Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) was allowed by the Supreme Court to pursue its application before the Tree Authority to cut 84 trees at Aarey forest for the metro car shed project, on Tuesday.
The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) on Tuesday launched the trial run of the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro line-3 at Sariput Nagar in Aarey Colony here. #Aarey #MumbaiMetro #DevendraFadnavis #MMRCL #Seepz #Colaba #DevendraFdanvis #EknathShinde #HWNews
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The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) on Tuesday launched the trial run of the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro line-3 at Sariput Nagar in Aarey Colony here. #Aarey #MumbaiMetro #DevendraFadnavis #MMRCL #Seepz #Colaba #DevendraFdanvis #EknathShinde #HWNews
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 28 (ANI): The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation achieved its 41st breakthrough after the tunnel boring machine (TBM) Tansa-2 completed its final downline, informed the officials on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India] May 20 (ANI/Mediawire): Recently, GM launched a new campaign with the Mumbai Metro which is gaining a lot of attention. The new campaign was launched on May 18, 2022, by Jayanth Jain, CEO of GM Modular. As part of the campaign, GM branded the entire metro coaches both internally and externally for 2 trains on Line-1, from Versova to Ghatkopar. Besides attracting attention at the metro stations, the vibrant red creative is also reaching the people outside the stations.
Mumbai Mar 31 PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will inaugurate sections of two new Mumbai Metro lines on the occasion of Gudi Padwa the Marathi New Year on April 2 it was announced on Thursday nearly eight years after the mass rapid transit system made its entry into the cityMetro services on the first phase of Line 2A and also Line 7 both in western suburbs will be thrown open for commuter use Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority MMRDA commissioner SVR Srinivas saidMetro Line 2A is between Dahanukarwadi and Dahisar while Line 7 is between Aarey Colony and DahisarAddressing a press conference at MMRDA headquarters in Bandra Kurla Complex here Srinivas said the phase one of the two Metro lines will be opened for public use on the same day or next morning after inauguration of the 2017-km-long corridors their combined length which have 18 stations The Metro services will be operated between 6 am and 10 pmSrinivas said the trains to be deployed on the elevated corridors are designed for driverless operations along with communication-based train control CBTC signalling systems However during initial phases the trains will be manned by operators or attendants including a few female pilotsThe system will be upgraded to unmanned train operation UTO in the future he said adding though the sanctioned speed for the corridors is 80 kmph initially the trains will be operated at 70 kmphThe senior bureaucrat said that daily 150 services will be operated on these two lines with 11 rakes of six coaches each Over 2250 passengers can travel on a train at a timeSrinivas said the minimum ticket for the Metro train ride is Rs 10 while the maximum is Rs 50 rates will change after every 3km but monthly pass facility wont be available initially on the new linesFares are reasonable the MMRDA commissioner said adding cycles can be carried on the Metro trains but charges for them have not been decided yetHe said the MMRDA has done multi-modal integration at the Metro stations and the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport BEST undertaking buses will be run as feeder servicesHighlighting that Line 2A and Line 7 have witnessed negligible cost escalation Srinivas said they have targeted to complete phase two of the corridors by August 15The financial capital is getting the new Metro corridors nearly eight years after the first line of the mass rapid transit system linking Varsova-Andheri-Ghatkopar was opened for commuters in June 2014 PTI KK RSY RSY
New Delhi Mar 31 PTI Delhi Metro chief Mangu Singh on Thursday bid an emotional farewell to the DMRC after an illustrious career of 25 years including the last decade as its managing directorOn the last day of his tenure on March 31 he said the Delhi Metro will always be in my heart and he was satisfied with his long journeySenior officials and many members of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation DMRC board of directors visited Singh at his office at the Metro Bhawan here and extended their best wishesBut this is not a traditional retirement I would say where one would sort of move away after completing ones service I will be in Delhi and in the age of technology with mobile phones and WhatsApp will be in touch with the people he told PTI in an interview on ThursdayA Bijnor native and a graduate in civil engineering from the