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CM puts on hold tender
Chittaranjan Tembhekar
Tuesday, June 03, 2008 02:57 IST
Chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has asked the metropolitan administration to put on hold the tendering of third line (Colaba to Bandra) of metro rail project�s first phase which involves mostly the underground section until the Indian Railways comes out with its feasibility report on the proposed elevated rail corridor between Mumbai Central and Virar.
MMRDA sources said Deshmukh was apprehensive about a capital-intensive underground section for the 18-km stretch between Colaba and Bandra. Sources said the CM probably wanted an elevated corridor as it was expected to cost less than an underground one. As railways were expected to come out with pre-feasibility study by the end of the current financial year, the implementation on Colaba-Bandra might be delayed by 10 more months, the officials said.
The Colaba-Mahim-Bandra metro line is estimated to cost Rs10,315 crore. As per the original plan, the line was to have 14 underground stations (of the total 16). The deadline set for this third line was 2014.
June 4 2008
Thu Jun 5, 2008 12:51 am (PDT)
http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=1032c4c2-
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Mumbai, June 04, 2008
Mumbai's ambitious metro rail project on Wednesday received a shot in
the arm with the Centre sanctioning Rs 4,500 crore for its completion.
"Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh had requested for funds from the
Centre. The Centre is sanctioning Rs 4,500 crore as viability gap
funding for the Mumbai Metro Rail Project (MMRP)," Union Urban
Development Minister Jaipal Reddy on Wednesday said.
Reddy was in the city to attend Sant Gadgebaba Rural Cleanliness
Campaign Award functions. The awards were given to various municipal
corporations and councils.
The total amount required for the MMRP, to be completed in three
phases, is Rs 22,000 crore. The proposed metro links for the city in
the first phase are from Versova to Ghatkopar and Charkop-Bandra-
Mankhurd as east-west suburban corridor and Colaba to Bandra as a
north-south corridor.
Reddy also said that Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renual Mission is doing
well in Maharashtra. The state's Employment Gurentee Scheme model is
being replicated nation-wide, he added.
JUne7 ,2008
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The companies owned by Anil Ambani and his elder
brother Mukesh have shown a keen interest in bagging
the contract to develop some of the metro rail
corridors in the city. This follows the MMRDA�s
decision to go in for a Public Private Partnership
(PPP) model to develop all such corridors, in sharp
contrast to their earlier claims of developing them on
their own.
The MMRDA will use the PPP model to construct the
second Metro Rail corridor connecting
Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd and already, there are big
players who are ready to cash in on this development.
Five private players, besides the Ambani brothers have
shown interest. Metropolitan commissioner Ratnakar
Gaikwad said the MMRDA has decided to go ahead with
the PPP model for the construction of the
Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd Metro Rail corridor.
june 6,2008
6 Jun, 2008, 2332 hrs IST
MUMBAI: The second corridor of the Mumbai Metro Rail
Project linking the eastern suburb of Mankhurd to
western Charkop in Kandivali will be implemented on a
public-private partnership (PPP) basis, a senior
government official said.
"We have decided to go ahead with PPP model for
constructing Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd Metro Rail line,
Metropolitan Commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad said.
The decision comes soon after the creation of the
Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation, on the lines of its
counterpart in Delhi, to fund the construction of the
metro rail corridors.
Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy had on
Wednesday announced the Centre's decision to provide
viability gap funding to the tune of Rs 4,500 crore
for the Metro Rail Project.
Earlier, the government was contemplating building the
remaining metro lines on its own, due to the high
viability gap funding that would be required.
The first corridor linking the eastern suburb of
Ghatkopar to western Versova is already under
construction and is being built by the Mumbai Metro
One Pvt Limited on the PPP model.
The Mumbai Metro One was formed by a consortium led by
Reliance Energy Limited.
The Maharashtra government plans to build nine metro
corridors in three phases across the city as part of
the Mumbai Metro Rail Project.
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Mumbai, June 11, 2008
The first metro rail corridor project in the city is beginning to
move forward with a Chinese company bagging the Rs 604 crore contract
to supply 16 trains.
