The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) will suspend its services on Saturdays and Sundays in view of the weekend curfew imposed in Uttar Pradesh to check the spread of COVID-19, officials said. In an order issued on Monday, the NMRC said the decision is aimed at discouraging the outdoor movement of people amid the pandemic. Keeping in view the ongoing large scale spread of COVID-19 pandemic and accordingly to discourage the passengers from moving out on curfew days, the NMRC has decided not to run any service on the curfew days declared by the government, NMRC managing director Ritu Maheshwari said.
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Noida: Commuters will have to depend on e-rickshaws for travelling between the interchange metro stations of Blue and Aqua lines for at least three more years. This is because Swedish furniture giant IKEA will not be able to construct a permanent walkway between the two corridors Blue Line of Delhi Metro’s Sector 52 station and Aqua Line of Noida Metro’s Sector 51 station before 2024, officials have said.
And to continue with the free e-rickshaw facility between the two stations, Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) has floated a tender to contract a firm to operate 10 such vehicles for two years.
Manoj Vajpayee, GM (technical), NMRC, told TOI, “IKEA is supposed to build the transit between the two stations and also provide our staff with 250 free parking spots. The Swedish firm may take three years or more as they are making some changes in the design. Till such time, we are going to provide free e-rickshaw service. The tenure of the existing operator is expiring in thr
Noida: Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) on Monday confirmed that a fourth round of bidding for its Noida-Greater Noida corridor of the Aqua Line is under way. NMRC, officials said, cancelled the third round of civil tendering process in February this year because of lack of “wider participation” from construction companies. This line will connect Noida’s Sector 51 station with Greater Noida’s Knowledge V station.
“We were forced to cancel the previous tendering process due to low participation. After scrapping the bidding process, we held a video conference with the construction companies keen on the project but would like to have certain modifications. We will soon float the tender again, with modifications,” Manoj Vajpayee, general manager (technical) NMRC, said.