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New Delhi: It is indeed rewarding to stay alert, especially if you are working with Delhi Metro. That is what Delhi cops did, it felicitated alert Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) staffers who saved metro commuters life. This novel initiative by Delhi cop has come as a positive step, both for public and metro staff members. In the list of awardees there are drivers, train operators as well those working with DMRC. Citing an example, a train driver saved life of a 57-year-old man who jumped in front of a moving metro train at JLN Stadium. Thanks to the alertness of Delhi metro train driver, this man who was allegedly attempting a suicide was saved within no time. There was another attempt by a 23-year-old man who was spotted on tracks of Udyog Bhawan metro station by train operators. The train was stopped right on time and this man’s life was saved by DMRC train operators on spotting him on the tracks. This incident took place on July 18. These many such incidents wherein DMRC...

Noida: Noida-Greater Noida"s Aqua Line Metro for Noida Sector-83 had a trial run on Tuesday for the first time. It’s trial run started from Sector-83 Metro station to Metro depot located in Greater Noida from Wednesday. During this time the metro will cover a total of 23 Kms. A total length of track of Aqua Line Metro is 29.707 km. Metro trial will be started on the entire track till next month. Speed test is also to be done in the Metro trial. This will be done under the leadership of the test research design and standard organization. After this, permission from Metro Rail Safety Commissioner (CMRS) will be allowed. Noida to Greater Noida Metro Route is to be operated by December 2018. Signal system has been completed up to Sector-83 stations on the track. The Aqua Line Metro, which will be operated from Sector-83, it will be officially operated from the Sector-83 Metro station from Wednesday to the depot. This operation has to be done for about a month. Examination of technic...

Nagpur: As the city gears up to travel in Nagpur metro rail, the public transport lifeline of Nagpur is heading towards closure. In an ironically situation, the city buses will be shut down owing to shortage of funds. On the other hand Rs 6,000 core is been spent on setting up Nagpur Metro network in the city. There is no fund for reviving city buses that will stop operating from August 1. It is increasingly becoming difficult to run the buses owing to financial challenges. There are outstanding dues, loans and unfortunately, representatives are not doing enough to improve the situation. Sources reveal that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is not showing any interest in the corporation issues. His attention is diverted towards Nashik owing to higher GST grant for the city. It is not just Fadnavis, but even union minister from Nagpur Nitin Gadkari projects have not materialised. They are stalled due to paucity of funds. Sources from corporation aver that only if 25% of outstanding due...

Mumbai:  Settle into a pod in a vacuum tube, fasten your seat belt and whizz across to Pune from Mumbai in 20 minutes. Devendra Fadnavis , Maharashtra’s chief minister, believes the regular inter-city traveler will be able to do and afford this by 2024. By the end of 2018, construction is set to begin on a 15-km test track for the Mumbai-Pune hyperloop. For the uninitiated, the Hyperloop is a still-untested high-speed mass transportation concept floated by American entrepreneur and innovator Elon Musk. It involves building a near-perfect vacuum tunnel or tube, a railway track and a vehicle that floats above the track using magnetic levitation. Cargo and—if all goes well—passengers can then be loaded into this vehicle, which accelerates through electric propulsion and picks up speed due to extremely low friction in a vacuum. [caption id="attachment_16228" align="alignnone" width="725"] travel time down to 20 min. with Mumbai to Pune[/caption] If the techn...

Bengaluru: Recently the Namma Metro is facing conflict between Hindi speaking people and those resisting the language’s imposition on non-Hindi speaking states down the Vindhyas.  Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (large number of group of members) recently held a protest in front of the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation(BMRC) office. They are demanding to end to the practice of trilingual announcements and signage (in English, Kannada and Hindi) in the newly-launched Metro. Kannadiga groups are arguing that the Centre hasn’t similarly insisted on triple-language announcements and signage across Metro trains in Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu that have stuck to just English plus the regional language. When the news in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, the hashtag #StopHindiChauvinism began spread on Twitter. When DMK leader MK Stalin noticed that the numbers of milestones on highways were being written in Hindi by replacing English signage. From   history we can see that, T...

