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INTERACTIONS “We see the market growing 90 “The HVAC market is expected 88 at 10-15 per cent.” to grow at 10 per cent.” - Anil George, Deputy Managing - Ajit Singh, VP Sales (West), Director, Voltas, shares more on Grundfos India, shares on the the industry. company’s offerings.

PROJECT UPDATE 119 Project Update 130 Equipment Update 134 Upcoming Projects 154 Diary 122 Power Update 131 Cement Update 148 Product Parade 156 Property Rates 124 Transport Update 132 Smart Cities Update 150 Contract Awarded 159 Building Material Prices 128 Real Estate Update 152 Tenders 164 Newsmakers

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Photo courtesy: Capacit'e Infraprojects INTERACTIONS “Specific focus is now on COVER STORY 112 prefabricated construction.” Tall Buildings - MV Satish, Whole-Time Director & 94 CW PROPERTY TODAY explores Senior Executive VP (Buildings, Minerals construction technologies that help in & Metals), L&T, shares more. achieving shorter slab cycle and lesser costs. FEATURE 114 “3D printing will revolutionise Building Security into Realty housing construction.” 102 In realty, security is brought alive - SC Dixit, Executive Director, Shapoorji by sensible design and a plethora Pallonji Engineering & Construction, of technologies. shares more.

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They say a true growth story is best reflected in numbers. Consider this: India’s metro-rail story started at 8 km in 2002. Today, the country has achieved close to 600 km. And, going forward, roughly another 600 km of sanctioned metro lines are under construction with 1,000-1,500 km of metro-line proposals under planning. Indeed, India’s metro-rail network has grown rapidly to figure among the top Current challenges 10 largest metro networks in the world. Popularly known as India’s At present, is the eighth Metro Man, Dr E Sreedharan, largest metro train network in the Principal Adviser, Delhi Metro Rail world. Recently, the Delhi Government Corporation (DMRC), shares the cleared the 103.93-km, six-corridor main challenges faced by metro- Delhi Metro Phase IV; once this is rail projects in the present day: completed, Delhi Metro is expected ‡ $OWKRXJKWKHPHWURLVDUDLO to become the third largest metro based transport mode that is network in the world. With a total technically more advanced and length of about 453.58 km, it will sophisticated, the Government overtake New York (380.2 km), of India (GoI) considers it as Nanjing in China (378 km), state subject, whereas railway is Seoul (340.4 km), Moscow (381 km), a central subject. GoI controls Guangzhou (391.8 km) and all technical parameters, safety London (402 km). Shanghai and certification and sanctioning Beijing are first and second, with powers but does not take the a total length of 644 km and responsibility for losses and 599.44 km, respectively. repayment of loans. ‡ 7KH&HQWUDO*RYHUQPHQWGRHV The revolution not have a long-term vision or a Evidently, India is going through sound and sustainable policy a metro revolution today. With (the Metro Policy of August 2017 600 route km being used by over is short-sighted and restrictive) 5 million commuters today, over with regard to raising funds for 15 cities in India are under various metro construction, meeting stages of adding an additional operational losses or building up 1,500 route km in the near future. a managerial and technical That said, not all projects have been framework to complete projects able to achieve timely completion within in time and within estimated costs. estimated costs. “The financial rate of ‡ *R,FRQVLGHUVSULYDWH return will be low (from +3 to negative) but participation a must in all metro the economic rate of return will be anything projects knowing fully well that from 15-20 per cent,” says Dr E Sreedharan, all PPP metro projects in the Principal Adviser, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation country have failed so far. (DMRC). “This means the metro is not an ‡ 7KHUHLVQRHIIRUWRQWKHSDUWRI attractive area for an investor but it is a social need GoI to reduce unit costs of metro in which the government should invest.” projects through tax TO SHARE For his part, Mohammad Athar, Partner, concessions or PricewaterhouseCoopers, says, “Like most major urban higher equity transit developments, the presence of a metro corridor has participation. induced transformations in land use in connected areas. Commercial establishments and office areas place a high

