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BJP Manifesto’s Major Infra Push: 60,000 Km Of New Highways, Piped Water In All Houses, Total Railway Electrification

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Continuing with its development agenda powered by huge investments in the infrastructure sector, BJP has announced a slew of measures to modernise Indian economy in its poll manifesto for the 2019 general elections.

“The last five years, under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, infrastructural roll out has been put back on track. For the first time, India has started marching and is being seen on the path of global standards in infrastructure and civic amenities,” the manifesto said.

Noting that under PM Modi’s leadership, India has achieved the world’s sixth largest economy tag, the party intends to take this further and transform India into the third largest economy of the world by 2030. “This implies that we commit to make India a US $ 5 trillion economy by 2025 and US $ 10 trillion economy by 2032.”

Some of the most ambitious infrastructure projects that will be undertaken under the re-elected PM Modi government are:

Urban Transport: Launch a National Urban Mobility Mission to provide technology-based urban mobility solutions to all urban local bodies. Ensure that 50 cities are covered with a strong metro network.

Sanitation: Take the highly successful Swach Bharat Mission (SBM) to a new level through sustainable Solid Waste Management in every village and ensure 100 per cent disposal of liquid waste in rural, semi-urban and unsewered areas. All habitations will be made open defecation free.

Water: Under the ‘Nal se Jal’ scheme, piped water will be provided to every household by 2024.

Roads: The government will double the length of National Highways by 2022. Construction 60,000 km of new National Highways over the next five years and completion of Phase I of the Bhatratmala project will also be priorities.

Railways: The party will ensure electrification of all railway tracks by 2022 and expansion of connectivity and experience of high-speed trains and new version trains such as Vande Bharat Express. WiFi facility will be made available across all main railway stations by 2022 and the dedicated freight corridor project will be completed by the same year.

Aviation: The number of functional airports will be doubled from the current figure of 101.

Digital India: Every Gram Panchayat will be connected with a high-speed optical fibre network by 2022. Through village-level high-speed broadband services, those living in the rural areas will be able to access a wide range of services such as telemedicine, tele-education and agriculture-related advisories.

Energy: After electrifying all households in the country, the party will now ensure the right mix of energy sources that will lead to a cleaner environment. The party will also strive towards making the state electricity entities financially sound and administratively more efficient.

Also Read: A Second Term For Modi? Yes.

Hyderabad Metro’s Historic Feat: First-Ever All Women Staff At Madhuranagar Station

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In what can be termed as a historic first, Hyderabad Metro Rail has come up with an all woman station, reports The New Indian Express.

The Madhuranagar Station of Corridor-3 (Blue Line) is now an all-women station. As a befitting renaming, the station, henceforth, will be called Taruni Madhuranagar metro station.

The station will be completely handled by women employees, with shops to cater to the needs of women and children, in the station coming up soon. However, the station is open to all passengers irrespective of gender.

As part of it’s social cause, the HMRL has now dedicated the station and the surrounding two acre area to promote its programmes aimed at women empowerment. A women centric exhibition is reportedly coming up soon in the station premises which will go on for 60 days.

As part of various programmes, cultural competitions will be held for women and children.

Boost To Cheaper, Eco-Friendly Transport: Bengaluru To Get 12 New Gail Gas CNG Stations In A Month

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In a bid to aid the building of a eco-friendly mobility network in Bengaluru, state-owned GAIL Gas is set to launch 12 new CNG stations in the city, adding to the extant eight CNG stations. This would take the total count of operational stations in the city to 20, reports Hindu BusinessLine.

Not stopping the momentum after this, GAIL also plans to add 25 more CNG stations in the new fiscal 2019-20 itself, which would mark an unprecedented rise in the accessibility of CNG for the Bengaluru consumers.

Furthermore, in order to make the CNG fuel easily available, the GAIL Gas has also partnered with oil marketing companies (OMCs) and is dispensing CNG From the retail outlets of BPCL, IOCL and HPCL in the city.