New Delhi: Under the fourth phase of Delhi Metro , the proposal which has been given the theoretical approval by the Finance Ministry, will make three corridors. Their total length will be 60 km. These three corridors will be like one at Yamuna Pahar, the other in West Delhi and the third in South Delhi. The total construction cost of these three projects will be Rs 34 thousand 580 crores. According to sources in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, the Finance Ministry gives its approval only after analyzing the funding pattern of the total project cost. It is done only after this approval that the note is prepared for the opinion of all the parties and ministries and it is then approved by the Public Investment Board. By law, the third phase of the Delhi Metro should have been completed in 2016 and the construction of the fourth phase from 2017 had to start but neither the phase three was completed and nor the Fourth phase was approved. Although the first Delhi Metro had prop...

Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail  has delayed in acquiring land corridor project it may push back the date of its launch, but the railways are going ahead in finalizing various components of the bullet train"s rolling stock and passenger facilities. There will be facilities for sick person passengers will get a dedicated room for child feeding and washrooms for men and women would be separate all these being firsts on the Indian rail network. There will be luggage space for passengers each train will have 695 seats for standard class and 55 seats for business class. There will also be two extra-spacious toilets for wheelchair-bound passengers in the 10-coach high-speed train. Services will also have baby changing rooms comprising baby toilet seats, tables for diaper disposal and a low sink for children for washing hands. According to a senior Railway Ministry official involved with the Rs 1 trillion project. A new generation Japanese high-speed train will also introduce w...

New Delhi: One more incident occurs in Delhi Metro Rail Corporation station. Due to heavy rain newly built platform gets damaged and water logged in concourse area of metro station at Bhikaji Cama Place on  Pink Line (Line 7). This is very bad news for Delhi Metro Commuters that the line which was likely to start in August gets damaged. This damages clearly shows poor construction and low quality material used in while constructing. On 25 July Pink line Inspection was done by the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS). The Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety (CMRS), paving the way for its opening that is expected in August 2018. The Pink Line having 8.10 km-long section consisting six stations, including two interchange facilities at INA (with the Yellow Line) and Lajpat Nagar (Violet Line). [gallery size="large" td_select_gallery_slide="slide" td_gallery_title_input="Bhikaji Cama Place on Pink line( Line-7)" ids="16205,16206,16207,16208,16209,16210...

Bengaluru: Sunday ride for commuters turned ugly with Bangalore metro train’s brakes jammed at RV Station. The technical snag forced officials to stop the train from operating temporarily on one section of Metro’s Green Line. Over 500 metro commuters were asked to de-board the train till the issue was fixed. This caused a delay of 20 minutes and the spill over effect was seen on other two train schedule. The trains headed towards Kempe Gowda Metro station was delayed. A senior metro official informed that the incident took place at 11.36. The brakes jammed just when the train was about to depart from RV Road Station. It was heading towards Jayanagar Metro Station. A passenger on board narrating the experience shared that the train had to be steered in reverse direction by use of a rear engine to Yelachenahalli. The train was back after the problem was resolved. Passengers were asked to alight from the train few seconds before the train’s departure. Public system was ...

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metro Rail  Limited (HMRL) has set an ambitious target for itself. It aims to increase passenger footfall from the current 80,000 passengers a day to a whopping 15 lakh a day in just two years. “Ameerpet-LB Nagar stretch(16km) and Ameerpet-Shilparamam(10km) will become operational by August and November respectively. This will push ridership from the current 80,000 to 5 lakh per day,” he said. “The entire first phase of the project — excluding the 6 km stretch between MGBS and Falaknuma — would be thrown open to the public by May next year.” The stretch between Shilparamam and Raidurgam, which was earlier added to phase-I, would also be open by end of 2019, he said. “When all three corridors of Metro, covering 66 km — become operational, the ridership would go up to 15 lakh,” Reddy claimed. He also said that the frequency of trains is likely to get a boost over the next couple of years from the current 6...

New Delhi: The ambitious Bullet Train project finds itself in the headline since the project was announced. In an interesting development, from managing director to the staff members associated with Bullet Train are in race to learn Japanese. In fact, most people now greet other with this line -  “ O genki desu ka? O hai yo go zai masu .” This means ‘how are you’ in English. All employees of National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) are learning Japanese with gusto. These staff members are busy rolling out country’s first bullet train, a high speed rail system from Japan. It is indeed interesting to note that all employee spend alternate day of the week to learn one of the toughest language in the world. Japanese is the ninth most spoken language and NHSRCL staff members associated with Mumbai-Ahmedabad train are been taught this language via professional teacher. The class is compulsory and no one is allowed to miss out on them. Students...

