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Official Website (http://www.jaipurmetrorail.in/)


Route Alignment:
Phase 1 - Line 1: Mansarovar to Badi Chaupar
Length = 12.067 km (2.789 km underground + 9.278 km elevated)
Stations = 11 (3 underground + 8 elevated)

Phase 2 - Line 2: Sitapura Industrial Area to Amba Bari
Length = 23.099 km (5.095 km underground + 18.004 km elevated)
Stations= 22 (5 underground + 17 elevated)

Map:
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Official Map - click to view large
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A unique viaduct will be built on Ajmer Road where the metro will run on the 2nd level while LMVs and the BRT will use the first level:

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Location of the viaduct - between Sodala and Civil Lines (1.6 kms long):
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^ While the BRT line 2 will run entirely on Ajmer Road, the metro will turn south towards Shyam Nagar on the west side and north towards the railway station on the east. The elevated road (4.63 kms long) will continue heading west on Ajmer road till Tagore Nagar.

Project Operating Model:
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http://www.projectstoday.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?nid=28715

DPR for Jaipur Metro by January 2010

The ongoing preliminary survey and DPR works for the proposed Jaipur Metro Rail project is being supervised by the Rajasthan Government and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

The Jaipur Metro Rail project entails an expenditure of Rs 7,500 crore and is to cover 30 km stretch in and around Jaipur. While 20 km stretch is likely to be an elevated route, the train is expected to run underground in stretches of around 10 km.

According to sources, the Union and State Governments is likely to contribute 20 per cent each of the project cost, while the remaining 60 per cent is to be raised by the newly floated Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation from various financial institutions like the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.

The DPR is likely to be prepared and sent to the Union Government by January 2010.

Work on the project work is expected to commence soon after the approval from the government.

Feasibility study begins for Jaipur metro

http://www.projectstoday.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?nid=26383

The feasibility study for the proposed metro rail transit system (MRTS) in Jaipur, Rajasthan has begun on 3 June 2009 with a travel demand survey initiated from the Walled City area.

The Urban Development and Housing Department, Jaipur which has shown a renewed interest in the project has asked DMRC to prepare a feasibility study. The corporation has outsourced the survey work to a US-based consultancy.

The previous studies on a suitable MRTS for the city have not been favourable for the metro train project.


Basic plan for Jaipur Metro Rail okayed

http://blog.propertynice.com/basic-plan-for-jaipur-metro-rail-okayed/

ven as the Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) is yet to submit its final project report over the feasibility of Jaipur metro rail, the government has approved an in-principle route plan for the project. As per the proposal, two corridors — North-South (15.5 kilometres) and East-West (13.5 kilometers) — totallying nearly 30 kilometers, will be laid across the city at an estimated cost of Rs 8,000 crore. This will include both underground and elevated tracks.
The East-West corridor will be from Ramganj to Mansarovar passing through Badi Choupar, Choti Choupar, Chandpole, Ajmer Road, Gopalpura Bypass and New Sanganer Road. This corridor will be similar to the one proposed earlier. A nine-km elevated track connecting Chandpole to Mansarovar be the first to be completed.
However, the North-South corridor earlier proposed between Jawahar Circle and Jal Mahal has been changed. As per the new plan, the corridor will connect Sanganer to Panipech. An elevated track will start from Sanganer, passing through Durgapura, B-2 bypass, reaching JLN Marg and then Bajaj Nagar. From here it will take a turn to reach Tonk Road. It will reach Ajmeri Gate and will shift to underground tunnel to reach Sindhi Camp and then cross Bani Park. From there it will once again shift to elevated tracks to reach Panipech.
Sindhi Camp will be the major point of intersection for the both the corridors and will have two stations. The EW corridor arriving from Mansarovar will run underground from Sindhi Camp to Ramganj. The underground metro is being envisaged to run nearly 60 feet under the surface and to develop each kilometer, the estimated cost is Rs 370 to 450 crore. In the proposed format, the metro will run nearly five kilometers underground while the remaining will be on elevated tracks. The construction cost of elevated tracks will be around Rs 125 crore to 150 crore per kilometer.
“The changes are made in accordance with the needs of the people and avoiding any disturbance to the existing infrastructure. The proposed format is expected to remain the final design. However, as the detailed project report (DPR) is yet to arrive, some minute changes can be accepted accordingly,” said a senior official. The government is optimistic that the first metro operations will commence by the end of 2013, while the work will commence by March 2010.

On 06 April 2009, bids were invited for detailed project report (DPR) of traffic and transportation study for the project by DMRC
Completion period expected was 4 months.
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On 08 April 2009, bids invited for topographic survey work for detailed project report (DPR) of the project
Completion period expected was 3 months

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Jaipur Metro Rail expected in March 2013

http://www.zeenews.com/news557286.html

In a bid to ease the road traffic in the city, Metro-Rail on the pattern of Delhi will start operation here in March 2013, a government announcement today said.

The Metro-rail ground level work will begin in March 2010, and will be readied by March 2013, this was apprised at a high level meeting between the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and DMRC GM E Sridharan.

The Chief Minister directed that 400 new buses to be made operational under Bus Rapid Transit System be connected to the metro-rail.

The meeting also discussed and chalked out certain metro routes inside the walled city.

Sreedharan suggest 'dedicated metro fund' in Jaipur

http://www.ptinews.com/news/385451_Sreedharan-suggest--dedicated-metro-fund--in-Jaipur

DMRC chairman E Sreedharan today suggested the Rajasthan Government to create a 'dedicated metro fund' in Jaipur.

During his one-day visit to the city, Sreedharan visited the proposed routes of the project and discussed its various aspects with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and senior officials.

Suggesting a dedicated metro fund, Sreedharan said that the government should invest the income generated by the government assets lying in the proposed routes of metro rail, a CMO spokesperson said.

The DMRC chief said that this planning was implemented in Delhi also.

Earlier in the day, Sreedharan along with Jaipur Development Authority officials visited various places including railway station and the central bus stand.

"Routes and alignments are almost finalised, and the Detailed Project Report (DPR) is expected to be completed within a month or two," Sreedharan told reporters.

In May 2009, DMRC shortlisted the consultant and negotiations was under process for finalization of the contract.

And in November 2009, The Rajasthan Government formed an SPV, 'Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation' for the project.

The SPV was likely to finalise the design plan and execution of the project including finance.

the number of historical sites both on the ground and under the ground and all that sand will prove it very hard to construct.
it would be a nice change if they build it, i hope they keep the local architecture in mind and make it in pink jaipuri style.

i hope they keep the local architecture in mind and make it in pink jaipuri style.

:lol:..then they should name it "pink metro" or "gay metro"

^ ^ Ef that... pink is our manly color... who cares what west think... we have our own identity...

^ ^ Ef that... pink is our manly color... who cares what west think... we have our own identity...

I salute to ur udentity...ur own identity....its pretty unique....

Dude theres nothing gay about pink. In Jaipur pink is pimp so let the metro be pink, and we can make these extremely ornate palace-like pillars, stations etc. to go with that. That would be spectacular.

:lol:..then they should name it "pink metro" or "gay metro"

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Metro may get nod despite low transit load (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Metro-may-get-nod-despite-low-transit-load-/articleshow/5442691.cms)
Avanindra Mishra, TNN, 14 January 2010, 07:59am IST


JAIPUR: Low demand is expected to pose a challenge for Jaipur Metro. The Mansarovar to Jaipur Railway Station corridor, expected to be
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operational by 2013, has estimated a passenger load of 11,000 during peak hours. The minimum capacity of the proposed project would be at least 15,000 transits per hour.

The detailed project report (DPR) is expected to be submitted in next few days. It is believed that the directions for construction of an elevated corridor will be finalised by May 2010. Low passenger load is a major hindrance.

Travel demand over the route is expected to grow. The project, thus, needs to be developed to meet future expectations of the city. The DPR will have all aspects to make the project feasible, says Lalit Meghnani advisor, Jaipur Metro Railway Corporation.
Even before the DPR gets a formal cabinet approval, the state government has constituted the administrative bodies for the project . Development work for elevated tracks for a medium capacity metro system is expected to be completed by March, 2013.

The peak hour travel demand over the route is expected to grow to 27,000 trips per hour by 2031. Not only the peak hour load over the route is low, public transport needs remain high only for a few hours, the city nearly coming to standstill in late hours. Despite obstacles, the officials at the urban development department are confident of approval for the project, The metro project and bus rapid transit system will satisfy nearly half of the city transport needs, the projects are essential to ensure that city roads remain traffic free says a senior urban development official.

Doubts have also been expressed on the proposed route of north-south corridor and it is expected to undergo a review, the initial work will be launched for the 9-km stretch of the east-west corridor, estimated to cost around Rs 1,500 crore.

Hmm...I don't quite get the idea with the Jaipur metro. Transit is hierarchical. From what I remember, Jaipur's bus network is not developed nearly as much as DTC, BEST, or services in other cities. Jaipur is also lucky in having a road network that is fairly well laid out and the city's density is quite low.

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i think there are 4 more urban areas tat require any metro systems by next decade or so....: Surat,vadodara, Indore and Patna...

btw..metro @ jaipur by itself a gud new...:cheers:

i think there are 4 more urban areas tat require any metro systems by next decade or so....: Surat,vadodara, Indore and Patna...

btw..metro @ jaipur by itself a gud new...:cheers:

+1. but indore doesn't need a metro. that would not be sustainable. city needs just a MRTS or something lik a suburban line would suffice at least for the nest 5 years. but yes it would be nice to have one!!:colgate:;)

i guess there is nothing gay about pink. ! in India

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^^ What is Cochin model ??

i guess there is nothing gay about pink. ! in India

Pink was a masculine colour until the 1920s. Blue was considered feminine.

Any recent updates on jaipur metro project.?

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The finance ministry has agreed to give 600 crores. This will likely to be confirmed in the next cabinet meeting. The work is likely to begin in two months and the first phase will cost around 2500 crores. The jaipur metro rail corp will take a loan of 1250. The state govt will give 538 crores in the form of viability gap fund and this will gathered up by taxes. The first phase will be from mansarovar to chandpol ( 19 km) this route will be elevated and underground and the DMRC will lay the tracks.

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translation:The cabinet has given approval for Jaipur Metro. The work will start on the 1st of November and the first phase is suppose to be finished by june 2013.The first phase from mansarovar to chandpol will cost 1250 crore rupees.

some facts: 2 lakh passengers will travel each day and the capacity will be 3 lakh. There will 9 trains in the first phase and there will be 300 trips each day.There will be 4 carriages and each one will have the capacity of 250 passengers. It will complete the journey of mansarovar to chandpol in 18 minutes. The journey currently takes 30-45 minutes. There will be 9 stations built in which 1 will be underground and the rest over ground. DMRC will lay the tracks. 9km of the track will be over ground and 0.5 km underground. There will be three storey corridor on Ajmer Road and the metro will run parallel to the khaskothi over bridge.

Finances: JMRC will give 300 crores. The state govt will give 600 crores. JDA will give 150 crores. Housing board will give 100 and so wil riko( or ricko I don't know)

if anyone needs translation then ask.

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City to get Metro, but at a price (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/City-to-get-Metro-but-at-a-price/articleshow/6198184.cms)
TNN, Jul 22, 2010, 12.02am IST

JAIPUR: Ending months of debates and discussions over the feasibility of a metro rail in Jaipur, the state cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod for starting the first two phases of the project. However, before the residents can enjoy a metro ride, they will have to shell out an additional tax in the form of Dedicated Metro Fund. The fund will be created under viability gap funding (VGF) scheme, which intends to make the project profitable.

"The first phase is expected to cost nearly Rs 1,250 crore while the second would cost around Rs 7,850 crore. For the first phase, the state government will provide Rs 600 crore to the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC), which would also take a loan of about Rs 300 crore. Another Rs 150 crore would be provided by Jaipur Development Authority while Housing Board and RIICO will shell out Rs 100 crore each,'' said urban development minister Shanti Dhariwal. The viability gap funding for the project is pegged at Rs 538 crore, for which the government has decided to impose a cess on commercial vehicles entering the city and a hike in the fee for registration of four-wheelers.

"The finance department would work out the details and finalise the new taxes soon. It will be imposed soon as the initial work on the first phase of the project is expected to begin next month,'' said chief minister Ashok Gehlot, addressing a press conference. The first phase will connect Mansarovar to Chandpol, covering a distance of 9.5 kilometre. In this route, while nine kilometres would be on an elevated track, the rest half-a-kilometre would be underground.

"The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will build the 9.5 km stretch but the rolling stock work will be done under PPP model, provided a private party shows interest within a year,'' said Dhariwal.

Justifying the cess, the chief minister said that presently the return for any public sector body in the metro project is only around 3% to 4% while the private players on an average demand 15%.

"The fund we are setting up will help pay the additional amount to the private players,'' he said, adding that efforts to get private players for the second phase would also begin next month.

Extra funds for both the phases of metro rail would also be generated through advertisement and by offering building norms relaxation for big builders who pay more house or complex taxes, Gehlot said. The money collected from additional taxes would be used for operation, maintenance and for paying the private players.

While the work on the first phase would be completed by June 2013, the second phase would be done in the next five years. The second phase would be between Panipech and Sitapura industrial area, covering 23 km. G S Sandhu, principal secretary, UDH, said the tenders for the first phase would be invited on August 1 by the DMRC. "The tenders would take some three months for being finalised and the work on the first phase should begin in November,'' he said.

Here is the website of Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation Limited - http://www.jaipurmetrorail.in/index.html

Guess it has not been posted before.

thanks for the website.
though the site has nothing on it, most of it says 'coming soon..' but alteast its a start.
btw the scrolling text on the site says that JM is under construction already.

