UPMRC’s new tech to put Metro work on fast track

Kanpur: Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) has innovated a new construction technique to expedite the ongoing construction work of Kanpur Metro and also to ensure the safety of the staff working at the site and the common people.
A UPMRC official on Saturday said that since the beginning, its civil engineers, on the basis of the experience they had gained from the Lucknow Metro Project, were trying to innovate civil construction techniques while executing the Kanpur Metro Project.
He said previously the concourse slab of the elevated station--a portion just above the road--was constructed on sacrificial shutter made of galvanized iron sheet. The sacrificial shutters were laid over the erected precast beams.
"The concourse slab of the station will now be constructed with the new innovative technology. The slab, along with the beam, will be prepared in advance at the casting yard and placed at the designated location. With the help of this technique, the work will gain momentum and at the same time, safety-related apprehensions will be reduced. Not only this, but the outer beauty of the stations will also be enhanced", the official added.
According to a source in Metro Rail Corporation, the civil construction work of the Kanpur Metro project is progressing at full speed from the beginning. As a result of the state-of-the-art technology, UPMRC is fully confident that the construction work of the Priority Corridor between IIT-Kanpur and Motijheel would be completed within the stipulated time frame.
In about three months' time, since the work started on Kanpur Metro at the IIT-Kanpur gate, over 500 piles and 35 piers or pillars have been prepared under the project. Concurrently, the casting of the U-girder is also continuing in the casting yard.