GO FOR GOLD 02 HYDERABAD METRO WINS BIG IN TELANGANA STATE INDUSTRY AWARDS 2021 THE HALL OF FAME 04 CEO KVB REDDY’S NAME INDUCTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION WORLD’S ‘HALL OF FAME’ THE TRINITY OF THE FUTURE 05 DECODING THE TRINITY OF THE FUTURE: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, INTERNET of THINGS & BIG DATA VACCINATING THE WARRIORS 08 L&TMRL CONDUCTS VACCINATION DRIVE FOR EMPLOYEES AND FAMILY MEMBERS A ‘SUVARNIM’ OFFER 10 HYDERABAD METRO’S DIWALI PRESENT FOR ITS RIDERS: METRO SUVARNA OFFER 2021 HYDERABAD WITH HER HYDERABD METRO LEAVES BEHIND COVID SCARE WITH WOMEN IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT november SSUE 202coverfeaturesstoryraahi women special 11 “You can't understand a city without using its public transportationsystem” -Erol Ozan
Hyderabad, 8 November 2021: L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited (LTMRHL) has won the presti gious ‘Telangana State Industry Awards 2021’, clinching the Gold Award (highest in the cat egory) in the ‘Best Sustainability Practices’ category, hosted by the ‘Telangana State-GlobalLinker’, on 8 November. The Chief Guest of the award cere mony, Mr. K T Rama Rao, the Hon’ble Minister of Industry & Commerce, IT, E&C and Munic ipal Administration & Urban De velopment Government of Telangana gave away the Gold Award Trophy to Mr. KVB Reddy, MD & CEO, LTMRHL at a gala event of the 4th edition of Telangana State Industry Awards 2021 ceremony orga nised in Hyderabad. Among the key dignitaries present during the event included Mr. Jayesh Ranjan IAS Principal Secretary Industries & Commerce and IT, E&C Departments Government of Telangana; along with other dignitaries, winners and del Introducedegates. in 2017, the ‘Industry Awards’ is a state-wide compe tition that recognizes and re wards exceptional achievements made by Telan gana inthezations.smallbothcoveringbusinesses,basedlarge&organiFor4thtimearow,the award application was hosted by ‘Telangana State-GlobalLinker’, a network ing platform with over 3,50,000+ SMEs across theworld. Commenting on this rec ognition, Mr. KVB Reddy, MD & CEO, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited, said, “We are delighted to receive this prestigious award and thank the Government of Telangana, In dustries & Commerce Depart ment, the Telangana State-GlobalLinker and CII for this recognition. This award is testimony to our commitment to sustainable business operations. Hyderabad Metro Rail is one of the cleanest and green est travel options in Hyderabad. As an urban mass rapid transit system, we have been utilizing the alternate source of energy to reduce carbon footprint and garner indirect advantage with a focus on an environmentally sustainable mode of operations, such as usage of solar power, regeneration of power from Re generative Braking System, rainwater harvesting, zero water, and effluent discharge systems at our depots.”
Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) is a green transportation system. As part of its green initiatives, Hyderabad Metro Rail has 8.35 MWp of captive solar plants, which are installed at open spaces within its two metro depots and at the rooftops of 28 metro stations. In FY 20-21 HMR used approx. 17.5 % of its energy requirement from its captive solar plants. Structurally Hyderabad Metro Rail has all its stations on a hump, so that maximum a vantage of regenerative energy during acceleration and decel
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eration can be utilized. Hydera bad Metro Rail taps this energy from Regenerative Braking Sys tem of metro trains with over 35% energy regeneration. The Stations being windows to the metro service are tastefully designed reflecting functional aesthetics, user friendly, and energy-efficient with station ar chitecture that is environmen tally friendly and green. As many as 20 metro stations of Hyderabad Metro Rail are IGBC (Indian Green Building Council) Platinum rated. Both Uppal & Miyapur depots are zero discharge, water, and energy surplus premises. All metro stations and depots are equipped with Rainwater Har vesting pits. Hyderabad Metro Rail Project is operating STPs (Sewage Treatment Plant) and ETPs (Effluent Treatment Plant) at both Uppal and Miyapur metro depots. By adhering to the rules & regulations by Mini stry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC), Hyderabad Metro Rail Project is successfully managing the waste which are getting gener ated in the project. rapid transit system, we have been utilizing the alternate source of energy to reduce carbon footprint and garner indirect advantage with a focus on an environmentally sustainable mode of operations, such as usage of solar power, regeneration of power from Regenerative Braking System, rainwater harvesting, zero water, and effluent systemsdischargeatourde-pots.