^^ They have started tendering process.. Can see active tenders. Good :cheers:
Check this page - http://www.jaipurmetrorail.in/tenders-bids

Scrolling text is "under consideration" not u/c.. open ur eyes baba! :P

^^ They have started tendering process.. Can see active tenders. Good :cheers:
Check this page - http://www.jaipurmetrorail.in/tenders-bids

Scrolling text is "under consideration" not u/c.. open ur eyes baba! :P

:cheers::cheers::ohno:
he he .. hangover makes you blind :nuts:

1st Metro line...and that too from Legendary CHANDPOLE hehe:nuts::nuts:
:rock::master::horse::rofl::booze::runaway::bow::gunz:


:applause:

Illu ujhe kitna sakoon mila mere bhai..??? I know its perfect for Ashwa hehe

huh? are the emoticons suppose to be a good thing or are you making fun of chandpole? :sly: because if you are then will not be pleased.

huh? are the emoticons suppose to be a good thing or are you making fun of chandpole? :sly: because if you are then will not be pleased.

What do you think Ashwa...Damn you love Chandpol isn't it !!!!

What's so funny about it? A pol in marwadi means gate. If you ever visit rajasthan as a tourist then you'll find loads of pols in the forts and cities.In this case it is referring to the walled city's gate! now shoo back to delhi fourms you non-rajasthani :sly: ( :laugh:)

3rd system to be sanctioned this year (after Gurgaon and Hyderabad). It's commendable that they are doing this without any funds from the central government. Wish to see construction starting very soon! :cheers:

^^
It will start on the first of November.

:cheers::cheers::ohno:
he he .. hangover makes you blind :nuts:

you drunkard :P

Nice to see this sanctioned.By 2014 india will have 8 metro rails :).DEL,KOL,MUM,CHE,BAN,HYD,GUR,JAI

What's so funny about it? A pol in marwadi means gate. If you ever visit rajasthan as a tourist then you'll find loads of pols in the forts and cities.In this case it is referring to the walled city's gate! now shoo back to delhi fourms you non-rajasthani :sly: ( :laugh:)

Abe dhakkan ...you know what chandpol is famous for..!!!!

I thought you know about it and loved that place....


However, i am very happy to see Jaipur getting its own metro...but the way JDA paces its construction work..hooo...i mean the flyover from Railway station to Sindhi camp is still not done and its been 5 years since i've been seeing it the same way...how they will complete the metro thing..humnn

^ ^ How do you know so much about jaipur. i am from jaipur and had no clue about the flyover you are talking about.

^ ^ How do you know so much about jaipur. i am from jaipur and had no clue about the flyover you are talking about.

Humnn...i visit jaipur almost every 2 months due to my work..my dad's firm did the interior designing for Airtel's regional head office for Rajasthan circle in Jaipur..plus i love that place and have many friends over there...lovely & Unique place it is..with GT my fav hangout place...

jda is shite.. but anyway what is chandpole famous for? i haven't lived in jaipur ever... chatori randon ki gali?

jda is shite.. but anyway what is chandpole famous for? i haven't lived in jaipur ever... chatori randon ki gali?


Bingo my friend....:lol::lol:

Anyways its kind of sad to see Jaipur BRTS scrapped after the work on it was almost done..its all messed up near bunny park...and airport road ..wonder how they will execute Jaipur Metro...

However , seriously i dont think Jaipur requires any metro as of now...traffic is not that hectic and you can reach one corner to another in 30 minutes or so..

First they should develop good road system ..introduce new buses, regulate functioning of taxis and autos in the city..

cheers
IR

jda is shite.. but anyway what is chandpole famous for? i haven't lived in jaipur ever... chatori randon ki gali?

:lol::lol:

Several hiccups for Metro (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Several-hiccups-for-Metro/articleshow/6216785.cms)
Avanindra Mishra, TNN, Jul 26, 2010, 02.09am IST

JAIPUR: The state Cabinet may have endorsed the Metro, but the project still has to clear several "hurdles."

Now, the Centre has to give its nod. Apprehending that it would be difficult to find a private party for the project, the Urban Development department has kept provision for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to handle the project all by itself.

This was corroborated by the a senior UD department official, "We have kept the viability gap funding option to make the proposal attractive for private companies, however, the project can continue without involving a private player."

"Financial aid will be required to fulfil the viability gap. However, this time, the proposal has been drafted in accordance to the specifications of the Planning Commission and is expected to gain approval," said principal secretary urban development, G S Sandhu.

As the Central funds might get delayed, the state government has decided to finance the first phase. On Wednesday, the Cabinet had approved Rs 1,250 crore for development of the Metro corridor from Mansarovar to Chandpole. The DMRC is expected to develop the corridor with state government funds while the infrastructure, including tracks, locomotives will be developed through private partnership. According to the DMRC officials, Rs 189 crore sanctioned by the state government in the recent budget was enough to fund the initial year. The recent approval of additional funds has provided enough money to provide support to continue with the project.

Jaipur Metro is expected to start by 2013 and may transport around 11,500 passengers during peak hours, which is nearly half of its planned capacity. "The public transport share of Jaipur is extremely low as compared to other major cities. The administration intends to increase the public transport to 50% by 2031," says Lalit Meghanani, chief project officer DMRC (Jaipur project).

The government has been looking at JNNURM for funding the project even as the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) is still "neglected". Meanwhile, the government’s decision to impose additional tax for dedicated Metro fund has not gone down well with the transporters. The government will have to sort out any possible obstruction before forwarding the proposal.

Bingo my friend....:lol::lol:

Anyways its kind of sad to see Jaipur BRTS scrapped after the work on it was almost done..its all messed up near bunny park...and airport road ..wonder how they will execute Jaipur Metro...

However , seriously i dont think Jaipur requires any metro as of now...traffic is not that hectic and you can reach one corner to another in 30 minutes or so..

First they should develop good road system ..introduce new buses, regulate functioning of taxis and autos in the city..

cheers
IR


I know the brts thing! although there is some hope with citizen groups and MLAs demanding it to be finished. Let's hope it gets built they even got more money to do it now. The jaipur municipal is in a turmoil with fights going on between congress and the bjp so development on their part is stopped! and you may think it doesn't require it now but it is surely likely to in the future and let's not reach to delhi/mumbai situation where we've taken action after situations were getting out of hand!

:lol::lol:

I swear people from delhi find it more funny than the rajasthanis themselves!

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ET (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/transportation/railways/DMRC-to-construct-Jaipur-Metro-Rail/articleshow/6257603.cms)
NEW DELHI: The DMRC will construct the Standard Gauge Metro Rail in Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, its first independent project outside the National
Capital Region since its inception.

Rajasthan Government has asked the DMRC to construct the Jaipur Metro, which will ultimately have a 29.9 km corridor, and an agreement to this effect will be signed by officials of state government and Delhi Metro tomorrow in Jaipur.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and DMRC Managing Director E Sreedharan would be present on the occasion.

To be built at a cost of Rs 1,250 crore, the Jaipur Metro will have three corridors and a total of 29 stations, which are expected to be completed by 2013.

This is the first Metro project the DMRC would be constructing outside the National Capital Region, where it has an existing 125-km network, though it acts as consultant to Metro projects in Bengaluru, Kochi, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune and Ludhiana.

Initially, the DMRC would construct the 9.25 km long Metro corridor between Mansarover and Chand Pole consisting of eight elevated and one underground station, DMRC spokesman Anuj Dayal said.

The DMRC will undertake the civil construction including the track work, construction of the Metro maintenance Depot, arrangement for traction and power supply as per the agreement.

Dayal said the DMRC has already set up a project office at Jaipur headed by the Project Director Lalit Meghnani to ensure that it is implemented at a fast pace. Other DMRC engineers and staff are also being posted at Jaipur to ensure the same.

The Jaipur Metro will be built on Standard Gauge like other upcoming Metros in the country.

DMRC has four Broad Gauge corridors and one Standard Gauge line as of now. It will add two more Standard Gauge lines by September this year when the Central Secretariat-Badarpur and Airport Express Line open.

Dayal said the Jaipur Metro is being designed for a maximum speed of 80 kmph and modern signalling system with Automatic Train Protection will be used. Automatic fare collection system, smart cards are being proposed.

He said the DMRC is also ready to give full assistance for operations, maintenance and training of the Jaipur Metro if required.

ET (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/transportation/railways/DMRC-to-construct-Jaipur-Metro-Rail/articleshow/6257603.cms)

Initially, the DMRC would construct the 9.25 km long Metro corridor between Mansarover and Chand Pole consisting of eight elevated and one underground station, DMRC spokesman Anuj Dayal said.


It's the one shown in blue here:
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on google maps:
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Link on google maps (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=NH+8&daddr=Chandpol+Bazar+Rd%2FNH+11&geocode=FZkmmgEdb--DBA%3BFQ7YmgEd9t-EBA&gl=us&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=13&sll=26.913192,75.795193&sspn=0.080667,0.110378&ie=UTF8&ll=26.915641,75.828152&spn=0.080666,0.110378&t=h&z=13)

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will do the translation later today unless someone does it before me....

MoU signed, Jaipur Metro to be superior to Delhi's

JAIPUR: The Jaipur Metro will be on standard gauge line, the most widely used system globally. On Thursday, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRCL) for the construction of a 9.2 kilometre corridor from Mansarovar to Chandpole.

The MoU was signed by JMRCL chairman G S Sandhu and DMRC director Mangu Singh in the presence of chief minister Ashok Gehlot and DMRC chairman E Sreedharan. The chief minister lauded Sreedharan for his contribution to the successful development of Delhi Metro and expressed confidence that the work of Jaipur Metro will be held as per schedule. Assuring fast pace and quality work, Sreedharan said that the Jaipur Metro will be a more advanced one than the Delhi Metro.

In fact, Delhi has four broad gauge corridors, with the new ones being developed on standard gauge. The standard gauge coaches are slightly smaller than the broad gauge coaches but they have better speed and flexible turning. Along with the technical advantages, global acceptance of the standard gauge also increases the options of suppliers to choose from.

The ground work on Jaipur Metro is expected to begin by year end. "The tenders for civil works of the initial phase have already been released. The work will be completed by July 2013," said Sreedharan.

Jaipur Metro is proposed to have two corridors -- the east-west corridor from Mansarovar to Badi Choupar and north-south corridor from Ambabari to Pratap Nagar. The entire project is expected to cost Rs 9,100 crore and the Union urban development ministry has assured a grant of 20% of the cost.

However, the state government has decided to fund the initial phase of construction. As per the MoU, DMRC will develop the initial phase from Mansarovar to Chandpole at an estimated cost of Rs 1,250 crore. The remaining infrastructure is expected to cost Rs 600 and will be developed through private partnership.

Urban development minister Shanti Dhariwal, transport minister Brijkishore Sharma, Jaipur MP Mahesh Joshi, mayor Jyoti Khandelwal and senior officials of urban development department were present at the chief minister's office to witness signing of the MoU. According to Dhariwal, it has been the largest project ever initiated by a state government in independent India.

Read more: MoU signed, Jaipur Metro to be superior to Delhi's - Jaipur - City - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6263374.cms?prtpage=1#ixzz0vmTB4M3w

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6263374.cms

^^

The article in hindi is basically the same so no need for a translation ( i hate doing them!) now :happy:

Hindi article says Delhi metro uses meter gauge :bash:

is that wrong?

Where ^^

The hindi artical says:in delhi, on the standard gauge there is the sachivalay to badarpur line, airport express and indralok to mundka the rest of the lines are meter gauge.

is that wrong? I don't know much about technical aspects of the delhi metro...

Where ^^

First para.

The hindi artical says:in delhi, on the standard gauge there is the sachivalay to badarpur line, airport express and indralok to mundka the rest of the lines are meter gauge.

is that wrong? I don't know much about technical aspects of the delhi metro...

Delhi metro uses broad gauge for rest of the lines. Meter gauge is vintage.

http://digitalimages.bhaskar.com/dainikrajasthan//EpaperImages/15082010/metroi-large.jpg

Translation: The Jaipur Metro Station will be built in the Jaipur Style.The Design will be finalised in 15 days and on Saturday the dmrc will give their presentation to the jaipur metro officials.

The metro depot will be in nirmannagar, mansarovar. The station design will also be selected. Before, the station design was suppose to be like the delhi metro but then the decision was changed. The first phase will be from mansarovar to chandpol via sodala. It will be an elevated route.

The station will be pink from outside incorporating Jharokha, kangoore and jali. There will be escalators and stairs. In total of 9 stations, the ones near sindhi camp and Chandpol will be underground and the rest will be overground...

The pre-bid will be for metro infrastructure will be on the 6th of december. All the companies taking part in the tender process will be their along with E.Sridharan.
:cheers:



Phew.... thank god they're incorporating local architecture!

WOW!! this is progressing damn fast!!

^^

and let's hope it keeps on going fast...anyway from wiki, the stations for the first line:

1.Mansarovar
2.New Aatish Market
3.Vivek Vihar
4.Shyam Nagar
5.Ram Nagar
6.Civil Lines
7.Jaipur Railway Station
8.Sindhi Camp Bus Stand
9.Chandpole
10.Choti Chaupar
11.Badi Chaoupar

http://digitalimages.bhaskar.com/dainikrajasthan//EpaperImages/21082010/tolkanaj-large.jpg


Ask for translation if needed.

^^

Translate this, please :)

^^

Translate this, please :)

damn you :sly:




nah just kidding! here you go:

For the Jaipur metro the SES(some kind of tax which is possibly not spelt like that i dont know) collection will take place at the tolls. The smaller vehicles will be charges 100 rupees and larger ones will be charged 200. The toll controller will then give that money to the JMRC the NHI has given permission for this. The JMRC chairman and the head of city development department met E sridharan and after meeting they told the reporters that in delhi to the NHI toll controllers collect the tax.

