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Singapore: Bentley Systems Inc , the US-based infrastructure engineering solution provider, plans to expand its business in India and will add more engineers to its staff to tap the huge opportunities in the country, senior company officials said. Bentley will focus on urban development especially rail, airports, metro systems, highways, roads and water-waste water plants. “India is a very unique market to us. The world’s best engineering companies now have their value engineering centres in India. We want to be part of that big increase in developments,” said Kaushik Chakraborty, Vice-President South East Asia and India. The group also plans to increase expertise adding more engineers to its over 400 staff at offices in Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Mumbai. It would also be setting up academies supporting each mega project for Building Information Modelling or Better Information Management (BIM) in collaboration with local developers and contractors. Its firs...

New Delhi: Yesterday a bad news received from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) that a newly joined metro employee was electrocuted while performing night duty near DMRC’s Faridabad receiving sub-station (RSS) of Line-6. Today we have received another similar news that a metro employee came into  electrocution grip near DMRC’s Indraprastha receiving sub-station (RSS) of Line-3. Injured staff sent to Max Hospital, Patpadganj, New Delhi for treatment with help of two colleague employees. Delhi Metro employee Hemant got injured with electrocuted at DMRC’s Indraprastha RSS. According to sources, the incident was happened in today evening during lighting up of the Indraprastha RSS yard light from MCB. While operating MCB flashed and some part of both hands of RSS Operator got injured. The LVCB1 & LVCCB also tripped automatically. The staff is identified as Hemant. It is a repeating fault and big safety lapses from the part of DMRC. Till posting of this news,...

New Delhi: The high-speed rail corridor between Delhi and Meerut will have three stations in Delhi, instead of two, connecting the link to three different lines of Delhi Metro Rail Project. The National Capital Region Transport Corporation Limited (NCRTC), which is executing the project, has added New Ashok Nagar of the Noida line of Delhi Metro as the third station. The other two are Sarai Kale Khan and Anand Vihar. The project is yet to get in-principle approval from the Delhi government, but sources said another station was added in Delhi after a request from Delhi government representatives. All three stations will be developed as interchange hubs. Sarai Kale Khan and Anand Vihar will also have connectivity with railway stations and bus terminals. The station at New Ashok Nagar will benefit metro commuters coming from Noida. “The project will immensely benefit commuters and will take off a significant load from roads. By connecting it with metro, option for passengers will i...

Here are highlights of our Metro Rail News October 2017 Edition Metro Rail News Magazine October 2017 Edition Popular news round up of September 2017 Corporate Updates Real time rain and fog removal through virtual video technology (An idea by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Virtual Passenger modelling for the future of railway stations (By INCONTROL Simulation Solutions) Need of advance technology for maintenance and monitoring of Rolling Stock (By a Rolling Stock Expert) Radar Positioning System: Can you realize an ATP 10 times cheaper than the others…? (By Auto Drive Solutions) Is CBTC safer than other conventional signalling? (By CBTC Solutions Inc.) Exclusive Interview with Mr. Achal Khare, MD, National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited, New Delhi, India. Know your Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri. Recent Selection and Appointments Live Tender/Contact Notices Upcoming Industry Events Current Job Openings in Metro Rail sectors Many m...

Highlights DMRC’s non-executive staff will start protesting from Monday, demanding a resolution of pending issues submitted by them to management. They will start protest by wearing black arm bands and participating in sit-ins at different stations as well as their work stations. They have, however, threatened to go on a complete shutdown of services on November 1, 2017, if their demands are not met. New Delhi: After July 2017 strike , the non-executive staff of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) have again threatened to go on a strike from Monday. The staff members have warned of a “complete shutdown” if their demands on pay anomaly, reinstatement of terminated staff, recognition of employees union  and other pending issues are resolved. Talking about the impact of protests on train operations, Mahavir Prasad, the General Secretary of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Employees Union (DMRCEU) through a press release said that the protesting staffs will start wear...

Navi Mumbai: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is in the final stages of preparing the detailed project report (DPR) for the metro corridor providing direct connectivity from Chatrapati Shivaji Airport terminus (Santa Cruz airport) to the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), Navi Mumbai— the twin city airport, a first in the country. CIDCO said, “as per our information, the DPR is in final stages. The CSTM-Panvel fast track corridor that will run like a metro has been delayed, but it will be taken up at some time. So, in the meantime, the metro connectivity between the two airports is very much required for providing transportation facilities to flyers.” A CIDCO official told media, ” the direct connectivity or a continuous corridor between two city airports will be the first of its kind in India. The metro run from the Santa Cruz airport till Mankhurd will involve stretches of underground and elevated pillars. The details will be known...

Gurugram: Residents living in sectors along Dwarka Expressway have pitched for a full-length Metro corridor, stretching up to Dwarka Sector 21 one of the two routes being considered for the proposed Yellow line extension of Delhi Metro Rail Project . In their petitions to GMDA, the residents and homebuyers have demanded Metro stations along the Dwarka expressway, favouring the longer route, for the convenience of thousands of people who are living in or will move into the new sectors along the thoroughfare. The state government, through GMDA, has sought suggestions from residents of the city on the two possible routes suggested by DMRC recently. While one route is a 12km line from Huda City Centre, currently the terminal station on the Yellow line, to Gurgaon railway station, the other is a full-length corridor right up to Dwarka Sector 21, where DMRC’s Blue and Airport Express lines converge. The second one is a 27km route that also starts ...