The 11.4-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor is set to be
operational by 2010-end.
Mumbai Metro One, the special purpose vehicle formed to undertake
construction, has selected CSR Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock Company --
a 100-year-old subsidiary of the government-owned China South
Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation.
Officials say the first four-coach train will be rolled out within 18
months and all 16 trains in the next two years.
The contract for first metro line was awarded to a consortium lead by
Reliance Energy. Mumbai Metro One hopes to finish the project in less
than three years.
CSR Nanjing Puzhen has been manufacturing metro rail cars since 2000
and has supplied light rail vehicles to MRT Hong Kong. It is
currently manufacturing electric multiple unit trains for Georgia to
run at 130 km per hour.
Nearly 450 metro cars supplied by CSR Nanjing are running across the
world with about 750 more under manufacture and delivery.
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june 12,2008
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?
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Mumbai: IDBI Bank has sanctioned a debt amount of Rs 300 crore for the
11.5-km long first phase of the Mumbai Metro rail link.
With this, the company executing the ambitious project â€" Mumbai Metro
One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) â€" has taken the first step towards achieving
financial closure for the same.
Of the entire Rs 2,356 crore that the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar
elevated rail corridor will cost, MMOPL will get a capital grant of Rs
650 crore from city planning authority and stake-holder in the project
MMRDA, with the balance being raised through Rs 1,194 crore in debt and
Rs 512 crore in equity.
After sanctioning the loan of Rs 300 crore, IDBI Bank will now
syndicate the balance debt of Rs 894 crore through other lenders soon.
As a result, MMOPL sources said, the entire project’s financial closure
will be achieved by July-end.
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Posted - 06/16/2008 : 04:01:53
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16 june 2008 Second metro link on track
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080616/jsp/nation/story_9417704.jsp
Mumbai Metro’s second corridor will be built by a joint venture
between a government firm and a private developer.
This link will connect Mankhurd, in the city’s south, with
Kandivali’s Charkop, in the west, and cut through Bandra.
“We have decided to go ahead with the public-private partnership
model for the Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd line,†metropolitan
commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad said.
The decision comes close on the heels of the creation of the Mumbai
Metro Rail Corporation, on the lines of the Delhi Metro Rail Corp,
for the construction of the project.
Union urban development minister Jaipal Reddy had recently announced
the Centre would chip in with Rs 4,500 crore in viability gap
funding â€" money to plug possible shortfalls in raising resources â€"
for the Metro plan.
The first corridor, linking the eastern suburb of Ghatkopar to
Versova in the west, is already under construction, being built by
Mumbai Metro One Private Ltd under the public-private model.
In all, nine corridors are planned in three phases.
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Posted - 06/17/2008 : 00:14:25
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Mumbai Metro rail project to earn carbon credits
thehindubusinessline.com/2008/06/17/stories/2008061750902100.htm
The proposed methodology is applicable to projects that reduce
emissions through construction and operation of urban rail-based mass
transit systems.
Mumbai, June 16
After Delhi metro rail, it’s the turn of the Mumbai Metro rail
project to earn carbon credits. The project will generate 6,51,938
carbon credits between 2011 and 2020.
At the current market price of about €20 (Rs 1,320), the credits will
generate a revenue of Rs 86.05 crore.
Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd, the special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the
project, has submitted a detailed methodology report to the executive
board of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
seeking clean development mechanism (CDM) registration for the
project.
Mumbai Metro One Private Ltd would be implementing the Versova-
Andheri- Ghatkopar metro corridor in Mumbai. It is a joint venture
formed by Reliance Energy of the Anil Ambani Group, Veolia Transport
of France and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority
(MMRDA).
Mumbai Metro One has been given a 35-year concession by MMRDA to
develop and operate a rail-based mass transit system. The proposed
methodology is for the transport sector and applicable to project
activities that reduce emissions through the construction and
operation of urban rail-based mass transit systems such as metro,
light transit rail, tram and skytrains.
The methodology, submitted to the UNFCCC for approval, is currently
under review by the UNFCCC panel and a decision would be taken in
August, the SPV said in an email statement.