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premium on better connectivity and have thus benefitted from the presence of the metro. Metro-rail systems are also increasingly viewed as a more environment-friendly mode of transport and have led to improvement in air quality.” In India, metro-rail has emerged as a preferential transport alternative in Tier-I cities faced with growing population, high traffic and increased pollution, according to Ashwini Bhide, Managing Director, Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation. “With the remarkable success of Delhi Metro, many states including Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Kerala have rapidly implemented Photo courtesy: Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation metro-rail projects,” she says. TBMs, excavators, road headers, hydras, cranes, gantries, piling rigs, batching And Anuj Dayal, Executive plants, transit mixers and boom placers, is being used in metro projects. Director, Corporate Communications, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, points out, “Metro-rail is Construction Cost and Investment Returns non-polluting and carries a large The cost of a metro project is 50-60 per cent. Commenting on number of people without restricting depends on the geographical location the per-km construction cost involved or occupying road space. Therefore, as well as many development in underground metro, he shares, it is a potent answer to the congested constraints and requirements. “It depends upon availability of roads of our urban centres.” According to Rahul Shah, specialised machinery and COO-Urban Infrastructure, equipment (owned/hired/new) and Demand for support industries Tata Projects, “The overall construction experts to operate it. As for elevated With metro-rail systems growing, costs invested in materials, metro, it depends upon availability the scope of business and equipment and electrical components of machinery and equipment and opportunities for various depend on various parameters.” experienced men and the location of components like lifts, escalators, In fact, all these parameters are the site.” He adds that the average elevators, tunnel ventilation systems specified within tenders, which itself investment return depends upon the (TVS) and environment control differ from one another. availability of funds (capital plus systems (ECS) is also expanding. Based on the data available in interest for construction purpose). Bhide shares the example of various DPR, Mohammad Athar, Take the case of the Mumbai’s Metro Line 3 project, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, project. According to Sunil Mathur, which comprises 33.5 km. “This says, “The cost of an elevated Director (Rolling Stock & Systems), line will have 26 underground metro project is in the range of Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation, Rs 2.25-3 billion per km and about 10 per cent of the total project underground metro is about cost comprises electrical installation. “Mumbai Metro Rs 5.50-5.75 billion per km.” “The per-kilometre construction cost Line 3 has For his part, Nalin Gupta, for the traction distribution system 162 lifts and Managing Director, J Kumar (TRD) of the elevated 381 escalators TO SHARE Infraprojects, says the overall cost metro line comes to of different invested in construction materials, around Rs 100 million lengths.” equipment and electrical (per route km),” - Ashwini Bhide, Managing Director, components, etc, on an average, he shares. Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation

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City-wise distribution of approved metro projects

Project Length (km) Approved cost (`billion) Delhi* 411 1,100.25 Noida 29 55.03 Gurugram 11 36.35 Mumbai 197 820.78 Navi Mumbai 11 30.64 Kolkata 135 213.90 Bengaluru 114 402.50 Hyderabad 72 141.32 Chennai 54 183.70 Pune 54 175.44

Nagpur 38 86.80 Photo courtesy: BEML Ahmedabad 36 107.73 The most modern driverless metro coaches result in maximum utilisation of the available network. Indore 32 75.01 Patna 31 133.66 packages (civil, signal and machines. And the need for security Bhopal 28 69.41 telecom, station infrastructure, etc), and safety will require more CCTVs Kochi 26 51.82 Keshav Mishra, Director, and related accessories.” Lucknow 23 69.28 PricewaterhouseCoopers, says, Arbind Kumar Rai, Deputy Jaipur 12 31.49 “Metro stations, whether elevated, Project Director, CEC-ITD Cem-TPL at grade or underground, are JV, says, “In Mumbai, the ground is * 40 120.20 equipped with lift, travellators mostly rocky. Therefore, for Metro Agra* 29 83.80 and escalators, and other BMS- Line 3 underground works, the Kanpur* 32 110.76 controlled systems. Accordingly, the top-down method of station Source: ICRA Research; Ministry of Housing & Urban opportunity for manufacturers and construction using D-walls was ruled Affairs (MoHUA) suppliers during project execution out and the bottom-up method with *Delhi Metro Phase 4, Agra, Kanpur, and Surat Metro were approved recently (Feb/March-2019) and for operation and maintenance secant piles was preferred. For the of installed systems exist.” same reason, we constructed circular stations, attracting a great “The increase in the number of shafts for TBM lowering. We have opportunity for the providers of kilometres in the metro network will also used concrete walers in place TVS and ECS,” she says. “This necessitate more stations,” says of steel to support excavation and project has a total of 162 lifts and Nalin Gupta, Managing Director, our stations are also concrete- 381 escalators of different lengths. J Kumar Infraprojects. “More decked.” After studying the geology So, automatically, there is a huge stations will require more ticket of the area, the company opted for demand for such component counters and ticket vending EPB TBM’s from Herrenknecht, one providers and support industries. A lot of equipment, including tunnel boring machines (TBMs), “Metro corridors “Metro stations excavators, road headers, hydras, have induced are equipped cranes, gantries, piling rigs, transformations with lifts batching plants, transit mixers and in land use in and escalators, boom placers, are being used.” connected and BMS Drawing attention to the large areas.” systems.” project development opportunities - Mohammad Athar, Partner, - Keshav Mishra, Director, for contracting and component PricewaterhouseCoopers PricewaterhouseCoopers players across various metro

