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AZIZI DEVELOPMENTS AND ESHARAH ETISALAT SECURITY SOLUTIONS PARTNER TO ENHANCE BURJ AZIZI CRITICAL COMMS - Middle East Business News and Information
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 2025: Azizi Developments, a leading private developer in the UAE, has announced its partnership with Esharah Etisalat Security Solutions, the UAE-based provider of secure and mission-critical communication solutions. As part of this collaboration, Esharah will supply the TETRA communications system for Burj Azizi, the second tallest tower in the world. Operating under Nedaa, the professional communications corporation of Dubai, Esharah specializes in deploying high-security telecommunications infrastructure for government and large-scale private sector projects across the United Arab Emirates. The TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) system will ensure seamless, encrypted, and highly reliable communications throughout Burj Azizi, supporting operational efficiency, safety, and emergency responsiveness across the tower's residential, hospitality, commercial, and leisure components. Mr. Farhad Azizi, Group CEO of the Azizi group of companies, said: 'We are proud to partner with Esharah Etisalat Security Solutions, a leading name in secure telecommunications, for Burj Azizi. As a landmark project designed to set new global benchmarks in engineering and luxury, the iconic Burj Azizi requires best-in-class systems that match its scale, complexity and sophistication. This partnership will bring about resilient and uninterrupted communication across all operations in the tower, contributing to both safety and performance.' This strategic agreement marks another step in Azizi's commitment to delivering innovative and future-ready infrastructure across its developments, reinforcing Burj Azizi's status as a world-class vertical city and architectural icon. Scheduled for completion by 2028, the 725-meter high, 131+ story tower offers an exquisite mix of residential, hotel, retail and entertainment spaces. An ultra luxury mall, home to most high-end fashion brands, will occupy the retail section. The residential section will include luxurious one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. For every 20 floors of residences, a dedicated amenity floor is planned, consisting of swimming pools with sauna and steam room, a fully fitted gym and yoga center, a spa, a games room including billiard, chess and ping-pong, a business center, a kids' play area, a cinema, a restaurant and coffee shop, and a supermarket. Moving up, the luxury apartments will be topped by ultra luxury penthouses, ranging from one to five-bedroom units and enjoying exclusive access to all amenities. Separate lobbies will serve the residences and the penthouse units. Up even higher along this vertical world is an all-suite seven-star hotel, set to become a major attraction that will take Dubai's standards of luxury and opulence to new heights. Inspired by seven cultural themes – Arabic, Chinese, Persian, Indian, Turkish, French and Russian – the hotel will offer a new standard in comfort and hospitality, including culturally styled restaurants for each cultural theme. An authentic Emirati restaurant will be another key feature of the hotel. Moreover, the hotel will include a luxury ballroom and a beach club. Among the world records set by Burj Azizi will be the highest observation deck on level 130, the highest hotel lobby on level 111, the highest nightclub on level 126, the highest restaurant on level 122, and the highest hotel room on level 118. At the top, the building will also house a special museum that will showcase the chronology of the building's evolution, recognising personalities involved through multimedia exhibits, including photo, video and graphics. Azizi Developments' Sales Gallery can be visited on the 13th floor of the Conrad Hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road. About Azizi Developments: Azizi Developments is a leading developer based in Dubai, UAE. With more than 40,000 homes successfully delivered to local and international investors and end users of over 100 nationalities, the developer prides itself on its extensive portfolio of modern luxury developments across Dubai's most sought-after residential and commercial destinations, its construction-driven approach, and its commitment to transparency and customer centricity. Azizi's residential and commercial properties are investor friendly, catering to all lifestyles. The developer makes it its international mission to develop lifestyles and enrich the lives of its residents with a focus on catalyzing the vision and development of the markets that it operates in. Azizi currently has around 150,000 units under construction, valued at several tens of billions of US dollars. The company is renowned for developing the world's second tallest skyscraper and an AED 2.5 billion opera, which is its gift to the city, as part of its cultural district at Azizi Venice. Azizi has a strong track record and sizeable project pipeline through its extensive land bank and strategic partnerships with Dubai's key master developers and is instrumental in developing world-class properties in MBR City, Palm Jumeirah, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai South, Dubailand, Al Furjan, Studio City, Sports City and Downtown Jebel Ali.
