Kolkata, Date: 11.07.2023
Construction work of all Metro Projects at Kolkata and surrounding areas have been going on in full swing. In recent years, the long pending works of these Projects have picked up momentum and the Government of India has provided enough funds for the speedy completion of these long-awaited Projects where land has been made available.
The construction work of the all-important Pier No-318 (except the Pier Cap) at Chingrighata Crossing (one of the busiest crossings of Kolkata) on the E.M.Bypass for Kavi Subhash to Airport via Rajarhat has now been completed before the target date. With the help of the Traffic Department of Kolkata, a traffic block was taken from 17.05.2023 for completing this crucial job. Prior to giving this permission, Traffic Department undertook rigorous trial runs of traffic regulations at this crossing.
Once the traffic block was granted, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) the executing agency of this project, swung into action to complete this work at the earliest. For this, barricade boards were erected to cordon off the area and all the necessary machinery was brought to the site. From 18.05.2023 to 29.05.2023 construction work of 12 piles was completed and on 14.06.2023 pile cap casting work was also completed. After this, road restoration work was started from 18.06.2023, and as a part of this job crash barrier starter casting and sand filling work were done from 19.06.2023 to 22.06.2023. As a result, a Garia-bound road over a width of 3.5 meters has been restored on 04.07.2023, and on the same day, the road blockade has been shifted 3 meters inside to allow free movement of vehicles on that newly restored road at this busy crossing. Not only that but the Airport-bound road has also been restored over a width of 3-meter and the road blockade on that site has been withdrawn to 2.5 meters inside. At present, RVNL has taken a blockade over a 10-meter wide stretch at this site to complete the rest of the work including the construction of this Pier Cap. With the present pace, the executing agency is hopeful that all the remaining work at this site will be over very soon.
Shri P.Uday Kumar Reddy, General Manager, Metro Railway has been constantly monitoring the progress of all Metro Projects. He has expressed his happiness seeing the progress of Pier no-318 construction work at Chingrighata Crossing. He has instructed RVNL officials to complete all pending work at this site so that the people of Kolkata and adjoining areas face the least inconvenience for this ongoing Metro work.
Shri Kausik Mitra, Chief Public Relations Officer, Metro Railway, Kolkata has thanked all the stakeholders specially the Traffic Department of Kolkata Police and local authorities for providing all sorts of assistance to ensure the smooth execution of this construction work at the busiest crossing point like Chingrighata.