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Mr. KVB Reddy, MD & CEO, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited got inducted into the Construc tion World’s ‘Hall of Fame’ on 22nd October at a gala event organized by Construction World during its Silver Anniver sary celebrations at the 7th In dian Construction Festival in BeingMumbai.the Construction World Person of the Year 2020, Mr. KVB Reddy was felicitated along with other Construction World Persons of the Year and inducted into the Hall of Fame for his remarkable contributions to the industry. On receiving this recognition, Mr. KVB Reddy, MD & CEO, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited, said, “I am thankful to the Construction World for this recognition and congratulate them on their 25th Anniversary of offering best in class information and connections. Being one among the stalwarts of the industry is a huge honour and responsibility. I owe this to my relentless and dedicated team which has always stood behind me like a rock. This is the team that has led us through the rav ages of the pandemic, and de spite all challenges ensured the safest travel option for our passengers, while being able to deliver as one team keeping the camaraderie alive among employees, stakeholders, and
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Mr.partners.”KVBReddy as the MD & CEO of LTMRHL has scripted many successes for Hydera bad Metro Rail since he joined the L&T Group in 2018. Mr. KVB Reddy has brought a rich experience of over three and half decades in the areas of Procurement, Project coordination and development, Oper ations & BusinessMaintenance,Development, Proj ect Execution, EPC, Project Fi nancing, Commercial and Business Strategy, Strategic Planning, and implementation among others. Mr. KVB Reddy has won sev eral awards at both personal and professional levels. Among many others, he has been awarded the ‘Outstanding Global Leadership Award’ by the Institute of Economic Studies 2018, and the ‘Out standing Global Leadership Award'’ by the Institute of Eco nomic Studies 2019. Being one among the stal warts of the in dustry is a huge honour and re sponsibility. I owe this to my relentless and dedicated team which has always stood behind me like a rock.
The moderndefinition of artifi cial intelligence (or Al) is "the study anddesign of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is asystem that per ceives its environment and takes actions whichmaximizes its chances of success in achieving a specific goal. It can be stated that Artificial Intelligence (Al) is the branch ofcomputer science which emphesizes on the development ofintelligence machines, think ing and working like humans. Forexample, speech rec ognition, problem-solving, learning andplanning like hu Theremans. are many products based on Al technology around uswithout our realizing like Nest and Alexa of Google, Tesla (thecar with self driving capabilities), Netflix, and SIRI of Apple tonamea few. It may be of interest to know that over the years, Al research hasgone through several Al winters, a period in which thedevelopment of algorithmic techniques hit a road block due tolack of interest or investment. This mainly happens because thecompanies with initial en thusiasm invested huge amount inresearch in the field of Al but soon became disillusionedbecause of the little or no progress.
Internet of Things The term Internet of Things
MARUTASYA NOVEMBER 2021 | 7 FEATURES Noted Physicist Stephen Hawking has said, “Every aspect of our lives will be transformed [by Al],” and it could be “the big gestevent in the history of our civilization.” We’re not quite thereyet, but it’s only a matter of Bigtime.Data, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence are thebuzz words today. The in teresting and perhaps confus ing part isthat more than the software companies, the busi nesscompanies, the e-trade and online marketing com panies are alltalking about these terms. On the other hand, companies like Google, Microsoft and Ap pleare offering more and more products that make use of Sothesetechnologies.whatwouldAl,Internet of Things and Big Data mean forbusiness, industries and more importantly, for consumers. With all the hype about these words nowadays, if you think these are the new age terms, think again. Artificial Intelligence The term Artificial Intelligence was coined by an American computer scientist and cogni tive scientist John McCarthy in theyear 1955. In year 1956, at the Dartmouth Conference, a smallgroup of prominent researchers including John McCarthy,Marvin Minsky, Claude Shannon and Norbert Wiener proposedthat “every aspect of learning or any other feature ofintelligence can be so precisely described that a ma chine can bemade to simulate it.” McCarthy defined it as “the science andengineering of making intelligent machines."