Kolkata: The largest underground facility of India to be set up at Metro Railway’s Biman Bandar (airport) station yard. The construction work of the project is expected to be completed by 2021. The general manager of metro, Ajay Vijayvargiya reviewed the progress of the construction along with senior officials. He stressed on the need to fasten up work to meet the deadline. At Biman Bandar, the station to integrate and connect Netaj Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport to Tollygunge,  Garia, Salt Lake, Howrah and later Barasat. Metro Railway CPRO Indrani Banerjee said that they are using top, down, cut and cover methodology for construction.  The site is situated at old elevated Biman Bandar station of Circular Railway, not in use at the moment. Banerjee added that the underground facility is 550m-long and 41.6m-wide yard, it will have six tracks. Construction work is happening at breath neck speed, diaphragm wall and plunge piles are nearing completion and buildin...

Kochi: The detailed project report (DPR) for Kakkanad extension is ready and Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) to submit the same to Center. The metro officials are set to handover the report to Urban Development Ministry to get approval. The DPR to be submitted today is for the 11-km long Kakkanad extension. The agency is getting ready to start piling for the extension starting from December this year. State sanctioned is accorded and a Government order is also issued for the same. Managing director, KMRL, A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish is expecting positive response from the central government. The metro body is geared up to begin piling work for the Kakkanad extension from end of the year. Basic preparatory work to be wrapped up before the approval, this comprises of widening the corridor to 22 meters. Hanish also informs that a social impact assessment study is underway before going ahead with land acquisition. If the central government gives approval in coming months, the ₹2,310 cror...

Lucknow: The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) has completed the work of track laying for the Upline Metro tunnel between Hussainganj and Sachivalaya Metro Stations. This was observed today by Shri Kumar Keshav, Managing Director/LMRC, during his project site visit in the 3.5 km long underground section between Charbagh and Hazratganj in the capital city of Lucknow. [gallery td_select_gallery_slide="slide" size="large" td_gallery_title_input="Lucknow Metro completes track laying work between Hussainganj and Sachivalaya Metro" ids="16167,16168,16169,16170,16171"] The track laying work in the Downline Metro tunnel between Sachivalaya and Hussainganj is also at an advanced stage and is likely to be completed by next month. Starting his inspection from the Hussainganj Metro Station in the morning, the Managing Director saw the ongoing construction work for tiles where more than half of the tiles work have been completed at the station and the w...

Mumbai :  The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) inviting application to fill up various posts on deputation and contract basis. MMRC aims to recruit the qualified and experienced professional. Interested and the eligible candidate must submit their application in the prescribed format before 10 August 2018 or sooner. MMRC Recruitment 2018:  Details of vacancies are as under- Executive Assistant to Managing Director - Pay scale: (Rs.70,000-2,00,000/- (E4), Eligibility criteria -Degree in Electrical/ Electronics/ Telecom/ Civil/ Mechanical Engineering Executive Assistant to Director (Projects) - Pay scale: (Rs. 70,000 – 2,00,000/- (E4) - 1 post , Eligibility criteria -Degree in Civil Engineering from the recognized and reputed university. Executive Assistant to ED (Planning) -Pay scale: (Rs. 50,000 – 1,60,000/- (E2) - 1 post , Qualification -Degree in Civil Engineering from recognized and reputed university Accounts Officer - Pay scale: Rs. 50,000 ...

Chennai: The Chennai metro operates across the city’s vein for last three years. Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) is yet to run the metro trains services on automatic mode. Metro train run on two modes – the automatic train operation (ATO) and the automatic train protection (ATP). When a train is operated via ATO, all that is operator is required is to close the door. All the operations of the train are automatic and managed from a centralized operations control centre. On the other hand when trains are run on ATP mode, all operation is manual. During the emergency the system takes over. Those operating the train use the master console and control the brakes and traction systems in non-peak hours. The personnel at the operation control center are only monitoring the operation. CMRL  is using manual mode in order to train the operators, as per the official. A metro official said that they use ATP mode in the non-peak hours. The manual mode is used to equip train opera...

