The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) is a state
owned company that operates the Delhi Metro in the National Capital Region of
India. Besides operating the metro, the DMRC is also involved in the planning
and implementation of metro rail, monorail and high speed rail projects in
India. The DMRC has equal equity participation from the Government of India and
the Government of Delhi.
History
DMRC was registered on 3 May 1995 under the Companies Act,
1956 for the implementation and subsequent operation of the Delhi Metro. E.
Sreedharan was appointed as the first managing director of DMRC. Sreedharan
handed over charge as MD of DMRC to Mangu Singh on 31 December 2011.
The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) instructed the DMRC
to set up a separate subsidiary company to provide consultancy services. The
intention was to let DMRC focus on the Delhi Metro while the separate firm will
provide consultancy services. The decision was reportedly taken following the
appointment of DMRC as a consultant in the Kochi Metro project, on the Kerala
Government's insistence. According to an MoUD official, "The objective is
to provide consultancy services without infringing in the main functioning of
Delhi Metro. The sister company of the DMRC will also be registered under
Companies Act 1956."
DMRC has made it compulsory to wear safety helmets on
construction sites. It also earns carbon credits with rainwater harvesting at
metro stations and runs an HIV/AIDS programme for workers.
Work on
other Projects
Consultant
The DMRC has a business development department which is in
charge of the consultancy services. DMRC has served as the project consultant
and has prepared detailed project reports (DPR) for every metro and monorail
project in India except the Chennai MRTS, which was constructed before the
formation of DMRC. DMRC also serves as consultant and prepared the DPR for the
proposed. Thiruvananthapuram - Mangalore High-Speed Passenger Corridor.
In September 2012, DMRC announced that it had been awarded
the work of 'Management Consulting Services' of the Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit
system by the Indonesian government. This will be DMRC's first project outside
India. DMRC will work as part of a joint venture with 8 other international
companies including Padeco and Oriental Consultant, PT Ernst and Young Advisory
Services, PT Indotek Engineering Jaya, PT Pamintori Cipia, Lambaga Management
and PT Public Private Partnership from Indonesia and Seneca Group. DMRC has
stated that its main responsibilities in the JV will be the "finalisation
of the organisational structure of the Jakarta Metro, recruitment of personnel,
development of training facilities and the training of the employees for
various categories required for commencing the operations".
Former DMRC Managing Director, E. Sreedharan claimed that
DMRC has been sought as a consultant for developing metro rail infrastructure
in Colombo, Dhaka, Damascus, Lahore and Israel.
Implementation
The DMRC is involved with the implementation, including
construction, of the Kochi Metro and Jaipur Metro.
DMRC
Institute
DMRC Training Institute in Shastri Park, Delhi is used for
training staff and executives of metro rail operators in India. This institute
provides 'simulator' training in which motormen learn how to drive trains in
modes such as the Automatic Train. Its training also includes Siemens signaling
system and station operation and management, among other aspects. It is the
only metro rail training institute in South Asia. DMRC has trained 300 staff
from Namma Metro, Kochi Metro, Chennai Metro, Rapid Metro Gurgaon and Jaipur
Metro.
DMRC in partnership with Indian Institute of Technology
Delhi is offering a one-year postgraduate diploma in metro technology. The
course will produce 25 executives a year to staff metros across India. Indian
Institute of Technology Madras also offers a similar course.
Notable
Works
Delhi Metro
Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system serving Delhi,
Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida, and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region of
India. Delhi Metro is the world's 13th largest metro system in terms of length.
Delhi Metro is India's first modern public transportation system, which has
revolutionized travel by providing a fast, reliable, safe, and comfortable
means of transport. The network consists of six lines with a total length of
189.63 kilometres (117.83 mi) with 142 stations, of which 35 are underground,
five are at-grade, and the remainder are elevated. All stations have
escalators, elevators, and tactile tiles to guide the visually impaired from
station entrances to trains.
The metro has an average daily ridership of 2.01 million
commuters, and, as of August 2010, had already carried over 1.25 billion commuters
since its inception. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has been certified by the
United Nations as the first metro rail and rail-based system in the world to
get "carbon credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions" and
helping in reducing pollution levels in the city by 630,000 tonnes every year.
