Calcutta metro restarts work on Noapara-Airport line
Metro Railway in Calcutta has resumed work on the stretch between Noapara and the city airport that is scheduled to be commissioned in 2021. Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) is in charge of all other ongoing projects in the city. The Noapara- Airport link is crucial as it will not only have the largest underground railway yard in the country to handle trains from three directions, but also connect to Barasat in the city's northeastern suburbs, said CPRO, Metro Railway, Indrani Banerjee, adding that the stretch, though not too long, had several challenges, including the removal of encroachers from railway land and demolition of structures along the way. Permission also had to be obtained from the civil aviation ministry to set up the yard at the airport. For this, Airports Authority of India (AAI) had to shift certain utilities. Two flyovers used by Circular Railway trains to connect to the airport in the past are also being brought down now. PSC box girders of these flyovers were brought down recently and successfully lowered along a 20-metre stretch. Metro Railway is holding meetings with RVNL and other agencies regarding the resumption of construction at other sites as apart from the projects in the North-South corridor, work is also underway for Phase-II of the East-West one.
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22 May 2020
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