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Calcutta: A day after chief minister Mamata Banerjee said vibrations caused by the construction cannot be ruled out as a possible trigger for the bridge collapse. The state government on Friday issued a stop-work notice to the Joka-Esplanade Metro project near Majerhat bridge. "The ongoing work in and around the Majerhat bridge be temporarily suspended till further communications from our end in the interest of the investigation of the above mentioned case (the case filed by police in connection with the bridge collapse at Alipore police station)," reads a letter from Calcutta police sent to Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL), the implementing agency for the Joka-Esplanade project. RVNL had asked the contractor, Gammon India, to stop work, said by the railway officials. On Tuesday the construction of Majerhat Metro station had been going on next to the bridge when it collapsed. "On the matter of Majerhat bridge, the chief secretary (Moloy De) will take the opinion of technical...

Kolkata: In what is seen a cross-border criminal robbery at Kolkata metro site, police has finally managed to nab 2 Bangladeshis among 8 held for. As per reports, Kolkata Police has arrested eight people for their involvement in loot and extortion at biggest infrastructure project on Saturday. It so turned out that two of the arrested are Bangladeshi. Police also is not ruling out the possibility that the other six can be from the neighbouring country too. The police officials feel that the remaining six might be residing in Kolkata on forged documents. The arrest in the weekend comes less than a week subsequent to the first four arrests for the dacoity at the New Town site of the New Garia-Airport Metro project- the longest of the three in progress Metro projects in Kolkata. Construction work on this route had hindered earlier as well. This is owing to the same issue of dacoity.  Thankfully, is the first time that the police have established direct connection of cross-border cri...

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...

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...

Kolkata: According to a communication issued by the Indian railways to West Bengal government needs to remove around 2,000 squatters of substantial land which was acquired for the Airport-Barasat metro of Kolkata Metro Rail Project to have any chance of completing it. The administration had so far managed to remove close to 1,000 squatters from various Metro construction sites. But both the railways and the state government acknowledge that getting double the number of people to shift from just one stretch is a gargantuan challenge, said by a senior railway official of the state government. Because of some technical hurdles on the construction of the 3.5 km stretch from the proposed airport metro hub till new Barrakpore the metro railway had already submitted an alternative plan to the railway board. As now the rest of the route will be underground the encroachment would now be entailed and the expenditure will rise for about two and a half times. The estimated cost is Rs. 500-600 c...

Kolkata: Penalty for nuisance activities such as spitting, littering , token theft, smoking and photography at metro station has became the story of daily news. Without the cooperation of public commuter, it is very difficult to maintain the beauty at the public transport area like metro and railways premises. Urban transportation especially metro services in urban area has brought smart transportation. India is developing country whose population is growing at the rate of 1.2%, ranking 94 in the world in 2013. In order to meet the demand of growing population in different respect like employment, education, health issues etc. To fulfill all this demand transportation need to be well maintained for the convenience of common people. Now point is who is responsible to maintain the beauty of station, is it only the Government or Private firm under which all the supervision is done?. Common people or commuters who are utilizing the services have no responsibility to keep the beauty of tra...

Kolkata: In Kolkata Metro two stretches i.e., from Monipore to Esplanade in the Jocka Esplanade alignment and from the airport to new Barrackpore of the Noapara-Barasat route are in the limbo and this is because the material modification is still not approved by the railway board. A chief wrote to the board that the state has  cleared all the roadblock so they expedite the process. In railways Jagron “material modification” mainly refers to the project in which without the planning commission’s approval the railway ministers through an executive order sanctioned through rail budget. In the letter addressed to the chairman of the railway board the chief secretary has urged him to improve the changes that has been agreed upon by both the executing agency and the board, saying no construction could be undertake because the modification had not been approved. On Airport- Barasat stretch they planned to have an elevated track from Nopara to Barasat. But the safety no...

Kochi: People across the India celebrates successful Anniversary of Kochi Metro with various program at Kochi on Sunday. A music concert held at Maharaja’s Metro station, Celebrates festival by cutting a huge cake with Kochi Metro Rail Ltd at Edappally Metro Station and People residents, commuters, people’s representatives. In evening cultural program were celebrated at various station. Commuters also got the opportunity to show their talent, Magics were also performed by Muthukad. Journey of Kochi Metro The construction of Kochi metro has been laid by our one of the Prime Minister of India on September 2012, 2013 by Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL). It is a 50-50 joint venture between Central Government and State Government. Total  length of Kochi Metro is 25 km. Which was constructed in two phase, first phase which was 13.4 km from Aluva to Palarivattom and the second one consist 5 km from Palarivattom to Maharaj’s college stadium. Kochi metro provides more job opp...

