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.