Mumbai
Mumbai’s First FOB With Escalators Inaugurated
Four years after work began, Mumbai's first foot overbridge (FOB) with escalators for entry and exit was inaugurated by Guardian Minister Deepak Kesarkar at Dr BA Road in Sion, Mumbai,...
India City Requires Fire Evacuation Lifts in High Rises
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corp. (BMC) in Mumbai, India, has made it mandatory to install fire evacuation lifts in high-rise buildings 70 m and higher, Realty Plus reports. In case of fire,...
14 Injured in Mumbai Elevator Fall
At least 14 people were injured after an elevator collapsed from the fourth floor to the ground floor in the Trade World Tower C in Mumbai, India, on the morning...
India’s Tallest Escalators Planned for Mumbai Metro
Mumbai Metro Rail Corp. will install 14 escalators at its Mumbai Metro 3 international airport terminal (T2) station of the underground Colaba-Bandra-Seepz corridor, MUMBAI LIVE reports. Eight of these escalators...
Mumbai Division of Central Railway To Install Nearly 50 Escalators at Stations
India’s Ministry of Railways has approved a budget of Rs 48.05 crore (US$5.8 million) for the installation of new escalators at railway stations within the Mumbai division of the Central...
India’s WR Adds VT Equipment and More in “Mission Zero Death” Effort
India’s Western Railway (WR) has commissioned new vertical-transportation (VT) equipment including 13 foot overbridges (FoBs), 18 escalators and 15 lifts in an effort to ease passenger flow and prevent trespassing...
ISEE Announces Dates for Expanded 2024 Show
The International Sourcing Exposition for Elevators & Escalators (ISEE) organizers have announced the dates for the second event will be December 5-7, 2024, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC) in...
Making Sense Out of Space
Your author discusses a recent project and his firm’s design philosophy. by Anish Motwani At Anish Motwani Associates (AMA), we were tasked with creating a luxurious low-maintenance home for our...
International Sourcing Exposition for Elevators & Escalators Debuts
VT industry players congregate in Mumbai, India, and discuss the post-pandemic era’s transformed scenario amid new launches. by Vijay Pandya and Sheetal S. Patil The beginning of December usually heralds...
Elevator Crash Among Other Recent India Accidents
A 20-year-old man was killed after an elevator crashed in a high-rise apartment building in Mumbai, India. Four men were in the glass elevator of a 24-floor building in Vikhroli...