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“AFD is currently working with Maha-Metro on the Nagpur and Pune metros.” - Rajnish Ahuja, Project Manager (Transport), French Development Agency (AFD)

New Delhi-based French promote integration with other Development Agency (AFD) has modes of transport under the financed four metro projects in new Metro Rail Policy have further India: Kochi, Bengaluru, Nagpur improved the quality of services and Pune. Rajnish Ahuja, proposed. With this and the Project Manager (Transport), growing demand for metro-rail, AFD, shares more… it is safe to say metro-rail projects in India have been quite successful. Success of metro-rail in India Metro-rail projects are coming +RZFDQWKHVHFWRUEHQHÀW" up rapidly. As more people move The success rate of PPPs in to cities, pressure on existing public this sector is yet to be ascertained. transport systems – mainly Without a clear idea of what public buses – increases, and the their potential return on investment efficiency and quality of the (RoI) could be, fewer private Importance of metro-rail service drops. companies are currently willing in India In Tier-I and Tier-II cities, this to engage in PPPs. The sector India is conscious of its carbon public transport is especially could also benefit from the emissions and air-quality relevant. AFD, the French development of more innovative challenges. The metro is one of the development bank, has supported financing patterns, including ways to reduce traffic congestion in the metro in Kochi and Bengaluru, bringing in private partners on the cities. Also, as more people switch and is currently working with operations phase. Finally, owing to the metro as the preferred mode Maha-Metro on the Nagpur and to the scale of these projects, it is of public transport, petrol and Pune metros as well. absolutely vital that land and diesel consumption will also Metros in India have improved environment and social issues reduce. Ultimately, the connectivity, increased accessibility related to a project are assessed metros aim to be a TO SHARE for people living further from city ahead of time. The importance of model mode of centres, and reduced travel time. having a diligently prepared transport contributing Recent drives to introduce resettlement action plan cannot to a low-carbon, technological innovations and be overstated. climate-friendly future.

of the safest equipment in such an more eco-friendly. Apart from system includes installation of urban environment. operations, last-mile connectivity innumerable equipment along the Meanwhile, Sunil Mathur, through feeder buses or non- stations, trackside, and off-site areas,” Director (Rolling Stock & Systems), motorised transport also provides a Mathur continues. “There is a huge Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation, reliable transport solution. And demand for telecom, machinery, says, Although most metro coaches integration of metro stations with air-conditioning systems, intelligent run on electric mode, energy- shopping malls and restaurants CCTV cameras, sensors and detection efficient technologies like solar increases FSI.” He sees a bright systems, which make the metro even panels on-site/off-site installations, future for foreign companies to smarter.” According to him, major regenerative braking in rolling stock manufacture in the country as part equipment used in the construction and regular energy monitoring in of Make in India. of metro projects are customised as stations make the metro system “Implementation of a metro per the requirement of individual

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“JICA will support metro projects through ODA loans and technical cooperation.” - Katsuo Matsumoto, Chief Representative, JICA India

To assist India in building its 82 per cent travel alone in the metro network, JICA has extended metro. Indeed, the metro networks a cumulative loan amount of in Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Japanese ¥1.3 trillion (about Chennai, Mumbai and Rs 870 billion) for six cities: Delhi, Ahmedabad have been carefully Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, designed keeping in mind the Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Katsuo specific needs of the cities, Matsumoto, Chief Representative, including inclusive growth and JICA India, shares more… development. JICA wishes to continue to support metro projects Current success of metro-rail through ODA loans and technical projects in India cooperation in India. India has successfully expanded its overall transportation network to Projects supported ensure better connectivity within JICA has been supporting cities. The country’s robust projects in Delhi, Bengaluru, metro-rail network has added to Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai and the economic development within Ahmedabad. In 2018, JICA signed these cities by providing easy, an official development assistance smooth and environment-friendly (ODA) loan of Rs 16 billion for the commuting. Metros have not only third tranche of been successful in coping with the between Howrah Maidan to increasing demand for urban Salt Lake Sector V, including The financial requirement poses transport but in increased speed of an underwater section, which is another challenge, which needs vehicles and reduced road first-of-its-kind in India. to be tackled through careful accidents. JICA-supported ongoing A Rs 33-billion loan for Delhi Metro assessment of feasibility and metro projects envisage building Phase 3 and Rs 43 billion for the readiness to involve private-sector an efficient urban transportation first tranche of participation. We believe India system to cater to the growing Phase 2 were also signed for has been successful in mitigating population. The success of metro building a metro-rail system. these bottlenecks so far, ensuring projects in India can be seen from quality infrastructure for its the fact that besides carrying Challenges foreseen people. Looking further, there is billion of passengers, they have Metro projects form the probably much more room to considerably reduced vehicular mobility backbone of the transport forge a good framework where pollution and provided commuters system in urban areas and sustainability of metros could be with an alternate means of travel the need to expand them enhanced through conversion of that is faster and reliable. becomes a crucial concern. their spill-over economic effects The metro has supported women Many engineering challenges in into measures for new revenue who travel alone by strengthening the underground and elevated generation. There is TO SHARE security and ensuring safety even stations, including safety protocols, also a need to secure at odd hours and at remote places land acquisition and rehabilitation easy access of – 31 per cent of all Delhi Metro and resettlement (R&R), become passengers to passengers are women, of which bottlenecks in project execution. metro stations.