The Hindu
11-05-2025
- The Hindu
A walk-through of the clockwork precision of Chennai Metro Rail system
Metro is sleek. It offers the most comfortable journey in a public transport system in Chennai. It is easy for the commuters who hop on and off in a jiffy. As in any other mass transit system, the workforce doesn't sleep so as to take you to your destination, safe and fast, along the 54-km phase I network. Here is a simple walk-through from the time the clockwork precision begins at the Metro Rail system. It all begins at Koyambedu, the depot control centre and the operations control centre, as early as 3.45 a.m., when the train operators walk in. We speak to an operator, Punitha, 30, to know how she prepares the train for the passengers. 'I have been an operator for three years. I start the day at nearly half past two in the morning and walk into the depot at Koyambedu at 4 a.m.,' she says. First, she takes a breathalyser test, informs the head that she tested negative, and then begins her day. 'I can't step out of the depot without two essentials — my TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) with which I communicate from the train to the control centre, and a bunch of keys,' she says. Unlocking the train Metro Rail trains are state-of-the-art, yet they need to be unlocked with these keys before the train begins its journey for the day. Next, she hops onto the driver's cabin, turns on the light, and walks through the train, and checks all the coaches. The compact driver cabin wears the look of a large gaming console with colourful buttons, speedometers, and screens. She needs to check every device and then prepare the train. The pressure must build to the right level. After that, she looks into the functioning of everything: the wiper, the opening and closing of the train doors, the braking system, horn, whistle, the passenger announcement system, and the cameras in all coaches. If all is well, she picks up her TETRA and says: 'Train set ready. Preparation completed. Ready for movement.' Then, the train will be gradually taken by a ramp to the Koyambedu Metro Rail station. And the four-coach train is primed and ready for its first trip at 5 a.m. Nearly 2.9 lakh people board and alight from these trains at 41 stations across the 54-km network. The stations and the trains bustle with commuters. But there is one place from which Chennai Metro Rail Limited keeps an eye on every station and train — the Operations Control Centre. Constant monitoring A giant screen, fitted on top of the massive room, displays lines of varying hues. Scores of computers below this screen lay out similar patterns. This is the signalling system, the backbone of train operations. Manned by numerous vigilant workers, these monitors show the train movement in each section. To build a foolproof system, in case the Operations Control Centre wriggles under a glitch, seven stations in the phase I network have a mini set-up like this. For instance, from Koyambedu, station controller A. Suresh can manage a bunch of stations, if need be. 'The signalling system presents three colours. While tracks are the yellow lines, the route of the train is indicated in green. A small patch of red that moves along the direction of the green line is the train. So, through this, I can find out whether the trains are moving along their set path or veering off,' he says. Well deserved promotion He was a train operator earlier before getting promoted as station controller. Both Punitha and Suresh recount some of the challenges they had encountered and how Chennai Metro Rail became a sort of lifeline for a portion of the city. 'During the 2015 floods, when I was a train operator, I transported people from Koyambedu to Alandur. I vividly remember what people were going through and how we, as a team, tried to take them closer to their kith and kin,' he recalls. The last three years have been nothing short of fascinating for Ms. Punitha as she drives thousands of people to their destinations every day. 'Even during Cyclone Vardah, when there was barely any other transport service, we managed to carry people safely. We were continuously monitored for our and passengers' safety from the control centre. I think at that time I felt a sense of purpose and was particularly happy that I was a train operator serving and helping the city in some way,' she says. Vital break Many wonder why Chennai Metro Rail trains don't run round the clock. The trains run 14 hours a day, from 5 a.m. to 12 a.m., and take a break for maintenance for the next five hours. The downtime is essential for the upkeep of not only the stations but also the trains and the tracks. 'We have a reputation for keeping our trains and stations clean. And that is possible because in those four hours, the trains, stations and tracks endure a rigorous maintenance process to be up and about for the next day's operations at 5 a.m.,' Mr. Suresh notes.
