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New Delhi: The Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) is performing better than other consultancy companies like Systra, Egis Group etc. RITES  is an engineering consultancy company established in 1974 by the Government of India. Which is specializing in the field of transport Infrastructure, at initial the Company aim was to provide the consultancy services in rail transport management to operators in India and abroad. Some of the ongoing projects of RITES are: General Consultancy Contract for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Consultancy for the seven flyovers in Delhi for Delhi development Authority. Feasibility study for High Speed Capacity mass. Traffic Management for Kanpur city India. India is one of the leading developing countries where transport sector has made total 6.4% to the GDP of the Country. In India there are some 30 top foreign and Indian based companies. Some of them are Larsen & Tourbo, Jaiprakash Associates, Lanco Infratech, Reliance In...

Pune: There is negative buzz around Pune Metro consultancy contract. It is alleged that the contract was given without tendering. The work has been given to a consortium of four companies, led by France-based infrastructure consulting firm Systra. Systra won the contract for General Consultant (GC) for Phase-1 of the Pune Metro Rail Project. As per popular business news portal, Business Line , the contract was awarded without the competitive bidding process. The Pune Metro Phase-1 project estimated at ₹11,420-crore. Work for the project is taken up by Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha Metro) - a joint venture company between  the Government of India and the Government of Maharashtra. Maha Metro in 2016 had reinstated Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation (NMRCL) to manage all metro projects in the State. Sources from the industry shedding light on the issue shared that in June 2016, the syndicate of Systra, US-based AECOM, Egis Rail (a part of France-headquartered Egis Grou...

Amaravati: Paris-based Systra Consultants started the work on preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Vijayawada Metro Rail Project on Wednesday. Experts of Systra met the managing director of Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation N P Ramakrishna Reddy before starting a field visit of proposed two corridors of Metro Rail Project. “Around 33 experts from Germany, France and India will be working on preparation of DPR for Vijayawada Metro Rail project. Initially, three experts, Thakur and Ahmed Siddiqui (both are from Systra) and Nameed Kumar (RITES) visited the city on Wednesday,” Ramakrishna Reddy said. Following the differences cropped up with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the State government cancelled the medium metro project to Vijayawada and took a decision in favour of light metro following a feasibility report submitted by Australian Urban Transport expert Edward Dotson in August 2017. Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation invited bids requesting the ...

Amaravati: Paris-based Systra Consultants started the work on preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Vijayawada Metro Rail Project on Wednesday. Experts of Systra met the managing director of Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation N P Ramakrishna Reddy before starting a field visit of proposed two corridors of Metro Rail Project. “Around 33 experts from Germany, France and India will be working on preparation of DPR for Vijayawada Metro Rail project. Initially, three experts, Thakur and Ahmed Siddiqui (both are from Systra) and Nameed Kumar (RITES) visited the city on Wednesday,” Ramakrishna Reddy said. Following the differences cropped up with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the State government cancelled the medium metro project to Vijayawada and took a decision in favour of light metro following a feasibility report submitted by Australian Urban Transport expert Edward Dotson in August 2017. Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation invited bids requesting the ...

Vijayawada:  The Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation (AMRC) may continue to hope to avail financial assistance from the Union government for the proposed light metro project in Vijayawada , but going for Public Private Partnership (PPP) for the execution of the project seems inevitable. While the AMRC officials are preparing to present a strong case with the help of MPs in the ongoing Parliament session, which will resume on March 5, they are also exploring the feasibility of PPP mode. Sources said that AMRC managing director NP Ramakrishna Reddy has met Guntur MP Galla Jayadev and explained the status of the project. “Since the MPs are fighting for the implementation of AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, the MD met Jayadev so that the latter can argue in favour of the project in the Parliament session which will resume on March 5,” another official said. Even though the Vijayawada metro project was one of the major provisions in the AP Reorganisation Act (APRA), 2014, the...

Vijayawada:  The Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation (AMRC) may continue to hope to avail financial assistance from the Union government for the proposed light metro project in Vijayawada , but going for Public Private Partnership (PPP) for the execution of the project seems inevitable. While the AMRC officials are preparing to present a strong case with the help of MPs in the ongoing Parliament session, which will resume on March 5, they are also exploring the feasibility of PPP mode. Sources said that AMRC managing director NP Ramakrishna Reddy has met Guntur MP Galla Jayadev and explained the status of the project. “Since the MPs are fighting for the implementation of AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, the MD met Jayadev so that the latter can argue in favour of the project in the Parliament session which will resume on March 5,” another official said. Even though the Vijayawada metro project was one of the major provisions in the AP Reorganisation Act (APRA), 2014, the...