Next week the DMRC staff will come for the metro work.The pre-bidding will be held on 6th of September and e.sridharan will be there. The DMRC ( shouldn't it be JMRC?) has issued a tender of 150 crores for the elevated route of mansarovar to sindhi camp. 18 companies of bought tender forms for that. The 235 crore tender for double story elevated route from queens road to ajmer pulia will also be issued this saturday.

The bit in grey: The registry SES(?) for four wheelers of the metro has not been decided yet. The finance ministry is still thinking about it.

second bit in grey: The metro depot will have showrooms. the dmrc has given approval for that and approval to two basements for parking has been given. The depot will be over ground.

The bit with red headline: Jaipur might have two ring roads. The NHI has given approval to the JDA to build the ring road and nhi is willing to provide it's consultancy if needed. Apart from that the NHI will look for possibilities of a ring road outside of the city. In the present ring road the work by reliance dpr will not be used. ( I think they were going to build it before but something happened and now JDA is building it.)

Aaaah finally done! :cheers: ( will be expecting a thank you :sly:)

Notice Inviting Tender
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) invites tender from the eligible applicants for the Contract : JP/EW/C1 - Part Design & Construction of 5.682 km. viaduct from Ch. -730.00 (dead end of Mansarovar station) to Ch. 3452.31 and from Ch.5642.14 to Ch. 7982.00 (null point) consisting single box by Segmental Construction excluding viaduct at 6 stations each of approximate length of 140 mts. on Mansarovar to Chandpole elevated portion of East – West Corridor of Jaipur Metro including ramp at Chandpole, elevated entry & exit to depot from Mansarovar station and two special spans one over Railway crossing at Ajmer Pulia and second over Railway Reservation office.
NIT Revised NIT -English
-Hindi
Last Date & Time for Submission of Tenders :- 20/09/10 (up to 15.00 hrs)

http://delhimetrorail.com/corporates/tenders/NIT_JP-EW-C2_210810.pdf




Source :- DMRC Website (Corporate Section)


:banana::banana2::cheers:

http://digitalimages.bhaskar.com/dainikrajasthan//EpaperImages/23082010/metrii-large.jpg

damn you :sly:

:lol: Thought you could get away easily, eh? :D


For the Jaipur metro the SES(some kind of tax which is possibly not spelt like that i dont know) collection will take place at the tolls.The smaller vehicles will be charges 100 rupees and larger ones will be charged 200. The toll controller will then give that money to the JMRC the NHI has given permission for this. The JMRC chairman and the head of city development department met E sridharan and after meeting they told the reporters that in delhi to the NHI toll controllers collect the tax.

I think it was supposed to be "cess". Lost in translation? :lol:

Also, on which NH and which section is the cess going to be collected?


The 235 crore tender for double story elevated route from queens road to ajmer pulia will also be issued this saturday.


Double storey? Wonder why. :?


Aaaah finally done! :cheers: ( will be expecting a thank you :sly:)

Many thanks :cheers::cheers: :)

Your welcome! :) and I have no answers to your questions as I don't live in Jaipur and neither have I read any news report explaining any reasons to your questions. I think the NH will probably be NH8 and other NH's which come to jaipur? but I'm not too sure. The double story could be due to a bridge or flyover? or maybe the route is narrow? Anyway all of these are just guesses on my behalf.

Great to know that Namma Jaipuru is also getting a Metro..

Jaipur Metro is just the beginning and a sign of things to come

Hope that by 2030 almost all cities with a million plus population might be able to enjoy and be served by an MRT System..could b Metro, BRT, Trains(Aka Chennai or Hyd MMTS):)

Would love to see a HiSpeedTrain link connecting all state capitals on the lines of the following double decker French TGV or AVG:banana:

http://www.tee-usa.com/store/media/kato10916.jpg

Now the speed of Infra development is too fast..what we did in last 63 years..we can double it up in the next 20 im sure..Go India GO!

Jaipur Metro is just the beginning and a sign of things to come

Hope that by 2030 almost all cities with a million plus population might be able to enjoy and be served by an MRT System..could b Metro, BRT, Trains(Aka Chennai or Hyd MMTS):)

Would love to see a HiSpeedTrain link connecting all state capitals on the lines of the following double decker French TGV or AVG:banana:

http://www.tee-usa.com/store/media/kato10916.jpg

Now the speed of Infra development is too fast..what we did in last 63 years..we can double it up in the next 20 im sure..Go India GO!

:yes: :applause: :cheers: :cheers2:

+1

I think the Jawahar lal urban renewal mission is a really good step by the central government. I don't know about other states but Rajasthan is benefiting from it. :cheers:

Great to know that Namma Jaipuru is also getting a Metro..

sorry akash but why do u use everywhere Namma?? :)

^^

He's from greater bangluru (:laugh:) and they speak kannad there. Namma means our ( I think or maybe my?)

^^

He's from greater bangluru (:laugh:) and they speak kannad there. Namma means our ( I think or maybe my?)

i think it should be our because if it is my then how could be say my jaipur :nuts:

Like some people say mera bharat... but I think it's our as the banglore metro is called namma metro.

^^ Correct. Namma does mean 'Our'.

i got a better name "Mharo Metro".
:D

Hope that by 2030 almost all cities with a million plus population might be able to enjoy and be served by an MRT System..could b Metro, BRT, Trains(Aka Chennai or Hyd MMTS):)

:lol: :lol:

Sorry couldn't resist :)

^^
It is definately Laughable M8 for its ambition and magnitude but as I said
'I Hope' 4 that..:)

I thot about how far and ahead we have moved in Last 30 years compared to 1980 and 2010...that made me Dream about the next 20 in a conservative fashion till 2030!


eg. 1980 We didnt even have Maruti 800 or DD2 Channel :bash:, let alone MRTS,Expressways, Global Conglomerates, IT, Airport Hubs, SEZ, Malls & HyperMarkets, 500+TV Channels, 650+ Mill. Mobile Users, 300+ Car Models on Sale, etc etc etc...and now...:banana:
O and also...We didnt even hav Delhi Ring Railway and now we r building Jaipur Metro!

That makes one 2 Dream on! India can and will Fly High ..its difficult but possible..I hope!:)

^^
It is definately Laughable M8 for its ambition and magnitude but as I said
'I Hope' 4 that..:)

Actually the context was different, not what you thought of. Older members of this forum would be able to understand the reason my reaction.

What was the guy called? Ashish Mishra or something?

Mitra

What was the guy called? Ashish Mishra or something?

Ashis Metro will be more suitable name for him.

http://digitalimages.bhaskar.com/dainikrajasthan/EpaperImages/06092010/nivida.jpg


Translation: The pre bid meeting will be held today. 62 companies have come forward for this.The first phase will cost 390 crores. The meetin will have DMRC and JDA officials as well. There will be negotiations with the companies who have put in an application. 34 companies have applied for project c-1 and 28 have for c-2. The c1 project involves laying the tracks from mansarovar to chandpol and civil work. C-2 invovles constructing a double story viaduct on ajmer road from queens road to ajmer puliya. The work will start on the 1st of November and by 2013 Jaipur wallahs and wallhis can expect to ride the metro! :happy:

इसी माह खुलेंगी मेट्रो की निविदाएं। दो साल से काम लेट हुआ तो कंपनियों को भुगतना होगा भारी जुर्माना।


जयपुर. जयपुर मेट्रो की लंबाई करीब 800 मीटर और बढ़ेगी। यह लंबाई मानसरोवर में बनने वाले डिपो पर बढ़ाई जाएगी। इसकी वजह वहां मेट्रो ट्रेन के घुमाव में परेशानी बताई जा रही है। मेट्रो का काम करने वाली कंपनियों को स्पष्ट कर दिया गया है कि यह काम निर्धारित अवधि में ही पूरा होना चाहिए। यदि इसमें देरी हुई तो कंपनियों पर भारी जुर्माना लगाया जा सकता है।



मेट्रो के संबंध में सोमवार को करीब 18 कंपनियों के साथ हुई प्री बिड मीटिंग में यह जानकारी दी गई। इस बैठक की अध्यक्षता नगरीय विकास विभाग के प्रमुख सचिव एवं जेएमआरसी के चेयरमैन जी.एस. संधू ने की। बैठक में जेडीए, डीएमआरसी और गेमन्स, एलएंडटी, पुंजलॉयड, सोमा सहित करीब 18 कंपनियों के प्रतिनिधि मौजूद थे।


निविदाएं इसी सप्ताह से शुरू होंगी :


मेट्रो के सी 1 और सी 2 पैकेज के लिए तकनीकी निविदाएं इसी माह 27 सितंबर को खोली जाएंगी। इसके एक सप्ताह बाद वित्तीय निविदाएं खोली जाएंगी। अगले माह 20 अक्टूबर तक वर्क ऑर्डर आदि का काम पूरा करके नवंबर के प्रथम सप्ताह में इसका काम शुरू कर दिया जाएगा। डीेएमआरसी के चीफ प्रोजेक्ट ऑफीसर ललित मेघनानी ने बताया कि चांदपोल डिपो की निविदा इसी सप्ताह जारी कर दी जाएगी। जबकि मानसरोवर डिपो की 15 सितंबर तक, 8 स्टेशनों की निविदाएं 20 सितंबर के आसपास जारी की जाएंगी।

देरी पर 1 लाख रुपए रोजाना का जुर्माना :



डीएमआरसी के चीफ प्रोजेक्ट ऑफीसर मेघनानी ने बताया कि सी 1 और सी 2 पैकेज में उन्होंने कुछ कामों के लिए समयावधि (मानक तारीखें) तय की हैं। इन तारीखों पर काम पूरा नहीं करने पर ठेकेदार कंपनी से 1 लाख रुपए प्रतिदिन का जुर्माना वसूला जाएगा। इसी तरह इस प्रोजेक्ट में गार्डर लांचिंग का काम सबसे ज्यादा मुश्किल है। इसके लिए चार मशीनों का प्रावधान किया गया है। अगर ठेकेदार फर्म इससे कम मशीन लाती है तो एक मशीन के लिए 1.50 करोड़ रुपए पेनल्टी ली जाएगी।



Headline: Length of Jaipur metro to be extended by 800 meters.

article: The applications will be open today and if the work is late more than 2 years then the companies will have to pay fine.

The line is to be extended by 800 meters at mansarovar depot due to some issues involving curves/turns. It has also been made clear to the companies that any delays in the date of completion will result in heavy penalties.

The information was given out on the pre-bid meeting where 18 companies like Gammon, L&T, punj lloyd, soma and others were present.

The technical applications for C-1 and C-2 will be open by 27 September and one week after this financial applications will be opened. By 20th october the work order will be given and the work will start on the first of November.

Deadlines have been set and any delay will result in fine of 1 lakh rupees everyday. In this project garder launching is a difficult tasks and 4 machines have been made mandatory any less than 4 will result in 1.50 crore penelty.

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:cheers::cheers::cheers: sorry if there were any mistakes in the translation. I've tried my best.

Metro line to be extended by 800 m

Read more: Metro line to be extended by 800 m - Jaipur - City - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Metro-line-to-be-extended-by-800-m/articleshow/6509269.cms#ixzz0yr2ILOqo

http://digitalimages.bhaskar.com/dainikrajasthan//EpaperImages/08092010/neddd-large.jpg

^^ Translation ?

Jaipur metro to have one more advisor. That's it. Everything else is just repeating of some facts already translated before. Also you don't need translation.

Jaipur to get India's first 3-deck track (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Jaipur-to-get-Indias-first-3-deck-track/articleshow/6676575.cms)

JAIPUR: With an aim to ease traffic congestion on busy Ajmer Road here, India's first three-deck elevated track, costing around Rs 200 crore, will be constructed with a metro line on top, officials said.

"A total 2.95 km elevated track, which will include a four-lane 1.6 km double-decker road (connecting Sodala to Civil lines), will be constructed from Gopalpura Badi to Sushilpura on Ajmer Road," they said.

The ground level would be used for light vehicular traffic and Bus Rapid Transit System, while the first level will be for heavy vehicles. On deck three, a metro track will be laid.

The project will be Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, which has signed an agreement with Jaipur Development Authority on Saturday.

Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation Chairman G S Sandhu said this will be India's first such structure, which is expected to complete by 2013 with an estimated cost of Rs 200 crore.

He said the project was proposed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission and since a metro-line was also planned on the Ajmer Road stretch, the government decided to construct the structure.




Similar article -

http://digitalimages.bhaskar.com/dainikrajasthan//EpaperImages/03102010/metroo-large.jpg

^^
WOW.......
superb
fantabulous

DMRC is constructing the 9.25 km stretch metro corridor b/w Mansarover and Chand Pole.http://sify.com/finance/jaipur-to-have-india-s-first-4-lane-elevated-road-cum-metro-track-news-news-kkfeOehggib.html

amazing , wow.. really nice

Source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Jaipur-Metro-a-lopsided-priority/articleshow/6761921.cms)
Terming the Rs 12,000-crore Jaipur Metro project a product of lopsided priorities and false projection of passenger load, former finance minister and BJP leader Manik Chand Surana demanded an immediate halt of the project and a thorough investigation into it.

Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, he said he had written a letter to the chief minister demanding the project deserved a relook on viability and a three-member committee be constituted to study the proposal.

He alleged that the very claim of the projected passenger load is just a guess work and not based on facts. In the first phase from Mansarovar to Chandpol, it is projected to cater to 2 lakh passengers and in the second phase from Sitapura to Ambabari, it is expected to cater to a passenger traffic of four lakh. Even if the DMRC figures are to be believed, the government making an investment of Rs 12,000 crore is irrational, he said. An investment of Rs 2 lakh per prospective passenger is made while the return per passenger is just Rs 10 -12 by way of ticket.

The passenger load on the low-floor busses as an indication of the projected passenger load for Metro is totally baseless, he said. Between Mansarovar and Chandpol (Route No 8), 28 buses are plying at present and the number of passengers on an average in August was 8,266 per day.

