50% of Ahmedabad Metro’s Land Acquisition Complete

As per a recently published report, 50% of the land acquisition for Ahmedabad Metro’s Phase I costing approx 770 crores has been completed. This represents about 45 hectares out of 90 hectares required for building various components of the project like stations, parking lots, depots and utilities.
MEGA Signboard - photo: Counter View, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)
MEGA Signboard – photo: Counter View, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)
Out of those 45 hectares, 40 hectares are required for the Apparel Park Depot on the East-West line and Gyaspur Depot on the North-South line. Roughly 25 hectares of land will be used temporarily to setup 10 casting yards for building segments that will be launched to form the metro viaduct (bridge). As for private properties held by individuals, 20+ such properties have been identified which will be acquired.
According to another report, officials from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will soon visit the city to confirm the rehabilitation efforts taken by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) for the project affected families. As per the official agenda (over somechai–biskoot), they will inquire about how environmental and socio-economic issues are planned to be dealt with. If the meeting goes satisfactorily then the JICA will proceed to release the first installment of the Rs 5,900 crore loan for the project.

[Pics] New Piling Work Images from Ahmedabad

After last month’s update (see: Piling work begins in Ahmedabad), here are some new images that have emerged on Flickr of the piling work taking place in Ahmedabad.
Piling Work in Ahmedabad - photo: Sherlock Holmes, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)
Piling Work in Ahmedabad – photo: Sherlock Holmes, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)
Piling Work in Ahmedabad - photo: Sherlock Holmes, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)
Piling Work in Ahmedabad – photo: Sherlock Holmes, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)
Piling Work in Ahmedabad - photo: Sherlock Holmes, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)
Pile reinforcement cage being lowered into the ground – photo: Sherlock Holmes, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)
Piling Work in Ahmedabad - photo: Sherlock Holmes, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)
Piling Work in Ahmedabad – photo: Sherlock Holmes, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)
As a reminder, the images above are from the initial 6 km stretch from Vastral Gam to Apparel Park in the eastern part of the city that J Kumar Infra is building.

Metro Work in Ahmedabad’s West Side to Begin in October

Following the release of two civil construction tenders earlier this month (See: Tenders Released for Two Sections of Ahmedabad’s Metro), MEGA has announced that the contractor for those tenders will be selected by the end of September. Following that, construction work on Ahmedabad’s North-South corridor will finally begin in October, right at the peak of the festive season.
Ahmedabad Metro Barricade - photo: Quora
Ahmedabad Metro Barricade – photo: Quora
The section from Shreyas to Ranip is the the last section for which tender(s) have not been issued so far, but officials plan to do so in the last week of December or January 2016. Work has already started on the 6 km stretch from Vastral Gam to Apparel Park in the eastern part of the city as part of the East-West Metro line and images of it can be found here: [Pics] New Piling Work Images from Ahmedabad.
The interchange station between the North-South and East-West lines will come up near the Old High Court and since both the corridors will be elevated at this point, their design is still being worked out prior to floating the civil construction tender to have it built. From what’s been announced, the North-South line will be placed above the East-West line.
For more updates on Ahmedabad’s Metro, 

Systra Led Consortium Appointed Ahmedabad Metro’s General Engineering Consultant

The Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar & Ahmedabad (MEGA) Co. Ltd recently announced that for Phase 1 of the project, it has appointed a General Engineering Consultant comprising of different companies. These companies include France’s Systra S.A., India’s RITES, Japan’s Oriental Consultants Global and AECOM Asia from Hong Kong. The Letter of Acceptance (LoA) was issued on Friday, September 4.
Photo Copyright: Desh Gujarat
Photo Copyright: Desh Gujarat
The objective of this contract is to obtain General Engineering Consultancy Services for design review and commissioning of the Phase-I of the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project in relation to all civil structures, alignment, tracks, signals, telecom facilities, traction arrangement, power supply, rolling stocks, stations, depots, offices, bridges, flyovers, fire alarm, fire detection, public health & environment.
Apart from this, the GEC will monitor all contract works in progress, identify any delay from schedule including coordination conflicts and recommend measures to eliminate or mitigate problems and implement the measures with the approval of MEGA Co. Ltd. The appointment of GEC will accelerate construction and commissioning of the project in phased manner and also enable MEGA to rope in experts from domestic as well as global metro rail industry which will help to place the Metro Rail Project on fast-track.
Piling work, soil testing and other tendering works are in full swing in different parts of Ahmedabad, so if you’re interesting in knowing more & seeing site images

Ahmedabad Metro’s East-West Line Taking Shape on Vastral Road

The rebar for the first couple of piers to support Ahmedabad Metro’s elevated viaduct is up at multiple locations! The following images were shot at Vastral Gam near the Sardar Patel Ring Road and show the initial 6 km stretch from Vastral Gam to Apparel Park in the eastern part of the city. The Rs 278.12 crore contract for this section (excluding the stations) was awarded to J Kumar Infra earlier this year in January.
Enjoy!
Photo Copyright: Sherlock Holmes
Shipment of pre-tied rebar cages arriving on site- Photo Copyright: Sherlock Holmes

Photo Copyright: Sherlock Holmes
Load testing in progress – Photo Copyright: Sherlock Holmes
Photo Copyright: Sherlock Holmes
Completed piles awaiting a pile cap – Photo Copyright: Sherlock Holmes
Photo Copyright: Sherlock Holmes
View of rebar sticking out for 2 piers – Photo Copyright: Sherlock Holmes
Under construction along the drain that divide Rita Nagar with Ashravi Nagar - Photo Copyright: Sherlock Holmes
Under construction along the drain that divides Rita Nagar with Ashravi Nagar – Photo Copyright: Sherlock Holmes
Photo Copyright: Sherlock Holmes
Another site where rebar is being tied up for piers – Photo Copyright: Sherlock Holmes
Photo Copyright: Sherlock Holmes
Workers tying up the rebar to give shape to a pier – Photo Copyright: Sherlock Holmes
For more updates on Ahmedabad’s metro, 

Metro Piling work begins in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad is all set to become metro city!
To give you a little background, the contract to build an initial 6 km stretch from Vastral Gam to Apparel Park in the eastern part of the city was awarded to J Kumar Infraprojects in February and piling work for it has been spotted at various sites. This stretch is part of the 20.53 Km East-West Corridor that will run from Thaltej Gam to Vastral Gam.
Barricades On-Site - photo: Rushabh Gandhi, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)
Barricades On-Site – photo: Rushabh Gandhi, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)

Ahmedabad1
Piling Work – photo: Rushabh Gandhi, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)
The ground breaking ceremony was held on March 14 and civil works are expected to completed by September 2016. As per various sources, land acquisition has also been chugging along somewhat nicely. Roughly 50% of the 90 hectares required for the project (primarily for the depots at Gyaspur and Apparel Park) have been acquired while the rest is slated to be acquired soon.
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)