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Common Mobility Card for Delhi Metro and
DTC Buses

he Delhi Government has launched a pilot Common Mobility Card
Twhich can be used to travel in both Delhi Metro and select Delhi
Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster buses. The cards which will
be valid in 200 DTC and 50 cluster buses from April 1, will function like
a debit card.
Commuters can purchase and recharge these cards at all Metro
stations, railway stations, airports, Inter-State Bus Terminals and DTC
bus pass counters. During the trial, by tapping the metro card on
an Electronic Ticketing Machine or ETM in a bus, a ticket would be
generated, which will also show the balance in the passenger’s card.
The minimum amount payable at the time of purchase of a new card is
Rs 150, including refundable security of Rs 50. Subsequent recharge of
the card can be done at Customer Care Centres of any metro station.
Siemens to electrify
Louis Berger gets Versova-Bandra Sea Gujarat Metro Link
Link project management contract Express
Louis Berger was recently awarded the contract by the he Indian mass-transit
Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation to provide project T operator Metro Link Express
management services for the Versova-Bandra Sea Link. Construction for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad
is estimated to cost `6,000Cr and will take 54 months to complete.
(MEGA) Company Limited
The VBSL, a northward extension of the existing Bandra-Worli has awarded an order to the
Sea Link running along the western coast of the island of Mumbai, consortium of Siemens Limited
will be an eight-lane highway, approximately 10 kilometers (6.2 India and Siemens AG, Germany
miles) in length, connecting the western suburbs of Versova and for electrification of the 39.2km
Bandra. Louis Berger will provide services in three phases: The Metro Express Link in Ahmedabad.
first phase will include the peer review of the previously-compiled The line, currently under
techno-economic feasibility study and detailed project report (DPR). construction, will run in
The second phase will include compilation of tender documents for Ahmedabad city in two corridors.
engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the project, as Siemens will be responsible for
well as management of the bid process. The third and last phase the complete electrification of the
will involve project and construction management services during new double-track Metro line. In
the construction and defects liability periods, including review of the addition, Siemens will also provide
selected EPC contractor’s engineering designs. The project is slated a SCADA (Supervisory Control
for completion by late 2021. and Data Acquisition) system
for monitoring and controlling
the traction power. Tilak Raj
Seth, Executive Vice-President,
Siemens Ltd. and CEO, Mobility
Division in Lead Country India
has said that , Siemens is also
executing electrification projects
for six Metro cities in India, the
other five being, Delhi, Kolkata,
Chennai, Nagpur and Greater
Noida, matching the pace of
urbanization in India.

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