Product design
According to the project design document submitted to the UNFCCC,
baseline emission have been established by computing emissions, a
passenger would have caused in absence of the project travelling the
same origin to destination trip using modes of transport such as
walking and cycling, private passenger car, taxis, motorcycles,
rickshaws, buses and suburban rail.
Mumbai Metro One has engaged CDM transportation specialist Grutter
Consulting of Switzerland to develop the methodology for the project.
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Posted - 06/17/2008 : 11:40:26
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thehindubusinessline.com/2008/06/17/stories/2008061750902100.htm
The proposed methodology is applicable to projects that reduce
emissions through construction and operation of urban rail-based mass
transit systems.
Mumbai, June 16
After Delhi metro rail, its the turn of the Mumbai Metro rail
project to earn carbon credits. The project will generate 6,51,938
carbon credits between 2011 and 2020.
At the current market price of about 20 (Rs 1,320), the credits
will generate a revenue of Rs 86.05 crore.
Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd, the special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the
project, has submitted a detailed methodology report to the executive
board of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
seeking clean development mechanism (CDM) registration for the
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Posted - 06/26/2008 : 19:57:12
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MUMBAI: Even as work on the Mumbai metro proceeds at snails pace,
the state government is all set to give the Rs 5,000-crore mono rail
plan the final clearance next month. The mono rail project seeks to
provide transport links for short distances and connect areas not
covered by the Metro project. Interestingly, as in other major city
infrastructure projects, the Ambani brothers had submitted their bids
for the project. The consortia led by Anil Ambanis REL Infra is
still in the race whereas Mukesh Ambanis Reliance Industries bid
was rejected on technical grounds.
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Posted - 06/30/2008 : 19:57:49
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Attractive features mark Mumbai's first Metro Options
Indian Railway News
From: Indian Railway News <harian...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:30:02 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Mon 30 Jun 2008 20:30
Subject: Attractive features mark Mumbai's first Metro
Automated trains that can run from one station to another without the driver doing little beyond operating doors and a black box that can
store travel data are some of the features that will be seen in the
city's first metro rail corridor.
The trains, which have been ordered from the Chinese firm CSR Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock Ltd, will be able to stop and start without any driver involvement and will also automatically set a safe speed for travel, Mumbai Metro One officials said.
Mumbai Metro One Pvt Limited (MMOPL) is the special purpose vehicle
created to build the 11.7-km-long first metro rail corridor between
the eastern suburb of Ghatkopar and the western suburb of Andheri.
''The automatic train operation feature will be provided on the
trains that performs all the functions of the driver except for
opening and closing the doors,'' K P Maheshwari, Director of MMOPL
said.
The train will be able to run and apply brakes automatically and will also calculate a safe speed to travel with respect to other trains on the line to prevent any accident, he said.
The first metro rail corridor will have trains of four to six coaches in length and will be equipped ''black boxes'' or event recorders to
store vital information of the movement of the train.
''The event recorders have been used in trains in the US, Europe and
other parts of the world but it will be used for the first time in
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Posted - 07/17/2008 : 23:56:09
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old news with some details
Third Metro Rail route now put off indefinitely
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Third-Metro-Rail-route-now-
put-off-indefinitely/336588/
Mumbai, July 16 MMRDA is waiting for Railways to finalise Churchgate-
Virar elevated tracks proposal
After a series of flip-flops on how to go about the first phase of
the Metro rail in the city, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Development Authority (MMRDA) has now put the third route, to run
from Colaba to Bandra, on hold indefinitely. The reason: The route
would duplicate the proposed elevated railway along the existing
Churchgate-Virar line.
"We have to wait and see whether the elevated route materialises. We
don't want to duplicate a parallel line which will cost around Rs
12,000 crore," said Metropolitan Commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad. In
the meantime, according to the chief of the Mumbai Metropolitan
Region Development Authority (MMRDA) which is the nodal agency for
executing the Metro Rail masterplan for the city, the government may
invest in "other, smaller corridors".