Similarly, there are 18 low-floor buses plying between Sitapura and Ambabari and the average passenger traffic is 4,376 per day. The two lakh per day passenger load claimed by DMRC is about 24 times the load of low-floor buses in the first and about 90 times on second route, he said.

The same money could be utilised more fruitfully in some other productive sector. The Indira Gandhi canal project, which costs Rs 3,900 crore, was able to irrigate 64 lakh hectares and the Rs 12,000 crore would be able to produce 2000 MW of power,he said.

^^

He's just trying to gain political mileage. He should realise the growth Jaipur is going to face by the time the work on the metro finishes. The study is done by both the state govt and the DMRC as well as that consultant company will also do it's study so if these studies have decided that the city needs the metro then there must be a basis for that. I would rather believe DMRC than a fading out of power politician.

Source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Jaipur-Metro-a-lopsided-priority/articleshow/6761921.cms)

2 lacs per passenger sounds a bit too much.
does anyone know same statistics for Delhi Metro?

Source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Metro-project-reduces-cost-of-underpass-in-Gujjar-ki-Thadi/articleshow/6789544.cms)

Delay in government projects is nothing unusual which also results in cost escalation. However, in the case of Gujjar ki Thadi underpass, it has turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

The JDA first proposed an overbridge at Gujjar ki Thadi to ease heavy traffic from Durgapura to Mansarovar. According to the Indian Road Congress code, wherever the peak hour traffic is more than 10,000 passenger car unit (PCU), a grade separated intersection shall be constructed to ease congestion.

But the project was delayed and in the meanwhile, the government came out with the Metro project which changed the whole scenario. The proposed Metro line from Mansarovar to Choti Chopad, which has been taken up in the first phase, also passes on the same route in this section.

Since the construction of the overbridge would hinder the Metro, the JDA decided to convert the overbridge to underpass saving almost 50% cost of the cost. The cost of the overbridge was estimated to be nearly Rs 60 crore which has come down to Rs 35 crore including the construction of a three-lane bridge over the Amanisha Nullah.

While the length of the overbridge was 660 metre, which has been reduced to 374 metre when it was converted into underpass. The proposed underpass envisages a nine metre road on either side of the divide (median) and a footpath of 0.60m.

Another benefit derived from the delay is that the project could also accommodate the demand of the Metro pillar on this section. Seven piers foundation for Metro and part sub structure work is also being carried out along with the underpass work and the bridge in this stretch as per the DMRC design, said JDA officials.

The foundation for the underpass was laid by chief minister Ashok Gehlot on October 13 last year and more than a year had passed. But the project, which has been progressing at a snail's pace has now only started picking up momentum. Presently, the construction of the service road has been completed and the digging on the main road is going on. However, JDA officials exuded confidence that they would be able to complete the project on its scheduled time of March next year.

JDA officials say heavy traffic on this section and the prolonged monsoon caused some delay in the execution of the project.

Executive engineer of the project Lalit Sharma said, "an important phase in the project is now complete. We have completed the service road. Now traffic at this stretch is being diverted to the service road to free the main road for undertaking digging work. The work has started and is progressing well," he said .

"Now, only some minor things like shifting some shops are left. This is being taken up by a special cell for project constituted at JDA. We are quite hopeful that the project would be completed on time," he said.

Length of underpass 374 m

Covered portion 62m

Approach towards Gopalpura end 205m

Approach towards Mansoravar end 107m

Sanctioned project cost Rs 34.64 cr

Date of completion March 12, 2011

Source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Ramniwas-Bagh-to-shrink-for-Metro/articleshow/6795865.cms)
The increasing traffic on M I Road and space requirement of the Metro project requires shrinking of Ramniwas Bagh. A land strip of up to 40 feet width will be required on the side adjoining M I Road and Tonk Road to widen the road and provide space for Metro proposed on Tonk Road.

The remodelling plan for Ramniwas Bagh was presented at a meeting chaired by urban development minister Shanti Dhariwal on Friday. The minister asked officials to make the changes in accordance to public requirement while suggesting improvement of the proposal.

Traffic needs are rising in Ramniwas Bagh. A prominent tourist destination, it attracts thousand of domestic and foreign visitors each day. Amendments will be required to regulate the visitor pressure and improve facilities for them. Chief secretary S Ahmed suggested better lighting for the large number of evening visitors.

Tourism minister Bina Kak and senior department officials were present. Urban development officials are expected to visit the site on Saturday to evaluate needs before approving the plan.

The JDA has recently received permission for a parking project and beautification of Ramniwas Bagh Campus. However, officials are reluctant to discuss the proposal before site visit.

"A presentation has been made suggesting various changes at the campus, the need of the proposed changes will be evaluated on Saturday," said S K Pancholi, director, engineering, JDA.

Even as the campus is expected to undergo a size reduction, a proposal have been made to increase the green cover. According to the proposal, more trees will be planted and a bonsai garden will also be developed to attract the visitors.

Showing consideration for the large number of old people, a senior citizen park is also proposed at the campus. There will be replicas of major tourist monuments of the state. During the process, the heritage of the campus will also be needed to be conserved.

Why didn't they opted for an underpass in the beginning itself if it was cheaper than an overbridge ?

Why didn't they opted for an underpass in the beginning itself if it was cheaper than an overbridge ?

thats why. otherwise how would their contractors make money. j/k

may be they cannot maintain a proper drainage and sand removal system

hi folks! any updates if the construction of the Metro has started here? i so wanna update it on my facebook page :P :)

hi folks! any updates if the construction of the Metro has started here? i so wanna update it on my facebook page :P :)
Tenders have been floated and work will probably start by Nov ending or Dec

Tenders have been floated and work will probably start by Nov ending or Dec

thanks for the update World8115 :)

I am eager coz this is being built by DMRC, and not just DPR work like for others :):banana:

wanted to congratulate Jaipur on my fb account :P

I guess even the tenders haven't been floated as of now.

check their website rather than guessing.

Answer the question here rather than asking to visit other sites ;)

^^

I don't have to do that to you. The person who asked the question was metrofreak and not you. You "guessed" hence I suggested the website to you.

I guess even the tenders haven't been floated as of now.

Tenders were floated long ago ( say in Sept) for three oackages (two elevated and one underground).and tenders have been opened for the two elevated packages but the contract is yet to be awarded.

Jaipur metro first pics.
saw it on MI road as a part of Diwali decorations. i guess it was Jaipur metro's official stall. The three coach metro was moving on a little track with different metro stations signage on its side.

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/2870/diwali2010141.jpg

I dont see anything, but that ghost girl on the right side seems to be smitten by u

Kya karu, mere husn ke jalwe ke karan ladkiya lights ko nahi mujhe dekh rahe the.. ;)

Hmm they've extended the submission dates for the technical advisor to 22 November from 10th. The JMRC needs to have a normal and technical advisor which will keep an eye on the technical aspects of the project. The date has been extended as the companies asked for more cleared guidelines as they found technical and financial advisor's guidelines were interfering with each other.

I love the power of this website. If you google images for Jaipur Metro, 90% of the results are from this thread and even illusionists picture has ended up there.

Source (http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/jaipur-metro-project-to-begin-on-saturday-65862?)
After two years of flip-flops and uncertainty, Jaipur's Metro train project is finally ready to hit the tracks. On Saturday, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the nodal agency for the venture, would start work for building the stations and railway lines for the first phase of the project.Initial work would start near the Ajmer Pulia, where the DMRC would drill the earth for creating the foundation for the track that would connect Mansarovar to Chandpol.:banana:
Simultaneously, the DMRC is going to invite bids for four stations on this route to be developed at Mansarovar, Atish Market, Vivek Vihar and Ram Nagar.

"We will lay down vertical columns as the support-base for the Metro track," said Lalit Meghnani, in-charge of the Jaipur Metro project. He said 30 such columns -- one every day -- would be built on the 4.5 km route between Ajmer Pulia and Jharkhand Mahadev temple near Vaishali Nagar over the next 30 days.

Jaipur will be first city in the country to have an elevated track for the Metro and the Bus Rapid Transport System. While the Metro would run on the elevated track, the two tracks below it would be reserved for the normal city traffic. The three-tier stretch between Ajmer Pulia and Jharkhand Mahadev alone would cost `215 crore. The entire 9.2km-long Metro for the first phase will cost `1,250 crore.

While, the civil work is expected to create traffic hurdles, the DMRC has made special arrangements for drilling on Ajmer road to minimise traffic woes for the commuters. The drilling would take place in the median of the roads and the machines will cover two lanes one each on both sides of the road out of six lanes of Ajmer road, which meant that traffic movement, would not be affected much.

"We are going to have a meeting with traffic police and Jaipur development authority to sort out problem of possible traffic congestion. If needed traffic may be diverted at some junctions and alternative routes would be decided," Meghnani said.
:banana: :banana: :banana:

^^ that is great Rs 136 cr per km

^^
:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:
verrrrrryyyy happppyyyyyyy for Jaipur :D

thanks for sharing world8115 :D

http://digitalimages.bhaskar.com/dainikrajasthan//EpaperImages/12112010/sdhlo-large.jpg

Translation: The metro work finally began today with the digging for the first phase (Ajmer puliya to Sodala) at 12'o clock. In this phase the metro package c1 and c2 will be finished. DSB gets the C1 and ICD gets C2. In this package four lane elevated road will be build and metro track will be built on top of that. The first thing will be building pillars. For this they will dig 25 deep and the width will be 4m. All the machines have arrived in Jaipur.

( the middle bit is basically about the elevated road for which you can read previously posted articles)

Funds: for the elevated road they have arranged funds under the JNNURM scheme. Centre will give 168 crores and JMRC will give 32 crores for the metro track.

All of this will finish in two years.

:banana::banana::banana:

:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:

:happy::happy::happy:

wow great news:cheers2:
but how come metro and BRTS on same road ????

wow great news:cheers2:
but how come metro and BRTS on same road ????
The road will have three-deck elevated track. The ground level would be used for light vehicular traffic and Bus Rapid Transit System, while the first level will be for heavy vehicles. On deck three, a metro track will be laid. See #89 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=64721387&postcount=89).

badhai ho badhai... metro jaipur me aai

badhai ho badhai... metro jaipur me aai
aayagee ;)

badhai ho badhai... metro jaipur me aai

Thane be ghani ghani badhaiyaan. :hug:

The road will have three-deck elevated track. The ground level would be used for light vehicular traffic and Bus Rapid Transit System, while the first level will be for heavy vehicles. On deck three, a metro track will be laid. See #89 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=64721387&postcount=89).

arre yar what i meant was why 2 public transportation projects on the same road ..??
if we have metro on this road then why BRTS ??

aayagee ;)
:D

btw what should be the name of jaipur metro. what do u guys think?

1. Pink City Metro (my fav)
2. Aapno Metro (that that namma metro)
3. Jaipar Metro.
4. SMS Metro
5. RG, IG, or SG metro
6. Desert Metro

:D

btw what should be the name of jaipur metro. what do u guys think?

1. Pink City Metro (my fav)
2. Aapno Metro (that that namma metro)
3. Jaipar Metro.
4. SMS Metro
5. RG, IG, or SG metro
6. Desert Metro

Jaipur Metro or Aapno/Mhari Metro apart from that I'll puke at the others. :puke:

arre yar what i meant was why 2 public transportation projects on the same road ..??
if we have metro on this road then why BRTS ??

Well why not? the metro is going to take years to cover whole of jaipur so in that case you need a efficient public transport system which would take people from outside the metro stations to wherever they have to go i.e. the outer town where there will not be metro yet.

Congrats. The ORIGINAL planned city of India is finally getting a modern transport system :cheers:

Well why not? the metro is going to take years to cover whole of jaipur

Whole of jaipur? what is its total length
:D

btw what should be the name of jaipur metro. what do u guys think?

1. Pink City Metro (my fav)
2. Aapno Metro (that that namma metro)
3. Jaipar Metro.
4. SMS Metro
5. RG, IG, or SG metro
6. Desert Metro

Royal Metro --how is that?

Whole of jaipur? what is its total length


I didn't mean it literally.

Whole of jaipur? what is its total length


Royal Metro --how is that?

hmmm.. interesting.
actually i was thinking about shahi metro.

may we we can cal it rajasthan royal metro and get the team to sponor parts of it.

After a lot of searching, I finally found a decent map buried in the appendixes of the detailed project report:

http://www.jaipurmetrorail.in/pdf/10%20-%20Figure%205.1.pdf :cheers:

Dumped to PNG (sorry, it's a bit low-res)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/5170299067_af938d80c7_b.jpg

thanks for the map jpat.
Its a shame that one of the most commercial area i.e. Raja Park is not on the map. it goes all the way to malviya nagar which is already well connected to the rest of the city. i guess it ends about 200 meters from the airport. may be they should extend it and take it to airport as well.

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9650/epaperimages5c131120105.jpg

bhaskar.com

Nice find jptokal
Source (http://epaper.patrika.com/final/Patrika/XSLCSS/articleview.php?value=Art16_1&page=3.inx&date=20101113&edition=Jaipur), Article (http://www.rajasthanpatrika.com/news/Jaipur/11132010/jaipur-news/77765)

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/928/20101113jaipur3art1611.jpg

Another Hindi article :drool:

Source: TOI

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GS Sandhu inaugurates the Metro pile work in Jaipur on Friday

Metro work begins, test run by March ’13
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Jaipur: The pile test work for Jaipur Metro commenced on Friday. The initial tests will help the engineers to calculate the load-bearing capacity of the ground and design a suitable foundation for the Metro track. The Metro is scheduled to perform the test run by March 2013, while the revenue operations will commence from November 1, 2013.
“The pile testing work will take nearly a month to be completed, following which the corridor construction work will begin,” said Lalit Meghnani, in-charge, Jaipur Metro project.
The Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (JMRC) has handed over the corridor development to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). Initially, a 9.25-km-long corridor will be developed from Mansarovar to Chandpole at an estimated cost of Rs 1,250 crore.
The pile testing was earlier scheduled for construction of the elevated road under Bus Rapid Transit System. However, as the Jaipur Metro route overlapped with the BRTS route near Sodala, a three-tier corridor has been proposed there to accommodate Metro, BRTS and routine traffic at different levels.
Begining of pile testing means work for the Metro begins in earnest. The tenders for Mansarovar depot and Chandpole underground railway station are expected to be announced next week.
The pile test is required as a hard rock bed lies at the depth of around 12 metres between Ajmer Puliya to Government Hostel. The hard rock has made foundation-laying process for the stretch different from the remaining parts of the city which has sand and gravel up to 25 metre depth. Hence, pile foundations with varying pile depths, depending on soil characteristics, will be developed in accordance to local situation.

