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Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA   is taking steps to increase monorail frequency. The officials plan to get rakes via bidding process. The focus is to get the Wadala-Jacob Circle route commissioned at the earliest. This step was taken with Scomi Engineering; the Monorail operator might not be able to deliver rakes even before mid 2019. Scomi Engineering was to deliver additional four-coach trains that will help increase frequency. Now the chances are bleak as per MMRDA officials. Waiting for them would affect monorail services in the city. MMRDA plans to use bidding process instead of waiting for the contractor. They plan to purchase rakes via bidding to speed up the process. Additional metropolitan commissioner of MMRDA, Sanjay Khandare shared that they are working out alternative option to procure additional rakes. They do not want to wait for the contractor to deliver; instead they are exploring other options. Very soon MMRDA will be inviting...

Mumbai: A monorail train caught fire at Mysore Colony station in Chembur on Thursday morning. Services have been stopped immediately after the incident took place, and are likely to resume only in the afternoon. Sources said that the fire broke out at 5.20 am and was brought under control in around 40 minutes. Three fire brigade vehicles were rushed to the spot to put it out. As it was early morning, there was no rush at the station when the fire broke out. No commuters were injured. On condition of anonymity a fire brigade official said, “Prima facie, it looks like the fire was caused by a short circuit.” Currently, the Mumbai has one monorail line which runs along a 9 km route, covering seven stations, from Chembur to Wadala. The trains run from 5am to midnight daily. Click here to see on portal https://goo.gl/ghbqmT