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“Integration of braking, have lower Status of operational/under implementation metro stations carbon emissions and Metro-Rail Projects in India are environment- with shopping City Length Approved Status malls and friendly,” says (km) cost restaurants Deepak Kumar Hota, (`billion) Chairman & increases FSI.” Delhi/NCR 379 905.8 Major part is Managing Director, operational - Sunil Mathur, Director BEML. “The most Mumbai 208 851.42 Partly operational (Rolling Stock & Systems), modern driverless Kolkata 135 213.9 Operational Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation metro coaches result in Bengaluru 114 402.5 Phase 1 operational maximum utilisation of Hyderabad 72 141.32 Partly operational the available network metro systems, like road-cum-rail and are a safe mode Chennai 54 183.7 Partly operational vehicles, man-lifting cranes for of transportation.” Pune 54 175.44 Under implementation installation of overhead conductors, Otis India recently Surat 40 120.2 Recently approved truck-mounted cranes or hydras for won an order for Nagpur 38 86.8 Under implementation installation of lifts, escalators and Bengaluru Metro for Ahmedabad 36 107.73 Under implementation heavy ventilation equipment like elevators, where units Indore 32 75.01 Recently approved chillers and air-handling units (AHUs). will be provided from Kanpur 32 110.76 Recently approved its Bengaluru factory. Patna 31 133.66 Recently approved Key offerings The company also has As is evident, supporting 542 units at Agra 29 83.8 Recently approved industries are also set to cater to the , the Bhopal 28 69.41 Recently approved growing demand for metro projects. largest order in the Kochi 26 51.82 Partly operational For instance, BEML has supplied history of the elevator Lucknow 23 69.28 Partly operational metro coaches to Delhi Metro, and escalator industry. Jaipur 12 31.49 Partly operational Metro, and It also recently Gurugram 11 36.35 Operational Kolkata Metro (East-West project). commissioned Total 1,354 3,850.39 In fact, over 50 per cent of metro 232 units for operation coaches being operated by at Delhi Metro. Source: ICRA research, MoUD, Metro websites DMRC are manufactured by BEML. Currently, the company is executing contracts for the supply of metro train sets to Bangalore Metro and Kolkata Metro and driverless metro coaches to Mumbai Metro’s Line 2 and 7 projects. Further, the company is bidding for the supply of metro coaches to Phase 2 of and Bangalore Metro. “Metro coaches save on electric energy owing to regenerative

“The increase in the number of kilometres will necessitate more stations.” - Nalin Gupta, Managing Director, Photo courtesy: J Kumar Infraprojects J Kumar Infraprojects More stations will require more ticket counters and ticket vending machines.

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Mandatory Parameters for Standardisation and Indigenisation