Source: TOI
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27 properties to be acquired by Metro body
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Jaipur: The JMRC has marked nine shops, seven vacant plots, a marriage garden to be acquired for the Jaipur Metro, 10 other properties are expected to be partly affected in the exercise. The JMRC forwarded the list to urban development department on Friday for further consideration.
“Initially, the land requirement between Mansarovar to Shyam Nagar has been forwarded. The remaining requirement between Shyam Nagar and Chandpole will be submitted in two phases,” said a senior JMRC official. “The proposed sites will be surveyed and the plan might be amended as per project requirement,” he added.
The urban development ministry proposes to offer a decent proposition to the affected property owners. “Efforts will be made for suitable rehabilitation for the persons affected by the project, acquisition exercise will start soon,” said G S Sandhu, principal secretary, urban development. Pile development is expected to be completed within a month, implementation of an alternative traffic plans are expected to require four to six months. During it, the agency will proceed with identification, survey and reservation of land space along the Metro corridor.
The land requirement survey for Jaipur Metro project is at the final stage and a notice under Section 4 of Land Acquisition Act might soon be issued. The JMRC has got the survey done and the land acquisition task has been handed to JDA. A committee has been constituted under Jaipur Development commissioner Sudhansh Pant. The committee was supposed to finalise the survey report on Thursday.
Land requirement is mainly for the metro stations proposed at the 9.5 km line from Mansarovar to Chandpole proposed to be developed in the first phase of the project. “The major requirement of land is for the stations where the metro had to earmark parking facilities for the vehicles attached with the stations” said a senior official.

Does Jaipur have good roads to support elevated track construction. Of the 9.5 km line only Chandpol station will be underground.

jaipur has awesome multilane roads connecting to new parts of the city. even old city has very wide roads for the time they were constructed. now a days it is crowded due to over capacity. but jaipur can surely handle a lot of elevated tracks

I am leabving for Jaipur in next 1 hour...hope to get much updates and pics....Congrats to Jaipur wallahs for metro...cheers

where r u going in jaipr?

Source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Jaipur-Metro-to-get-elevated-stations/articleshow/6922210.cm)
Unlike the Delhi Metro which has three-tier stations, the Jaipur Metro will have single-tier stations along the elevated corridor. These stations will also be elevated and will require minimum ground space.

"The stations will be elevated so as to reduce the requirement of land only for escalators. Other provisions have also been made in the metro design to reduce land acquisition," said a senior DMRC official.

The support pillars for the metro have been planned to be built on the road median to avoid road blockage. A cantilever arm will be extended from the pillars.

To be developed between Mansarovar to Chandpole, the initial phase of the Jaipur Metro corridor will run over New Sanganer Road and Ajmer Road before it runs underground at Sindhi Camp.

Several properties along the corridor are yet to be acquired following the proposal to minimise the inconvenience caused to the commuters during the construction period.

It has been proposed that the road should be widened to provide at least two lanes for movement of the traffic on either side of the construction site. Two central lanes including the median will be required for the construction purpose. During piling and foundation work, 9m wide road space will be required. The construction site will be barricaded.

Space will also be required for developing parking facilities near the stations. A list of 27 properties on the new Sanganer highway is currently under consideration by the urban development department for acquisition. The department however, has assured to offer a decent proposition to the affected property owners.

"Vacant land is being acquired for most requirements. Suitable rehabilitation package will be provide to those affected," said G S Sandhu, principal secretary, urban development.

The piling work is expected to be completed in a month, while implementation of an alternative traffic plan is expected to take four to six months. During the period, the developing agency will proceed with identification, survey and reservation of land space along the metro corridor.

Source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/State-govt-wants-Sonia-or-PM-to-inaugurate-Metro-project-work/articleshow/6922217.cms)
Though the work on the ambitious Jaipur Metro project began as a low-key affair on Friday, the formal inauguration of the project is awaited as the state government wants to do it in a big way. According to sources, the chief minister wants either Congress president Sonia Gandhi or Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to do the honours.

Initially, the formal inauguration of the project was planned after Diwali. However, the Central leaders' preoccupation with the change of guard in Maharashtra followed by the beginning of the winter session of parliament made it quite impossible while the prime minister was away in Seoul for attending the G-20 meet.

"We want either Sonia Gandhi or Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to lay the foundation stone as this is a historic project which would change the face of the city," said an official.

Sources said the whole concept of Jaipur Metro is the brain child of Rahul Gandhi who made the suggestion of developing Jaipur as a world class city. Along with the heritage tag, the world class infrastructure would be another attraction for the Pink City to boost tourism. And the state government promptly acted on the concept conceiving Metro setting aside the scepticism on its viability and the mode of implementation.

While the Planning Cmmission wanted the project to be executed on the PPP model which would come only if it is a profitable proposition. However, the state government do not want to delay the project in any way thus entrusting the responsibility to the DMRC.

"The Metro rail was proposed in many non-metro cities like Ahmedabad, Kochi, Chandigarh etc and they are still in its conception stage while in Jaipur the project has started taking concrete shape. This is something the Gehlot government wants to show case to the central leaders," said an official.

According to Shanti Dhariwal, the Metro project in itself would be an attraction to the city with the kind of technological innovation encorporated in the project like double deck system in some sections of its route. The Metro project is a prestigious project of the Gehlot government and is more of a political one than economic.

However, according to sources, even if the formal foundation stone laying is delayed over the availability of the senior functionary, the work would begin earnestly. Since the land acquisition process is initiated by the JDA, the DMRC would start setting up the basic infra-structures like depots on government land, said sources.

I must say that metro has started with a lightening speed (esp when you compare it to Mumbai metro, Hyd metro or even pre-1998 years of Delhi metro). Lets hope it continues the momentum during construction as well.

^^

Well it will be a handy election tool if finished on time.

What we all care is completion on time, whether it benefits party A or B is not our concern. Let's bask in the glory of the 7th (counting Hyd as 6th) metro in India :cheers:

What we all care is completion on time, whether it benefits party A or B is not our concern. Let's bask in the glory of the 7th (counting Hyd as 6th) metro in India :cheers:
Isn't Gurgaon metro under construction? Jaipur metro if completed on schedule (2013) can become the 4th operational metro after Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai (hopefully).

Wait isn't it suppose to finish by 2012? as in the first line?

Isn't Gurgaon metro under construction? Jaipur metro if completed on schedule (2013) can become the 4th operational metro after Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai (hopefully).

chennai will be 5th operational metro after kolkata,delhi,bangalore and mumbai

^^ I forgot that a part (elevated) of Chennai Metro will be operational.

Isn't Gurgaon metro under construction? Jaipur metro if completed on schedule (2013) can become the 4th operational metro after Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai (hopefully).

oops I forgot Gurgaon metro. Even though it is a small line feeding the main metro but still it is an independent metro ! So 8 metros :cheers:

^^
Thot India will have 9 metros by 2015..:nuts:
Kol,Del,GGaon,Jaipur,Mum,Bang.,Hyd.,Chennai,Kochi = 9 or is it that Kochi has been scrapped..not sure..??:ohno:

^^ What about Pune and Ahmedabad ???

^^

I think they're talking about the ones which have started construction.

^^
Thot India will have 9 metros by 2015..:nuts:
Kol,Del,GGaon,Jaipur,Mum,Bang.,Hyd.,Chennai,Kochi = 9 or is it that Kochi has been scrapped..not sure..??:ohno:

No Kochi as of now.

^^

I think they're talking about the ones which have started construction.

Yup. Or at least very close to starting (Hyd metro).

जयपुर मेट्रो ट्रेन परियोजना के लिए जमीन अवाप्ति का काम अगले सप्ताह शुरू हो जाएगा। परियोजना का शिलान्यास समारोह दिसंबर के दूसरे सप्ताह में किया जाएगा, जिसमें इसमें केन्द्रीय मंत्री जयपाल रेड्*डी, दिल्ली मेट्रो के चैयरमेन ई.श्रीधरन को आमंत्रित किया जाएगा।
नगरीय विकास सचिव जीएस संधू ने बुधवार को जेएमआरसी के कार्यों की प्रगति की समीक्षा के दौरान अधिकारियों को भूमि अवाप्ति प्रक्रिया जल्द पूरा करने और पार्किंग के लिए जमीन चिन्हित करने के निर्देश दिए। उन्होंने जेडीए ओर जेएमआरसी के अधिकारियों से कहा कि अजमेर रोड पर एलीवेटेड रोड के प्लान की रेलवे से जल्द मंजूरी लें और यहां से बिजली के खंभों, बिजली की लाइनों को शिफ्ट करने की प्रक्रिया शुरू करें। जेएमआरसी ने अभी मानसरोवर से श्यामनगर हाइटेंशन लाइन तक आने वाली जमीन चिन्हित की है। राड्डद्यह्ल146य सरकार की अधिसूचना जारी होने के बाद अवार्ड जारी करने की प्रक्रिया शुरू की जाएगी।
मेट्रो के स्टेशन में जयपुर की स्थापत्य कला झलकेगी। आर्किटेक्चट को ऐसा मॉडल बनाने को कहा गया है, जिसमें जालियां, कंगूरे, झरोखे दिखाई दे। चांदपोल पर बनने वाले भूमिगत स्टेशन की डिजाइन भी इसी तरह तैयार होगी।


Translation: Land acquisition for the jaipur metro will begin next week. The official ceremony will be held in the second week of December. Jaipal Reddy and DMRC chairman E. Sridharan will be invited for the event.
The JMRC cheif in a meeting about work progress gave instruction of carrying the acquisition and locating land for parking. He asked the JDA and JMRC to take the permission from the railways quickly and start the process of removing electricity lines and poles. JMRC has also marked land with hightension lines.

The station for the metro will be in the Rajasthani style of Architecture and the architect has been asked to create a model reflecting prominent features of Rajasthani architecture such as Jaali, Jharokha and kangoore. The underground station at chandpol will also have this type of style.

The test, examining the strength of the pillars was sucessful today. Now they will start building the pillars up to the elevated track and when they reach that location the elevated track will be built.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7060/6869654239_56ac87e22a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76568715@N06/6869654239/)
metc (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76568715@N06/6869654239/) by YagyaYagya2 (http://www.flickr.com/people/76568715@N06/), on Flickr



Meanwhile in Durgapura similar type of elevated structure will be built. For every 1 km of this structure Rs 130 crores will be spent. For this 1000 crores have been arranged under the JNNURM the rest is...... ( the article cuts off for some reason so I guess the JMRC or JDA will be giving the rest or something)

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Translation: Foreign companies have shown unexpected interest in becoming advisers for the metro. Out of 9, 6 are foreign and they all have several infrastructure projects running in several countries.

The Jaipur Metro had asked for applications for technical and normal advisers by 22 November and 9 companies applied. Some of the foreign companies include Mott MacDonald, capita symonds etc


It will take a month to decide which company will become the advisor for jaipur metro meanwhile soil testing etc are going on.

Source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Clarify-the-need-for-amending-BRTS-routes-centre-asks-state/articleshow/6997475.cms)
The Union urban development ministry has asked the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) for clarification on the amendments proposed in the development plans of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) package 2 and 3.

Estimated to cost around Rs 600 crore, the amended proposal has been waiting for the Ministry's clearance for over three months.

The BRTS is being implemented under the funding from Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Officials of the central government body have previously expressed discontent over the slow pace of work on BRTS project in the state. The amendment in the BRTS proposal has also not been well accepted by the officials.

"The officials with the centre ministry have reservations towards some amendment proposed in previously sanctioned BRTS plan. The proposal is thus expected to undergo further amendments" says an official at the Jaipur City Transport Services Limited (JCTSL), the special purpose vehicle established for operation of BRTS project.

Much of the differences are over the Package II under which a 19 kilometer long corridor was proposed between Pani Pech to Sanganer Airport. The road width varies from 20 40 m and has 17 major intersections however the route is overlapped by the Metro corridor proposed on Tonk Road from Durgapura to Ajmeri Gate.

A similar difficulty has been faced on the 21 kilometer long package III proposed between New Sanganer toad to Transport Nagar. The BRTS was previously proposed over the route due to high traffic congestion; however a part of this package too has been overlapped by the proposed metro corridor.

The recent differences have reportedly emerged on JDA's plan to withdraw dedicated corridor over the Tonk Road and Ajmer Road. JDA officials however maintain that the delay in clearance of the amendment as a routine and that the central ministry has only asked for clarification for right of way.

"The dedicated corridors require much road space, however as the metro is proposed over these routes the available road space and viability of BRTS has reduced over the routes and thus amendments are necessary" said N C Mathur, director projects JDA.

"Presently photo presentation is being prepared of the areas where due to congestion the possibilities of dedicated corridor have reduced" he adds. The JDA officials will present the presentation to central UD department to convince the officials regarding necessity of the amendments.

The BRTS project was previously planned to provide connectivity between institutional, commercial, walled city, and residential areas of the city. Even as nearly Rs 70 crore have been spend over development of the project the operation effiency of the project has been compromised as the state urban development department efforts get divided between the two ambitious urban transport projects of BRTS and Metro.

