LAST 10 DAYS OF RAMZAN

DAY BY DAY, ALL THE MUSLIMS ARE NOW FASTING FOR LAST 10 DAYS BEFORE THE AIDILFITRI APPEARS. WITH A DEVOTION TO CONTINUE FASTING, EVEN FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE IT MAY SUFFER ALL DAY LONG THROUGH AGONY, BUT THERE IS A LIGHT IN ORDER TO WALK THROUGH THE ENDEAVOUR TOWARDS HAPPINESS. EVERYBODY WONDERS, WHEN WILL THE LAILATUL QADAR FALLS ON?

Photo 1 : Launcher workers took time to pray (subuh) together.

MALAYSIA METRO-part 2

Photo 1 : The metro network in Kuala Lumpur.

THERE ARE 5 COMPANIES OPERATES THEIR SUBWAY LINES SUCH AS RAPID KL, KTM KOMUTER, ERL AND KL MONORAIL. ALTHOUGH IT'S CALLED LRT (LIGHT RAIL) AS IT IS A FULLY INDEPENDENT METRO. TOTAL SUBWAY LINES ARE 9, LISTS OF THEM ARE :

1. SENTUL-PORT KLANG

• 23 STATION, 153 km, OPERATED BY KTM KOMUTER

2. RAWANG-SEREMBAN

• 22 STATIONS, 153 km, OPERATED BY KTM KOMUTER

3. KELANA JAYA LINE (Kelana Jaya-Terminal PUTRA, Gombak)

• 24 STATIONS, 29 km, OPERATED BY RAPID KL

4. AMPANG LINE

• 2 ROUTES (Sentul Timur-Sri Petaling and Sentul Timur-Ampang)


• 25 STATIONS, 27 km, OPERATED BY RAPID KL

5. PRT KL MONORAIL (KL Sentral-Titiwangsa)

• 11 STATIONS, 8.6km, OPERATED BY KL MONORAIL

6. KLIA TRANSIT (KL Sentral-KLIA)

• 5 STATIONS, 75 km, OPERATED BY ERL

7. KLIA EXPRESS (KL Sentral-KLIA)

• NONSTOP OVER 75 km (within 28 minutes, about 160 km/hr), OPERATED BY ERL

8. Aerotrain at KLIA (Main Terminal-Satellite A Building)

• 2 STATIONS, 2.5 km (assumed), OPERATED BY MALAYSIA AIRPORT HOLDING BHD
  

Photo 2 : Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

Photo 3 : KLIA Transit station

Photo 4 : KL Monorail.

Photo 5 : Kelana Jaya Line, formerly known as PUTRA LRT.

Photo 6 : KTM Komuter.

Photo 7 : Ampang Line, formerly known as STAR LRT.

Photo 7 : Aerotrain

MALAYSIA METRO-part 1

Photo 1 : Glitter night of Kuala Lumpur.


Photo 1 : KL Sentral station, modal intergrated public transport.

WHEN THE POPULATION RISES UP, THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES ON ROAD INCREASES, THEN TRAFFIC JAM OCCURS. SUCH A CITY, THERE ARE A FEW KIND OF MANAGEMENT DEMANDED IN ORDER TO SOLVE THE CROWD. AMONG OF THE BEST SOLUTION IS TO PROVIDE A GOOD TAFFIC SYSTEM, AS INDICATED IN THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. A STUDY OF TRAFFIC APPLIED (INTO TYPES OF VEHICLES, ROAD CHARACTERISTICS, SPEED FLOW, ETC), VEHICLES FLOW SURVEYED, THEN SOLUTION WILL BE DETERMINED. EXAMPLES OF SOLUTIONS ARE CONSTRUCTING FLYOVERS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES, WIDENING ROAD WIDTH, ELEVATED VIADUCTS, CITY TRAM, BUS RE-ROUTINGS, UNDERGROUND BY-PASS AND MANY MORE. FURTHER MORE, IT IS COMPULSARY FOR EVERY USER TO BE OBEY AGAINST THE RULES.