The Centre has issued mandatory the cost incurred for procurement supply and maintenance of system, parameters for electrical components (primarily design and validation), equipment and components.” used in metro-rail systems, like lifts, inventory management and As Sunil Mathur, Director escalators, tunnel ventilation and spare availability and enable (Rolling Stock & Systems), environmental control system. interchangeability and reliability.” Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation, According to Nalin Gupta, He adds that the capabilities of informs us, “The Ministry of Housing Managing Director, J Kumar ancillary industries will also improve & Urban Affairs, in consultation with Infraprojects, this will result in a as the requirement for standard Mumbai Metro, has issued boom in ancillary industries. products, components or LRU will be standardisation parameters for all “The notification makes it higher. OEMs will undertake electrical equipment in metro systems mandatory to use 50 per cent local improvements in design and focus on for easy availability of spares and content in compliance to public cost-optimisation to comply with special tools during operation and procurement, straightway promoting standard procedure and safety maintenance.” He says standardisation Make in India,” he says. requirements to secure compatibility of lift mechanisms, like room-less “Any mandatory technical and interface consistency. This will elevators, VVVF motor use, safety parameters are meant to help also facilitate a competitive switches and emergency mechanisms, standardisation and indigenisation,” environment and removal of trade has made lifts even safer, while says Dr E Sreedharan, Principal barriers, lower the capital cost of lifts standardisation of tunnel ventilation Adviser, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and escalators, and open the fans has made installation and (DMRC), viewing this as a correct opportunity for leasing services for maintenance easier. And the rating of step forward. However, he adds a OEMs. However, he points to a major chillers, fans and AHUs has an added note of caution: “Our zest for Make challenge with standardisation: advantage as these have a wide in India should not lead to dilution of “It could limit innovation to develop or variety of specifications in the market. specifications, which will jeopardise introduce a new product range owing “However, the guidelines on some the safety and reliability of the system.” to thin margins, limited improvement equipment should be relaxed as these Meanwhile, Keshav Mishra, of product or service quality, and would be customised according to the Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers, limited number of manufacturers and particular city and metro project,” says, “This initiative will help reduce service providers in the market for adds Mathur. “For instance, tubular

“Metros have also turned to Otis’s drive, permanent magnet machine Delhi Metro and Jaipur Metro, as flagship product, the Gen2 elevator,” and PULSE monitoring system.” well as a water transfer tunnel of says Sebi Joseph, President, Otis To help effectively manage all the 8.3 km in Mumbai, establishing an India. “Gen2 is designed to elevators at a metro or railway Indian tunnelling record of 870 m increase the elevator’s efficiency, station, Otis offers the Web-based in a month – the entire tunnelling safety and reliability with key EMS Panorama system that enables was completed in 18 months. components that include a coated building staff to monitor, control Recently, two Robbins 6.65-m steel belt, as well as the ReGen and report on a full range of crossover TBMs have been deployed operation-critical functions for an elevator and escalator from any “Gen2 is “Metro coaches computer with an Internet designed to save on electric connection. Elevators and escalators energy owing installed at metros and railways are increase the to regenerative designed and adapted for use in elevator’s braking.” public spaces considering heavy HIÀFLHQF\ safety and - Deepak Kumar peaks and other traffic patterns Hota, Chairman & throughout the day. reliability.” Managing Director, BEML Robbins TBMs have been - Sebi Joseph, President, Otis India successfully used in projects in

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“Construction of three corridors has been portals are used in the Nagpur and Otis India facility,” says Sebi Joseph, approved for Pune metro projects for an aesthetic President, Otis India. “Our global Delhi Metro look; some standardisations of the technology transfer programmes Phase 4.” electrical panel and switchgear have helped build the Make In India equipment are new and would be narrative. Such programmes help - Anuj Dayal, Executive Director, designed again.” ensure that the Indian customer is Corporate Communications, For her part, Ashwini Bhide, offered the best tried-and-tested Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Managing Director, Mumbai Metro technology from across the world and Rail Corporation, says, “In Metro give them the value they appreciate.” Line 3, we are using machines DMRC will specify indigenised in Mumbai Metro Package 1, keeping the mandatory parameters equipment such as fans, chillers, etc, performing over 250 m per in mind. With this standardisation of for its upcoming Phase 4 work. machine per month. And Mumbai specifications or requirements of B Ravindranath, Senior General Metro Package 3 has two Robbins equipment (lifts, escalators), there Manager-Infrastructure Projects, 6.65-m slurry TBMs running in its will be uniformity in general Voltas, says, “It will help lower the starting stages. Commenting on the specifications of procurement stage. overall project cost and reduce Bangalore Metro, Kapil Bhati, This leads to competitive prices, ease dependence on foreign suppliers for Managing Director, Robbins India, in operation and maintenance, such equipment and spares.” says, “We have completed back-to- shorter design finalisation and Voltas is currently executing tunnel back operations on per-metre basis, quicker deliveries of materials. ventilation projects for six underground including all manpower and It will generate more indigenisation stations in Kolkata Metro and E&M procurement of materials for the and OEMs will be assured of works for two underground stations complete drives from Chickpet to markets for their products developed and six elevated stations in Chennai Majestic Drive in the difficult geology and manufactured in India.” Metro. The company is of Bangalore Metro Phase 1.” As for elevators, Otis’ Bengaluru also executing depot TO SHARE For Nagpur Metro, Siemens factory is equipped to manufacture building E&M works in provided the modular and future- for this sector. “The elevators for Chennai Metro for the proven Trainguard MT automatic Bengaluru Metro will come from the Phase 1A extension. train control system. The East-West Corridor will have 19 stations and the North-South Corridor 17 stations, linking the airport with the Automotive Square at the north of the city. The communications- based train control (CBTC) solution can enable headways of 90 seconds or less with precise train detection achieved through a digitalised track database, enabling an increase in the frequency of trains. “The metro will play a pivotal role in enhancing quality of life and economic growth of the city and region,” avers Tilak Raj Seth, Executive Vice President, Siemens and CEO, Mobility Division. “Mobility is an

