Project: Delhi Metro

Techno Feasibility Report

The objectives The major objectives of the Mass Rapid Transit System were to improve NCRs environment by reducing vehicular traffic overcrowding and pollution. The Project is expected to help reduce traffic congestion, exhaust emissions, and other types of urban pollution caused by road transport vehicles, and to play a vital role in enhancing Delhi's transit system. Outcomes 271.45 ha of land required for the project A punctuality of 6 minutes is being maintained at present during peak hours. This interval would gradually be reduced to 3 minutes. Train-sets of four coaches in rake have been put into service. They run at intervals of 8 to 10 minutes from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. The maximum speed of the Metro is 80 km/h with an average stoppage time of 20 seconds at each station. Delhi Mass Rapid Transit System is essentially a social sector project, whose benefits will pervade over wide sections of the economy. In fact phase I was expected to generate the following benefits to the city. 21.82 lakhs commuter trips per day will be siphoned off the roads. This would mean 2,600 less buses on the roads leading to increase in average speed of buses from 10.5 km/h to 14 km/h. Metro will reduce journey time by 50 to 75 percent. Saving of 2 million man-hours per day due to reduced journey time. Saving in fuel cost worth Rs. 5 billion per year Space saving- The metro can carry traffic as 9 lanes of buses / 33 lanes of motor cars (either way) Delhi will experience a net benefit of Rs. 437.23 lacks per day. More comfortable & safe travel for the commuters Reduction in atmospheric pollution levels by 50%. Reduction in accident rates. q Improvement in the Quality of life.

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Indigenization Initially DMRC procured 240 coaches of which 60 (4 trains) were manufactured in ROTEM, Korea. BEML Bangalore was to manufacture the other 180 coaches (45 trains). Starting with the local assembly and testing of a few trains, BEML would manufacture the coach shell, traction motor, converter inverter unit, battery, passenger announcement and information system, air-conditioning units and seats. This will help in acquiring capability and avoiding import of trains for the forthcoming metro projects in Bangalore, Ahmadabad, Mumbai and Hyderabad. Time Frame The project report stipulated implementation of the project within 10 years from 01/04/1995 to 31/03/2005. As more than 3 years had elapsed by the time DMRC started functioning, the implementation period for the I phase was compressed to 7 years starting from 01/04/1998 to 31/03/2005. II Phase is scheduled to begin in 2005 & end in 2010. The time frame for Phases I, II, III & IV are as shown under. Phase I Starting 1998 Line 1 - Stage 1 7.92 km Shahadra-Tis Hazari - 12 months Line 1 - Stage 2 4.74 km Tis Hazari-Inder Lok - 10 months Line 1 - Stage 3 9.40 km Inder Lok-Rithala - 3 months Line 2 - Stage 1 3.94 km Vishwavidyalaya-Kashmere Gate 12 months Line 2 - Stage 1 6.89 km Kashmere Gate-Central Secretariat - 6 months Line 3 - Barakhamba Road - Kirti Nagar 7.20 km 6 months Line 3 - 16.00 km Kirti Nagar Dwarka 9months Phase II Starting 2005 Line 1A-6.1 km Rithala - Barwala Line 2A-8.6 km Vishwa Vidyalaya - New Azadpur - S G Transport Nagar Line 2B-18.2 km Central Secretariat - AIIMS - Vasant Kunj Line 3A-6.5 km Dwaraka Subcity Extension Line 3B-15.3 km Barakhamba Road - Mayur Vihar -NOIDA Phase III Starting 2011 Line 1A - 5 km Barwala-Bawana Line 4 - 11.5 km Vasant Kunj-IGI Airport- Dwaraka Sector 9 Group 8 Page 2

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Line 5 - 34 km Jahangirpuri-Raja Garden- AIIMS-Okhla Line 6 - 13.7 km Yamuna Depot-Dilshad Nagar-Nandnagri Phase IV Starting 2016 Line 7-24 km Jahangirpuri-Peeragarhi- Vikaspuri- Sagarpur Line 8-34 km Dwaraka-Khanjawala- Bawana-Narela Line 9-12 km Andheria Bagh-IFFCO Chowk

Construction Technology
Subways Two subways near Welcome and Seelampur Metro Station were constructed to enable people staying near the existing railway tracks, on the Shahdara- Delhi Main line, to cross the tracks safely through box tunnels. The 3 meters high, 6 meters horizontal and 30 meters long boxes were inserted below the existing Northern Railway tracks without disturbing the train movement of Northern Railway. This astonishing feat was achieved in a record number of 22 days. Yamuna Bridge A state of the art 553 m long continuous, single pre stressed box girder bridge, for two tracks across the river Yamuna, was completed on 2nd Feb, 2001 in a period of just 30 months by using a special technique called Incremental Launching. This construction technique was ideally suited for busy cities like Delhi because it allowed construction without any major disruption of traffic. Since sections advance the bridge, unlike conventionally built bridges, there are no joints and this has also ensured a smooth, bump free journey for commuters. Underground Metro Metro Stations Metro Stations would generally be located 12.85 meters below ground level except Chawri Bazaar Station which lies below 2 to 3 stories high buildings and therefore will be located at 20 meter below ground level. Out of the 10 stations in phase I, 9 were constructed with the ' cut-and-cover' method in areas close to surface and the tenth namely Chawri Bazaar, was constructed by combining the ' cut-and cover' and underground tunnelling. Out of the total 10.84 km, approximately 4 km of twin bore tunnel from Kashmere Gate to Patel Chowk were constructed using Tunnel Boring Machines Group 8 Page 3

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(TBM), because in most of the area the land cannot be occupied on the surface to facilitate construction by cut and cover method. The bored tunnel construction for the metro corridor involves tunneling through both, rock and soft ground, and so two types of TBMs are used - Rock TBMs for the rock and Earth Pressure Balancing Machines (EPBM) for soft soils Elevated Rail Sections The alignment is underground from Barakhamba Road to the start of Panchkuian Road. The section will be on ramp from the start of Panchkuian Road till full rail level is gained for approx. 520m after which the entire section will be elevated. The alignment will pass through Barakhamba Road, Panchkuian Road, Link Road, Pusa Road, Patel Road & Najafgarh Road.

Power Requirement Analysis and Probable sources:

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