Today ie on 27.10.2021 I was privileged to be the keynote speaker during the Steel Construction Summit held in Delhi.

1. New Normal and beyond –
RVNL’s perspectives…
Keynote Address
by
Rajesh Prasad
Director (Operations), RVNL
27.10.2021

2. SCOPE
About RVNL
Impact of COVID-19…
New Normal and Initiatives taken by RVNL
Rebuilding of Infrastructures during this crisis
Construction of India’s first Vertical Bridge

3. ▪ Incorporated as a PSU on 24-1-2003. (Vision of the then Hon’ble
Prime Minister, Bharat Ratna Late Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee)
▪ Began operations in 2005.
▪ Project executing arm of Indian Railways.
▪ Granted ‘Mini Ratna’ status on 19th September 2013
▪ Under process of upgradation to ‘Navratna’.
RAIL VIKAS NIGAM LIMITED

4. 1445
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3142
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5920
7557
10060
14530
15403
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2000
4000
6000
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10000
12000
14000
16000
18000
Turnover (Rs. in crore)
CAGR of 27.67% in last 5 years
75.45 119.33 167.46 195.17
236.35
363.65
481.38
564.14
758.31
990.84
1155.67
0
200
400
600
800
1000
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Profit Before Tax (Rs. in crore)
MoU Score and Rating received vide DPE’s Office
Memorandum dated 11.10.2021 for the year 2019-20 and
RVNL has been rated Excellent with MoU score of 99 which is
highest amongst all the PSUs in India.
MOU PERFORMANCE :
Assessment Year
Rating
RVNL’s rank among
Railway CPSEs
assessed by DPE
Rank of RVNL
2007-08 Good 8th
2008-09 Very Good 10th
2009-10 Very Good 7th
2010-11 Excellent 5th
2011-12 Excellent 2nd
2012-13 Excellent 1st
2013-14 Excellent 2nd
2014-15 Excellent 1st
2015-16 Excellent 1st
2016-17 Excellent 1st
2017-18 Excellent 1st
2018-19 Excellent 2nd
2019-20 Excellent 1st
2020-21 - -
RVNL has been rated “Excellent” for the last 10 successive years by
the Department of Public Enterprises.
RVNL has also been ranked 1st amongst the Railway PSEs for the 6
times out of the last 8 years.
*As per the performance likely to be Excellent
Despite of
pandemic
Turnaround in the Company

5. PROJECTS COMPLETED UPTO MARCH 2021
S. NO. PLAN HEADS COMPLETED
(km)
No. of Projects
1. New Line (NL) 455.55 4
2. Gauge Conversion (GC) 2070.20 8
3. Doubling (DL) 4264.11 44
4. Railway Electrification (RE) 6309.93 25
5. Metropolitan Transport Project (MTP) 46.14 1
TOTAL 13,145.93 82
6. RE as part of Doubling/GC/NL 3033.11
7. Workshop projects (nos.) 10 No.
8. Cable Stayed Bridge (nos.) 1 No.
9. Others 9 Nos
Total 102 projects fully commissioned. 102

6. Doubling - Contribution by RVNL Railway Electrification – Contribution by RVNL
Have contributed more than 37% of the doubling and more than 28% of
electrification projects of the total project commissioned by Indian
Railways in the year 2020-21.
705 881 1,458 1,614
273 310 508 601
39%
35% 35%
37%
FY13 FY17 FY20 FY21
Total for Indian Railways Total for RVNL % Contribution by RVNL
1,317 1,646 5,782 6,015
301 380 1,208 1,700
23%
23%
21%
28%
FY13 FY17 FY20 FY21
Total for Indian Railways Total for RVNL % Contribution by RVNL
(in km) (in km)
(Source ministry of Railways)

7. Impact of COVID-19
→ The entire world/country shaken in locked down
condition
→ World Share Market became very volatile
→ Wheel of Indian Railway carrying passengers
stopped after 167 years
→ Shutdown of creation of infrastructures
→ Share price of major companies touched to the
bottom despite of excellent performance in
2019-20