Photo courtesy: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation area of expertise for us and Siemens will continue to partner with the Metro-rail is non-polluting and carries a large number of people without government to help improve restricting or occupying road space. connectivity and public infrastructure.”

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Achieving Landmarks with Technology

Afcons Infrastructure has been on Processes or mandates erected by the metro construction landscape for quality cranes, sacrificial since it was first introduced in India, An ISO 9001:2015 certified formworks and with Kolkata Metro commencing company for quality of work, Afcons additives like operations in 1984. Subsequently, is also OHSMS ISO 45001:2018 silica fumes and for Delhi Metro, the Shapoorji certified. We follow an approved GGBS to improve overall Pallonji Group company secured Standard Quality Assurance plan for construction quality. an elevated metro package in every project as well as specific ‡ 2XUHQJLQHHUVKDYHGHVLJQHG 2000 and completed the 4.5-km Quality Assurance plans, which a customised staging system construction in 2003. Since then, form part of our contract. Also, to erect spans without it has completed over 42 km of construction materials, including launching truss to be used elevated metro construction, cement, reinforcement and at difficult locations. underground station construction structural steel, is sourced directly ‡ $QRWKHUH[DPSOHRILQQRYDWLRQLQ and aero-city alignment in the from primary manufacturers. Chennai was the use of plunge national capital. We ensure further quality checks in column construction by At present, Afcons is building laboratories at sites as well as by Wirth Rig, also known as metro-rail infrastructure in Kolkata, third parties. Every lot of construction Reverse Circulation Drilling Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Chennai. material is sampled at prefixed (RCD), to penetrate higher grade “We have constructed over 100 km intervals and tested before use. rock for pile construction. of metro-rail, and more than This streamlines the entire process In Chennai, we have also 30 elevated and underground and provides the best output. successfully retrieved a TBM from stations in five Indian cities,” says a bentonite flooded shaft. R Anantakumar, Executive Technology innovations ‡ :HXVHGWKHRYHUFXWPHWKRGIRU Vice President, and BU Head, ‡ :HKDYHXVHGWKHXQGHUVOXQJ D-wall construction using a Urban Infrastructure, Afcons, method of segmental trench cutter and an innovative as he shares the company’s key construction to facilitate lighter blade saw cutting method for achievements in the segment... launching system capable of cross-passage sump excavation. negotiating sharp curves. ‡ 7RQHJRWLDWHORRVHVRLOVWUDWDZH Success of metro-rail projects This was further improvised to have implemented tam grouting in India negotiate portals without from surface for ground In India, Metro Rail Transit System dismantling by temporarily improvement. This has helped (MRTS) projects are being raising the launching of spans stabilise loose pockets over rock undertaken across 13 cities, with the and thereafter lowering them. during mixed-face tunnelling. plan to introduce MRTS in 50 cities. ‡ :HKDYHLPSOHPHQWHGWRSGRZQ ‡ )RU1DJSXU0HWURRXULQKRXVH Afcons built India’s first underwater methodology for underground team has designed a metro tunnels for Kolkata Metro station construction to reduce the double-decker launching girder below Hooghly River in just temporary structuring requirement. that can negotiate a radius 67 days, and is also constructing ‡ )RUFHUWDLQSURMHFWVZHKDYH up to 200 m. the country’s deepest metro used temporary staging to ‡ 2XUHQJLQHHUVKDYHDOVR station at Howrah. We are among facilitate the launching of truss designed a ‘Softeye’ using the first Indian infrastructure walk over the station location styrofoam to ensure that TBMs companies to have constructed an without complete dismantling. can cut smoothly through underground metro station without ‡ 7KHH[WHQVLYHXVHRIVWHDP D-walls. Also, special stripping a foreign JV at Barakhamba in curing to hasten concrete stop-ends, imported TO SHARE New Delhi. Recently, we also curing in winters has proved from Germany, have completed the construction of effective for us. Besides, we been used for the one of Asia’s biggest metro stations, extensively use prefabricated first time in India for Chennai Central. steel spans, concrete girders the Kolkata Metro.

