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New Delhi:   On the occasion of inauguration of extension of Green Line from Mundka to Bahadurgarh  of Delhi Metro . on 24 June Prime minister approves the proposal to set up committee to lay down standards for metro rail systems in the country. The committee will be headed by E. Sreedharan, who is also known as Metro Man of India. From 1995-2012, E. Sreedharan has served as Managing Director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). Earlier this he worked as Indian Engineering Officer (IES). He has given new shape to metro transport for India. Prime Minister said that, government’s priority was to build convenient, comfortable and affordable urban transport systems. Further he said that, “Our government has brought out a policy relating to metros. This is because we felt aspects relating to metro systems need greater coherence and work as per a basic set of standards," he said in his address. Government wanted to boost "Make in India" initiative by making metro coac...

Lucknow: Altom India delivered its 15th train set to the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) yesterday at its Transport Nagar Metro depot. Alstom Transport is manufacturing the trains at their manufacturing plant in  Sri City  (Andhra Pradesh)and the trains are transported through special trailers by road with pilot vehicles in the front & the rear. Alstom delivered 15th train set to Lucknow Metro from Sri City plant (Photo: ALSTOM India) Alstom India celebrated delivery of 15th Train Set to Lucknow Metro from its Sri City Plant (Photo: Alstom India) Alstom Transportation India has dispatched this train set on 4th May, 2018 from Sri City to Lucknow Metro. To unload the each car having 40 tonne weight of the train in depot a 180 tonne crane is use. The coach is loaded loaded on a special trailer having 64 wheels to shift the coach from Alstom’s Sri City Coach Manufacturing Plant to Lucknow using a s...

Lucknow: Altom India delivered its 15th train set to the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) yesterday at its Transport Nagar Metro depot. Alstom Transport is manufacturing the trains at their manufacturing plant in  Sri City  (Andhra Pradesh)and the trains are transported through special trailers by road with pilot vehicles in the front & the rear. Alstom delivered 15th train set to Lucknow Metro from Sri City plant (Photo: ALSTOM India) Alstom India celebrated delivery of 15th Train Set to Lucknow Metro from its Sri City Plant (Photo: Alstom India) Alstom Transportation India has dispatched this train set on 4th May, 2018 from Sri City to Lucknow Metro. To unload the each car having 40 tonne weight of the train in depot a 180 tonne crane is use. The coach is loaded loaded on a special trailer having 64 wheels to shift the coach from Alstom’s Sri City Coach Manufacturing Plant to Lucknow using a s...

Bengaluru: Defense Minister Arun Jaitley today launched BEML’s third Line ultra modern metro manufacturing facility to enhance the production of metro cars for the forthcoming metro projects in India. Earlier in the morning, he inaugurated the indigenously designed and developed biggest ever diesel excavator BE1800D and crawler dozer BD475-1 and T-72 hull, meant for fitting into tanks, at Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) unit of Bharath Earth Movers Limited. Later, a number of organisations and local leaders including Kolar MP Muniyappa submitted memoranda against disinvestment of BEML . Speaking to reporters, Muniyappa said he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon to convince him against it. BEML had forayed into manufacturing and supply of hi-tech metro cars during 2002 and as a leading rolling stock supplier has so far supplied over 1,000 metro cars to Delhi, Bengaluru and Jaipur Metro Corporations. On March 27, BEML had secured a  Rs.  1,421-crore contract from Bangalor...