8. India’s real GDP Growth
➢ If country has to grow … Infrastructure should grow….. The real challenge begins…..
➢ We need to change….
4.87
6.45
8.02
7.59
8.68
6.11
7.56
5.39
-24.43
20.13
7.49
7.34
8.7
8.03
9.67
5.32
6.49
4.61
-7.44
5.38
6.53
5.92
7.2
8.58
6.67
6.33
3.28
0.46
4.3
5.34
7.11
9.09
6.29
8.93
5.84
3.01
1.64
2 0 1 2 - 1 3 2 0 1 3 - 1 4 2 0 1 4 - 1 5 2 0 1 5 - 1 6 2 0 1 6 - 1 7 2 0 1 7 - 1 8 2 0 1 8 - 1 9 2 0 1 9 - 2 0 2 0 2 0 - 2 1 2 0 2 1 - 2 2
Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4
Source: https://statisticstimes.com/economy/country/india-quarterly-gdp-growth.php
“Be the change that you
wish to see in the world.”- Mahatma Gandhi

9. Now beyond (from today..)
Already got bids through open tenders from the market eg Indore Metro, Road
Consultancies, Signing MOUs with Private and Public Sectors
RVNL welcome the decision and is prepared...

10. Railway Capital expenditure has nearly tripled since FY15
Budget 2021 has set a capital outlay of Rs. 2,151 bn for
Indian Railways in FY22E towards expenses of its network
a 33% rise from its revised capex for FY21
587
938
1,110
1,020
1,334
1,480
1,617
2,151
0
400
800
1,200
1,600
2,000
2,400
2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
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TOI 26.10.21

11. New Normal and beyond..

12. Beyond the
NEW
NORMAL
1st case of COVID-19 detected on 17th November 2019
(2 years back)
Seminar dated 11-12 March, 2021,
this followed with COVID 2nd wave.

13. What COVID and IT have done to us?
NEW NORMAL LIFE :

14. DISINFECTION OF SITE OFFICES, LABORATORIES,
MACHINES, EQUIPMENTS AND VEHICLES

15. PATIENCE, DISCIPLINE AND NEW NORMAL ARE THE KEY

16. Awareness
Thermal screening of all at entry and exit of work site Disinfection of Site, Store
Hands Free Sanitizer dispenser
Hand Soap, Mask and
Sanitizer facilities
provided

17. Food/Ration Distribution to Site Labour

18. Presently Non - Interlocking work in Howrah-
Mumbai route is going on pictures dated 26.10.2021
Disinfection of Goomty
Food packets for distribution

19. I’LL ADMIT, THIS IS HOW
WE CONTINUE….
Pile Cap Steel Reinforcement binding
Lattice Girder fabrication yard

20. CRS INSPECTIONS

21. BE TECH SAVVY TO SUSTAIN COVID
• VIDEO CONFERENCING instead of physical
presence in meetings.
• VIDEO CALL instead of personal visit.
• E-OFFICE in place of paper files.
• System of online pre-Bid Conference
has been introduced and it is
working very well avoiding physical
travel and gathering and at the same
time meeting the purpose of Prebid
conferences
New Normal: E-Conference saved Time & Money

22. MORE MECHANIZED WORKING

23. Special initiatives to combat COVID-19 in RVNL
❑ Contractors were advised to make arrangements for lodging,
boarding, fooding duly following social distancing norms,
moving patients to nearby doctors/ hospitals, paying charges of
doctors/ hospitals, providing sanitizers, soaps etc for labourer
stuck at worksites during the lockdown period and claim
reimbursements from RVNL for the same.
❑ Precautions taken in labour camps to ensure social distancing
norms, checking of temperature of workmen on daily basis so
that works can progress duly ensuring safety of
labourers during the difficult times of COVID-19.
Cont..

24. ❑ A separate link was provided for instructions due to COVID’19
on RVNL’s website to facilitate easy dissemination of information
at all levels.
❑ In keeping with the Ministry of Finance guidelines to give
financial relief to contractors, release of proportionate BG’s
permitted.
❑ Recovery of mobilization advance from contractors deferred for
6 months to improve the cash flow during COVID’19.
Cont..

25. ❑ To further address liquidity problems, stage payment conditions
have been reviewed and revised on supply items.
❑ As it was not possible to follow routine procedures of test checks
due to restriction of movement due to COVID’19, to address the
cash flow problem of contractors, measures were taken to allow
provisional passing of bills till such checks are possible.
❑ Submission of Bid Security in physical form relaxed to 30 days
from 5 days, due to restrictions in movement, for the tenders
opened between May’ 20 to Aug’ 20.
Cont..