Delhi by Metro : There is no better way to travel in Delhi than by Delhi Metro, the country"s largest metro system will take you to each and every look of the capital city with ease and comfort. My visit to Delhi was for 3 days and the incredible metro network helped me to cover 15 tourist destinations and shopping hubs in such a short period of time. Having arrived by flight, I took the Airport Express line of the metro from IGI Airport station in terminal 3 which brings you to the city centre in just 20 minutes. If you are arriving in Terminal 1 or 2, you can take the metro from the new Terminal-1 IGIA station (Magenta Line). I checked into my hotel in the morning at Paharganj, a busy market area that is filled with a number of hotels and restaurants attracting both domestic and foreign tourists. The neighborhood is advantageous for all tourists since it is situated in Central Delhi with its main bazar road having the New Delhi Railway station on its east and RK Ashram Marg Met...

New Delhi:  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday met Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. They discussed several issues, including the proposed Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)  Phase-IV. The approval for the DMRC Phase-IV has been pending with the Delhi government. In February 2016, the Aam Aadmi Party government had given an in-principal nod for the construction of Phase IV project , but the Delhi Cabinet is taking time to take its final decision. Kejriwal had said there were "issues of financial viability" on some of the routes falling under the Phase IV project. The Delhi Finance department had also made objections on some routes which may not be financially viable. The report stated that however, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is not in agreement with the observations of the finance department as the 22-km long Tughlakabad Aerocity line is not included in it. Delhi CM Shri @ArvindKejriwal came to see me this evenin...

KOCHI: On Thursday the much-delayed Phase II development of the Vyttila Mobility Hub (VMH) got a major fillip as the implementing agency Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) awarded the consultancy work for the preparation of the detailed project report (DPR) to Delhi-based IPE Global Ltd. Within three month’s it is expected to be concluded. This contract is worth over Rs 1.20 crore. Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) in a press release said that the focus of developing the DPR for VMH will be on providing seamless connectivity between various modes of transport like buses, metro, ferry/water metro, autorickshaws and cabs in a passenger-centric manner. They should provide a well-planned infrastructure that prioritizes pedestrians and non-motorised transport users and ensures their safety. It should also accommodate all public and private buses, including the interstate contract carriage permit and state-owned buses, traveling through Vyttila junction and facilitate their entry and exit in t...

Lucknow: The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) informed through an official press release that Lucknow Metro’s Phase 1A Project (North – South Corridor) will be awarded with the International ‘Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)’in the Project/Infrastructure category for 2018.    This prestigious award   shall be handed over to LMRC in recognition of its safe practices and achievements in helping its staff/customers/clients/contractors while they were worked in the Project during execution of this Project throughout the year 2017. “This award highlights LMRC’s continuous commitment in achieving highest standards of health and safety in the Project execution”, Kumar Keshav, Managing Director/LMRC said. “It indicates that the company has achieved a high level of performance by adopting good management systems which are delivering consistent improvement and are working towards the level of e...

New Delhi: The first High Speed Rapid Rail System between Delhi and Meerut is being planning for the installation of European train system so that same train can reach the other corridor and not only at the full speed. The work of widening the roads and shift utility services has also been started for the construction of this corridor and it is expected that the work of civil construction will also be started within the next few months. According to NCR official transport Corporation the tender process for construction in the division of Sahibabad and Ghaziabad of Delhi-Meerut Corridor will be completed soon and construction work will also be started soon. Presently,NCRTC has started work to widen the road in Ghaziabad area before construction begins. NCR Transport Corporation says that it has now been planned in Rapid Rail that the same train will not only be one but the other corridor, hence the new European System European Train Signaling System will be installed. This system wou...