Delhi Metro has also helped a great deal in reducing the traffic on the busy
Delhi roads since its inception. Delhi Metro is only the second metro in the
world after New York City Subway to be ISO 14001 certified for environmentally
friendly construction.
Kochi Metro
Kochi Metro, is an under construction rapid transit system
for the city of Kochi in Kerala, India. The first phase is being set up at an estimated
cost of INR5181 crore (US$880 million), and is expected to be completed by 7
June 2016. Kochi Metro will have one line and a total of 22 stations. The
system length of the Kochi Metro will be 25.612 km.
On 22 December 2004, the Government of Kerala assigned the
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) the task of preparing the detailed project
report (DPR) for the Kochi Metro rail project. It was expected to start by 2006
and complete by 2010. But the project was delayed because the Central
Government expressed serious doubts about the economic viability of the
project.
Jaipur Metro
The Jaipur Metro is a rapid transit system under
construction in the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Construction of the first
part of the first line, comprising 9.2 km from Mansarovar to Chandpole Bazaar, started on November 13,
2010.The Jaipur Metro Rail system is expected to be India's fourth Metro Rail
system after those in Kolkata, Delhi and Bangalore, with the
Mansarovar-Chandpole segment expected to open to the public as early as August
2013.On 4 July 2013 Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot after review meeting
directed officials not to settle for any compromises on the quality of work and
safety of people. With this, the metro poject in the pink city will not start
running until December 2013.Jaipur Metro will have two lines and a total of 29
stations and the system length will be 32.5 km.
Jakarta Mass
Rapid Transit
The Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit System is an ongoing
infrastructure project in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. It consists
of a partially elevated and partially underground railway system. Soft
launching of the first phase of the project took place on May 2, 2013. Jakarta
is the capital city of Indonesia, harboring over 8 million inhabitants. It is
predicted that over four million residents of the surrounding Jabodetabek area
commute to and from the city each working day. Transport issues have
increasingly begun to attract political attention and it has been forseen that
without a major transportation breakthrough, traffic jams will overwhelm the
city by 2020.
The rail-based Jakarta MRT is expected to stretch across
over 108 kilometres, including 21.7 km for the North-South Corridor (From Lebak
Bulus to Kampung Bandan) and 87 km for East-West Corridor(From Balaraja to
Cikarang). This will be DMRC's first project outside India. DMRC will work as
part of a joint venture with 8 other international companies including Padeco
and Oriental Consultant, PT Ernst and Young Advisory Services, PT Indotek
Engineering Jaya, PT Pamintori Cipia, Lambaga Management and PT Public Private
Partnership from Indonesia and Seneca Group.DMRC has stated that its main
responsibilities in the JV will be the "finalisation of the organisational
structure of the Jakarta Metro, recruitment of personnel, development of
training facilities and the training of the employees for various categories required
for commencing the operations".
Thiruvananthapuram–Mangalore
high-speed passenger corridor
The Thiruvananthapuram–Mangalore high-speed passenger
corridor is a proposed high-speed rail corridor in India connecting the capital
city of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram with Mangalore in Karnataka.
The Thiruvananthapuram – Mangalore high-speed passenger
corridor was mooted in the 2009-10 budget speech of the LDF government. The
project was cleared by the State Cabinet in February 2010.The Kerala State Industrial
Development Corporation (KSIDC) was appointed as the nodal agency to develop
the project. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) conducted the
pre-feasibility study of the project. The pre-feasibility report recommended
that the project should be extended by another 42km to Mangalore instead of the
original proposal for the northern terminus to be at Kasargod, as the projected
traffic load tapered to a thin margin between Kozhikode and Kasargod. DMRC will
submit a detailed project report (DPR) for the project by July 2013. The
corridor length will be 630 km and will comprise of 11 stations.
Apart from these projects DMRC has also been sought as a consultant for developing
metro rail infrastructure in Colombo, Dhaka, Damascus, Lahore and Israel.
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