Kolkata: The much talked about Barrackpore Metro link that was scheduled to laid through BT Road and a stretch be built underground might now be taken through Kalyani Expressway. This moves comes after the engineering consultancy RITES submitted its report to state government. Barrackpore City In its report RITES has reported that is it possible to divert the Baranagar-Barrackpore route for metro rail project. The experts in the reports have suggested that between Noapara and Kalyani Expressway the tracks can pass underground for about 2km, which is a congested residential area. Building tracks on ground would mean razing the residential properties falling on the proposed stretch. As per the proposal the underground stretch can be construction between Noapara and Nimta, informed officials. The catch to the proposal is that by building underground stretch, the cost of the project is likely to escalate. This proposed project ironically has not taken off in last seven years. Commuters are...

Kolkata: On Tuesday morning, there was a big accident at Damdam station, nine metro passengers got injured. According to the information, at 10.45 in the morning when some people were aboard the escalator located at Damdam station, the accelerator started running in reverse direction. Because of this, people aboard the escalator fell down with shock. In the incident, Tuhu Bhattacharya (24), resident of Jagdal area of ​​North 24 Parganas district, fell down due to which he got crushed. During this incident, many people suffered with injuries on their feet and hands. After the incident, there was a stir in other passengers present at the station. The security personnel and other officers present at the station reached. On the other hand, the injured person was taken to the station manager’s cabin and left after he was stripped. As soon as the incident happened, General Manager of Metro Railway Ajay Vijayvargiya ordered the high-level probe into the incident. Confirming t...

Kolkata: On Tuesday morning, there was a big accident at Damdam station, nine metro passengers got injured. According to the information, at 10.45 in the morning when some people were aboard the escalator located at Damdam station, the accelerator started running in reverse direction. Because of this, people aboard the escalator fell down with shock. In the incident, Tuhu Bhattacharya (24), resident of Jagdal area of ​​North 24 Parganas district, fell down due to which he got crushed. During this incident, many people suffered with injuries on their feet and hands. After the incident, there was a stir in other passengers present at the station. The security personnel and other officers present at the station reached. On the other hand, the injured person was taken to the station manager’s cabin and left after he was stripped. As soon as the incident happened, General Manager of Metro Railway Ajay Vijayvargiya ordered the high-level probe into the incident. Confirming t...

Kolkata: The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation has unveiled new metro train received from BEML Bangalore on Wednesday which arrived reached in Salt Lake metro depot from Bangalore early on Saturday. The six coaches train had come on trailers, covering a distance of more than 2,000km, were unloaded with the help of 300 kg Heavy Duty Crane at at the Salk Lake Metro depot of Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC). The coaches were then assembled and shunted via rail-track by a Rail-cum-Road Mover (RRM). Here are some shining photographs of new metro train:- BEML make Kolkata Metro Train in Salk Lake depot 1 of 6 New six coach metro train in Salt Lake depot of Kolkata Metro (Photo: KMRC) New six coach metro train in Salt Lake depot of Kolkata Metro (Photo: KMRC) New six coach metro train in Salt Lake depot of Kolkata Metro (Photo: KMRC) Interior of new BEML made Kolkata East West Metro Train (Photo: KMRC) Interior of new BEML made Kolkata East West Metro T...

Kolkata: The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation has unveiled new metro train received from BEML Bangalore on Wednesday which arrived reached in Salt Lake metro depot from Bangalore early on Saturday. The six coaches train had come on trailers, covering a distance of more than 2,000km, were unloaded with the help of 300 kg Heavy Duty Crane at at the Salk Lake Metro depot of Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC). The coaches were then assembled and shunted via rail-track by a Rail-cum-Road Mover (RRM). Here are some shining photographs of new metro train:- BEML make Kolkata Metro Train in Salk Lake depot 1 of 6 New six coach metro train in Salt Lake depot of Kolkata Metro (Photo: KMRC) New six coach metro train in Salt Lake depot of Kolkata Metro (Photo: KMRC) New six coach metro train in Salt Lake depot of Kolkata Metro (Photo: KMRC) Interior of new BEML made Kolkata East West Metro Train (Photo: KMRC) Interior of new BEML made Kolkata East West Metro T...