USUALLY, PUBLIC TRANSPORT WILL BE THE PRIORITY TO CONSIDER, SUCH AS BUSES, TAXI CABS, CITY TRAMS AND EVEN THE PEDESTRIANS. THAT IS WHY IT IS COMMONLY SEEN THE BUS LANE-ONLY, ONE-WAY ROAD, PUBLIC FLY-CROSSING BRIDGES AND NETWORK OF LIGHT TRAIN. ALL THIS MATTER MADE TO PROVIDE CONVINIENCES, TIME AND COST SAVINGS AND FRIENDLY TO ENVIRONMENT.

IN KUALA LUMPUR, ONE OF THE SOLUTION TAKEN IS TO BUILD THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT (LRT). FIRST RAILWAY HAS BEEN BUILT DURING BRITISH ERA IN 1884 CONNECTING TAIPING TO PORT WELD, FOR A TRADING PURPOSE. THEN IT EXPANDED TO CONNECT WITH OTHER CITY. IN KUALA LUMPUR, THE MAIN STATION IS STESEN KERETAPI KUALA LUMPUR, BUT A BRAND NEW INTERGRATED MODAL TRANSPORT HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AT KUALA LUMPURT CENTRAL (OR KL SENTRAL).

WHAT KIND OF SERVICES OFFERRED AT KL SENTRAL?

• INTER-CITY TRAIN TO THE NORTH UP TO THAILAND, DOWN SOUTH TILL SINGAPORE AND TO THE EAST COAST.


• EXPRESS RAIL LINK (ERL) CONSISTS OF KLIA TRANSIT (A FEW STOPPAGES SUCH AS PUTRAJAYA AND CYBERJAYA) AND KLIA EXPRESS TO THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NON-STOP). KL SENTRAL IS ALSO THE KL CITY AIR TERMINAL (KL CAT) WHERE YOU CAN DO CHECK-IN FOR FLIGHT.


• KELANA JAYA LINE (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PUTRA LRT) AND COMMUTES TO AN INTERCHANGE FOR AMPANG LINE AND SRI PETALING LINE (FORMERLY KNOWN AS STAR LRT).


• KL MONORAIL.

• KTM KOMUTER.

• FEEDER BUSSES AND TAXIS.

CIS UPDATES

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WHEN THE 7th CAST IN-SITU SPAN GOT IT FIRST LIFT, THE COMPLETED WORK PERCENTAGE OF CIS PROGRESS IS NOW UP TO 48.86 %. NOT MUCH HAPPEN AT CIS I AS ONLY WORK DONE FOR SPAN LOWERING, BUT MOST ATTENTION PAID ON CIS II. PP144-PP145 IS NOW ON PROGRESS FOR COMPLETING THE REST REBARS BEFORE THE SECOND LIFT OF CONCRETE LAYERED ON IT. ALL SET OF OUTER SHUTTERS HAVE BEEN ERECTED ON PP141-PP142 AND THE REBARS IS NOW RUNNING ON. APPROXIAMATELY, CRIBS INSTALLATION FOR SPAN PP140-PP141 WAS COMPLETED.

PARAPET TOOK PLACE

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MOST VISIBLY PROGRESS SEEN AT PARAPET ERECTION, AS GANTRY NO.2 IS CHASING LAUNCHING GIRDER NO.1 ON RAJDHANI-MUNDKA TRACK AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM IS GETTING CLOSER BY DAYS, JUST LESS THAN 13 SPANS. PARAPET GANTRY NO.1 FROM RAJDHANI-NANGLOI RAILWAY STATION TRACK WAS BEING REPLACED ON SPAN PP2-PP3 BUT IT WASN'T STARTING THE ERECTION PROGRESS YET. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, GANTRY NO.3 IS NOW RUNNING ON ITS 13th SPAN.

REGARDING TO THE ABOVE TABLE, 55.05 % OF STANDARD GAUGE PARAPETS HAVE BEEN ERECTED AT SITE, MEANWHILE 48.41 % OF ERECTION PROGRESS DONE AT BROAD GAUGE PARAPET SITE. OVERALL BALANCE OF PARAPET CASTING IS 16.32 %, AS UPDATED ON SEPT02.