In effect, this means the planned Metro Rail corridor from Colaba in
south Mumbai to the north-western suburb of Bandra will now be
considered only after the Ministry of Railways gives a final and
clear picture on its ambitious proposal for a 60-km elevated rail
corridor from Churchgate to Virar. Still at a very nascent stage, a
pre-feasibility report on the elevated rail is still awaited.
Planned as the third route in the first phase of the Metro Rail
project for the financial capital, the 20-km route from Colaba to
Bandra was earlier already mired in indecision after bureaucrats
pointed out that the immense cost could deter private players from
being interested. Mostly an underground route, the Colaba-Bandra
Metro Rail line was part of the government's Metro Rail masterplan
for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
In the meantime, the MMRDA, which is in the tendering process for the
second corridor Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd is preparing for a cost
escalation due to the delay in deciding the model of implementing the
corridor. "The draft Model Concession Agreement for the second
corridor has been sent to Government of India for approval. There is
also an escalation in the cost, by around Rs 2,000 crore, from the
original cost of Rs 6,192 crore," Gaikwad said.
The state government had also considered opting for a state-owned
model to build the remaining eight Metro Rail corridors in the
masterplan, along the lines of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
(DMRC), but later shelved the idea.
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Posted - 07/23/2008 : 06:20:35
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http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1179213
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 03:23 IST
The 32-km elevated second phase of the metro rail project which will
connect Charkop and Mankhurd via Bandra will have 27 stations.
After the state government okayed the project, the Centre accorded its
in-principal approval to the line in February 2007. Two years ago, the
cost of the project was pegged at Rs5,616 crore. Now, it has been
estimated that the project would cost almost Rs8,400 crore.
The deadline for the project is 2012. The Ambani brothers, it has been
learnt, will bid for the project.
The Centre will fund up to 20 per cent of the total cost of Rs8,400
crore. "Department of Economic Affairs, New Delhi, is scrutinising the
agreement to be signed with the selected bidder," said Milind
Mhaiskar, additional metropolitan commissioner
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Posted - 07/27/2008 : 01:24:33
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Metro Rail Project: BMC, MMRDA yet to decide on rehabilitation of
PAPs
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Metro-Rail-Project-BMC-MMRDA-
yet-to-decide-on-rehabilitation-of-PAPs/340153/
Mumbai, July 24 Even as the construction of first metro rail between
Versova and Ghatkopar via Andheri is under way, the displaced shop
owners and tenants at the J P Road in Andheri are still breathing
nervously due to the "vagueness" on their rehabilitation.
The Metro Rail Project Affected Persons Action Committee (MRPAPAC),
an organisation formed by the PAPs to "fight for the cause" of the
displaced, demanded rehabilitation of as many as 278 displaced
shopkeepers. "The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority
(MMRDA) is unclear about the rehabilitation policy for the displaced
people at the J P Road. They are asking us to shift to Oshiwara
though they had promised to relocate us to Andheri market. We should
be relocated within the vicinity of our existing commercial
establishments and we need a permanent place in the proposed mall,"
said Pratap Ankolekar, working committee member of the organisation.
Meanwhile, the MMRDA which is the implementation agency of the Metro
rail project said the PAPs would be relocated to the proposed mall
on S V Road in Andheri. "The relocation to Oshiwara tenements is
temporary, but eventually every PAP would be relocated to the
proposed mall," said Dilip Kawathkar, Joint Project Director (Public
Relations), MMRDA.
Earlier, another body formed by the PAPs at the J P Road had
protested against the unclear rehabilitation plan of the MMRDA.
According to Ankolekar, the PAPs are uncertain about the proposed
mall. "Both the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and MMRDA are at
loggerheads on the issue of construction of the mall," Ankolekar
said.
According to a senior MMRDA official, the solution to this issue is
expected to be delayed as the BMC, which owns the Andheri market, is
still not decided whether it will construct the mall or give the
land to the MMRDA for development. The official said, "The BMC still
has to decide whether it will construct the mall. Earlier, it was
keen to hand over the land to the MMRDA, but subsequently they are
contemplating to develop it by themselves."