Hey Guys,,,,,, I m a New Member here...... but i got a really interesting news. for jaipur metro project...
I recently saw barricades for jaipur metro near a place about 1 km. from mansarovar...
on those barricades JMRC was written... unfortunately i was not able to take pics of that place.........

Welcome! I think those must be there as they're doing some tests etc but yeah really nice to have a member from Jaipur! now we can hopefully get regular updates!

Hmm.. Thanx!.......will update you all soon......!!

Hey Guys,,,,,, I m a New Member here...... but i got a really interesting news. for jaipur metro project...
I recently saw barricades for jaipur metro near a place about 1 km. from mansarovar...
on those barricades JMRC was written... unfortunately i was not able to take pics of that place.........
Welcome to SSCI :wave: and expecting the updates soon :cheers:.

^^ +1

Hey Guys,,,,,, I m a New Member here...... but i got a really interesting news. for jaipur metro project...
I recently saw barricades for jaipur metro near a place about 1 km. from mansarovar...
on those barricades JMRC was written... unfortunately i was not able to take pics of that place.........

welcome to ssci. its nice to see another jaipuri on this board. where are you from in Jaipur?

welcome to ssci. its nice to see another jaipuri on this board. where are you from in Jaipur?

I m from Vaishali Nagar in Jaipur.....
But Literally from Karol Bagh, Delhi as well........

nice i am from raja park. i could have posted updates for metro but we dont have metro in our region.

nice i am from raja park. i could have posted updates for metro but we dont have metro in our region.

ohk got u ........ I think d pile testing.. work is on d move... but if eva i will go to mansarovar side , i will have som pics of barricaded side...

ohk got u ........ I think d pile testing.. work is on d move... but if eva i will go to mansarovar side , i will have som pics of barricaded side...

Hey welcome naman....yaar the only problem with Jaipur Metro is ....the time JDA takes to complete the work...I still remember that flyover at Sindhi house...connecting railway station and Bus depot...man it took eternity for them to complete it...including other projects like BRTS etc....

I just hope Jaipur metro reverses the trend...

@ Vishu..Raja Park ahem ahem...sirf GT and Raja park hi sahi hai....

^^ don't worry IR bhai DMRC is doing the work ;)

Hey welcome naman....yaar the only problem with Jaipur Metro is ....the time JDA takes to complete the work...I still remember that flyover at Sindhi house...connecting railway station and Bus depot...man it took eternity for them to complete it...including other projects like BRTS etc....

I just hope Jaipur metro reverses the trend...

@ Vishu..Raja Park ahem ahem...sirf GT and Raja park hi sahi hai....

I think problem is not with JDA... its politics..... The flyover was made in reverse direction.... and BRTS also took time but 1st Phase is completed......and the main things like IITs & IIMs which alwayz belong to big cities like JAIPUR goes to Jodhpur & Udaipur which even dont have any transport services good.......
So politics goes down n development will rise.......

Now now you don't want to go there... I am from Jodhpur. Not everything can be centralised and given to Jaipur. Jaipur is in Rajasthan hence the govt has to develop other parts as well and not just the capital. coming to the flyover everyone knows their design was messed up.

Nice to know that someone here is from Jodhpur. Welcome:-)

Now now you don't want to go there... I am from Jodhpur. Not everything can be centralised and given to Jaipur. Jaipur is in Rajasthan hence the govt has to develop other parts as well and not just the capital. coming to the flyover everyone knows their design was messed up.

No I agree with you.....Not all the things can be given..... but the main point is involvement of politics in these development cases.....

Thank you for updates Mr. Nagan

Thank you for updates Mr. Nagan

I think U better Call it NAMAN

Nice to know that someone here is from Jodhpur. Welcome:-)

I see you have a thing for people from jodhpur. :smug:

http://digitalimages.bhaskar.com/dainikrajasthan/EpaperImages/07122010/dsjwowo.jpg

If you need English Translation Let me Know....

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--Deja Vu---

true. :lol: i wonder what he does though.

--Deja Vu---

I think you can basically write that script for any significant infrastructure project in India today.

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http://images.indiainfo.com/web2images/www.dailybhaskar.com/2010/11/28/images/jaipurmetropolitan_f.jpg
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Jaipur: The momentum of work on the Jaipur Metro Rail project under the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is an example of efficiency from which the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA), a perpetual laggard in completion of all its projects, should take a lesson.

Interestingly, the DMRC officials have placed a countdown timer at the entrance of their office which flashes the deadline of the completion of the metro rail project, March 2013, every day and tell engineers that the days are numbered!

"Basically, the timer has been placed to motivate the officers. It regularly informs them of the number of days left for the completion of the work," said Lalit Meghnani, director of project with DMRC. He added the practice is quite common with the Delhi and Konkan train projects.

The countdown tunes the mental state of the officers to tackle emergencies that might crop-up in the project.

"We are going to invite tender for rolling stock of track on private public partnership model. If companies do not show interest, then the DRMC will began work itself to undue evade delay," said another officer of the DMRC.

The countdown clock method of DMRC is an example for development authority that seems least concerned with the completion of their projects.

The engineers with the authority are infamous for 'delaying' the development projects, like the Ring Road project which was adopted by JDA in 2005, but work on the ground level began only in 2010.

source:bhaskar

March 2013! :banana:

Interestingly, the DMRC officials have placed a countdown timer at the entrance of their office which flashes the deadline of the completion of the metro rail project, March 2013, every day and tell engineers that the days are numbered!

Jaipur: Mayor Jyoti Khandelwal's recent proposal to give roof rights to the shop owners in Nehru Bazaar and Bapu Bazaar has posed threat to the old city wall (parkota).

Interestingly, both the government and the Opposition have acted promptly to stall the move, which would deface the heritage buildings.

The proposal comes close at the heels of the proposal to bring the 23.5-km-long Metro route stretching from Ambabari to Sitapura on MI Road. The government proposal sought to build an elevate track through this road, famous for its heritage look.

Concerned with the defacement the proposed project could bring to the parkota, the shopkeepers of the area conveyed their concerns to chief minister Ashok Gehlot.
"The officials were considering building an elevated track on the MI Road but we protested against this. It could destroy the heritage look of the market place. We met CM Gehlot to convey our concerns. Later, the layout for the Metro channel was changed and was turned towards Ashok Marg," said Suresh Saini, president of MI Road market association.

Before the change in the alignment, the Metro officials had also considered to construct the Metro track underground through the MI Road. The government was also ready to pay twice the amount for the underground track. "Yes, the underground Metro train cost more than twice the sum as compared to the elevate track. Later, the government, however, dropped the proposal as it could deface the heritage look to some extent," said an official with Metro with Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC).
Interestingly, Sheeldha Bai, former mayor, had also proposed underground parking projects on historical Chotti Chaupar and Badi Chaupar.


phew! thank God there were sane people both in the govt and the opposition!

ITD Cementation India's joint venture bags major Jaipur metro project

ITD Cementation India has announced that the company in Joint Venture with its promoter, Italian-Thai Development Public Company Ltd, Thailand one of the leading contracting organizations in South East Asia, has been awarded a contract worth over Rs 228 crore by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for construction of elevated road & metro viaduct for stage I of Jaipur metro and Ajmer road BRTS corridor.
This is the third contract awarded to ITD - ITD Cem joint venture by DMRC. The joint venture has recently completed a Rs 290 crore contract for construction of an elevated corridor on the Qutub Minar - Gurgaon Corridor, including viaduct and structural work of five elevated stations and another contract for Rs 897 crore for a 4165 m long twin bored underground metro tunnel construction with advanced tunnel boring machine including 3 underground stations on Central Secretariat - Badarpur Corridor for the Delhi MRTS.
The Joint Venture benefits from Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited's experience in implementation of major MRTS projects in Thailand and Taiwan, combined with ITD Cementation India Ltds experience in various phases of the Delhi MRTS.
The company made this announcement on 13 December 2010.


source (http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/ITD-Cementation-Indias-joint-venture-bags-major-Jaipur-metro-project/3442403503)

^^ That means it is responsible only for three-deck elevated track on Ajmer Road?

श्रीधरन ने मेट्रो परियोजना का जायजा लिया

http://images.indiainfo.com/web2images/www.bhaskar.com/2010/12/15/images/metromanshridharan_386_f.jpg

पाइल परीक्षण लगभग पूरा, कास्टिंग यार्ड का निरीक्षण किया, टर्मिनल भवन की जगह देखी

जयपुर। दिल्ली मेट्रो रेल कॉरपोरेशन के प्रबंध निदेशक ई. श्रीधरन ने बुधवार को मानसरोवर से चांदपोल तक प्रस्तावित मेट्रो रेल कोरिडोर का निरीक्षण किया। उन्होंने मेट्रो कोरिडोर, स्टेशन, टर्मिनल और कास्टिंग यार्ड के प्लान की जानकारी ली। श्रीधरन मंगलवार रात जयपुर पहुंचे थे। उन्होंने सवेरे 9.30 बजे भांकरोटा स्थित कास्टिंग यार्ड से दौरे की शुरुआत की। वहां पर दिल्ली मेट्रो के अधिकारियों ने उन्हें बताया कि जेडीए से कास्टिंग यार्ड के लिए 35000 वर्गमीटर जमीन ली है। दिल्ली मेट्रो के अधिकारियों ने श्रीधरन को बताया कि पाइल टेस्टिंग का काम लगभग पूरा हो गया है। अब जल्द पियर फाउंडेशन का काम शुरू किया जाएगा।

मानसरोवर टर्मिनल भवन का प्लान देखा
उन्होंने मानसरोवर में टर्मिनल के लिए किए जा रहे निर्माण को देखा। उन्होंने बनने वाले मेट्रो स्टेशन के लिए मिलने वाली जमीन और पार्किंग स्थल का जायजा लिया। वहां पर अधिकारियों ने बताया कि यहां आने जाने के लिए एक्सीलेटर लगाए जाएंगे। साथ ही मेट्रो ट्रेन खड़ी करने के लिए यहां शैड बनाया जाना है। यहां लगभग एक हजार वाहनों की पार्किंग बनाया जाना प्रस्तावित है। इसी तरह का टर्मिनल भवन चांदपोल स्थित शिक्षा विभाग के दफ्तर की जमीन पर बनाया जाएगा।



मेट्रो कोरिडोर का निरीक्षण किया :
श्रीधरन ने इसके बाद गुर्जर की थड़ी से चांदपोल तक के मार्ग का निरीक्षण किया। यहां विवेक विहार, श्यामनगर एक्सटेंशन, रामनगर, सोडाला, सिविल लाइंस, रेलवे स्टेशन, चांदपोल गेट के बाहर बनने वाले भूमिगत स्टेशन की जगह देखी। डीएमआरसी के अधिकारियों ने उन्हें यहां बनने वाले भूमिगत स्टेशन का प्लान बताया। श्रीधरन ने पार्किंग प्रोजेक्ट संभावित वाहनोंं की संख्या को देखते हुए ही बनाने को कहा।

source: bhaskar

Source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Metro-project-on-time-Sreedharan/articleshow/7108615.cms)
Managing director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), E Sreedharan on Wednesday reviewed the progress of the Jaipur Metro project. The DMRC MD expressed satisfaction on the progress of the work and said that the Jaipur metro project has been designed in accordance with the future transportation needs of the city.

The project is expected to be completed at the scheduled time, he said. "The first phase of the Jaipur Metro will be completed by June 2013. As of now, four of the seven work orders have already been issued for the purpose and the process for the remaining three will be completed by month-end," said Sreedharan.

Addressing the traders, protesting over the land acquisition issue, the Metro man said that efforts are being made to ensure minimum inconvenience to the public. However, the essential requirement for land will have to be fulfilled. Sreedharan arrived in the city on Tuesday evening and started site visit from the casting yard located in Bhankroat.

According to DMRC officials, 35,000 square metre of land has been sanctioned by the Jaipur Development Authority for development of the construction work. The officials of Jaipur Metro Railway corporation (JMRC) said that the pile testing work being held on Ajmer Road has been almost completed and pillar foundation work will soon be initiated. During the visit, Sreedharan also took a review of the progress on the metro corridor intersecting the railway tracks.

DMRC has designed the detailed project report for the ambitious metro project and has been awarded work for development of the first phase of metro corridor from Mansarovar to Chandpole. The metro will be developed on an elevated corridor from Mansarvoar to Sindhi Camp passing through New Sanganer road, Sodala and Ajmer Road. From Sindhi Camp, underground track will be developed till Chandpole.

whts d official logo of JMRC.......?

Is It the one which is on left upper side corner?.......
http://2.imimg.com/data2/KS/OV/HTT-249/249_2010-10-26_3.png

Yes that is their logo as of now. The light bit is pink and the dark bit is maroon. It's ugly and I hope they're planning to use just for initial purposes and change it later on. It doesn't look very professional either.

I think just the front part (pink) by itself would be pretty cool..

Jaipur: The state government has formed a 'settlement committee' which will solve the issues of compensation and relocation of the people whose shops and houses would be acquired for the Metro train route. The Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) has also geared up to identify areas to acquire land for the project's fourth phase on the Mansarovar-Chandpol route.

The state government has formed a 'settlement committee' which will resolve the issues of compensation and rehabilitation of the people whose shops and houses will be acquired for the Metro train route. Besides, the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) has geared up to identify area for acquisition of land in the fourth phase on the Mansarovar-Chandpol route.

The committee has been formed under the chairmanship of Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) secretary Shuchi Sharma with members of JMRC. Initially, the committee has preferred the process of compensation on the model of Ring Road project. In the Ring Road project, the JDA has decided to give the affected people (primarily farmers) 25% of the aquired land in a developed area.

