Cement segment of Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor slips during load capacity testing

NEW DELHI: A pre-cast cement segment of the upcoming high-speed Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor slipped at a construction site near the Modi Nagar North station on Tuesday evening.
The segment fell close to the barricades during a load testing exercise.
A spokesperson of the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), which is implementing the project, said that during the testing of the launching girder near Modi Nagar North station at around 4.30pm, the segment slipped and went near the barricading.
Launching girders are installed on pillars and are used to join pre-cast segments together to give shape to the viaduct, on which tracks are later laid.
"While the load capacity testing was on and the first segment was being lifted, it slipped from some height and came down with a thud," he said.
He added that while the exercise was on, all safety norms were adhered to.
The Modi Nagar North Station is close to Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. The under construction 82-km-long RRTS corridor between Meerut and Delhi promises to bring down traveling time to around 55 minutes. A 17-km-long priority section between Duhai and Sahibabad is expected to be completed by next year and the entire corridor by 2025.
The spokesperson said that no one was harmed in any way during the incident and there was no effect on the road traffic, which continued smoothly.
He said that this launching girder will help in the construction of the viaduct in the direction of Meerut by connecting the segments.
On Saturday, the first semi-high-speed trainset manufactured for the first RRTS corridor of the country was handed over to NCRTC at the manufacturing factory in Savli, Gujarat.