Pune, 28 November 2007: After sky bus, tram and metro it’s now the turn of monorail to have caught the fancy of planners as an alternative mode of transportation for the city. Just as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is planning a monorail for the state capital, the Pune Metropolitan Area (PMR) is looking for monorail as solution to the city’s traffic congestion.
But with no Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) in place, the metropolitan commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad had no option but turn to MMRDA to bring out a request for qualification (RFQ) of bids for the Pune project. The advertisement, taken out on Wednesday under the banner of MMRDA as a ‘Corrigendum’ to a notification dated November 12, comes with strap line — “RFQ for bidders for implementation of monorail system in Mumbai Metropolitan Region.”
The insertion said: “The Pune metropolitan area is rapidly expanding metropolis of the country which is also looking for solution of monorail transport system in their area on similar lines of Mumbai. In view of this, the revised scope of bidders also includes implementation of monorail system on route length of 20 to 25 km in Pune Metropolitan Area on turnkey basis and operation & maintenance for a minimum period of three years.”
“We would be tapping the possibility of monorail system for Pune region as it could be implemented immediately with comparatively low cost. There is no need to develop new corridors for the implementation of monorail system and we can use the existing infrastructure,” said municipal commissioner Praveensinh Pardeshi, when asked about the initiative.
“As MMRDA is tapping possibility of monorail, we thought that this idea could also be tried in Pune. We don’t have to acquire the land for developing roads and tracks. And this will save time and money,” said Pardeshi adding that monorail could prove useful mode of transportation in crowded areas.
In the original RFQ, the MMRDA had invited applications from national and international firms, consortia and joint ventures with experience in rail-based urban transport systems, especially monorail system. The applicants — individually or as a group — should have minimum present net worth of more than Rs 300 crore based on audited annual accounts for last three years. The applicant or at least one member of the consortium/JV should have been involved in implementation of monorail system for at least five km length in the last 10 years.
Monorail is a single rail serving as a track for passenger or freight vehicles. In most cases, the rail is elevated, but monorails can also run at grade, below grade or in subway tunnels. Vehicles are either suspended from or straddle a narrow guide way. Monorail vehicles are wider than the guide way that supports them on rails in operation. The monorail is battery operated and will take no extra power from the grid. Each coach that has an individual power source can carry up to 100 passengers.
But with no Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) in place, the metropolitan commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad had no option but turn to MMRDA to bring out a request for qualification (RFQ) of bids for the Pune project. The advertisement, taken out on Wednesday under the banner of MMRDA as a ‘Corrigendum’ to a notification dated November 12, comes with strap line — “RFQ for bidders for implementation of monorail system in Mumbai Metropolitan Region.”
The insertion said: “The Pune metropolitan area is rapidly expanding metropolis of the country which is also looking for solution of monorail transport system in their area on similar lines of Mumbai. In view of this, the revised scope of bidders also includes implementation of monorail system on route length of 20 to 25 km in Pune Metropolitan Area on turnkey basis and operation & maintenance for a minimum period of three years.”
“We would be tapping the possibility of monorail system for Pune region as it could be implemented immediately with comparatively low cost. There is no need to develop new corridors for the implementation of monorail system and we can use the existing infrastructure,” said municipal commissioner Praveensinh Pardeshi, when asked about the initiative.
“As MMRDA is tapping possibility of monorail, we thought that this idea could also be tried in Pune. We don’t have to acquire the land for developing roads and tracks. And this will save time and money,” said Pardeshi adding that monorail could prove useful mode of transportation in crowded areas.
In the original RFQ, the MMRDA had invited applications from national and international firms, consortia and joint ventures with experience in rail-based urban transport systems, especially monorail system. The applicants — individually or as a group — should have minimum present net worth of more than Rs 300 crore based on audited annual accounts for last three years. The applicant or at least one member of the consortium/JV should have been involved in implementation of monorail system for at least five km length in the last 10 years.
Monorail is a single rail serving as a track for passenger or freight vehicles. In most cases, the rail is elevated, but monorails can also run at grade, below grade or in subway tunnels. Vehicles are either suspended from or straddle a narrow guide way. Monorail vehicles are wider than the guide way that supports them on rails in operation. The monorail is battery operated and will take no extra power from the grid. Each coach that has an individual power source can carry up to 100 passengers.
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