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MARUTASYA NOVEMBER 2021 | 8 FEATURES was likely coinedby Kevin Ash ton of Procter & Gamble, later MIT's Auto-ID Center, in 1999, though heprefers the phrase "Internet for things". Theterm Internet of Things is almost 20 years qyold but the actual idea of connected deviceshad been around longer, at least since the 70s. Back then, theidea was often called “embedded internet” or “pervasivecomput stodayWearableare: devices/fitnesstrackers• (e.g., Jawbone Up, Fitbit,Pebble)HomeAutomation (Examples:• Nest, 4Control) Industrial Asset Monitoring• (GE, AGT Intl.)
The application of data and the quest to understand theavai lable data is something that has been in existence for a longtime. As a matter of fact, some of the earliest records of theapplication of data to analyze and control business activitiesdate as far back as 7,000 years. This was with the introduction ofaccounting in ated at a much faster ratethan data in the past from all kinds of sources including socialmedia) and Variety (variety of structured, unstructured etc). The other ‘Vs’ that are getting fast associated with Big Data are Variability (refers to the changing nature of data), Visu alization (refers to the art of turning data science into visual stories viagraphs and other charts to transform data into in formation, intoinsight, into knowledge etc.) and Value (refers to the fact that busi nesses need to take advan tage of all this data into somevaluable decisions). of huge data storage capac ities at throwaway prices and the mind boggling computational speeds of modern pro cessors, has finally provided the much awaited boost to Big Data, Internet of Things and Al development.
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MARUTASYA NOVEMBER 2021 | 9 FEATURES loT, Big Data, and Al all interact with each other to create ane cosystem of automation - loT devices collect data on million sof criteria, which is then col lated in the cloud, and used to trainandimprove Al algorithms. Newer algorithms are being developed to mine Big Data todeduce meaningful insights, capturing patterns, under Using the Trinity to the Benefit of Hyderabad Metro In customizing Hyderabad Metro’s Operations Understanding andtargeting the consumers is the most popular and publicizedarea in which big data is being used. It helps in analyzing data to under stand the consumers’ behav iours and interests in a better way. With a 4 to 5 lakh daily ridership and a network of 57 stations over more than 67 theKms,scope of using techniques of Big Data analytics and Al
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Methodologies Installation of sensors and ac tuators capable of transmitting data over internet in different existing physical systems can helpin capturing relevant and vital information on Civil Struc tures, Track and Roling Stock systems.In other words, all these systems can be transformed in Internetof Things. Applying Data Analytics to the data collected fromthese systems can help in knowing precisely when these systems require repairing or replacing, that too in advance.
Conclusion There is no doubt that Al, loT and Big Data is going to change ourlives in every sphere of activity. Whether we accept it or not, thetechnology is going to impact us. The need is to takeprecautions, to think about the goals that we need to achieveand see how these technologies can be used in realization ofthose goals. However, it is important to understand that merelybringing in these technologies is not going to help. As ChiefSolution Officer of Redwood Solutions, Devin Gharibian Sa kiput it, “You have to have an idea of what you want in the end,otherwise, all that data, technology and sensors are useless.” Assuch, ensuring that people understand how loT, Big Data and Alinteract and improve each other is the most important thing wecan doto bring real improvements to our lives.