26. Name of Work Value Tender Opening Award of Contract
Construction of Viaduct
from P276 to P314
including Mominpur and
Majerhat Station
196.30 Cr. Technical bid opened on
29.07.2020 and Price bid
opened on 14.08.2020
17.08.2020
(Total no. of days in
finalization of the
contract in only 19 days)
Construction of PEB shed
structures, buildings,
P-Way and utilities,
General Electrical works
and supply, installation
and commissioning of
Machinery and plant for
setting up of Metro Car
Depot at Joka
350.89 Cr. Technical bid opened on
31.07.2020 and Price bid
opened on 22.08.2020
25.08.2020
(Total no. of days in
finalization of the
contract in only 22 days)
Fast track finalization of Tenders

27. P287 & P288 of Joka-Esplanade Metro Corridor :
Taking the Opportunity given by Lock Down, we Completed very critical Two
Metro Piers adjacent to ‘JAI HIND’ Bridge.

28. Turnaround during FY 2020-21 (COVID Year)
Project commissioned during Pandemic (FY:2020-21) :-
• 61 Kms of New line
• 601.37 Kms of Doubling
• 1700 Rkm of Railway Electrification
➢ 3 no. of Workshop (Marthwara Rail Coach Factory,
Electric Loco Shed, Barauni and MEMU Shed,
Kanpur)
➢ Commissioning of 200 Stations in FY 2020-21.

29. Railway Electrification in 2020-21
Activity RVNL CORE Total IR RVNL
as % of IR
Commissioning of RE in RKM 1700 2861 6015 28.26%
Total Shelf as on 01.04.2021 in RKM 996 12292 18808 5.34%
o 28% of total RE on IR.
o 40% of RE done by all others combined.
o RE commissioning has increased by
almost 3 times.
o Balance RE on hand = 996 km
Performance:
Agency Commissioning of RE in 2020-21
CORE 2861 RKM
RVNL 1700 RKM
Zonal Railways 816 RKM
KRCL 334 RKM
RITES 170 RKM
PGCIL 113 RKM
IRCON 21 RKM
Total IR 6015

30. Achievements of S&T
o Commissioned of 200 Stations in FY 2020-21.
o 158 Stations (up-to 50 routes) and 42 large stations up to 200
roads in connection with Doubling/3rd Line /New Line/RE.
o Commissioned 750 stations over Indian Railways since
2015-16.

31. Strategy for New India
• The government’s goal is for India to be a USD 5.0 trillion
economy
• First, development must become a mass movement, in which
every Indian recognizes his/her role and also experiences the
tangible benefits accruing to him/her in the form of better ease
of living.
• Second, development strategy should help achieve broad-based
economic growth to ensure balanced development across all
regions and states and across all sectors.
• Third, the strategy when implemented, will bridge the gap
between public and private sector performance.

32. • Increase the speed of infrastructure creation from the present 7
km/day to 19 km/day by 2022-23.
• Achieve “100 per cent” electrification of broad gauge track by 2022-23.
• Increase the average speed of freight and mail/express trains to
50km/hr (from about 24 km/hr in 2016-17) and 80 km/hr (from about
60 km/hr), respectively.
• Improve the safety of the railways, achieving zero fatalities from the
2016-17 level of 238 fatalities and reducing the number of accidents
from the 73 recorded in 2017-18.
• Enhance service delivery/punctuality, achieving 95 per cent on-time
arrivals by 2022-23.
• By 2022-23, the railways should have a freight load of 1900 Million
Tonne and an improved modal share of 40 per cent of freight
movement from the current level of 33 per cent, Mission 2024…
Railways

33. Diamond
Quadrilateral
Diagonals
Legend
Diamond
Quadrilateral of High
Speed Rail Network
Future High
Speed Scenario
in India
➢ Delhi-Mumbai (1357 Km)
➢ Mumbai-Chennai (1260 Km)
➢ Chennai-Kolkata (1649 Km)
➢ Kolkata-Delhi (1429 Km)
➢ Mumbai-Kolkata (1968 Km)
➢ Delhi-Chennai (2182 Km)
In next 10-20 years, 10,000 Km
HSR in targetted in India.
Costing Rs. 20 Lakh Crore

34. ❖ Does India need a change…..
❖ Comparison of HSR Systems in the world
First Inauguration year
Country Year
Japan 1964
France 1981
Italy 1988
Germany 1991
Spain 1992
South Korea 2004
Taiwan 2007
China 2008
India -

35. ENERGY EFFICIENCY
High Speed saves Energy Costs and reduces Greenhouse Gases
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
“Fuel equivalent grams” per passenger-kilometer
High Speed
Railway
Bus
Plane 51.1
29.9
18.3
17.6
12.1
Classic Train
Private Car