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Posted - 08/20/2008 : 03:19:54
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Mumbai August 17, 2008, 4:37 IST
Irked by the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority's
(MMRDA's) indecisiveness on how to proceed with building the Mumbai
Metro's second line, the Maharashtra government has set a deadline
for the civic infrastructure body.
The MMRDA, the nodal agency for the Mumbai Metro project, will now
have to issue the work order for the Charkop-Bandra-Kankhurd line by
the first week of December and get the work started by January 1.
Not happy with the delays, first on account of the change in the
alignment of the line and then due to the debate within the MMRDA
over the model to be adopted for executing the project, Chief
Secretary Johnny Joseph recently called a meeting of senior MMRDA
officials and told them that the authority should should declare the
winner of the bidding process by the end of October, said a senior
official of the state government's urban development department.
The Democratic Front government in the state wants to see concrete
progress on the project as it faces elections in the later part of
2009, said the official.
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Energy, which has bagged the contract for
the phase-I of the Metro, has joined hands with Canadian firm SNC
Lavalin for the second stretch. The Mukesh Ambani-controlled
Reliance Industries (RIL) is bidding with Siemens and Gammon. There
are other seven consortia in the race, including GE India-L&T-CA-
IDPL, Tata Power-Mitsubishi-Tata Realty's Pioneer Infrastructure,
GVK-Bombardier-YTL, IL&FS-Soma Constructions-Punj Lloyd, and Essar-
Alstom.
The 31.8-km Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd is the single longest corridor
of the Mumbai Metro project. While the total cost of the three-phase
project is pegged at around Rs 22,000 crore, the cost of the second
line alone is estimated at around Rs 12,000 crore.
Originally, the second line was to come up between Colaba-Bandra-
Charkop. However, the authority realised that it was not possible to
build an elevated corridor anywhere in the island city (between
Colaba and Mahim)and dropped the plan as going underground would
have meant a huge rise in costs. The change of alignment from Colba-
Bandra-Charkop to Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd delayed the project by at
least an year or so.
The project was further delayed when the MMRDA decided to follow the
Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) model for the remaining two
lines in the first phase of the project instead of the private-
public partnership (PPP) route it adopted in the case of the first
line between Varsova-Andheri-Ghatokpar.
The rationale offered was that the viability gap funding (VGF) to
the tune of Rs. 4,500 crore for the first phase was not possible
with the central government capping the VGF at 20 per cent. In fact,
the MMRDA even floated the Mumbai Metro Railway Corporation (MMRC)
on the lines of the DMRC.
Realising that the central government was not willing to be an equal
partner, as it was in the Delhi Metro project, the agency decided in
July this year to go back to the PPP model.
All this delayed the project by at least five years. According to
the master plan for the Mumbai Metro project, the second line was
supposed to be operational by 2011. However, the MMRDA is now
setting up a deadline of 2011 for making at least one section of the
second line operational.
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Posted - 08/20/2008 : 03:28:26
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http://steelguru.com/news/index/2008/08/19/NTkyNzE%
3D/Mumbai_Metro_line_2_to_start_by_January_2009.html
August 19, 2008
Project today reported that the Maharashtra government has finally set
December 2009 as the deadline to issue work orders for the Mumbai
Metropolitan Region Development Authority's Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd
Metro Rail Project. However the bids are expected to be finalized by
end October 2008 and work will begin by January 2009.
MMRDA has opened the technical bids for the corridor and consortia led
by Reliance Industries and Reliance Infrastructure have submitted
their offers among others.
As per report, the 38 kilometer project, estimated to cost INR 12,000
crore may comprise 9 corridors in 3 phases. The first phase, spanning
3 routes is expected to be completed by 2012.
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Posted - 08/29/2008 : 07:35:44
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/First_metro_line_hits_a_roa
dblock_in_Andheri_/articleshow/3419532.cms
29 Aug 2008, 0609 hrs IST
MUMBAI: Work on the city's first Metro rail corridor between Versova
and Ghatkopar via Andheri has once again hit a hurdle. Work on the
project began in January after a delay of two years.