New Town: Two residential towers in Mahisbathan of the New Town that stand in the way of the new Garia-Airport Metro link will have a small part, rail officials said Tuesday. Officials at Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd, the 32km project implementation agency, said they would soon hire a consultant and an architecture firm to suggest how to cut a 3.2m-wide section of two Ramdhanu Apartment towers from the front. The third tower in the urbanization will remain intact. “The Ramdhanu complex is located between two proposed pillars of the viaduct in which the new Garia Airport link roads will be laid in. Unlike four other buildings in the vicinity, the residential towers do not need to be completely demolished. front of the two towers will infringe the viaduct, “said a railway official. “A survey has indicated a 1.2 m violation, a safety clearance of 2 m must be taken into account, which means that a total of 3.2 m must be cut.” This is the first engineering challenge facing an...

New Town: Two residential towers in Mahisbathan of the New Town that stand in the way of the new Garia-Airport Metro link will have a small part, rail officials said Tuesday. Officials at Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd, the 32km project implementation agency, said they would soon hire a consultant and an architecture firm to suggest how to cut a 3.2m-wide section of two Ramdhanu Apartment towers from the front. The third tower in the urbanization will remain intact. “The Ramdhanu complex is located between two proposed pillars of the viaduct in which the new Garia Airport link roads will be laid in. Unlike four other buildings in the vicinity, the residential towers do not need to be completely demolished. front of the two towers will infringe the viaduct, “said a railway official. “A survey has indicated a 1.2 m violation, a safety clearance of 2 m must be taken into account, which means that a total of 3.2 m must be cut.” This is the first engineering challenge facing an...

Bengaluru: The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) has received the first set of six-car metro train unit from Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) on Saturday. In an official release D K Hota, Chairman and Managing Director of BEML said that they delivered the unit to A K Kundu, Director, Rolling Stock, KMRCL, at a function organised in the city. Kolkata Metro Train Interior View KMRC had awarded the contract worth nearly Rs 900 crore for supply of 84 standard gauge metro cars (14 trains) to BEML for its East-West Metro Line through an international competitive bidding.The carrying capacity of each rake is 2,068 passengers and it has a maximum operation speed capability of 80 kmph. “BEML is providing world class metro coaches to urban metro transport. The state-of-the-art metro trains are indigenously designed, developed and manufactured by BEML. The public sector concern has so far supplied 1,300 Metro cars to Delhi, Bengaluru and Jaipur”,  said Hota while ...

Bengaluru: The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) has received the first set of six-car metro train unit from Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) on Saturday. In an official release D K Hota, Chairman and Managing Director of BEML said that they delivered the unit to A K Kundu, Director, Rolling Stock, KMRCL, at a function organised in the city. Kolkata Metro Train Interior View KMRC had awarded the contract worth nearly Rs 900 crore for supply of 84 standard gauge metro cars (14 trains) to BEML for its East-West Metro Line through an international competitive bidding.The carrying capacity of each rake is 2,068 passengers and it has a maximum operation speed capability of 80 kmph. “BEML is providing world class metro coaches to urban metro transport. The state-of-the-art metro trains are indigenously designed, developed and manufactured by BEML. The public sector concern has so far supplied 1,300 Metro cars to Delhi, Bengaluru and Jaipur”,  said Hota while ...

Kolkata: In another year, travelling on the Kolkata Metro network in the hot summer months will become a thing of the past – the city will get 14 trains with at least 112 advanced air-conditioned coaches from China, a senior railway official said. These made-in-China coaches imported at a cost of  Rs.  7.1 crore per coach will arrive by February 2018, the official told news agency PTI. Kolkata Metro is hoping that it will soon be able to replace non-AC coaches with the new ones, at least in the existing north-south corridor. The imported coaches will be fitted with high cooling capacity 30-tonne air-conditioners instead of the 22-tonne machines installed in some of the old coaches in the metro network. They will also come with eight intercom devices which commuters can use to contact the metro driver in case of emergency. “These will be state-of-the-art AC coaches with comfortable seating and much like the metro trains run by the DMRC in Delhi. They will also have ...

Kolkata: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the funding agency of the East-West Metro project, has approved Rs 800 crore for the 1.878km extra length of the corridor on its realigned route. The latest decision is a marked deviation from JICA’s earlier stand, when the agency had... Click here to see more https://goo.gl/kivWrU