance by the
Union Government as the State Government has given an assurance in
this regard.
C. Jayaram, Environmental Officer, BMRCL, said that the study
conducted by the experts from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.)
has concluded that it is safe to have underground tunnel for metro in
the Central Business District.
Mr. Jayaram said that there was no threat to the groundwater level in
the central zone as the study had indicated that there had been a
slight increase in the ground water level in the central zone owing
to leakage from drinking water pipelines and sewer.
D.D. Pahuja, Director, BMRCL, said that people having shops and
residences in areas where the metro will go underground will not be
inconvenienced when the tunnel is being dug beneath their structures
thanks to the deployment of sophisticated equipment.
The BMRCL officials have allayed the fears of some businessmen by
clarifying that it will not pass through Avenue Road.
To a query on whether the metro will run to Electronics City, Mr.
Sivasailam said that it was a matter to be decided by the State
Government.
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Posted - 07/13/2008 : 23:51:02
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http://steelguru.com/news/index/2008/07/13/NTQ1ODc%3D/Bangalore_Metro_invites_bids_for_viaducts.html
July 13, 2008
According to an official notification, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited,
a joint venture of Government of Karnataka & Government of India has initiated
process for construction of 2 viaducts at a cost of INR 410 crore.
According to the notification the first viaduct 5.1 kilometer will be
constructed in North to South corridor, excluding station portions in Reach 3
between Yeshwwanthupur & Swastik Terminal at a cost of INR 200 crore.
The second viaduct 5.9 kilometer will be constructed in East to West corridor,
excluding station portions in Reach2 between Magadi road & Mysore road Terminal.
The estimated cost of the viaduct is about INR 210 crore.
The viaducts are part of first phase of Bangalore Metro consisting of 2
corridors of double line electrified will cover a total of 33 kilometer. Out of
this, 6.76 kilometer will be underground near City Railway Station, Vidhana
Soudha, Majestic & City Market and most of the rest will be elevated.
The East to West corridor will be 18.10 kilometer long, starting from
Byappanahalli & terminating at Mysore Road terminal. The 14.90 kilometer North
to South corridor will begin at Yeshwantpur Terminal & terminate at RV Road
terminal.
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other related news
http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/15/stories/2008071557310100.htm
BANGALORE: Bangalore Metro, despite running several months behind
schedule and embroiled in court cases, has gone ahead and called for
tenders for two more reaches.
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) Managing Director N.
Sivasailam told The Hindu that the corporation had invited tenders
for the second reach relating to construction of an elevated viaduct
from Mysore Road terminus to Magadi Road and the third reach
comprising an elevated section from Yeshwanthpur Terminus to Swastik
(Seshadripuram).
The estimated cost of construction for the viaduct from Mysore Road
to Magadi Road is Rs. 210 crore and successful bidders will be
expected to complete it within 27 months from the award of contract.
The bids will be opened at the BMRCL office in Shantinagar on August
8.
Similarly, the estimated cost of the third reach (from Yeshwanthpur
to Swastik) is Rs. 200 crore. The date of opening this tender is
August 14 and the work is slated to be completed within 27 months
from the date of award of contract.
Besides these two reaches, BMRCL has also proposed direct pedestrian
connectivity between the Metro Station at Byappanahalli and the
railway station and also from Old Madras Road.
The traffic integration area, where Bangalore Metropolitan Transport
Corporation (BMTC) and Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation
(KSRTC) buses would be available, will be situated across the railway
tracks.
The Byappanahalli station, Mr. Sivasailam says, is likely to have a
host of facilities, including easy access points for the physically
challenged. The State says the NGEF land across which the
Byappanahalli station will come up, will be developed as a major
integrated transport centre in Bangalore.
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Posted - 08/01/2008 : 21:14:27
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Posted - 08/10/2008 : 19:52:34
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Traffic diversion as metro rail work takes off on CMH Road
Staff Reporter
BANGALORE: Vehicular movement on Chinmaya Mission Hospital Road will be affected from Monday as the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) undertakes work on the metro rail.
A BMRC release said that the centre of the CMH Road will be partly barricaded from the B.M. Sri Circle to Adarsha Junction, in stages.
Advising motorists to use alternative roads, the release said: “After barricading, the road width would be approximately four metres up to Double Road and two metres from Double Road to the Adarsha Junction.”
Only light vehicles such as small cars, two-wheelers will be allowed to ply between B.M. Sri Circle and Indiranagar Double Road. The traffic police has banned parking on Chinmaya Mission Road.
Buses coming from Airport Road, Domlur and Doopanahalli will take a right turn at B.M. Sri Circle.
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Posted - 08/16/2008 : 11:24:46
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Namma Metro on fast track
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IE120080816101047&Page=1&Title=Bangalore&Topic=0
Saturday August 16 2008 10:11 IST
BANGALORE: After being nine months behind schedule, Namma Metro seems to be back
on tracks.
Construction work for Reach I (Byappanahalli to Chinnaswami Cricket Stadium) of
Bangalore Metro Rail project has picked up pace. Viaduct construction work on
all the stretches of Reach I is in progress.
The much criticised slow civil works on MG Road also seems to have gained speed.