36. DECONGESTION of Metropolitan cities
Tier I
City
Tier II
Tier I
City
Small towns and Tier II & III Cities
Tier I
City
Tier II
city
Tier II city

37. TRAVEL TIME ( Trigger for modal shift)
Delhi
(city centre)
(city centre)
Delhi Airport
Chandigarh
Airport
.75 hr 30 min
1.25 hrs at Terminal + 1 hr Flying time
Total time: 3.5 hrs
Plane
Delhi
(city centre)
Chandigarh
(city centre)
Total time: 1 hr
High Speed
Railway
Journey time for air travel involves travel to airport, away from city centers and waiting time at Airports.
Distance between DELHI to CHANDIGARH is 245 Km.

38. Metro Operation : Kolkata, Delhi,
Bangaluru, Gurugram, Mumbai, Jaipur,
Chennai, Kochi, Lucknow, Hyderabad.
Total 52 nos. of Metro Projects in India
in different phases of Planning &
Execution.
Investment of more than 5 lakh Crores
in next 10 to 20 years as per the present
cost.
Future Metro Works

39. RVNL has got major role to play in Railway Infrastructure
Earlier Investment Plan 17.01.2018 (Nirman Samvaad)
Item
5 years
(Rs cr)
Network Decongestion (including Metro,
Dedicated Freight Corridor + electrification,
Doubling + electrification & traffic facilities)
2,15,930
Network Expansion (including electrification) 2,09,105
National Projects (North Eastern & Kashmir
connectivity projects)
42,250
Safety (Track renewal, bridge works, Road Over
Bridge, Road Under Bridge and Signal
&Telecom)
1,37,605
Information Technology / Research 5,395
Rolling Stock (Locomotives, coaches, wagons –
production & maintenance)
1,10.500
Passenger Amenities 13,520
High Speed Rail & Elevated corridor 70,395
Station redevelopment + logistic parks 1,08,355
Others 14,300
TOTAL 9,27,355

40. 4-lane Cables Stayed Bridge, Barddhaman
Cable Stayed Bridge at Bardhhaman - erection completed
in less than 200 days

41. Make in India Policy :- Manufacture of Cables by M/s. Usha Martin,
Ranchi on behalf of Freyssinet – subcontractor (a french company)
using their technology in India.

42. The navigational span consists of Steel through Girder with warren type trusses. The weight of the
proposed navigational span is 1200 MT.
the first vertical railway bridge in India…
RECONSTRUCTION OF PAMBAN BRIDGE

43. ➢ Span configuration: 99 X 18.30m + 1 X 72.50m (Lift span)-78th span is lift
span.
➢ Spacing of Bridge: 50m on the Northern Side of exg. Bridge.
➢ Total length: 2078m.
➢ Pro Rail Level (RL) : +6.90m. (This IS higher by 3m w.r.t exg. Bridge).
➢ Standard of Loading: 25t Axle Loading
➢ Vertical Lift Span - Sub Structure:
▪ Piers: 1.5m dia pile, 15- Pile Group & Pile Cap (26.2m x 14.5m x 2.25m
– 855 cum) (Average depth of pile below bed level – 35m)
➢ Reinforcement for substructures:
▪ High strength Deformed stainless steel bars - Grade G ferritic - 410L
(SS 550) conforming to IS:16651 -2017
Features of Proposed Bridge

44. ➢ No. of Piles : 333 (1.5 dia, Average depth below BL 35m depth)
➢ No. of Pile Caps : 101
➢ Qty of concrete : 33,000 Cum
➢ Fabrication & Erection of Metalized Steel Work: 4,260 MT.
➢ Painting: Zinc Metalizing 200 µ, Epoxy Sealant 25 µ, Polysiloxane
125 µ
➢ Supply of Stainless Steel Reinforcement : 5,400 MT.
➢ Track Length : 3619 m (including diversion on approaches)
Scope of Proposed Bridge

45. PROPOSED APPROACH SPANS – SUPER STRUCTURE
• Steel Plate Girder Similar to RDSO drg no. 16015/R
• Structural Steel: Grade E250/B0 Confirming to IS: 2062.
PROPOSED VERTICAL LIFT SAPN
• Structural Steel: Grade E350/B0 Confirming to IS: 2062.

46. QUALITY ASSURANCE

49. https://youtu.be/_ZWAUAjjvPA

50. THANK YOU
BE ALERT, BE SAFE
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