CEL to develop indigenous rail engineering & system technologies for metro projects

New Delhi, India (Urban Transport News): Under the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ initiative of the Government of India, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Central Electronics Limited (CEL) have signed an agreement for developing various indigenous rail engineering & system technologies for metro rail projects in India.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between B. N. Sarkar, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Central Electronics Limited (CEL) and A K. Garg, Director (Operations) of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in New Delhi on 26th November 2020 in the presence of Dr. Mangu Singh, Managing Director of DMRC and other senior officials from both the organizations.

Under this MoU, both the organizations will take up indigenous development for mutual benefit under the ‘Make in India’ initiative, for the various activities like Broken Rail Detection System, Theft Intrusion Detection System, Concrete Health Monitoring System, Remote Health Monitoring of Point Machines, Multi-Section Digital Axle Counter (MSDAC), MSDAC with ATP to replace older technologies etc.

DMRC Managing Director Dr. Mangu Singh termed this development as a major step forward towards the development of indigenous technologies. He added that this association will not only achieve Obsolescence Management but will also add value in operations meeting reliability & punctuality of Metro rail systems.

To take the project forward, dedicated teams of DMRC and CEL will work together to inch towards the concept of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’. 

Central Electronics Limited, Sahibabad (U.P) is a Govt. of India Enterprise under the Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India working in the field of research and development of various technologies etc.

Earlier on September 5, 2020, DMRC had signed a similar MoU with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for the development of an indigenously built CBTC (Communication Based Train Control) based signalling technology for Metro railway with the launch of the i-ATS, which is an important sub-system of the Signalling system.

For more details, please explore the Delhi Metro page of Urban Transport News.