Hyderabad Metro Trail Run Successful - India's First Metro to run on Automatic Train Operations Mode

[Lucid Thoughts]

Don't buy chinese maal.

 

[Dr Gupta]

Mumbai metro is poor, the financial capital deserves better than those coaches but HYD looks class!

 

[anant_s]

The Lowest bidder isn't always the logical option.

In government tenders unfortunately L-1 bidder has to be placed an order. Reliance has a very bad habit of cutting corners and perhaps this is what shows in the project it has executed.
In other cities, where Bombardier or Hyundai Rotem or Alsthom supplied rakes are used, the ride quality is very good.

I wonder if I'll get to work on a Metro Project.......

Just wondering, are you in mobility sector working for Siemens or Alsthom?

Mumbai metro has used Chinese rakes (all imported) because the Anil Ambani Group - which is the developer - is in hock to the Chinese banks for its other companies. In every other case - Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kochi etc - the rakes are being built in India either by BEML or by Bombardier (plant in Vadodara) or Alstom (plant located in TN I think).

Mumbai metro showcases the business practices of the Chinese - Chinese banks make cheap loans and these loans are used to fund projects which in turn use shoddy Chinese equipment. In case of power sector also, some power plants bought China made turbine generators - and these plants have a markedly inferior performance vis a vis BHEL or other equipment makers. I don't think any serious power company now orders equipment from China any more.

Very well put. Even Reliance Infra's power plants (UMPP) has imported a great deal of equipment from Chinese companies. Now its not that all material from China is inferior, but (as i said above), Reliance cuts corner in all its projects, which ultimately reflects on quality.

The government should put in place proper procurement rules to ensure that crappy manufacturers don't ride in on cheap loans.

In new infra projects, authorities do study the financing mode for the project, especially where foreign equity or loans are involved. In some strategic areas, this is outright rejected, if it becomes apparent, that foreign capital can affect the project.