"Yes, we are considering this compensation model in Metro train project. The people could be compensated developed areas on the Metro train route," said Sharma, chairman of the committee. However, she clarified that she did not receive any such case so far. "We have to receive the list of the acquired properties. Later, the option of developed land will be used on the merit basis," said she. The sources in JMRC also hinted that people will be relocated and rehabilitated at nearest locations:cheers:

^^ Thats quick :banana:

Published in 22 Dec-2010 print edition of Dainik Bhaskar
मेट्रो के लिए हाइटेंशन लाइन अंडरग्राउंड होगी

नगर संवाददाता & जयपुर

मेट्रो परियोजना के लिए श्यामनगर एक्सटेंशन से वेदवाटिका तक आ रही हाइटेंशन लाइन को भूमिगत किया जाएगा। मेट्रो के तीसरे चरण में इस लाइन का करीब 400 मीटर का टुकड़ा आ रहा है। पूर्व में दिक्कत आ रही थी कि मेट्रो को हाइटेंशन लाइन से ऊपर और नीचे से नहीं गुजारा जा सकता। ऐसे में इसका विकल्प भूमिगत करना निकाला गया। दूसरी ओर हसनपुरा से चांदपोल तक की जमीन अवाप्ति का प्रस्ताव राज्य सरकार को भिजवा दिया है। इस प्रस्ताव में सबसे ज्यादा दुकानें, मकान, पांच सितारा होटल, एक व्यावसायिक कॉम्पलेक्स की जमीन आएगी। जयपुर मेट्रो रेल कॉरपोरेशन (जेएमआरसी) ने चार चरणों में जमीन अवाप्ति का प्रस्ताव राज्य सरकार को भिजवाया है। इसमें पहले चरण गुर्जर की थड़ी से विवेक विहार तक की अवाप्ति को राज्य सरकार ने मंजूरी दे दी है। दूसरे चरण में श्यामनगर एक्सटेंशन व तीसरे चरण में अजमेर पुलिया तक की जमीन अवाप्ति का प्रस्ताव को मंजूरी दी जानी है।

चौथे चरण में हसनपुरा आरओबी से रेलवे जंक्शन, स्टेशन रोड, राजपूताना शेरेटन के पास से गुजरते हुए चांदपोल स्थित पुराने पागलखाने के भवन तक की जमीन अवाप्त की जाएगी

Ajmer Road Side is Barricaded Now, Showing Boards of Jaipur Metro with DMRC Logos.................
^^
:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

Hey Guys, See What I Got on Jaipur Metro's Website:

http://www.jaipurmetrorail.in/images/logo/large/02.jpg

So Design It Guys...
Who Knows Our Logo Go Official ,......
:cheers:

he he he nice!

Hahaha, a logo reflecting the aspirations of the people.

Jaipur Metro to get 150 crore from JDA
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Jaipur: The Metro project will receive a financial aid of Rs 150 crore from the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) apart from the land required for the project. The sanction of funds was officially made during a project and works committee meeting of the JDA on Thursday.
“The Metro project will bring extensive improvement in the public transport system of the city. Apart from the sanctioned funds, JDA will extend all possible support for the project,” said JDA commissioner Sudhansh Pant.
The first phase is expected to cost nearly Rs 1,250 crore while the second would cost around Rs 7,850 crore. For the first phase, in addition to the Rs 150 crore sanctioned by JDA, the state government will provide Rs 600 crore, while housing board and RIICO will shell out Rs 100 crore each. The JMRC is expected to raise Rs 300 crore through loan.
A mass public transport project, Metro is expected to remain financially non-viable in the initial years and the funding required to bridge the viability gap is expected to be around Rs 538 crore. The government has proposed to impose a cess on commercial vehicles entering the city and a hike in the fee for registration of four-wheelers.
A nearly nine-kilometre elevated corridor will be developed from Mansarovar to Sindhi Camp, while an underground corridor of nearly halfa-kilometre will be developed from Sindhi Camp to Chandpole. The DMRC has been handed over the responsibility of development of the Metro corridor.

Construction underway on Ajmer Road. CC:myself

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6398/img6472hs.jpg

http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/7487/img6476.jpg

AWESOME pics Sridhar :cheers: and the clarity is excellent. Did you take the pics from a camera?

Yes. I had a camera with me.

YES! thanks a lot sridhar! :cheers:

Thanks Sridhar.

So Jaipur metro is really happening! Even before larger cities like Ahmedabad, Hyderabad & Pune.

Thanks Sridhar.

So Jaipur metro is really happening! Even before larger cities like Ahmedabad, Hyderabad & Pune.

Yeah Its Happening, Before Hyderabad n Similar Cities As Ahmedabad and Pune.......

Great pics Sridhar :cheers:

Congress wants to showcase this in Jaipur, the kind of speed this project has gathered.

Pratibha Industries marches ahead on winning new order

Pratibha Industries surged 3.70% to Rs. 71.50 at 10:04 IST on BSE, after the company's joint venture secured a Rs. 104.97 crore order for construction of stage I of Jaipur Metro.
The company announced the new order win during trading hours today, 4 January 2011.
Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was down 47.98 points, or 0.23%, to 20,513.07.
On BSE, 2.07 lakh shares were traded in the counter compared with the average volume of 2.30 lakh shares for the past two weeks.
The stock hit a high of Rs. 72.75 and a low of Rs. 68.65 so far during the day.
Pratibha Industries, in joint venture with Aparna Constructions and Estate, bagged the latest order from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). The project work involves civil works for constructions of depot cum workshop at Mansarovar on east-west corridor for stage I for Jaipur metro. The project is to be executed within a period of 18 months.
Pratibha Industries' consolidated net profit rose 27.9% to Rs. 13.61 crore on 22.6% increase in net sales to Rs. 257.80 crore in Q2 September 2010 over Q2 September 2009.

source (http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/Pratibha-Industries-marches-ahead-on-winning-new-order/3468090934)

Great to see visual evidence of the project. Shows that work is truly off the ground.

Thats amazing....Project starts ...without any fuss....protests etc etc...great work....and actually way to work...


Thanks shridhar

^^

There is some problem with some shop owners protesting as their shops fall on the route but that is being dealt with amicably also I think they have created a special cell to deal with any problems like these but other than that the work surprisingly has started very quick.

^^

There is some problem with some shop owners protesting as their shops fall on the route but that is being dealt with amicably also I think they have created a special cell to deal with any problems like these but other than that the work surprisingly has started very quick.

Pink city will soon get his metro:banana::banana:

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Congress wants to showcase this in Jaipur, the kind of speed this project has gathered.

But Gehlot is always captured napping in a meeting/sammelan.
This is despite Congress, as all other developments.
Anyway some good happening for Jaipur. Cheers.

Will Jaypur metro use Broad guage & third rail?

Standard Gauge and OHE

Standard Gauge and OHE

I bet Mitra da is disappointed to hear this.

Construction underway on Ajmer Road. CC:myself

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6398/img6472hs.jpg


ah, you can see DMRC's influence on the project, even their logo is used on the site.

btw there is a jaipur metro logo competition. guys please go ahead and use your imagination.
http://www.jaipurmetrorail.in/logo_competition.html

I AM AVERAGE STUDENTand i think GOING DIRECTLY TO METRO CITY is GOING TO DISTRACT MY MIND a lot so what should i do .....AND guy\girls let me tell u that i AM VERY BAD BOY.

I AM AVERAGE STUDENTand i think GOING DIRECTLY TO METRO CITY is GOING TO DISTRACT MY MIND a lot so what should i do .....AND guy\girls let me tell u that i AM VERY BAD BOY.

i know what are you looking for ;).
click here to fulfill your wishes --> clicky (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/login.php?do=logout&logouthash=1294820104-20410516d5e7bb6ef2788f1b44505a97038f2004) :cheers:

^^ good one :lol:

ah, you can see DMRC's influence on the project, even their logo is used on the site.

Since DMRC is constructing it on behalf of Jaipur metro. But DMRC logo shouldn't be there alone. There should have been Jaipur metro logo even if interim.

i know what are you looking for ;).
click here to fulfill your wishes --> clicky (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/login.php?do=logout&logouthash=1294820104-20410516d5e7bb6ef2788f1b44505a97038f2004) :cheers:

What was there in this link; it's not opening :ohno:

What was there in this link; it's not opening :ohno:

this throws you out of SSC :lol:

:lol: Oh !

^^ good one :lol:

+1. nice one Illu :)

Thanks B2C, Abhi and Shane. :)

Since DMRC is constructing it on behalf of Jaipur metro. But DMRC logo shouldn't be there alone. There should have been Jaipur metro logo even if interim.
What was there in this link; it's not opening :ohno:

agreed, Jaipur Metro is having a logo contest , you guys should participate.

जयपुर मेट्रो रेल परियोजना के पहले चरण को केंद्र सरकार ने सैद्धांतिक मंजूरी दे दी है। पहले चरण में मानसरोवर से चांदपोल की 9.25 किलोमीटर का काम दिल्ली मेट्रो रेल कॉपरेरेशन के जरिए किया जाना है।

केंद्र ने जयपुर मेट्रो के लिए पहली बार इस तरह की सैद्धांतिक मंजूरी ही दी है। मंजूरी का यह प्रावधान अब सभी परियोजनाओं पर लागू करने का फैसला किया है। मंजूरी के साथ केंद्र ने समझौता पत्र भी भेजा है जिसमें केंद्र और राज्य की जिम्मेदारियों का उल्लेख किया गया है। जयपुर मेट्रोपोलिटन क्षेत्र में अब मेट्रो रेल्वेज ऑपरेशंस एंड मैंटीनेंस एक्ट 2002 और मेट्रो रेल्वेज कंस्ट्रक्शन एंड वर्क्*स एक्ट 1978 लागू किया गया है।

यह होगा फायदा: केंद्र से मंजूरी के बाद जयपुर मेट्रो रेल परियोजना को वित्तीय और तकनीकी सहायता मिलने में आसानी होगी। प्रोजेक्ट को केंद्र की मंजूर योजनाओं का पूरा लाभ मिलेगा। मेट्रो के रूट में आने वाली कानूनी बाधाओं का समाधान होगा। परियोजना के दूसरे चरण की मंजूरी मिलने और काम शुरू होने में आसानी रहेगी।

मंजूरी से पहले ही काम शुरू: राज्य सरकार ने मेट्रो प्रोजेक्ट को केंद्र की सैद्धांतिक मंजूरी मिले बिना नवंबर में ही काम शुरू कर दिया था, जबकि केंद्रीय नगरीय विकास मंत्रालय ने 21 जनवरी को इसकी मंजूरी दी है। केंद्र ने कई बार पत्र लिखकर कहा था कि बिना मंजूरी के कोई भी मेट्रो रेल परियोजना क्रियान्वित नहीं कीजा सकती।

Translation: The Central government has given its approval for the first phase (mansarovar to chandpol 9.25km) of the Jaipur Metro. The work will be done by DMRC. This is the first time the centre has given such an approval and has decided that from now on every project will have to get approval. The centre has also sent an agreement letter outlining its and the state's responsibilities. The metro railways operations and mentainance act 2002 and metro railways construction and works act 1978 have now been implemented in the Jaipur Metropolitan region.

The result of all this would mean that that technical and financial help will be easily available. The project will be able to get help from several central govt schemes, any legal hurdles will be solved and when the second phase starts getting approval and getting the work started will be easier.

Originally the State govt had started work in november without getting the approval from the central govt.

cross post from the Jaipur BRTS thread: this is a rendering I found on which explains that special double tier bridge. It's going to be the first of its kind in India if news reported so far is to be believed.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7070/6869654629_5b32c6a079_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76568715@N06/6869654629/)
577i (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76568715@N06/6869654629/) by YagyaYagya2 (http://www.flickr.com/people/76568715@N06/), on Flickr

East-West Corridor
Package III: (Amrut Nagar to Govt.Hostel via:c-zone Byepass,Queen’s Road Jn. & Sodala) Work Of at grade BRT from Mansrovar to Queen’s Road commenced & Elevated Road on Ajmer road including Metro on Tier IInd is being taken up through DMRC. The termini stations of Package III are: Govt. Hostel junction (in the heart of the city) and Iskon Temple Road-New sanganer road junction in Mansarovar which now proposed to extend in a length of 2.7 km extension along the sanctioned corridor towards Sanganer town. Extension of the corridor in south-east direction to connect the sanctioned corridor under Package II at EP junction on Tonk road which is about 1 km from the airport. The length of this stretch of extended corridor shall be 2.7 kms out of which 1.1 km will be elevated road. The elevated road is necessitated on account of the stretch passing through the densely populated area. By stretching be sanctioned corridor under Package III in two important destinations shall be accessed viz., Sanganer town and the Airport. The Modification also under consideration of GoI for approval.:cheers:

मेट्रो के दूसरे चरण को भी केंद्र की सैद्धांतिक मंजूरी

जयपुर मेट्रो के दूसरे चरण के काम को भी केंद्रीय शहरी विकास मंत्रालय ने सैद्धांतिक मंजूरी दे दी है। हाल ही केंद्र ने पहले चरण को मंजूरी दी थी। मुख्यमंत्री अशोक गहलोत ने बुधवार को नई दिल्ली में केंद्रीय शहरी विकास मंत्री कमलनाथ से मुलाकात कर जयपुर मेट्रो परियोजना के बारे में चर्चा की।

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday called on Union minister for urban development Kamal Nath and discussed the development of Jaipur Rail Metro Project. Gehlot also briefed the union minister about the phase II of the project, for which Kamal Nath also gave in-principle approval to begin the work.

Construction of the first part of the first line, comprising 9.2 km from Mansarovar to Chandpol, started on November 13, 2010 and the work on the first phase is expected to be completed by 2013. The second phase will connect Durgapura to Ambabari via Ajmeri Gate and MI Road and will cover about 23 km. The tracks will be elevated till Ajmeri gate and then will go underground. The second phase is expected to be ready by 2015.