University of Roorkee now IIT-Roorkee he bid adieu to his DMRC family and accepted greetings from his colleagues and his successor Vikas Kumar who will take charge as the new managing director on April 1Singh considered as the foremost tunnelling expert became part of the Indian Railways Services of Engineers IRSE in 1981He then joined the Indian Railways and worked in various capacities including as deputy chief engineer of the Kolkata Metro Railway from 1989 to 1996Asked how would he describe his journey at the DMRC he said My journey with a metro began much earlier than the DMRC I was associated with the Calcutta Metro from 89-96 so its been almost 33 years with metrosAnd nothing can be more satisfying than this career of several decades including 33 years in metros including 25 years in DMRC and then 10 years and three months as its MD God has been very kind in giving me such opportunities I have been able to create 310 km of network while being part of different metros and I dont think anybody had that sort of opportunity anywhere in the world he said with a sense of prideThis span of 310 km includes the network added in the DMRC and other metros while working in various capacities he said Singhs tenure as MD of DMRC had begun on January 1 2012 after his predecessor E Sreedharan handed over the charge to him on December 31 2011 His tenure was extended multiple timesDelhi Metro under Singhs leadership endeavoured to bounce back after being severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdowns His journey had begun with the Delhi Metro back in 1997 when he started working in the capacity of a chief engineerchief project managerLater he rose to become executive director and then director works in the DMRC before taking the charge as its MD in 2012 officials said He has contributed greatly in the project implementation of metros in Delhi and Kolkata and has been responsible for bringing revolutionary changes in the execution of large metro engineering projects civil within tight deadlines and budget the DMRC had earlier saidAsked about DMRCs association with other metros in India under his leadership he said I am very fortunate to have been involved with almost all metro networks in the country whether a metro is operational or under construction or in initial stage of planning I had the opportunity to get involved everywhere It was a big opportunity in life and I am really very satisfied with this journey he saidOne project outside Delhi that he felt special about is the Line2A of Mumbai Metro which is slated to be inaugurated on Saturday That project I personally feel was very challenging in a city like Mumbai Why I am particular about that project is because in Mumbai they already have an MMRC Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation that they are executing But confidence and faith was shown in us and the then CM personally called me and said you Mangu Singh have to deliver a line in Mumbai he saidSo that is why I feel it is more fascinating and challenging and we have done that he said The DMRC networks current span is nearly 392 km with 286 stations including the Noida-Greater Noida Metro Corridor and Rapid Metro in Gurugram PTI KND RHL
Mumbai Sep 30 PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said the trial runs of the Colaba-SEEPZ Metro rail line 3 in Mumbai will be held underground at Marol-Maroshi which is outside the Aarey green belt Notablt the Thackeray-led state government had earlier decided to shift the Metro car shed from Aarey to suburban Kanjurmarg The CM in a statement on Thursday instructed officials that not a single tree in Aarey should be affected by the Metro trial runs At present the underground path for the Metro line is being constructed he said The trial runs for the Metro line 3 will be done underground at Marol-Maroshi outside the Aarey area the CM said The chief minister said the Colaba-SEEPZ Metro line 3 is aimed at easing traffic congestion and pollution in Mumbai Technical tests of eight compartments of Metro train manufactured by an Andhra Pradesh-based company have been completed and now they will be brought to Mumbai for trial runs of 10000 km he said in the statement Later the train will be run on the Colaba-SEEPZ line as well After the trial runs 31 such trains will run on the route he said The 335-km-long line 3 will be the first underground Metro line in Mumbai The previous BJP-led Maharashtra government had decided to construct the car shed for the Mumbai Metro line 3 at Aarey Colony in the western suburbs despite opposition from environmentalists and activists to the vast tree-cutting for the project The present Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government however took a decision to shift the car shed from Aarey to Kanjurmarg The Centre and the Maharashtra government were locked in a tussle over ownership of the land earmarked by the state for constructing the car depot in Kanjurmarg area PTI MR GK GK
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