SEGMENT STATUS

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LAUNCHING GIRDER NO.3 WAS JUST CLOSED, 274 SEGMENT ERECTED ALONG 28 SPANS OF NANGLOI-SURAJMAL STADIUM PATH TRACK. NOWADAYS, LG 1 AND LG 2 ARE KEEP RUNNING ON ITS OWN PARTICULAR WAY, AS LG 1 HAD ANOTHER 2 SPANS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE REACHING THE CIS I SITE, THEN BEING ERECTING ANOTHER 3 SPANS THERE. SO, SEGMENTS STATUS CAN BE ELABORATED AS INDICATED ON THE ABOVE PIE CHART.

THE RAMZAN

Photo 1 : Salam Taj Mahal

RAMZAN IS A WORD SPOKEN HERE, BUT MALAYSIANS USE TO CALL IT RAMADHAN, THE HOLY MONTH. 30 DAYS OF FASTING, IT MAY GIVES CHALLENGES BUT ALMOST INSPIRING US A LOT ON HOW TO GET FULL OF BLESS. ON BEHALF OF MALAYSIAN FELLOWS IN DELHI, WISHING YOU "SELAMAT MENYAMBUT BULAN RAMADHAN AL-MUBARAK" TO ALL THE MUSLIMS ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

GROUTING AND BEARING INSTALLATION

Photo 1 : Grouted tendon.

AS THE PARAPET ERECTION IMPROVES AND GOES FASTER, IT FORCES THE TWO TEAM OF GROUTING AND BEARING INSTALLATION TO DOUBLE UP THEIR WORKS. IF BEARING HAVEN'T BEEN INSTALL PROPERLY, PARAPET CANNOT BE ERECTED ON THAT PARTICULAR SPAN. AS UPDATED ON 6th AUGUST 2008, THE NUMBER OF BEARINGS INSTALLED (SPAN) IS 98. IT MEANS 63% HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

THE RAMP

Photo 1 : View taken on 4th July 2008.

Photo 2 : View taken on end of May.

THE RAMP IS CONNECTING THE EXIT LINE TO THE DEPO, CONSISTS 5 UNITS OR PARTS, NAMED U1 TO U5. EACH UNIT HAS ITS OWN PCC, RAFT AND LIFT. NUMBER OF LIFTS DEPEND TO THE DESIGN. FOR EXAMPLE, U1 AND U2 HAVE 4 LIFT WHERE U1 IS CONNECTING THE RAMP TO THE EXISTED 6 EXIT LINE. SO FAR, ALL PCC AND RAFT OF ALL UNITS HAVE BEEN CONCRETED. FIRST LIFT OF ALL UNITS EXCEPT U1 ALSO HAVE BEEN CASTED. THE LATEST UPDATED, SECOND LIFT OF U4 AND U5 ARE ALSO CASTED. AS A ROUGH CALCULATION, 49.5% OF WORK DONE.

STANDING IN THE EYES

Photo 1 : The great look of the new building of MTD Group.

HAVING A CHANCE FOR A VACATION, FLY BACK TO MALAYSIA ON 15th JULY BROUGHT ME A SPECTACULAR SIGHT SEEING WHEN I STAND IN FRONT OF THE NEW BUILDING OF MTD GROUP. LOCATED IN BATU CAVES, THIS MULTI-STOREYS BUILDING IS THE HEADQUATERS. WITH A BACKGROUND OF GREEN HILLY LIMESTONE, STANDING VERY CLOSED TO THE RING ROAD PROVIDES CONVINIENCES, EASILY CAN BE SEEN EVEN DRIVING 1km HEADING TOWARDS BATU CAVES. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE HELP YOURSELF TO VISIT THE OFFICIAL HOMEPAGE OF MTD GROUP OR JUST GET YOURSELF TO:

1, JALAN BATU CAVES,

68100 BATU CAVES,

SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN,

MALAYSIA.