Rail Analysis India May Digital Edition 2018 | Page 28

News of the Month Article | 27 LMRC Receives 15th Metro Train Set At Transport Nagar Metro Depot South Eastern Railway To Install Bio-Toilets In More Than 1800 Train Coaches In The Current Financial Year “Bio-Toilet project” of Indian Railways is an innovative & indigenous development of technology. This technology is first of its kind being used by any railroad in the world for o­n- board accelerated digestion of human waste. These bio-toilets are fitted underneath the lavatories and the human waste discharged into them is acted upon by a colony of anaerobic bacteria that convert human waste mainly into water and small amount of bio-gases. The gases escape into atmosphere and waste water is discharged after chlorination o­nto the track. Human waste, thus, does not fall o­n the railway tracks thus improving cleanliness and hygiene at platforms, and facilitate track and coaches maintenance staff to perform their work more efficiently. The Bio-toilet project is very much aligned with ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’, launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. The technology for Bio-toilets has been innovated, designed and is ‘Made in India’. It has been developed jointly by Indian Railways’ Engineers & DRDO’s scientists. It is o­ne example where the technology developed for defence applications has been utilised for civilian purpose. Adaption and large scale deploymentof the technology has been facilitated by Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC), received the 15th Metro train set at its Transport Nagar Metro depot. The trains, which are being manufactured by Alstom Transport at their manufacturing plant in Sri City (Andhra Pradesh), are transported through special trailers by road with pilot vehicles in the front & the rear. collaboration between DRDO, RDSO and the field units of Indian Railways. SER’s initiative in Bio-Toilets : With a view to provide clean and hygienic environment to the passengers, South Eastern Railway is taking a major initiative in installation of Bio-Toilets in coaches of trains. In the current financial year (2018-19), South Eastern Railway has taken a target of installing Bio-Toilets in 1846 coaches of mail/express trains. During the last financial year, 473 coaches of South Eastern Railway were fitted with Bio-Toilets. This set of Metro train was dispatched for Lucknow on 4th May, 2018 from Sri City. Each coach (car) is loaded on a special trailer having 64 wheels. A 180 tonne crane is used to unload 40 tonne car using a special spreader. All necessary trials have been conducted at the manufacturing plant. Only dynamic trials of the train are required to be done in the Depot upon its arrival in Lucknow. Cabinet Approves Development of Infra Components for Integrated Multi-Modal Logistics Hub in Haryana The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the development of trunk infrastructure components for the integrated multi-modal logistics hub known as Freight Village at Nangal Chaudhary in Haryana under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project, a statement said. Cabinet Approves Extension of Metro Rail Network From Noida City Centre to Sector-62 With Investment of Rs 1,967 Crore The Cabinet approved extension of metro rail network from Noida City Centre to Sector-62, which borders Ghaziabad in UP, with an investment of Rs 1,967 crore, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. The new line will be extension of the Dwarka-Noida City Centre line of Delhi Metro and is proposed to have 6 stations. The trunk infrastructure components include roads and services, building complex, water, sewage and common effluent treatment plant. More Information: • More Information: • • • The development of the Freight Village in Haryana will be on a 886.78 acres of land plot which will be implemented by the project Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) in 2 phases. The statement said, a financial sanction of Rs 1029.49 crore for development of Phase-I and in-principle approval for development of Phase-II of the project has also been given by the CCEA. It said, expenditure on Phase-I comprises cost of entire land at Rs 266 crore including cost of the land to be used for development of Phase II. www.railanalysis.com 28 | Article News of the Month Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor: • The $100-billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, conceived in 2006 by the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a global manufacturing & investment destination, by utilising the high capacity 1,483 kilometer long Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), as the backbone, was supposed to be ready by 2017. • • • The total stretch for the extension is 6.675 kms long and it will provide transport facilities to a large number of people living in Noida, besides catering to residents of close-by areas of Ghaziabad, Prasad said. Noida is expanding in terms of commerce & educational facilities and the extended line will help in greater mobility of people, the minister said. Prasad said,”Under Delhi Metro corridor, metro line will be extended from Noida City Centre to Sector 62, Noida… Rs 1,967 crore would be spent on the expansion.” The Centre’s liability will be to tune of Rs 340.60 crore on • • account of grant and subordinate debt for the project, an official release said. Project will be implemented by DMRC (Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd ), the existing Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of the Centre and Delhi governments. The release said,”About 81 per cent progress of civil work and 55 per cent of overall financial progress of the project have been achieved.” www.railanalysis.com