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interaction COVER STORY Powered by to ensure smooth flow of traffic during Green initiatives of Metro Rail project: solutions. Global coordinates and DGPS the construction phase. Utility shifting With a strong commitment to aforestation, were used to plan the alignment and was done by coordinating with various Hyderabad Metro Rail has taken up Mass execution of work meticulously. 85 per cent departments and along with the project Tree Plantation programme ‘Vana Deeksha’. of the project activities are converted to a construction. HMRL also took up various Under the programme HMR involved pre-cast mode thus reducing inconvenience tasks like utility shifing, re-laying of roads, the denizens of Hyderabad. Individuals, to the road users. improvement of junctions, beautifcation of Residential Colony Associations, schools, The innovation of constructing Metro sidewalks, etc. colleges and ofces within the jurisdiction stations in pre-cast format and erecting Innumerable court cases were fled against of GHMC area were identified for the them on central piers as balanced cantilever the project in the High Court. With well programme. To name a few, the programme structure has set a new bench mark. Pier reasoned arguements, HMRL won 310 was conducted with great enthusiam width confned to about 2 m at road level out of about 330 court cases so far. HMRL and participation from the students of enabled accommodating 2 rail tracks on the adopted a very efective communication Hyderabad Public School, BITS Pilani viaduct with each track equivalent to 7 bus strategy and the MD addressed live TV campus in Hyderabad, The Hyderabad lanes or 24 car lanes. question & answer sessions to clear doubts Central University, Osmania University, For the frst time in the country, advanced of the people about the project and counter etc. HMR had provided the required signalling and Train Control technology false propaganda against the project. number of plants to the participating groups Communication Based Train Control and successfully completed the plantation (CBTC), is being brought in by Hyderabad Felling of trees: programme. Metro Rail. Supervisory Control and Data Felling of trees to create RoW at diferent Similarly, Hyderabad Metro Rail also Acquisition system (SCADA) is utilised locations was another major challenge, as initiated another green initiative called to provide highest level of Monitoring, it results in environmental depletion. Tis ‘Vana Prasadam’. Plants, mostly native controlling and command. A centralised was successfully handled by relocating varieties were distributed to enthusiatic OCC (Operation Control Centre) is located those trees to other locations and more individuals, organisations, and associations at Uppal Depot to Control entire Power than adequate plantations were planted as free of cost by HMR to increase green cover Supply and Traction system Equipments a part of various compensatory aforestation in Hyderabad. Senior citizens, students, through SCADA. programmes taken up by HMRL. house wives, and members of resident Trains running will be continuously By obtaining clearance from forest welfare associations have collected saplings. monitored from state-of-the-art Operation department under the WALTA Act, HMRL Under the programme, HMR distributed Control Centre (OCC). Te trains shall had to remove trees for creating Right of varieties like Deva ganneru, Neem, Neredu, run on Automatic Train Operation (ATO) Way (RoW) for Metro rail project, and to Spethodia, Techoma, and Pomegranate. mode. The Automatic Train Protection compensate this removal of trees, HMRL (ATP) system continuously monitors safe has translocated more than 2015 trees and Latest technologies used in Metro Rail train operation. planted 5.03 lakhs saplings at a ratio of 120 project: Together with the state-of-art systems and saplings planted against each one of the tree While Metro projects normally concentrate technologies, advanced braking system to removed. Tese 120 saplings for removal of on structural stability and other engineering regenarate 35 per cent power and state of the each tree are against 5 saplings as prescribed aspects, Hyderabad Metro Rail focussed art Metro Rail coaches, Hyderabad Metro by Forest Department i.e., more than 24 on several engineering, financial and Rail stands unique & apart from the other times of the prescribed plantation. technological innovations and out of box Metro Rail systems in the country. u 30 construction opportunities|aPrIL 2017