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“We have Investment and “Accordingly, metro development completed execution challenges corporations have been exploring Metro projects are capital-intensive long-term concessional financing. back-to-back in nature, with a long construction Multilateral development banks like operations on period and traffic build-up requiring JICA, ADB and KFW have played per-metre basis several years. an active role in financing several in Bengaluru “All these issues make debt- projects across Indian cities. Metro Phase 1.” servicing a challenge,” says Athar. Hence, most projects in India - Kapil Bhati, Managing Director, Robbins India How effective has the Metro Rail Policy been? Approved in 2017, the Metro Rail The PPP model aims to lessen the Meanwhile, Voltas has successfully Policy not only makes PPP mandatory burden on the Central Government completed and handed over eight but directs states to adopt innovative in funding metro projects. “This is not underground stations of DMRC and mechanisms such as value capture the first time the PPP model has been its execution work for the TVS financing tools and enable low-cost tried in India,” says Nalin Gupta, package for six underground debt capital by issuing corporate bonds. Managing Director, J Kumar stations of Kolkata Metro is in While he views the policy as Infraprojects. “The new policy of the progress. The company has progressive, Dr E Sreedharan, Union Cabinet seeks to enable private executed works for 19 underground Principal Adviser, Delhi Metro Rail investments in metro operations to stations of Chennai Metro (station Corporation (DMRC), points out, deal with the financial state of the air-conditioning for all 19 stations “It fails to meet the challenges involved country.” As metros are capital- and electrical and mechanical in introducing metros in our cities intensive, it makes it tough for (E&M) works for seven out of these with a population over 2 million. private players to get their return on 19 stations), eight underground There will be 35 of them within the investment (RoI) – it can only be stations in Delhi Metro (station next 10 years, for which we have to generated by increasing fares, which air-conditioning and tunnel build metros at the rate of 200 km comes with its own share of issues. ventilation works) and E&M works every year as against the present For his part, Mohammad Athar, for six elevated stations in Kolkata speed of 25 km per year.” He says Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Metro. “We are now in a position to the policy does not recognise that lists key highlights of the policy: offer ECS, TVS and E&M packages, metro, being a highly sophisticated ‡ ,WSURYLGHVIRUULJRURXVDVVHVVPHQW which are the major services rail industry, has to be a central of new metro proposals and packages, for upcoming metro subject, not a state subject. proposes independent third-party projects,” says B Ravindranath, It ring-fences the financial involvement assessment by agencies. Senior General Manager- of the Government of India and puts ‡ 7DNLQJDQRWHRIWKHVXEVWDQWLDO Infrastructure Projects, Voltas. major problems such as raising social, economic and environmental “It gives us a competitive advantage loans, their payback, sharing of gains of metro projects, the policy in the sense that only Voltas, and a losses, etc, as part of the state’s stipulates a shift from the current few others, have credentials to qualify goals; further, reducing cost and acceptance criteria for metro for such tenders on their own.” compressing implementation periods projects by MoUD ‘Financial are not addressed. “In the transport Internal Rate of Return of 8 per cent’ “For Mumbai sector, whether by road, air or water, to ‘Economic Internal Rate of Metro Line 3 basic infrastructure facilities are Return of 14 per cent’, which is in funded by the government and line with global practices. underground operators are required to fund only ‡ 7KHQHZSROLF\HPSRZHUVVWDWHV works, bottom- the vehicles and their operation and to make rules and regulations to up method with maintenance costs,” he adds. “But in enable viability drivers; TO SHARE secant piles a rail-based transport system, the for example, setting was preferred.” operator has to fund the entire cost up a permanent Fare - Arbind Kumar Rai, Deputy Project of infrastructure and the cost of Fixation Authority for Director, CEC-ITD Cem-TPL JV vehicles, operation and maintenance.” timely revision of fares.