The running cost of a CNG auto is Rs 1.17 per km compared with Rs 2.01 per km of LPG auto, resulting in savings of about 42 per cent. Also, CNG stations cater to both light and heavy duty vehicles and are operational round the clock.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been aggressively pushing towards turning India into a cleaner and gas-based economy, with lesser reliance on polluting fuels like diesel and petrol. The GAIL’s expansion in Bengaluru adds to that goal and direction.

National Mobility Cards To Soon Be Part Of Bengaluru’s Namma Metro: In Pipeline For Phase 2 Release

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Bengaluru’s Namma Metro will implement the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) system at all the 62 stations of the upcoming Phase 2 project to provide a seamless transport experience to commuters, reports Deccan Herald.

“All gates at all 62 stations in Phase 2, will be ready to accept common mobility cards and the smart cards, when inaugurated in 2022. Initially, the gates will accept both common mobility cards and smart cards,” said Ajay Seth, managing director of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL). “We are in the mobility business and have to facilitate smooth people movement.”

On 5 March, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ambitious ‘One Nation One Card’ for transport and mobility. NCMC, which is the first of its kind card in India, will be a bank-issued card on a debit/credit/prepaid card platform.

A customer could use a single card for payments across all segments including metro, bus, suburban, railways, tolls, parking, smart city and retail.

Switchover Time Of Two Years

To avoid unnecessary disruption, BMRCL has provided Namma Metro users with a timeline of two years to switch over from the current smart cards to the common mobility cards. “Around six lakh commuters already have smart cards and we cannot expect them to switch over immediately. But, eventually, the shift should happen and we are working towards that. Talks with other transport departments are also being held,” Seth added.

Bengaluru Metro To Fine Passengers For Travelling Beyond The Distance Authorised In Their Ticket

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Following the footsteps of several other metro corporations in the country, Bengaluru metro rail Corporation is also planning to levy a fine of Rs 50 on passengers who travel beyond the distance authorised by their ticket, reports Economic Times.

This comes after the recent decision of the corporation to make it mandatory for the smart card holders to maintain a minimum balance of Rs 50, which is something a lot of passengers have been grousing about, given they find it anti-poor. However, the new rule about penalty is aimed at the token users.

According to the Metro Railways (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002, the transport utility can impose a penalty of Rs 50 on passengers travelling without a proper pass, card or ticket or beyond authorised distance.

If the passenger does not pay the excess charge and the fare, the corporation also has the power to take the passenger to court and seek his/her imprisonment for a term of up to one month.

In case of Delhi Metro, there exists a maximum travel time limit of 180 Minutes for a single journey. Once this limit is exhausted by a passenger, a penalty of Rs 10 per hour subject to a maximum of Rs 50 is applicable.

Furthermore, in case of a token user, the applicable fare for the extra distance travelled has also to be paid to the customer care centre at the destination station.

Phase-II Of Chennai Metro To Go Under Water; Tunnels To Come Up Under Adyar River And Chetpet Lake

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In a novel plan, Phase-II of the Chennai Metro will incorporate tunnels under two water bodies of the city, namely, Adyar river and Chepet lake, reports Times of India.

When Phase-II of the metro will become operational, commuters on board the trains will plunge 20 metres deep under the depths of the Adyar river and Chepet lake while travelling between Madhavaram and Sholinganallur.

To link four stations between Adyar and Chetpet, twin tunnels, stretching up to a kilometre, will be built. Soil testing for the same is currently being conducted, with samples being collected every 15-18 metres and 25-30 metres by drilling a 150mm borehole.

While the Adyar tunnels connect the Adyar junction station and Adyar depot station, those under the Chetpet lake will connect KMC station on Barnaby road with Chetpet station. These four stations form the 45.8km corridor of the 118.9 km phase-2 of the Madhavaram-SIPCOT line.

The two tunnels are part of a priority corridor for which funding is already done. With the tenders are due to be floated by June, the construction work is supposed to start by the year-end.

