French Minister for Transport Frederic Cuvillier will have a dialogue with French investors in Tamil Nadu in Chennai on February 15. A release from the office of French Consul General here said Cuvillier is part of the delegation of Ministers accompanying French President Francois Hollande during his two-day State visit to India from February 14. ...
10:54 AM, Feb 11, 2013
Chennai: Tunnel boring machines (TBMs) will begin burrowing beneath Washermenpet and May Day Park in the last week of September or October first week to build the underground infrastructure for metro rail, according to a Chennai Metro Rail spokesperson. The spokesperson told City Express that the tunnel boring machines are being lowered into the vertical shafts in these two sites and operations are set to begin soon. Metro rail is...
03:11 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Chennai: Human failure was the cause for the accident at Metro Rail construction site near Pachaiyappas College, here, that resulted in the death of a migrant labourer and injuries to six others, according to an initial enquiry report. Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) General Manager (construction) V Somasundaram told Express on Monday that the initial finding was that the operator mishandled the crane, which resulted in the crane boom, that...
01:33 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Chennai: Police have arrested two persons in connection with a crane accident that killed a Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) worker at a construction site near Pachaiyappas College here on Wednesday night. Kanagaraj (32), site manager of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), and Rajesh (34), deputy project manager of Valecha Engineering, were arrested by TP Chathiram Inspector M Royappan on Wednesday night. The police said Valecha had obtained sub-contract from L&T...
01:18 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Chennai: After the State government zeroed in on two options suggested by Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority to expand Chennai Metropolitan Area, it is likely that the State may adopt the second option of extending the CMA to 8,878 square kilometers. At a workshop on Regional planning Perspective for Chennai Mega Region here on Thursday, chief planner of CMDA S Chithra suggested that the second option, which includes the whole of...
12:58 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Chennai: Fear, anger and a lack of information was perceptible as over a 100 workers gathered around the Metro rail construction site at Pachaiyappas College on Wednesday night, moments after 25-tonne steel rods came crashing down, killing a worker and injuring six others. Please let us in. We want to know the fate of our colleagues, pleaded a worker as L&T officials denied them entry. Angered by what they termed...
01:43 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Chennai: One labourer was killed and six others were injured when a crane at a Metro Rail construction site in the city collapsed, police said. According to the police, the site is located opposite Pachayappa's college. Expressing grief over the incident, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced a compensation of Rs one lakh for the family of the victim and Rs 25,000 each for the six persons injured and undergoing...
10:57 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Chennai: The first news that came in about a mishap at the Chennai Metro construction site in Vadapalani on Thursday was that a pillar had collapsed. Traffic had come to a standstill for a short while, preventing newspersons or emergency services to reach the spot. The short period of chaos immediately conjured up memories of the confusion surrounding similar incidents during the construction work for the Delhi Metro. A short...
03:15 PM, Jul 28, 2012
Chennai: It was a close shave for commuters travelling on the busy Jawaharlal Nehru Road on Thursday when a huge scaffolding at the Vadapalani Metro station site collapsed. Concrete was being poured in to the metal shell to build a 10-ft-long arm of a tall pillar, when it came down. The 50 tonne structure gave in around 2.40 pm, creating panic among residents and commuters. The incident brought traffic to...
12:49 PM, Jul 27, 2012
Chennai: The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) would engage giant cranes for lifting hi-tech equipment to dizzy heights along the 14-storeyed Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) building on Anna Salai late on Wednesday night to examine the walls that have developed some minor cracks between the 11th and 12th floors in the interior of the citys iconic landmark structure. A scientific study on the nature of the cracks has been initiated...
12:56 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Chennai: Come rain or floods, Chennai Metro Rail Limiteds (CMRL) tunnel boring machines (TBMs) will start drilling under our feet in two weeks. With the late monsoons finally cooling the summer heat, concerns have been raised on how the boring work will go on if the streets adjoining the parks-turned-stations are flooded. All the TBMs are completely water-proof and will not be affected by waterlogging, said a senior official with...
12:32 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Chennai: The State has zeroed in on two options suggested by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) as it plans to expand the Chennai Metropolitan Area. CMDA sources told Express that the State government is studying two different models " either to add another 3,270 square km to the Chennai Metropolitan Authoritys extent of 1,189 square kilometre or totally extend it by 8,878 square km. Under the first option, the...
11:47 AM, Jul 14, 2012
CHENNAI: Late last year when the Chennai Metro Rail work brought a spate of diversions in most arterial parts of the city, people believed that the parking situation would worsen. On the contrary, now that the series of one-way traffic streets have been implemented, shoppers and families stopping for a bite have found that they can park pretty much in front of their destination with ease. Now that theres twice...
08:37 AM, May 03, 2012
CHENNAI: Alandur Metro Rail station is the only one where two corridors of the metro rail intersect and passengers can switch the direction of travel at this station, according to Metro Rail sources. The sources said that Alandur would be a multi-level station where two corridors merge and the only interchange station among Chennai Metro Rail elevated stations. It will have four access points on the ground floor, which include...
07:27 AM, Apr 16, 2012
CHENNAI: The fully automated passenger movement facility at Chennai Metro Rail stations will ensure that nobody enters the station without a train ticket, said V Somasundaram, Chief General Manager (Construction), Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL).Speaking at a national conference on 'Recent Developments in Civil Engineering' at SRM University, Somasundaram said CMRL will launch its first train by 2015 and by 2013, the rail route from Koyambedu to St Thomas Mount...
08:46 AM, Mar 26, 2012
CHENNAI: Design and construction of underground stations and associated tunnels are going on at a rapid pace as plans are on to integrate upcoming Metro Rail stations with existing modes of public transportation.Metro Rail sources said utility diversion work is in progress near the Gemini flyover, Teynampet and Chamiers Road underground stations. Sources also revealed that first stage of the traffic management plan has partly been implemented at the Gemini...
07:57 AM, Mar 14, 2012
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has rejected a writ plea from the George Town Building Owners Welfare Association seeking to restrain the government and the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) from constructing the underground metro rail line from Washermenpet to Mannadi via Seven Wells, GT and Prakasam Road in Corridor-I. The consequential prayer of the petitioner, which was also rejected, was to direct the authorities to construct the rail line...
08:53 AM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: A safety assessment carried out at the Chennai Airport to explore the viability of the upcoming Metro Rail link has identified several risks. Not only did the assessment, as per Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) norms, identify substantial risks to aircraft operations but also cites grave security concerns. The assessment, done on various parameters set by DGCA, concluded that there is over 95 per cent risk in...
08:40 AM, Dec 16, 2011