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´+HDY\WUDIÀF of expansion,” shares Dayal. Metro-rail projects in DPR/ ÁRZPHDQV “In 2018-19, over 140 km of new approval stage lines have been opened. We have short-time City Estimated windows, also received approval for the cost construction of three corridors under (`billion) making timely the proposed Delhi Metro Phase 4.” completion Delhi Metro Phase 4 and 644.63 He points out to land acquisition as Extension GLIÀFXOWµ the main challenge while executing Uttar Pradesh (Varanasi, 631.32 - Rahul Shah, COO-Urban mammoth infrastructure projects Meerut, Agra, Kanpur) Infrastructure, Tata Projects within city limits. Guwahati 180.20 Mumbai Metro Line 3 has Andhra Pradesh 165.59 successfully completed six tunnel (Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada) have been implemented under breakthroughs till now. Out of Chandigarh 139.09 52 km of tunnelling for the entire EPC mode and with limited Mumbai – Line 2A, Line 7 118.02 private-sector participation.” project, about 22 km has been Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram, 89.68 For his part, Mishra shares completed. Overall, approximately Calicut, Kochi) areas for reducing delivery or 35 per cent work of the entire Others 24 implementation challenges in project has been completed. metro-rail projects: “Dedicated land The total value of the project is Source: ICRA Research, MoUD, Metro websites or RoW for construction of projects; 231.34 billion, of which 57 per cent reduction of delay in clearance of is funded by JICA and the rest by asserting that there have been no site for construction; creating space the Centre and state governments. challenges as far as funding is to handle equipment and materials; “This project faced multiple concerned. “However, this entire research on indigenisation of metro challenges in the beginning related project is technically challenging. technology and products; and to land and rehabilitation, shifting So, there are some interface and enabling transport and traffic of utilities, coordination with design-related challenges that are management policies to enable multiple agencies for various being dealt with judiciously.” multi-modal integration.” approvals, social and environmental Nagpur Metro has a total of “DMRC has almost completed issues and issues related to public 38 stations, and is divided into construction of the third phase perception,” reveals Bhide, while North-South and East-West Photo courtesy: Tata Projects Photo courtesy: Tata

Energy-efficient technologies such as solar panels on-site/off-site installations make metro systems more eco-friendly.

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underground works,” says Gupta. Commenting on Mumbai Metro Line 3, Rai says, “The corridor is planned fully underground either on the edge of the existing road or along the median of the road.” With 41 per cent of work completed, he adds that major execution-related challenges included old buildings with no record of foundations, lack of space, the shifting of utilities, and logistics for excavation and concrete. Tata Projects recently completed Lucknow’s 3.68-km Phase 1A (underground) metro extension and Delhi’s 9.63-km Dilshad Garden- Photo courtesy: CEC-ITD Cem-TPL JV Ghaziabad New Bus Adda elevated The cost of a metro project depends on the geographical location as well as metro extension. The company’s many development constraints and requirements. team is currently working on Mumbai Metro Line 4, which corridors. To date, it has station. This stretch included the involves two packages of elevated 141 elevators and 213 escalators. 15-year-old Chhatrapati Flyover, viaduct of 12.5 km connecting As Mathur shares, the project had which needed to be demolished 14 stations. In addition, it is working several challenges across various with public support. However, all on Mumbai Metro Line 3, which is a sections. For example, the these were overcome with iconic package involving underground foundation work needed utmost construction engineering techniques twin tunnels of 6 km and three care while executing by the side of and solutions (for details on stations. In recent months, the the existing Ram Jhula RoB the solutions adopted, log on to company has also bagged foundation in such a manner that it www.ConstructionWorld.in). tunnelling projects for the did not disturb the soil strata As a major contributor to the underground section of Pune Metro adjoining the existing foundation. metro-rail network in India, J Kumar – this includes Package 1 of 2.5 km Further, the metro alignment near Infraprojects is currently working on and Package 2 of 2.5 km. Sitabuldi interchange goes over a total of nine projects across the “The execution of metro-rail projects railway lines, which necessitated the Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad in bustling urban areas requires construction of a bridge over this regions. “We work from foundation specialised expertise and experience section. One major challenge of to superstructure, ie, up-to-deck as additional precautions need to Phase 1 was also the viaduct going slab in case of elevated metro-rail be taken to ensure minimal from the airport to Sitabuldi metro and construction of tunnel in case of inconvenience to nearby residents and local businesses,” says Rahul Shah, COO-Urban “Metro will play “We can now Infrastructure, Tata Projects. a pivotal role in offer ECS, TVS “In addition, heavy traffic flow enhancing and E&M means short-time windows, economic packages for thereby making completion within growth of upcoming stipulated timelines difficult.” the city.” projects.” That said, clearly, the metro revolution is on – and how! - Tilak Raj Seth, Executive - B Ravindranath, Senior General Vice President, and CEO, Mobility Manager-Infrastructure Projects, Division, Siemens Voltas - SHRIYAL SETHUMADHAVAN

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