Nagpur Metro Rail overcomes hurdle on East-West corridor

Officials of Nagpur Metro Rail (NMRL) have overcome hurdle on a key route of the transport system by deciding to construct a ramp to connect the line to an upcoming flyover near the railway station here.
NMRL will construct East-West corridor passing over Nagpur railway station and crossing the flyover near the station.
The company will undertake construction of about 200 metres of ramp connecting the fly over and in turn charge the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) the necessary project costs, officials said.
Since the alignment and integration of metro is equally important -- seven pillars of maximum height of 16 metres are required -- NMRL will lay the pillars for the corridor and also construct the ramp.

This innovative and creative feat of engineering will produce an elegant piece of infrastructure at that location, NMRL Managing Director Brajesh Dixit said today.
Both metro rail and flyover (road over bridge) work will be completed within their respective deadlines, he told a press conference.

A high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis resolved the issue and an MoU was signed between Metro Rail and MSRDC in Mumbai recently.
Dixit said the metro rail construction is ahead of schedule at present. On North-South corridor, the civil work from Mihan to Sitabuldi was going on at brisk pace and extension of this route will commence in March.

Design of nine stations on North-South corridor has started, he said.
Meanwhile, Mahesh Kumar, a senior Railway officer, has joined NMRL as Director (Projects) and will look after the civil engineering work, Dixit said.
The 1982-batch Indian railway Service engineer has previously worked in Benguluru and Kochi metro projects and also in Southern Railway in various capacities.