Bengaluru: With no headway in land acquisition, Bangalore Metro officials seek bids from contractors. As per sources, three private firms are reportedly investing 100 crore each for constructing Outer Ring Road (ORR) of the metro network. These investors are investing with the hope of early completion of the work. This, after Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) showed no headway with regards to land acquisition. With this delay questions are raised on planning capabilities of metro body. BMRCL has to acquire around 35,000 square meter of land for the for the 18-km line between the Central Silk Board and KR Puram (along the ORR) to materialise. A large portion of land is needed to construct the stations with the viaducts to come up over the road medians. The metro officials have shared that they have submitted a preliminary notification to the government for acquiring 35,000 square meters of land. They are waiting for necessary nod from the government officials. The approval from...

Kolkata: On Monday Crisis at Kolkata Metro line-2 (East – West metro) causes halt in Phoolbagan site. Phoolbagan station which is about to come in operation by 2019. But supply is continuously delaying the work at Phoolbagan site. The project’s implementing agency and ITD-ITD cementation was given contract to build the sector-V Sealdah of Est-West Metro. Which has tried a lot to continue work at Phoolbagan site; at any how he was able to managed to procure around 200 tonnes stone chips locally. But other basic materials are still not being supplied to the site. On Sunday restoration of the road at Phoolbagan crossing and construction came to be halt because of crackdown reported by TOI. On June 29 when the road paving was stalled as a result of a four-hour clash between two Syndicates at Phoolbagan site. Even though ITD-ITD cementation had lodged a police complaint and the culprit were rounded up within 48 hours. This is second time when such problems is coming at Phoolbag...

New Delhi:  The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has launched the upgraded version of Delhi Metro rail app to help commuters. They can get details of the shortest route, report a problem and get feedback from other passengers. The app is updated with a bunch of new features to help commuters with crucial information like finding the shortest route to reach a destination among others, finding the nearest Metro station. As new lines are expanding in the Delhi Metro network, users will get more options for taking multiple routes to a particular place. The "shorter routes feature" will enable commuters to find the best available route for their journey, which will help them to reduce travel time and cost of travel. [gallery td_select_gallery_slide="slide" ids="16084,16085,16086,16087,16088,16089,16094"] The upgraded version of the mobile app was launched by Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Durga Shankar Mishra, and DMRC Chairman Man...

Noida: The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) has started trail runs on the Noida-Greater Nodia stretch from July 25. The trail run will be conducted in 15 stations out of 22. Currently, trails were conducted till Sector 146 station only which is the 8 th station on the route from the depot that lies in Greater Nodia. Officials of NMRC shared that they hope that trial runs covering the entire metro stretch be covered within a month. Executive director of NMRC, PD Upadhyay said that with this trail run they will be able to cover all the 15 stations in totality. All the trial runs are been supervised and conducted by the Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO). This extended trial run that began from July 25 will be covering 23km line out of the total of 29.7km. At the moment the Noida metro line was covering 10km stretch starting from Delta to Sector 146. NMRC will have to complete the trail runs and then they will have to get speed, safety and oscillation certification...

New Delhi: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) pink line was inspected by the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS).  The stretch from Durgabai Deshmukh college to Lajpat Nagar is expected to commenece by this month. This 8 km stretch includes two inter-change facilities from INA and Lajpat Nagar. This stretch is also a part of pink line’s 59 km Majlis Park to CMRS. The senior DMRC official stated the inspection took place yesterday. Earlier inspection scheduled to be held on 23 July and was postponed by a day. A pink line comes under Delhi Metro Phase III. The news stations are Sir Vishveshariah Moti Bagh, Bhikhaji Cama Place, Sarojini Nagar, INA, South Extension and Lajpat Nagar. The shopping lovers will be most benefitted from this metro line as it now connects Sarojini Nagar. It is one of the most famous markets in Delhi. The third stretch is from Lajpat Nagar to Shiv Vihar. it will be opened into two parts as there are land acquisition cases with trilokpuri section....

Chennai: On the occasion of Oral Hygiene Day on Aug 1, 2018, Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) in association with Meenakshi Ammal Dental College will be conducting an Oral Hygiene screening and awareness camp at CMRL Admin Building and at Metro Trains. A team of 25 doctors headed by Dr. Jaideep Mahendra, Director of Post Graduate Studies, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College, Maduravoyal. Chennai will be conducting the screening and awareness camp at CMRL Admin Building, Koyambedu for CMRL employees and staffs on Aug 1st, 2018 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. A team of doctors will also be traveling on the Metro Trains to educate passengers about the significance of Oral hygiene on the same day from 8:00 am to 10:30 am to create awareness on Oral Hygiene. Free samples will be distributed for all staffs attending the screening camp and for the public on the train. [caption id="attachment_16073" align="alignnone" width="696"] Main point to focus on oral health day celebr...

