The Delhi Metro has become the first metro service in the country to be certified with the prestigious International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) rating for efficient energy management. Under this, as many as 15 stations of the Delhi Metro and one of its depots have been selected for this rating, enabling Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to save 13,730 MVAH ...
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Multi-level parking lots at Delhi metro stations
Two of multi-level parking facilities at the Rohini West and Janakpuri West metro stations will be ready by early next year. DMRC will have five multi-level parking lots, including the operational facility above the underground New Delhi airport metro station. The facility at Rohini West will have space for 600 cars, while Janakpuri West will accommodate around 1,000 cars. Yet ...
DMRC to construct green metro stations
In a bid to minimise emission of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has taken a policy decision to make all its upcoming station buildings green. The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) will issue guidelines for designing the station structures. As per the specifications of the IGBC, all upcoming metro station buildings will have their ...
DMRC begins tunnelling work on 5.5km underground stretch
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has started tunnelling work on the 5.5km long underground Hazrat Nizamuddin ? Lajpat Nagar stretch on the Mukundpur (Majlis Park) ? Shiv Vihar corridor which is a part of Phase III of the Delhi Metro. The corridor will provide direct connectivity to the Sarai Kale Khan Inter State Bus Terminus (ISBT) and the Hazrat ...
DMRC awards escalator contract to Otis
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has awarded a contract to Otis Elevator Company (India) Limited for the supply and installation of 222 units of the of escalators (520NPE-L model) for phase III of the Delhi Metro project. The 520 NPE-L escalator is environment-friendly and caters to public transportation & heavy traffic demands by offering high safety, solid reliability and ...
Bombardier Transportation India Ltd gets Rs. 350 cr DMRC contract
Delhi Metro Corporation (DMRC) is all set to issue a ? 350 cr contract to Bombardier Transportation India Ltd for providing a train control and signalling system for the 58.4km Line Seven or inner ring road line of the Delhi Metro. Line Seven, which will be built in two phases, will be a driverless, unattended signalling system, the first such ...
DMRC takes over Delhi Airport Metro Express
The Delhi Metro Corporation (DMRC) has taken over operations of the 22.7km-long Delhi Airport Metro service from Reliance Infra. It has formed an operations and maintenance team of 100 officials to manage the service. Emergency situations will be handled by a seven-member core team of senior officials. DMRC will also open two feedback-cum-suggestion counters at two metro stations to invite ...
A K Gupta appointed DMRC electrical director
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has appointed Anoop Kumar Gupta as Director (Electrical). Prior to this, Gupta was working as Chief General Manager of Delhi Metro. He headed the electrical maintenance wing of the company for the last six years and also served as chief of the Disaster Management Team of the company. Gupta is an electrical engineer from IIT ...
DMRC awards major contract to ITD Cementation
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has awarded a major contract worth ? 546 crore to a consortium of ITD Cementation and Italian-Thai Development Public Company, Thailand. The project involves among other things, construction of a 9,305m long elevated metro track and eight elevated metro stations as well as architectural finishing and drainage work, with a completion time of 30 months. ...
Jaipur Metro likely to open this July
The first phase (Phase 1A) of Jaipur Metro will likely become operational by July this year. The first phase, which is being executed on EPC basis, consists of 9.2m of elevated section with eight stations and 0.4km of underground section with one station. The project is being implemented by the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (JMRC) which is a wholly ...