New Delhi: Taking a step forward towards realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of an Atma Nirbhar Bharat, NCRTC has signed an MoU with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for indigenous development of platform screen doors (PSDs). The MoU was signed by Navneet Kaushik, Director, Systems, NCRTC and Manoj Kumar, Executive Director, National Marketing, BEL. NCRTC and BEL will indigenously develop PSD systems for the upcoming BRTS, MRTS, and RRTS high-speed rail projects of India as well as abroad.

The PSDs act as a safety barrier between the passengers on the platform and the train track. Besides helping in better crowd management at the stations, PSDs also prevent any untoward incidents like jumping or falling on the track. Till now, the PSDs used in India have been imported.

There exists a huge demand for affordable PSDs in upcoming BRTS, Metro and RRTS and high-speed rail projects in India. Existing metro systems are also realising the need to install PSDs for ensuring passenger safety. Right from the planning and designing stage of the project RRTS, NCRTC has accorded utmost importance to passenger safety. Given the high-speed train movement at rapid frequencies, NCRTC has planned the provision of PSDs at all the RRTS stations.

NCRTC and BEL in collaboration will design and develop PSDs for different rail-based systems in India and abroad. This will be a first and one of its kind initiatives where indigenously developed PSD systems will be used in India and will be exported globally as well.

The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), a joint partnership corporation of the Government of India and the participating states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi, is mandated to implement India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System in the National Capital Region. /BI/