SPOTLIGHT AGENCIES
Written By Ravi_D - 2 March, 2010
Bangalore Namma Metro Citizen Reports BMRC Tracking underground Transportation public transport Metro Rail Phase1
Just noticed the numbers for land acquisition in the Feb Newsletter.
UG NS Stretch - Proposed: 14, Possession Taken: 8, Demolished: 7
UG EW Stretch - Proposed: 129, Possession Taken:0 (!), Demolished: 0 (!).
Read in DH today that the UG-EW Stretch is awarded.
If the acquisition numbers are correct, brace yourself. Contractors will have a perfect excuse for all further delays - The stretch took an additional year and a half.... because.... we couldn't get our TBM underground!
sanjayv - 11 November, 2011 - 05:59
Agree that incentives will generally work in speeding up things. The question is by how much. Somebody has to do a detailed analysis, identify the risks and rewards and take some calls. We (Praja) are necessarily not best placed to do that.
The bottom line however remains the same.... get the reach of this thing extended ASAP so that people find value to board the Metro. One thing I am confident of is that with proper management, it should be possible to make good progress before the 2015 deadline.
sanjayv - 10 November, 2011 - 16:36
Metro UG section will only be ready in 4 years. Estimated losses are 65 lakhs a day which is about a 1000 crores in 4 years. The currrent operating segment is a toy train.
It is clear what the focus of BMRCL should be. Try and figure out ways to extend the range of the metro to get more ridership and increase revenue What could it be?
Option 1: Speed up phase II work and extend this line to ITPL.
Option 2: Use buses to bridge the segment between the elevated sections
Option 3: Look at partial commissioning of the underground segments. For example, if the current metro line could even go up to Majestic and then turn around, that is a plus.
The N-S segment could probavly have another set of toy trains running?
Ideally BMRCL should identify options and work towards that plan.
Connect ITPL - option 1 works best..
srinidhi - 11 November, 2011 - 01:00
About option 3, BMRCL is thinking to open the reach 3 (peenya-swastik/mantri mall) section in 2013..but was passing thru the metro route yest..there is way too much work left..so thats gonna get delayed too..
Option 1 works in the best interest of everyone..it can be worked out well if it gets the right impetus from all ends and is prioritized well..
Ravi_D - 11 November, 2011 - 04:34
Given the right incentives, planning & coordination, UG segment can probably be operational sooner. Why only UG, the entire network follows suit. Declare a 10% a year early completion bonus (and 10% a year penalty for delays) - next day you will wonder where all those workers were hiding!
That could cost you more money, of course. We seem to be more inclined to incur escalation costs instead (for which there is an implied commitment). Though, if you run the numbers right, the former approach might turn out to be cheaper overall.
Ravi_D - 10 November, 2011 - 04:12
Source: Today's DH
NS UG has been ordered finally (Tanstonnelboy-Coastal JV).
Three TBMs have also been ordered. One from Seli, Italy and 2 from Herenknecht, China. Expected arrival - mid 2012.
The underground section of Phase-I of Namma Metro is unlikely to begin its commercial operations by December 2014, the latest deadline, thanks mainly to delay in arrival of earth pressure balanced (EPB) machines.
The starting of commercial operations, which was originally scheduled for June 2012 was later revised to December 2013. However, the deadline was extended to March 2014 and finally the latest deadline is now fixed at December 2014
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