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) MD N Sivasailam, told this
website’s newspaper:
“Seven piers have been constructed on MG Road and launching girder segments
will come up on this stretch in around 15 days. BMRCL Board has approved
construction of two stations- Swami Vivekananda (Old Madras) Road station and
Ulsoor Road station.â€
Pile foundation work for 100 piers out of the total 209 piers for Reach I has
been completed. Forty of the 1,929 girder segments have been cast so far.
Work on CMH Road despite litigation on metro alignment started on Monday.
Construction work on 100 Ft Road in Indiranagar and Old Madras Road have also
gained pace.
Land levelling work for Byappanahalli depot, one of the four depots for metro,
is on. Byappanahalli Police Station has agreed to vacate the place for metro
work.
Shifting of Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage (BWSSB) pipes has been completed
at eight out of 18 locations identified for Reach I.
Electricity lines of BESCOM and KPTCL have been shifted in 13 out of 22
locations marked. Awards for Rs 77,48,06,218 in 64 cases of acquisition of
4934.543 sq mt land for Metro Rail project have been passed.
BMRCL has taken possession of over 75 properties and has released a total of Rs
93,28,133 as rehabilitation allowance for 59 people.
Evaluation of technical bids for rolling stock is under progress and five
consortia have been selected in the pre-qualifying round for technical and
financial bids for signalling and communications.
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Posted - 08/25/2008 : 19:55:07
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Monorail put on the fast track
26 Aug 2008, 0212 hrs IST,TNN
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BANGALORE: The state government has added pace to the long-pending proposal for a monorail system in Bangalore by identifying four corridors covering 60 km.
The corridors have been identified under the ambitious comprehensive traffic and transportation plan (CTTP), chief minister B S Yeddyurappa told a high-level meeting on Bangalore infrastructure on Monday.
The meeting was held as a follow-up review of proposals made during the Agenda for Bengaluru Infrastructure Development (ABIDe) meeting in June.
Asian Infrastructure Consortium (AIC) had already submitted a proposal to implement the monorail system, under the Swiss Challenge method. The AIC is expected to submit the DPR (detailed project report) by October 8. The new time frame was decided after the consortium had asked the state government for more time to work on the DPR.
The development of the monorail network, conceived to act as a feeder network to Namma Metro, was initially given to the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) Limited, before the state government decided to go in for the Swiss Challenge model.
On Namma Metro, the chief minister said the BMRCL was working on the expansion of Namma Metro, under phase two. The government has accepted the CTTP report by RITES for an additional 64 km under the second phase.
The meeting, attended by transport minister R Ashok, BDA commissioner H Siddiah, BBMP commissioner S Subramanya and urban development department secretary K Jothiramalingam, also hosted industry leaders like Biocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan and Infosys HR director T V Mohandas Pai, along with Janaagraha founder Ramesh Ramanathan and Dr Devi Shetty.
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Posted - 08/26/2008 : 05:28:57
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appoints DMRC as consultant for Bangalore Metro
http://steelguru.com/news/index/2008/08/26/NjAxNzg%
3D/Karnataka_appoints_DMRC_as_consultant_for_Bangalore_Metro.html
August 26, 2008
It is reported that the Karnataka government has recently appointed
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation as the consultant for the Phase II of
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation's metro rail project. The DMRC is
expected to submit the detailed project report within 8 months.
Even as the route alignment will have to be decided by the
consultant after going through various issues, the major route on
Phase II will be between Peripheral Ring Road and Yelahanka with a
changeover at MG Road Station.
The consultant will follow the Comprehensive Traffic and
Transportation Plan for Bangalore prepared by RITES. The CTTP had
recommended construction of 2 corridors, one between PRR and
Yelahanka and the other between Indiranagar Metro Station and
Whitefield Railway Station under Metro Phase II.
Under Phase II, an exclusive corridor will be built connecting PRR
and Yelahanka. The existing singular north-south corridor will cater
to the western parts of the city between Peenya and Kanakapura Road.
The proposed corridor will cover Nagavara, Veerannapalya, Fraser
Town and residential, commercial and IT industrial areas along Hosur
Road. This corridor will have interchange with the airport metro to
provide direct access from south and south-east Bangalore to the
airport.
The CTTP among other things had also recommended extension of the
north-south Corridor of Phase I up to Peripheral Ring Road from the
RV Road Terminal and the east-west corridor up to Benniganahalli
from Byappanahalli.
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S.ravi
Advanced Member
India
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Posted - 09/08/2008 : 20:01:03
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BANGALORE: Two consortia and five joint ventures have pre-qualified for underground tunnelling and station work, while eight and nine firms each have been pre-qualified for viaduct construction under Reach 2 and Reach 3 of Namma Metro Phase I.
Tenders for prequalification of contractors for procurement of design, underground civil work, tunnel along with ventilation and air-conditioning package were invited by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) in February. As many as 10 firms/consortiums participated in the pre-qualification bid in May. It was evaluated and sent to the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation, the main funding agency, for its concurrence.
An official release said that the main tender was likely to be floated in the third week of this month. Eight firms have pre-qualified for construction of viaduct on Reach 2 (between Leprosy Hospital (Magadi Road) and Mysore Road Terminal) and nine for that on Reach 3 (between Swastik and Peenya).
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Bangalore Metro
