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NCRTC Aligns Meerut Metro’s North-South Corridor With
Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor
The NCRTC (National Capital Regional Transport Corporation)
has aligned Meerut Metro’s North-South Corridor with RRTS
network of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut that will save Rs 6,300
crore of the public exchequer. Earlier, as per Detailed Project
Report of Meerut Metro, the original estimated cost for
Corridor-I from Partapur to Modipuram was Rs 8,388 crore.
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NCRTC said in a release,”Under the new plan, since
this Metro line is parallel to RRTS network of Delhi-
Ghaziabad-Meerut Corridor, UP government has
accepted the proposal of NCRTC, and asked it to run
this metro line on RRTS ( Regional Rail Transit System)
network itself by doing necessary modifications.”
It said, it will not only help the government save over Rs
6,300 crore but also decongest the heavy road traffic on
the 90-km long stretch between Delhi & Meerut.
NCRTC, which is the executing agency, will add 6 stations
on its existing alignment exclusively for metro operations
in Meerut.
India Hands Over 18 Diesel-Electric Locomotive To Myanmar
Railways, Completing First Project Under Current Indian
Line of Credit
India on Monday handed over the 18th diesel-electric
locomotive to Myanmar, thereby completing the first project
under the current Indian line of credit (LoC) to the eastern
neighbour.
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These 18 locos are fitted with the microprocessor control
based system.
1350 HP AC/DC main line diesel locomotives with a
maximum speed of 100 kmph have been customised for
the Myanmar Railways, built by Diesel Locomotive Works
(DLW), Varanasi.
They are also extremely fuel-efficient and equipped with
the latest features.
Most of these supplies in the railway sector have been
carried out under Indian Line of Credit.
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Minister of State for Railways, Rajen Gohain attended the
formal handing over ceremony of 18th AC-DC 1350 HP
diesel-electric locomotive to Myanmar Railways, supplied
by RITES and manufactured by DLW.
RITES Limited, a PSU of the Ministry of Railways, is a
principal partner of the Myanmar Railways.
Speaking at the occasion, Gohain expressed satisfaction
on the close cooperation between the two railway
systems on regular basis since last 20 years.
L&T Bags Order Of Rs 2,864 Crore From DFCCIL For Eastern
Dedicated Freight Corridor
New Delhi: Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today said its construction
has bagged an order of Rs 2,864 crore from the DFCCIL
(Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd.) for
Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. L&T said in a BSE
filing,”The railways strategic business unit of L&T Constructions
transportation infrastructure business has signed a major
contract worth Rs 2,864 crore with the Dedicated Freight
Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL).”
The scope of work includes-
• Construction of single railway track including yards
• 75 major & 588 minor bridges
• 1 rail over bridge modification
• 4 rail flyovers
• 21 stations along with construction of all associated works
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part of the 1,856 km Eastern Corridor proposed between
Ludhiana (Punjab) and Dankuni (West Bengal), L&T said.
The order involves construction of 222 kilometer route
of a single-track corridor from Khurja to Pilkhani in Uttar
Pradesh.
It added,”This is Larsen & Toubro’s first EPC civil,
structure and track project in the Eastern Dedicated
Freight Corridor. In the Western Dedicated Freight
Corridor, L&T already has a share of 71 per cent in the
civil packages and 100 per cent share in the electrical
packages.”
This project will be funded by World Bank (WB) and is a
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