India
16 Escalators, Seven Lifts for Indian Holy Site Skywalk
Sixteen escalators and seven lifts are part of a 460-m skywalk planned outside Gurdwara Shaheedan Sahib in Amritsar in the northwestern Indian state of Punjab, The Tribune reports. Amritsar Smart...
KONE CEO Henrik Ehrnrooth Visits Indian Counterparts
KONE President and CEO Henrik Ehrnrooth spent a week in India recently, visiting with KONE team members including Managing Director (MD) Amit Gossain and customers at various sites, Ehrnrooth said...
Elevator/Lift Emergency Rescue Device Earns Patent
Su-Vastika Solar, a rapidly developing startup for power storage and solutions, has been granted a patent by the Government of India for its Emergency Rescue Device (ERD) for lifts, Digital...
Escalators, Lifts Being Installed at India Metro Stations
Work on the Agra Metro Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), including installation of lifts and escalators at stations, is underway in Agra in north India’s Uttar Pradesh state, The Hans...
Hitachi Receives 40-Unit Order for Delhi Multitower Project
Hitachi, Ltd. announced that Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd., and Hitachi Lift India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., have received an order for 40 high-speed elevators from Unity...
Indian Metro to Remotely Manage Escalators and More
India’s Maharashtra Metro Rail Corp. (Maha Metro) has set up an operation control center (OCC) at the Range Hill Depot in Pune to remotely manage escalators, rail speed, signaling, electricity...
Eight Briefly Caught Inside of Tiruchirappalli Elevator
Eight people were rescued from an elevator on August 20 after they got stuck at the Collector Office at Tiruchirappalli, India, The Hindu reports. The incident occurred on the ground...
Haryana Government Prioritizes Public Safety in Lifts
Most state governments in India have so far responded mediocrely to the problem of lift passenger safety, except for the government of Haryana, which has exhibited foresight and demonstrated that...
Escalator Planned at FoB at Historic Mumbai Train Terminus
The Himalaya foot overbridge (FoB) at the historic Chhatrapatti Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai will get an escalator, mid-day reports. The FoB collapsed in March 2019, resulting in seven...
Delays for FoB Project Served by Six VT Units in India
A redesign and the pandemic are among factors delaying completion of a Foot Overbridge (FoB) served by six vertical-transportation (VT) units — four escalators and two lifts — near the...