This time around, the Western Railway (WR) has asked the Reliance
Energy-led implementing agency, the Mumbai Metro One Private Ltd
(MMOPL), to wait for a final clearance for the proposed line that is
to be constructed above existing WR tracks near Andheri station. WR
has stated that it will decide on the MMOPL proposal only after
receiving the feasibility report on its proposed elevated corridor
between Churchgate and Virar.
C P Sharma, WR DRM, said, "The feasibility study for the elevated
corridor project will take about six months (to be completed ). The
process of appointing the consultancy is underway.'' According to
Sharma, the laying of the Metro rail track above the existing WR
tracks could hamper the proposed elevated track. "Hence, it is
better to wait,'' he said.
Interestingly, the WR had earlier given an in-principal nod to this
metro corridor, which is nearly one-km long and falls between SV
Road on the western-end of the Andheri station and the Agarkar Chowk
towards the eastern end of the Andheri station.
Senior Reliance Energy officials said the general agreement drawings
of the Metro have been with the WR for the last 10 months. "They are
asking us to either go underground or seven metres above their
proposed elevated track (that is, nearly 14 metres above the
ground). Changing drawings and alignments at this stage may delay
the project by a year,'' source said.
Meanwhile, MMRDA commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad was confident that
the row will be resolved amicably. "The WR had in-principal given
its nod to the project.''
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Posted - 08/31/2008 : 05:40:32
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Metro gaffe comes to fore http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1186749
Saturday, August 30, 2008 04:20 IST
FOB to make way for the line from Andheri to Ghatkopar
After spending several months and money in a feasibility study, and six months
of commencement of work, it has dawned on Mumbai Metro that the alignment needs
a rejig!
In order to get the city its first Metro, the implementing agency is approaching
various organisations to shift existing structures coming in the way of the
Rs2,356-crore project.
“It clearly shows that there was no planning or field studies done before
implementing such a massive project, which aims to ease our travel woes,” said
a senior transport expert. Though the concession agreement was signed in March
2007, construction started only in February 8 this year.
The first leg from Versova to Andheri to Ghatkopar has several loopholes. And
the reason: lack of planning by the MMRDA and the consortium undertaking the
Metro project, Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL), in designing the
alignment for the Metro.
MMOPL has recently written to the Western Railway asking them to accommodate
pedestrians using the foot-over-bridge at Andheri north close to Jogeshwari on
the FOB running over Andheri station.
“We have written to the WR asking them to allow pedestrians using this FOB on
to their bridge till we build the Metro. This arrangement will be for 18 months
at the most, after which we want to build another FOB running under the
Metro,” director of MMOPL KP Maheshwari said.
But WR finds the request impractical. “Our station premise is always
overcrowded, including the FOBs, at any given time during the day. It is
impractical to carry more public on the bridge. Also, the FOB at the station is
a ‘ticketing area’, which means if pedestrians are caught travelling without
a ticket they could be fined,” an official said.
“Moreover, MMOPL should have studied the ground realities before planning an
alignment, which now calls for demolition of existing structures.”
Maheshwari, however, said, “WR can help by not checking tickets on the bridge.
It is an operational arrangement that WR will have to do for some time.”
Though he was unwilling to accept that the agency was partly to be blamed for
this gaffe, the MMOPL director held the railways responsible for the project’s
delay. “Since the railways are reluctant to give us permission, our project is
getting delayed. BMC, which is in-charge of the bridge in question, has already
conveyed its approval for the demolition,” he said.
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Posted - 09/16/2008 : 12:50:18
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Take a Metro ride and shop for grocery
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Take-a-Metro-ride-and-shop-
for-grocery-too/361931/
Mumbai, September 15 MMRDA plans to lease station space for
commercial use to make second Metro route financially viable
Once Metro rail starts in the city, Mumbaiites could get off a metro
train and pick up some groceries on their way home. THE Mumbai
Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), the nodal agency
for the Mumbai Metro project, has decided to exploit the station
space on the Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd corridor for commercial use.
The authority is contemplating of using this model on the other
proposed metro rail corridors as well.