New Delhi: As Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is expanding its network for the connectivity with the part of the national capital, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has agreed for the proposal of the 8 new police stations for Delhi metro. In these 8 stations, 1 is for the railways and the other six are for the Delhi police territorial police stations. To meet the new manpower demand a total of 3,139 posts of Constables to Inspectors have been sanctioned. Adding up to this the national Capital will get two new police districts and 12 new sub-divisions this project with a total of 1044 police personnel. An official said that these eight metro police stations are being created to cater to the safety and security of the passengers as traffic is expected to grow in the times to come. MHA has proposed to create more manpower for 15 police stations which include Eight Delhi Metro Police Station. Under the phase -1 project the MHA on Tuesday directed the Delhi Commissioner of Police, Am...

Kochi: The second-phase extension for metro rail received Kerala government’s approval for the state’s lone metro system. Pinarayi Vijayan who chaired the cabinet gave his approval for the extension. This leg of Kochi Metro will take the elevated train network to the city’s IT hub located at Kakkanad. This will be 11.2 km-long extension starting from JLN Stadium to Kakkanad that will be covering 11 stations. The estimated cost for said project is around Rs 2310 crore. The Kochi Metro stations on this route are - Kochi CEZ, Chembumukku, Palarivattam Junction, Palarivattam Bypass, Infopark-1Vazhakkala, Kunnumpuram, Kakkanad, Chittethukara and KINFRA. Presently the Kochi Metro Rail network is plying from Aluva which is a suburb of Kochi, connecting the city centre near Maharaja’s College covering over 18 km. There are a total of 16 stations at this route. On the other hand the first-phase extension commencing at Maharaja’s College to Pettah, taking the train...

Mumbai: Mumbai Metro 4 project is most likely to be funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Earlier talks were on with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for funding the project which is a 32.32km rail network. The Additional Metropolitan Commissioner, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) , Pravin Darade, said that they have received in-principle from JICA. The international funding agency will be funding for Metro 4, 5,6 and Metro 9 corridors respectively. Darade stated that since JICA is offering better interest rate, MMRDA has accepted their proposal over AIIB. The state government is also holding talks with New Development Bank (NDB) for funding other corridors. Darade shared that NDB has also given in-principle approval to fund Metro 8, Metro 10, Metro 11 and Metro 12 projects. With this funding approval, MMRDA has now received funding for all its corridors. The reason for selecting JICA as funding agency is due to the fact that they...

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to stop the extraction of groundwater from borewells that are running illegally in Delhi. The tribunal made it very clear to DMRC that they can only use water from those borewells for which it has permission. A bench headed by Justice Raghavendra S Rathore passed the order after it was informed that Delhi Metro had permission for only 164 borewells. The green panel also directed DMRC to seek permission for water extraction through borewells from the Central Ground Water Authority and inform it after getting the requisite approvals. Advocate Kush Sharma said that “the DMRC has installed illegal borewells right under the nose of authorities, but no action has been taken till date.” Mr. Kush Kalra said that “the DMRC was extracting groundwater instead of using wastewater to wash its trains, resulting in depletion of the water table.” It had contended that if any i...

Delhi: The much awaited Pink Line metro stretch would soon be made operational by next month as per sources from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) . If all goes well, by the end of this year the entire 59km stretch will be open for public. The second phase, the Delhi Metro stretch that will open shortly will be connecting popular shopping centers like the South Extenstion, Sarojni Nagar, Lajpat Nagar and INA. In March the first stretch starting from Majlis Park to South Campus was opened for public this year. Now the second stretch from South Campus to Lajpat Nagar is expected to open by first week of August. The third stretch from Lajpat Nagar to Shiv Vihar is likely to be made operational in two instalments owing to land acquisition issues with Trilokpuri section, added the source. As per the current situation around 21.56 km is already functional. The next 8.1 km stretch to be opened next month. That will make it approximately 29 km by August which will leave another 30 km to be...