In phase-1, the CMRL, built two tunnels under Cooum river, between the Central Metro and Government Estate and Buckingham Canal near Central Metro, with a complex arrangement of rings to hold the soil above to prevent water seepage.

Chennai Airport To Display Metro Timings In Its Terminals To Encourage Travellers To Use Transport Service

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In a move aimed at decongestion of traffic, Chennai airport has decided to display Metro timings across various display panels in its domestic and international terminals to encourage passengers to take the transit system, reports The Hindu.

Officials of the Airports Authority of India held discussions with the Chennai Metro Rail Limited(CMRL) and agreed to set up the display. The airport metro station is one of the busiest in the city with an average ridership of 6,500 per day as of now.

“Specific areas of both domestic and international terminal now see the displays of metro timings to enable the air passengers easier access to the transit system, as soon as they disembark. It will be good to see many people take public transport”, said an official.

Both the terminals are connected to the metro station by a walkator and a tube, making out an easy access to the station to the passengers. The CMRL, after studying the arrival and departure timings of domestic and international flights, has decided to extend its operational timings.

At present, the CMRL’s airport line operates between 4.30 am and 11 pm.

Chennai Metro To Soon Offer Refreshment Options, Retail Shops For Commuters On Nine Stations

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In a move to provide commuters with refreshment options and make commercial use of the vast floor spaces in the its stations, Chennai Metro Rail Limited will open food kiosks and other retail outlets, reports Times Of India.

CMRL has already floated tenders to establish kiosks on license basis. They are expected to become operational in the next few months. These kiosks would mostly serve easy to eat snacks and hot beverages.

At the initial stage, these kiosks would be set up in Koyambedu, Thirumangalam, Anna Nagar East, Shenoy Nagar, KMC, Nehru Park, Nandanam, Saidapet and Teynampet stations. The kisoks, measuring around 10-35 square metres are supposed to be opened on street side levels, at the entrances or parking lots of stations.

Currently, a few elevated stations, Koyambedu, Alandur, Vadapalani, Alandur and Airport and an underground station at Shenoy Nagar stations do have kiosks that serve some snacks and coffee.

Alstom Bags Contract To Equip Mumbai Metro, Pune Metro With State-Of-The-Art Train Control Technology

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With the Mumbai and Pune metro rail construction activity going in full swing, French rail transport giant, Alstom bags the contract to provide vital communication systems to five corridors, The Hindu has reported.

Alstom is going to equip the lines 2A, 2B and 7 of Mumbai metro and lines 1 & 2 of Pune metro with it’s Urbalis 400, Communications Based Train Control technology. The contract is valued at around €90 million.

Alstom is entrusted with the designing, manufacturing, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of the CBTC. The company will also be supplying on board equipment and telecommunications such as public address, fibre optic transmission, access control systems and CCTV.

Alstom has been investing heavily in India to produce world class rolling stock, components, design, research and development to not only serve the domestic market, but also rest of the world.

The metro systems of Chennai, Kochi and Lucknow are supplied by the rolling stocks that are manufactured in Alstom’s unit in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh.

Bengaluru: Namma Metro Hikes Minimum Smartcard Balance From Rs 8 To Rs 50; BMRCL Explains Why

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The Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has now introduced a minimum limit of Rs 50 which needs to be maintained for its smartcards, reports Times Of India.

Which means, the concourse gates of any metro station in the city won’t open unless you have a minimum smartcard balance of Rs 50.

This has been done to prevent commuters from getting struck at the destination stations, after running dry of minimum balance, says BMRLC.

Hiking the minimum cap from Rs 8 to Rs 50 has not gone well with the commuters. Expressing displeasure many passengers even staged a protest at the Malleswara Metro Station.

Since most of the one way trips in the metro costs less than Rs 25 per head, many are seeking the rationale behind the spike. With over 15 lakh cards being sold, the new rule translates into a minimum of Rs 7.5 crore as buffer at any given point of time.

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