According to Ratnakar Gaikwad, Metropolitan Commissioner, the MMRDA
has decided to commercially exploit space over 27 stations on that
route. "We are proposing to utilise the first floor of the station.
Around 4,000 sq ft would be set apart at each station, which is
substantial space to house offices, shops, etc, when we invite
financial bids for the corridor," Gaikwad told Newsline. Apart from
4,000 sq ft, the MMRDA had been allowing around 1,000 sq ft which
would be use to house coffee shops, small eateries, etc.
The MMRDA is also thinking of utilising this commercial usage of
station area as a mean to make the metro corridors more "financially
viable". With the commercial exploitation, the MMRDA expects to
bring down the viability gap funding (VGF) by nearly half the
amount. "We estimate the VGF to come down from Rs 2,400 crore to
around Rs 1,400 crore with the commercial usage," Gaikwad said.
The second metro corridor, which is in the tendering stages, is
expected to reduce the travelling time, and the running time from
Charkop to Mankhurd is likely to be around 45 minutes.
Meanwhile, the MMRDA wants utilise station spaces in the other
proposed metro corridors also in a similiar fashion. "We want to
commercially exploit as much space possible so as to make the metro
corridor self-financed," Gaikwad said. He added such exploitation of
space has been done in countries across the world and is found to be
highly successful. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), which is the
principal consultant for the Mumbai metro rail project, too has used
space by leasing it. "We'll explore the possibility to go even
further up on other metro routes. This would not only facilitate
commuters but will make corridor financially viable," said Gaikwad.
When asked how the nodal agency plans to utilise space for the third
metro corridor Bandra-Mahim, which is an underground route, Gaikwad
responded by saying, "Across the globe underground shopping has not
been very successful, but we are still exploring the options."
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S.ravi
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Posted - 10/12/2008 : 07:38:37
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Construction firm Arup replaces DMRC in tunnel study
3 Aug, 2008, 1535 hrs IST, PTI
MUMBAI: Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has handed over the feasibility study for an underground tunnel in the city to construction firm Arup, following withdrawal by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), a senior government official said.
DMRC had initially volunteered to do the feasibility study for a tunnel, linking the Haji Ali area of central Mumbai to Nariman Point in south Mumbai, after the Bandra-Worli sealink bridge is to be opened later this year.
"DMRC had initially said they would do the study but later withdrew without giving any specific reason. The study has now been handed over to construction firm Arup which will submit the report in two to three months," the official said.
DMRC had started work on the feasibility study earlier this year and they had begun the study of geological conditions when they withdrew, the official said.
Other options being weighed, apart from the tunnel, are an undersea tunnel or a flyover that will link Haji Ali to south Mumbai helping ease vehicular congestion due to the opening of the Bandra-Worli sealink bridge.
The proposed flyover passing through Peddar Road in south Mumbai has faced flak from local residents and environmental groups for its proposed structures on the Girgaum chowpatty beach.
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S.ravi
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Posted - 10/19/2008 : 03:59:55
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MMRDA executive committee approves country's first Mono Rail project
http://news.webindia123.com/news/ar_showdetails.asp?id=810170575&cat=&n_date=20081017
Mumbai | he executive committee of Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority
(MMRDA) has approved the first Mono Rail project in the country. The committee
took the decision in a meeting yesterday.
The contract will be awarded to the joint proposal of Larsen & Toubro and Scomi
Group. The 20 km project will be laid from Jacob Circle (Sant Gadge Maharaj
Chowk) to Chembur, passing through Wadala. The route will have 18 stations and
each train will have four bogies, a MMRDA release said here today.
The Mono Rail will run in a frequency of six minutes. Post-completion of all
formalities, the work order for the same will be issued within two months, after
which work will commence and the first line will be operational within
two-and-half years. Work on the additional line will be completed within three
years. The total cost of the project is worth Rs 2,460 crore, which is higher
than the earlier Rs 1,440 crore.
The committee also approved the issue of tender for construction of 22 skywalks.
The work order for the same will be issued within 15 days and the construction
work of these skywalks will be completed by May 2009. The total cost for the
construction of these skywalks will be around Rs 500 crore, the release added.
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