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Hans India
19-05-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Semi high-speed circular suburban rail on anvil
Vijayawada: The State government has planned to establish semi high-speed circular suburban rail services for improving connectivity and traffic facilities in Vijayawad-Guntur-Tenali (V-G-T) area. Accordingly, an alignment connecting the important places in the vicinity has been chosen Vijayawada – Namburu – Amaravati – Guntur - Tenali – Vijayawada. Andhra Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (APMRC) has appointed Urban Mass Transit Company Limited (UMTC) for preparation of feasibility study and a detailed project report for the suburban rail services within V-G-T area. Vijayawada and Guntur are the major cities falling within the APCRDA (AP Capital Region Development Authority) and other surrounding growth centres including Krishna Canal, Duggirala, Tenali, Vejendla, Mangalagiri, Sattenapalli, Nuzvid, Gudivada and Gannavaram. The present situation of the existing rail system is that, a passenger train takes 1 hour 20 minutes and an express train takes one hour travel time from Guntur to Vijayawada of 32.17 km. The Howrah-Chennai East Coast corridor of Indian Railways is fully busy and over saturated. The branch lines have few trains and are slow in mixed traffic movement. As such, faster passenger trains are not able to be run for the regional commuters in this area. A faster commuting semi high-speed suburban rail system is therefore required for the development of this regional hub. The Union Ministry of Railways has conveyed in-principle approval to the project. It is planned to be taken up under joint venture model under Suburban Rail Policy - 2017. The semi high speed circular suburban rail covers Vijayawada, PNBS Station, Krishna Canal, Peddavadlapudi, Chiluvuru, Duggirala, Kolakaluru, Tenali, Sangam, Vejandla, Old Guntur, Guntur, Koritepadu, Hindu College Hostel, Guntur City, MG Inner Ring Road, Auto Nagar, Namburu, Kaza, Mangalagiri, Tadikonda, Peddaparimi, proposed Reservoir station.
Time of India
28-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
AP metro rail corp seeks consultant for Vizag proj
Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh metro rail corporation (APMRC) has issued a request for proposal (RfP) for the appointment of a general consultant for the Visakhapatnam metro rail project phase one. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now APMRC board of directors recently approved the implementation of both Vizag and Vijayawada metro rail projects under the EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) model, by engaging general consultants. This decision was made in light of the numerous advantages offered by this approach. If interim consultants were appointed instead, they would charge approximately 0.2% of the project cost—around 20 crore—for a 12-month period to assist with preliminary activities until the general consultants were engaged. According to APMRC officials, adopting the EPC model with general consultants is expected to save 20 crore for both the Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam metro projects. To facilitate this, APMRC issued RfP for the general consultant for the Vizag metro project, in accordance with the requirements of multilateral funding agencies such as the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Moreover, the regional office of the metro rail corporation will be relocated to the VMRDA office in Visakhapatnam, with operations expected to commence there in the next few months. APMRC has also issued another tender for furnishing and installation works of the regional office at the VMRDA office in Siripuram. According to APMRC officials, there could be several drawbacks to engaging an executing agency on a turnkey basis. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now This could lead to objections from multilateral funding agencies, increased costs due to turnkey overheads, limited control over procurement and quality, and potential delays arising from coordination with local stakeholders. Given these disadvantages, APMRC has decided to execute the projects on an EPC basis with general consultants. The chosen consultant will support in procurement, design, construction management, supervision, system integration, interface management, testing, and commissioning of the Vizag metro rail project.
