Metro confident of completing track laying before CMRS inspection on Monday
Ashish Roy | TNN | Feb 22, 2019, 04:37 IST
Work is going on laying of tracks near Sitabuldi Metro station on Khapri-Sitabuldi stretch (Reach I)Nagpur: Even though MahaMetro has invited Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) for an inspection on February 25 and 26, it is yet to complete its track laying and electrical works. Metro officials are however, confident of completing the job by Sunday evening.
A source in MahaMetro said that work was going on laying of tracks near Sitabuldi Metro station on Khapri-Sitabuldi stretch (Reach I). “After laying the tracks we will erect the overhead electrical (OHE) system that supplies power to the trains. Some tracks have to be laid in Lokmanya Nagar to Subhash Nagar section too,” he added.
According to the official, work on Sitabuldi section will take two to three days while the other stretch will be complete by February 24.
In order to complete the work at fast pace, MahaMetro has stopped trial run of its trains. “Electric supply at 25,000 volts has to be switched on for running the trains. This stops all the work so we will do another trial run only in presence of CMRS. This time the train will run from Khapri to Sitabuldi instead of Congress Nagar and also on the other stretch,” said the source.
According to him, Research Design and Standards Organization (RDSO) inspection will not be needed for these two underconstruction stretches. “The sharpest curve was on Khapri-Congress Nagar section. Our train successfully negotiated it during the trial run and hence RDSO officials are satisfied,” he said.
Another official said that MahaMetro was expecting RDSO to e-mail the speed certificate within a day or two. “The trial run and other inspections went on absolutely smoothly. So there should be no problem,” he added.
MahaMetro is in a hurry to get CMRS green signal by February end so that Prime Minister Narendra Modi can flag off the trains before general elections are declared. Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari and chief minister Devendra Fadnavis want to gain maximum political mileage from commissioning of Nagpur Metro.
Gadkari has requested railway minister Piyush Goyal to ensure that MahaMetro gets RDSO and CMRS certificates as soon as possible. During the commissioning of Khapri to Airport South section they had taken months, which the two ministers can ill afford.
A source in MahaMetro said that work was going on laying of tracks near Sitabuldi Metro station on Khapri-Sitabuldi stretch (Reach I). “After laying the tracks we will erect the overhead electrical (OHE) system that supplies power to the trains. Some tracks have to be laid in Lokmanya Nagar to Subhash Nagar section too,” he added.
According to the official, work on Sitabuldi section will take two to three days while the other stretch will be complete by February 24.
In order to complete the work at fast pace, MahaMetro has stopped trial run of its trains. “Electric supply at 25,000 volts has to be switched on for running the trains. This stops all the work so we will do another trial run only in presence of CMRS. This time the train will run from Khapri to Sitabuldi instead of Congress Nagar and also on the other stretch,” said the source.
According to him, Research Design and Standards Organization (RDSO) inspection will not be needed for these two underconstruction stretches. “The sharpest curve was on Khapri-Congress Nagar section. Our train successfully negotiated it during the trial run and hence RDSO officials are satisfied,” he said.
Another official said that MahaMetro was expecting RDSO to e-mail the speed certificate within a day or two. “The trial run and other inspections went on absolutely smoothly. So there should be no problem,” he added.
MahaMetro is in a hurry to get CMRS green signal by February end so that Prime Minister Narendra Modi can flag off the trains before general elections are declared. Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari and chief minister Devendra Fadnavis want to gain maximum political mileage from commissioning of Nagpur Metro.
Gadkari has requested railway minister Piyush Goyal to ensure that MahaMetro gets RDSO and CMRS certificates as soon as possible. During the commissioning of Khapri to Airport South section they had taken months, which the two ministers can ill afford.
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