Mumbai: Monorail commuter can hope to get faster and more convenient services because the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) has booked for 10 rakes under the Make In India program.
Shipping will begin from January 2023 and so on.
Monorail currently operates with seven rakes, where two are stored on standby, and the service is at a frequency of 20 minutes.
MMRDA announces that the Indian company Medha Servo Drive Ltd will supply 10 rakes each of four cars for Chembur 20 km to Jacob Circle corridor.
“With the introduction of 10 rakes again, the progress of five minutes can be achieved.
With this headway, there will be a substantial increase in passengers and income.
Shipping will end in January 2024,” said Metropolitan Commissioner Svr Srinivas.
MMRDA said new rakes would be broad and had better safety features.
Servo Medha must design rake before starting to supply.
The weight of each current operational coach is 13.5 tons.
The newly raku coach will be lighter, reducing the burden on the guideway and the dock, and also faster.
The coach’s support capacity will also increase, but the actual amount will be known only after the design is approved.
A source said, “Like opposing current capacity of 568 passengers per train, the new coach will have at least 10% more capacity.” MMRDA said the cost of maintenance would be lower than the previous train because of the Make In India program.
“Spare parts will be easily available in the near future for maintenance purposes.
Also, new bogies will be made of stainless steel, just like Metro,” said an official.
MMRDA has appointed a Larsen & Toubro and Scomi Engineering (LTSE) consortium as a contractor for the monorail project in 2008.
This system has been disturbed due to problems because Scomi cannot provide adequate rules, thus inhibiting the project.
The consortium cannot meet the provisions of the contract and only provide 10 units of the stock rolling on the provisions of 15 according to the contract.
Of the 10, two contractors (thus make them useless) and one monitored in the fire in November 2017.
In December 2018, MMRDA stopped the contractor “for failure to do and fulfill contract obligations”.
MMRDA took over the operation of the entire corridor in March 2019.
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