VOLUME
7
July 2017
Moving People, Sustaining Growth
CHAIRMAN
Thiru Durga Shanker Mishra, I.A.S., SECRETARY
MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT
GOVT. OF INDIA
CHENNAI METRO RAIL LIMITED
Thiru Pankaj Kumar Bansal, I.A.S.,
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Trail run commenced between Little Mount and AG-DMS
The underground construction works of the
Chennai Metro Rail Limited Corridor 1 between
Little Mount and AG- DMS is stirring abuzz with
the first trail run on 20.07.2017 with the senior
officials of CMRL attending the flag- off. The
locomotive was taken on a trial ride on the
down-line stretch of around 4km. After this
trail run, round the clockwork is going on in Up-
Line. Also, the entire team is excited, as a major section of underground corridor
serving the Mount Road will be ready soon.
Subsequent trial run with Metro trains in this stretch shall start after completion of
system works, which are in advance stage. Integrated trials followed by System
integration tests will be conducted during the trials to get the stretch ready for
operations.
CMRL commenced the revenue operations in
its first underground section in May 2017 and
now is working in completing the works for
extending the services along the arterial roads
of Chennai, which serve as the lifeline to the city
with traffic congestion being a way of life. Soon,
Metro is expected to decongest the Mount
road and restoration works are being taken up.
Apart from completion works of the installation of various systems including Tunnl
Ventilation, HVAC, Signaling, Platform Screen Doors, Automatic Fare Collection (AFC)
gates, the final lap of finishing work on the underground Metro stations at AG-DMS,
Teynampet, Nandanam and Saidapet too is underway.
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Underground Sections & Tunneling Work Progress as on 31.07.2017
Package TBM From ToTunnelling
length in mtrCompleted
in mtr
Percentage completed
UAA 01 TBM 1 Washermenpet Metro Egmore Metro 4445 4445 100
TBM 2 Washermenpet Metro Egmore Metro 4445 4445 100
TBM 3 May Day Park Central Metro 2080 2080 100
UAA 02 TBM 1 May Day Park AG-DMS 3616 3156 87.3
TBM 2 May Day Park AG-DMS 3616 2724 75.33
UAA 03 Saidapet Metro AG-DMS 5736 5736 100
UAA 04 Egmore Metro Shenoy Nagar 6776 6776 100
UAA 05 Shenoy Nagar Thirumangalam 5594 5594 100
UAA 08 TBM 1 Washermenpet Korukkupet 2000 863.8 43.19
TBM 2 Washermanpet Korrukupet 2000 885 44.25
Total 40308 36704.8 91.06
thAn in-house session on “Stress Management” was conducted on 8 July 2017 for CMRL officers/staff at CMRL Admin Building.
The following were covered during the session:
(i) General attitude towards life
(ii) Effects of Stress
(iii) Life style & Food habits
(iv) Resultant impact on body & mind
(v) Basic physical activities using the wisdom of yoga and varma
(vi) Meditation techniques
(vii) Breathing techniques
Stress Management Session at Admin Building
Gallery
Work in progress at Central Metro Station Work in progress at High Court Metro Station
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Welcome to CMRL Family
Awards and Rewards
Sl.No Thiru/Tmt/Selvi Designation
1. Arivuselvan. S JGM (Civil)
2. Usha Sivasankaran DGM (Design)
3. Pandiyan. S PRO
4. Srinivasaraghavan N.E Consultant (Survey)
5. Sankara Kumar. P Consultant (Legal)
6. Prabakaran.N
Site Engineer (Civil)
7. Pravinmuthukkumar. D
8. Vinothkumar. K
9. Arunagiri. K
10. Govind. G
Executive Trainee (Civil)
11. Thirumurugan. B
12. Narendra Kumar Pal
13. Atul Kumar
14. Ravi Kumar
15. Subhash Kumar
16. Naveen. P.M
17. Kandregula Mohan V Appala Naidu
18. Deepak Kumar
19. Sathiya Narayanan. C
20. Vignesh Kunjithapadam. N
21. Prateek Saxena
22. Domin T Kariyil
23. Darab Singh
24. Vignesh. V
Operations Efficiency Award
The following Station Controllers have been awarded Operational
Efficiency Award in the under-ground metro stations;
1) B.Gautam (Emp.No: 5224) 2) M.Priya (Emp.No: 5042) 3) V.James Arputharaj ( Emp.No: 5254) 4) S.Sujatha (Emp.No: 5199)
Their consistent effort to operate the station in an efficient manner
is highly commendable.
The following staffs have been awarded for their extraordinary performance;
1. Thiru Ramesh S – JE (Mechanical)2. Thiru Jayabalachakravarthy L – Plumber
3. Selvi Yogapriya T- JE(S/SC/TO)
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Editor Thiru S. Pandiyan, JD/PRO
Sub-EditorSelvi. Shruti Shambavi. R, AM (PR)
Please address all correspondence to: The Editor,
Chennai Metro Rail Limited, "Administration Building",
CMRL Depot, Poonamallee High Road, Koyambedu, Chennai - 600 107.
Published by :Chennai Metro Rail Limited
Educational trips for Government School Students
In an attempt to bring awareness to the students of Government Schools
across the Metro Rail alignment in the city, CMRL has planned a monthly
educational trip from Nehru Park to Airport for the students. The
students will be explained the features of the Metro Train and its Stations
during the trip.
The educational trips commenced from 13.07.2017 and a total of 1500
students from Government and Corporation Schools have taken this
education trips till 31.07.2017.
Students along with their teachers from Chennai Girls Higher Secondary
School, Pulla Avenue, Shenoy Nagar, ICF Colony Primary Schools, Silver
Jubilee Nursery & primary School, Silver Jubilee Matric & Higher Sec
School and CHSS Subburayan School participated in this educational trips
.
The Students were given a trip from Nehru Park to Airport and were
briefed about the several facilities provided by Metro Rail including
various safety features available in the Metro Stations and Trains.
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