L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited (LTMRHL), the SPV which operates Hyderabad Metro Rail has been conducting COVID Vacci nation drive in association with various city hospitals viz. Apollo Hospital and Medicover Hospital for its employees, partner organizations and their dependents to protect them from COVID-19. As part of this vaccination drive, today, over 600 employ ees and their family members were vaccinated at the LTMRHL administrative office at Uppal Depot. Mr. KVB Reddy, MD & CEO, LTMRHL also visited the vaccination camp and oversaw the entire process. The vaccinated per sons were kept under observa tion as per the medical protocol. Ambulance, medical staff and stretchers were avail able to handle any emer gencies. Refreshments were also made available for the people getting vaccinated. Speaking on this occasion, KVB Reddy, MD & CEO, LTMRHL, said, “The second wave of COVID-19 pandemic has taken a huge toll on every one of us. During this tough time, we have ensured that Hy derabad Metro Rail continues to run within the relaxed window of lockdown efficiently and with utmost safety protocols in place. As the critical backbone of the Metro Rail service, our employees and associated agencies have displayed phe nomenal professionalism and utmost dedication towards this public services. We have ex tended all required support to employees and their family members who were impacted with COVID. The vaccination camps and other initiatives are
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MARUTASYA NOVEMBER 2021 | 11 RAAHI - CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE our humble gesture to ensure the safety of our employees and their family members.” As part of its business continuity plan and for the benefit of its employees and their depend ents, LTMRHL has set up a 24X7 COVID Help Group for its staff in event of any COVID related distress. The company has also procured oxygen cylinders and oxygen concentrators 2 to meet any emergency need of its employees and their family. Doctor on call has been arranged to handle any distress call pertaining to COVID af LTMRHLflictions.
has set up a regular sanitization proto col for its assets including the office spaces keeping safety of its employees and staff on top priorities. For the metro rail services, safety protocols have already been ramped up with en forcement of thermal screening, hand sanitizations, face masks and social distancing for those using the metro rail services along with regular awareness campaigns on COVID19 safety Hyderabadprotocol.MetroRail is the World’s largest metro rail network oper ating under the PPP model, and is also India’s second largest metro rail network after Delhi Metro. Hyderabad Metro Rail has been operating all through the second lock-down period as per the guide lines from the State gov ernment withing the relaxed window of oper ations. Currently, in view of the revised relaxed window during the con tinuing lockdown in Telangana HyderabadState,Metro Rail is operating through its 3 three corridors across 57 metro stations from 7 AM till 6 PM with utmost COVID safety protocols in place.
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A ‘SUVARNIM’ OFFER METRO’S DIWALI PRESENT FOR ITS RIDERS
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Marking the festive sea sons, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited (LTMRHL) has come out with another edition of festive offers by rolling out the Metro Su varna Offer 2021, effective from October 18, 2021 on wards. These offers include Trip Pass, special Fare on Green Line and Monthly Lucky Draw for metro travellers. The Metro Suvarna Offer 2021 features: Trip Pass Offer: Under• this offer a metro pas senger can purchase 30 trips of any fare zone by paying only for 20 trips. The trips have to be utilized within 45 days. This offer is applicable only on Metro Smart Card (old and new). Metro passengers can avail this offer from 18th October 2021 to 15th January 2022. Special Fare on Greenline• Offer: Passenger can travel within Green Line between MGBS and JBS Parade Ground Metro Stations by paying a maximum fare of only Rs. 15/- for each trip. Metro pas sengers can avail this offer on all modes of ticketing between 18th October 2021 to 15th January 2022 Monthly Lucky Draw:• There is a monthly lucky draw with attractive prizes to be won from October 2021 to April 2022. Every month 5 winners will be de cided by random lucky draw from among CSC (Contactless Smart Card) card users who have trav elled at least 20 times in relevant calendar month. Users need to register their CSC on TSavaari or at metro stations to be eligible for this Announcingscheme.theMetro Suvarna Offer 2021, Mr. KVB Reddy, MD & CEO, L&TMRHL, said, “After the great response of Metro Suvarna Offer first time introduced last year in October, we are delighted to launch the second season of Metro Suvarna Offer 2021 for our pas sengers who have reposed faith in our services and con tinued to choose metro as their safest travel partner. As the city’s most trusted, ecofriendly, punctual, safe and comfortable mode of transport, we keep pushing our limits to serve our passengers with the utmost safety measures in place during the ongoing pan demic Commentingtimes.”on the offer, Mr. NVS Reddy, MD, HMRL, said, “We are happy to re-introduce Metro Suvarna Offer with new offers for our passengers. Metro Suvarna offer is part of continuedour efforts to serve the metro passengers in terms of providing the safest mode of transportation and the best value for their money.”