मेट्रो के लिए 5 विभागों की जमीनें मांगीं

जयपुर मेट्रो रेल कॉर्पोरेशन ने मेट्रो फंड के लिए पांच विभागों की 2 लाख वर्गमीटर जमीन चिह्नित की है। इन जमीनों को जेएमआरसी को सौंपने के लिए नगरीय विकास विभाग को लिखा गया है। इन जमीनों की कीमत अरबों की है।

इन जमीनों में शिक्षा विभाग की पोद्दार स्कूल की 22,575 वर्गमीटर, न्यू गेट पर जनसंपर्क विभाग की रंगमंच की 1560 वर्गमीटर, गवर्नमेंट हॉस्टल के सामने होमगार्ड की 11,100 वर्गमीटर, सीतापुरा में रीको की 1,50,000 वर्गमीटर व बजाजनगर में खादी ग्रामोद्योग संस्थान की 12,038 वर्गमीटर जमीन है।

सीतापुरा में डिपो बनेगा : सीतापुरा से विद्याधरनगर तक मेट्रो का दूसरा चरण होगा। इसके लिए रीको से सीतापुरा में डिपो बनाने के लिए डेढ़ लाख वर्गमीटर जमीन मांगी गई है। दुर्गापुरा में बी-2 बाईपास से लगती दुर्गापुरा कृषि अनुसंधान केंद्र की कुछ जमीन ली जाएगी। यहां मेट्रो की पार्किंग बनाई जाएगी।

जमीनों से होगी कमाई : जेएमआरसी इन जमीनों को लीज पर, नीलामी पर देकर कमाई करेगा। स्थायी फंड बनाने के लिए इसमें से कुछ जमीनों का बेचान भी किया जा सकता है। कुछ जमीनों पर पार्किंग कॉम्पलैक्स विकसित किया जा सकता है।


The Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation has marked 2 lakh m2 land for Metro fund and has written to the city development authority to hand them over to the JMRC. The land is worth in arabs of rupees.

The second phase of the metro will be from sitapura to vidhyadhar nagar hence the corporation has asked for 1 1/2 lakh m2 land from RIICO to build a depot in sitapura.

मेट्रो में यूकेटीआई ने भी दिखाई रुचि

यूनाइटेड किंगडम भारत के साथ ट्रेड और इन्वेस्टमेंट के लिए विभिन्न क्षेत्रों के साथ जुडऩे के अलावा जयपुर मेट्रो प्रोजेक्ट में भी योगदान देने का इच्छुक है। इस संदर्भ में यूके ट्रेड एंड इन्वेस्टमेंट (यूकेटीआई) ब्रिटिश हाई कमीशन की जयपुर मेट्रो से बातचीत की प्रक्रिया भी चल रही है।

United Kingdom has shown interest in the Jaipur Metro project and Under the UK trade and investment British high commission is having talks regarding this. :cheers:

मेट्रो परियोजना की क्रेन पलटने से कार दबी, एक की मौत

जयपुर। गुरुवार को जयपुर में अजमेर रोड पर जयपुर मेट्रो के लिए खुदाई का काम कर रही क्रेन के पलटने से एक जने की मौत हो गई। इस क्रेन के नीचे एक कार दब गई, महाराष्ट्र नंबर की यह कार पूरी तरह चकनाचूर हो गई । यह कार तलवलकर जिम के विक्रम माहेश्वरी की है, उस समय गाड़ी वही चला रहे थे औऱ अस्पताल ले जाते समय रास्ते में ही उनकी मौत हो गई।

दुर्घटना के बाद अजमेर रोड पर ट्रेफिक जाम हो गया जिसके बाद ट्रेफिक डायवर्ट करना पड़ा। जिस समय यह घटना हुई तब मेट्रो परियोजना में खुदाई का काम बंद था। यहां पर मौजूद लोगों ने बताया कि क्रेन सड़क के बीचों बीच बने डिवाइडर पर खड़ी थी कि क्रेन के नीचे से मिट्टी धंस गई और क्रेन पलट गई।

A man dies after a heavy crane involved in the Jaipur Metro Project toppled on his car. On Thursday, the crane was digging on Ajmer Road for Jaipur Metro. When the accident happened the digging work was at a halt and the crane was in the on the divider. However the soil under the crane sank and it toppled onto the car. The man died on his way to hospital.


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RIP

source (http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/Pratibha-Industries-marches-ahead-on-winning-new-order/3468090934)

Hi SSCaddict i am a fan of u and i want to ask one question regarding mega investment.. is there any natural resources needed to built a steel project in state except land and money...

I bet Mitra da is disappointed to hear this.

You can't deny that third rail is much asthetic.

However, the double decker bridge is really outstanding. Will it really be built in Jaipur?

Hi SSCaddict i am a fan of u and i want to ask one question regarding mega investment.. is there any natural resources needed to built a steel project in state except land and money...

wow!! thanks a lot :cheers:

and as far as natural resources are concerned yes there needs to be iron ore and coking coal nearby to have a steel plant.. also if you are building steel plant for export(like posco) then you should have a port nearby

main positives for jharkhand,chhattisgarh,orissa and WB are that they all are rich in iron ore and coal(infact chhattisgarh and orissa has some of the highest grade iron ore reserves with coal)

whereas karnataka has large iron reserves and they could get coking coal from ports(import) as most of our steel majors import coking coal from australia and indonesia on east coast and africa on west coast.

So YES we need to have natural resources for reducing the transportation costs(as we have different state taxes on freight movement as well as railways charge a lot)

Great news about Jaipur metro starting construction. So that makes it 6 cities where metro work is underway + 1 in advanced planning stage (hyd.)

Good Job Jaipur! I hope other TierII cities follow suite.

@zenith I saw construction activity for hyderabad metro and there were boards displayed too.Check out hyderabad metro section.

मेट्रो परियोजना की क्रेन पलटने से कार दबी, एक की मौत



A man dies after a heavy crane involved in the Jaipur Metro Project toppled on his car. On Thursday, the crane was digging on Ajmer Road for Jaipur Metro. When the accident happened the digging work was at a halt and the crane was in the on the divider. However the soil under the crane sank and it toppled onto the car. The man died on his way to hospital.


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RIP

Its very sad incident. JM claimed its first victim. i hope it is the last one.

Source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Safety-a-challenge-at-Metro-construction-sites/articleshow/7439127.cms)Construction of Metro routes in Jaipur will continue for several months but safety of commuters plying remains a challenge. Work is on at eight places in the city and most of them are heavily crowded with continuous traffic flow. Commuting is allowed on both sides of the construction sites dug up 30 feet deep but safety measures are lacking, posing hazard to the common man.

A city businessman was killed when a piling machine at a Jaipur Metro project site collapsed on his car near Sushilpura last Thursday. Franchise owner of Talwalkars Gym in Jaipur, Vikram Maheshwari (35), was the victim. Going by the current state of the Metro construction, mishaps in future can't be ruled out.

The starting point near Mansarovar Metro station, Gujjar ki Thadi has become a most accident-prone area. Since the work on an underpass is at its peak, the two remaining sides of the intersection, one at New Atish Market and other on New Sanganer Road, have become risky areas for passers-by. Earth has been dug up to 30 feet on the middle of the road diverting traffic from its side, with inadequate barriers to protect an accidental entry of a car or a two-wheeler.

"Work is taking place on a slope, if any accident happens the person can go straight down where there are lots of iron rods," said Privthiraj Singh, resident of Mansarovar who passes daily from that route. As Metro will come up on routes that have high traffic, construction is going on in these areas only that has made roads risky to travel.

Bakery shop owner on Queen's Road Ramratan says it was risky for all as no official is seen to ensure safe traffic movement.

"Traffic jams are commonplace near construction sites and often commuters in a hurry and violate rules so officials must ensure discipline, mainly in the risk-prone areas," he said. Thursday's accident killed Maheshwari but it could have been disastrous had it been more vehicles around, he added.

The Jaipur Development Authority is the nodal body for the Metro rail construction. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation are the two executing bodies whereas ITD Cem India is the official contractor. Delhi Metro is carrying out the construction at the Queen's Road where accident happened on Thursday.

The agencies are using heavy equipment but the mechanics and the machine operators feel the construction areas are narrow and crowded round-the-clock.

"Unlike New Delhi and Mumbai, Jaipur roads are narrower and officials should have worked on safety measures prior to initiating construction," said an engineer at one of the sites.

Source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Probe-panel-to-submit-report-on-Tuesday/articleshow/7439126.cms)
The committee formed to probe mishap at the Jaipur Metro site will submit its report on Tuesday as the manufacturing date of piling rig machine is yet to be received. The manager of the manufacturing company has also been called to give his input into the case. The report would focus on the cause of the accident and the precautions to be taken to avoid such incident in the future.

Meanwhile, a decision was taken to raise the compensation amount from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh for victim's family. The meeting was chaired by principal secretary, UDH, G S Sandhu at secretariat on Sunday. Jaipur development commissioner, Sudhansh Pant, Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation, managing director, Akhil Arora, chief project director, Lalit Meghnani attended the meeting.

Various decisions such as to put sign board on the construction site and to provide helper on every heavy vehicle were also taken in the meeting.

Work on at Metro sites despite police claims (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Work-on-at-Metro-sites-despite-police-claims/articleshow/7434171.cms)
TNN, Feb 6, 2011, 06.14am IST

JAIPUR: Despite the traffic department claiming to have stopped the work at Jaipur Metro sites, work is continuing near Ajmer flyover and Gujjar Ki Thadi. The JMRC officials claimed the work on the Ajmer Road will resume as soon as the report of the committee probing the Thursday mishap, in which a prominent city businessman was killed, arrives on Monday.

Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) and city traffic department officials were apparently at loggerheads as they continued to issue contradictory statements regarding work resumption. To clear the confusion and decide on a future course of action, UDH principal secretary G S Sandhu will hold a meeting of the organisations' officers on Sunday.

After inspecting the sites on Saturday, deputy commissioner of police (DCP), traffic, Rohit Mahajan said that negligence were found at these places and a guideline for further work is being prepared

The traffic department, on Friday, had asked the JMRC officials to stop the work till it is ensured that rules are properly followed. On Saturday, JMRC officials reiterated their claim that the work is going on at all the other sites except for Ajmer Road where the mishap had taken place. They claimed the work at Ajmer Road has been stopped "for the time being to do some self-assessment and because of the mishap," but the trial work continued at two other sites, including Gujjar Ki Thadi, on Saturday.

On the other hand, traffic police claimed on Saturday the work will not be allowed till rules are followed properly.

"Work was going on near Ajmer flyover and on Ajmer Road where the accident occurred on Thursday. Trial runs prior to commencement of track construction on other two sites, including Gujjar Ki Thadi, have not been stopped," said Lalit Meghnani, chief project officer, Jaipur Metro. He denied receiving any instructions in writing from the traffic police to stop work.

"We have faced such problems in Delhi. We are very serious about preventing a repeat of such incidents. We will surely take collective and concrete steps to solve the problems," said the officer. JMRC will follow all state government instructions, he added.

TOI correspondent found the work was in progress at the site near Ajmer flyover. "We are checking the load-bearing capacity of the ground here. No work has been stopped," said an engineer.

At all the sites the heavy machines for piling work and digging were seen stationed as usual. One of these machines had fallen on a car which killed the businessman on Thursday.

DCP Mahajan inspected safety measures at Jaipur Metro sites on Saturday. "The work at these sites has been stopped and we are preparing a guideline for further track construction. Diversions are also planned," said Mahajan. The guideline will be issued on Sunday, he added.

Metro supervisor, engineer get bail (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/7456333.cms)
TNN, Feb 9, 2011, 12.45am IST


JAIPUR: Metro rail project supervisor Sanjay Sharma and site engineer Charan Singh Bohra have been released on bail on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after their arrest in connection with the collapse of a piling machine leading to a fatal accident.

Both the accused, Sharma (31) and Bohra (25), were arrested under Section 304 A (causing death due to negligence) of the IPC late on Monday following the death of a prominent businessman due to the accident on February 3.


Sharma, an employee of Bhagwati company, and Bohra of the ITD, engaged by JMRC for the metro project, were present at the site of the accident near the Queens Road along the Jaipur-Ajmer highway. The falling machine crushed the car driven by city-based businessman Vikram Maheshwari. He died on the way to hospital.


SHO Babulal Joshi told TOI that Sharma was arrested for allowing the machine to operate at the site despite knowing the fact that it was not suitable for the place. Bohra was also taken into custody as it was the site engineer's responsibility for the machine's operation in the area, Joshi said.

So far, police had arrested three persons in connection with the case including the operator of the machine, Hasnayan. All of them have been released on bail.

Following the accident, a three-member enquiry committee was constituted by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to probe into the mishap and directed it submit its report on Tuesday.

The report of the committee, comprising director (projects), DMRC's general Manger (civil works) and additional general manager (safety) was, however, delayed by a day and will only come in on Wednesday.

Attributing the delay to the late filing of machine manufacturer's report, DMRC chief project officer Lalit Meghnani said the company filed its opinion on the collapsed machine on Tuesday. It would clear if any inappropriate operation occurred in the machine, he said, adding that the committee has to go through the manufacturers' report before finalising its own.[/QUOTE]

This is really bad news! :(

no. not really. it is sad though.

Why Jaipur committed some accidents during to construction of subway lines? Be cool, think safety at first.

lol wut?

Why Jaipur committed some accidents during to construction of subway lines? Be cool, think safety at first.

??????????? what are you trying to jabber... err.. say?? and what was that rant about "when Kolkata Metro is planing to go under Hooghly. why CAN'T Delhi Metro construct under Yamuna???"

fyi, there seems to be a lack of the word "can't" in DMRC's dictionary.

tragic it is, the accident which claimed a life at a Jaipur Metro site. here's wishing smooth sailing ahead, without any accidents :) I request Jaipur ppl to post some pictures as updates :)