The completion of the project might

The world’s biggest manufacturers of urban rail systems are bidding for a share of orders worth Rs 48,000 crore ($7. Apart from civil and track, we are interested in everything. The project will encourage investments in India, he added.S. The completion of the project might take a period of six years..  "We are doubling the railways transporting capacity in the city," Madan said. This significant revamp of the city’s transport system will benefit a population of over 18 million people, as reported by NDTV. Madan, chief of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) said the project will be mostly an underground rail network saw chain 38pitch semi chisle stretching over 33.  Local units of railway systems like Bombardier Inc.U.""The Mumbai numbers are attractive enough for a number of manufacturers," Tilak Raj Seth, head of mobility at Siemens, said in an interview to NDTV.Mumbai: Mumbai, India’s richest city is planning to invest a sum of Rs 80,000 crore in launching a high-speed urban rail network to reduce the pressure on its age-old suburban railways.P., Alstom SA and Siemens AG are geared up to tender for contracts to supply rail wagons, coaches, signalling devices, non-civil equipments and electrical systems.

"Harsh Dhingra, the chief representative of Bombardier in India said MMRDA’s efforts will probably show results in the coming three to four years. "It is going in areas which are hitherto not connected to public transport.5 billion) for train coaches, wagons and other equipments from Mumbai, the report said. Both Chinese and Indian companies have expressed interest in the proposed project, said the report.5 kilometres with six elevated lines, adding up to 190 kilometres. "We are interested in all electrical and mechanical systems in the entire metro project.

Due to huge shortage of buses in the city

At present, 1,490 cluster buses are operation in Delhi and it is proposed to add 1,000 new buses under the cluster scheme in 2016-17. Manufacturers of low-floor are saying that they would not be able to provide 1,000 low-floor buses by the end of next year, sources said. Delhi government had earlier proposed a plan outlay of Rs 325 crore for purchase of buses development of bus terminals. Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) – a joint venture between Delhi government and IDFC Limited — oversees operation of some 1,600 orange-coloured non-AC buses.The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has a fleet over 4,200 buses — ferrying nearly 35 lakh passengers every day.New Delhi: Delhiites may have to wait for new bus services as the Delhi government’s ambitious plan to 3,000 mini and midi buses on city roads is in jeopardy. But the file pertaining to procurement of these buses are making rounds in different departments for the last six months," sources said. Since 2013, the DTC had three failed tenders to procure buses."The government will procure 1,000 CARVING BAR new standard size UBS-II complaint low-floor non-AC buses during 2016-17. Our government would also introduce 1,000 buses in premium category through a purely market driven model," deputy CM Manish Sisodia had said.. Sources said that barely 200 buses have been added to the city’s roads in the last four years because manufacturers were unable to provide low-floor buses within the time frame set by the government. A file pertaining to the plan has been making rounds of offices for the last six months as officials concerned have raised objections to the feasibility of the plan, sources said.The government viewed mini and midi-buses as an alternative to low-floor buses that occupy more road space. "Due to huge shortage of buses in the city, the government was planning to rollout 3,000 mini and midi buses under cluster scheme.Despite a string of government schemes and tenders, no new buses have been added to the DTC’s ailing fleet in the last several years.