They are the best exam ples from Hyderabad that there is nothing a woman cannot do. From storming what was for cen turies a male bastion in 2017, these women loco pilots of the Hyderabad Metro Rail have proved they can do more than just drive a train. As celebrations are already on for International Women’s Day, we bring you the story of around 65 women who steer the Hyderabad Metro Rail every day, proving naysayers wrong each day. Born into a middle-class family in Warangal, Sravani Burra studied Electronics and Com munications Engineering. She had plans to become a techie, but they changed as soon as she landed a job with the Metro Rail. It was in 2019 when she first got into the driver’s seat and two years later, she says not a day goes by that she isn’t proud of being in her post.
It was not easy for these women to get selected. Gruel ling psychometric tests, re search designs, several technical rounds and medical tests later, they had to undergo three months of intense train ing, including backbreaking sessions on simulators. “But all the hard work and sac rifices were worth it in the end,” says 23-year-old Priyanka Ereddy. “I love what I do, so I didn’t want to see anything as a difficult task,” she adds. For Navya Palakurla, 23, the joy in the job is unparalleled. She says commuters are never bored of seeing her in the driver’s cabin and at times she sees parents telling their children how a woman has taken up this profession. For many, the task of convinc ing their parents was a chal lenge. “Initially my parents
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“I’m grateful. I always believed that a woman can do every thing a man can. Yes, it some times becomes demanding since my job requires alertness at all times. But it has been a satisfying journey so far,” says the 25-year-old, who does three round trips from Nagole to Raidurg every day. A typical day of a woman train operator shows how a woman wears many hats, effortlessly. For 24-year-old Pooja Du burka, the day starts at 6 am. She broke the infamous glass ceiling twice. First was when she joined Mechanical Engineering, a hugely male-dom inated field and then, by making waves on the Metro tracks. She has logged in over 50,000 km in the last 24
“Somemonths.people stare at us as if we are aliens while some cheer us. Initially, many said I will not survive in this field for long. It is common for any woman to face the heat whe never she decides to step into a male bastion. I’m glad that I took this step,” Pooja says.
In a society where women are often ridiculed for their driving skills, Pooja says, “Women are now driving trains, and I am proud to be one among them.”
MARUTASYA NOVEMBER 2021 | 14 HYDERABAD WITH HER - WOMEN SPECIAL were apprehensive, but in the end, they re spected my decision,” says Pavani Sunkari. Having been loco pilots this long, these women now want to go on to handle the jobs of a sta tion controller, a depot controller and even a traffic controller. The Hyderabad Metro Rail has always offered full support, says Kola Sravani. “There are proper systems to ensure the safety of every woman. In case we have an issue, we can raise the grievance to our higher official.”
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Maharaja Agrasen College, established in 1994 as a constituent college of the Univer sity of Delhi and is located at Vasundhara Enclave, New Delhi. The college is one of the only two co-educational DU colleges to offer Journalism as a field of study at bach elors’ level. The alumni of the college have made a name for themselves and work in reputed national and international organisations like The Washington Post, ABP News, Al Jazeera, Business Standard, India TV, etc. **This Journal has been purely made for academic assignment purpose and is in no way related to LTMRHL, Hyderabad Metro or L&T.
This in-house journal** has been conceptualised, designed and edited by Aniket Singh Chauhan (19/564) for an assignment of Media Industry and Management (MIM); which is a part of the BA (H) Journalism course offered by Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi (DU). The journal has been made for LTMRHCL or L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Corporation Limited, which operates and executes the metro rail services in the capital city of the state of Telangana, Hyderabad. Hyderabad Metro, as of 2021, is the largest metro rail project operating on PPP (Public Private Partnership - between LTMRHCL and Government of Telangana) model in the world.
The journal’s name ‘Marutasya’ is a Sanskrit word which translates into the ‘Speed of Wind’ (मरुत – Wind; तस्य – Speed). This word was chosen for the journal due to the goal of Hyderabad Metro to be as omnipresent, swift and vital as the wind itself. The journal’s primary editing and designing has been done with the help of QuarkXPress (2021 edition). Adobe Photoshop was also used for the purpose of cover page de signing and some additional editing of the pictures used in the journal.
