A repetition of 1 September, 2019-like scenario last night with emergency displacement of residents of Bowbazar in the wee hours, had ‘reached an unbearable point’ according to the evacuees.
The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited (KMRCL), the implementing agency of the East-West Corridor at Bowbazar is carrying out the installation works of steel liners inside the east-bound tunnel at Bowbazar.
If all goes as planned, the ongoing work on the two tunnels in the middle leg of the East-West Metro Corridor could be completed by December, informed Member Infrastructure
The occasion was a reason to rejoice for Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited (KMRCL) as the entire stretch of the Eastward metro line from Salt Lake Sector V to Howrah Maidan across the river Hooghly is now connected.
With the memories of cracks and crevices, which were the last recollections of their homes that had sheltered them through thick and thin, the Barals now wish is to relive their lives in the present rubble, which was once their home.
The inauguration of six stations namely Sector V, Karunamoyee, Central Park, City Centre, Bengal Chemical and Salt Lake Stadium, is to be done by union railway minister Piyush Goyal.
The manoeuvre will not result in soil subsidence and will as such not affect life or property above the ground over the distance over which the machine is proposed to be shifted or otherwise, according to the report placed before the Division Bench of Chief Justice T B N Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee of the court.
The entire area is so congested that I was apprehensive about this route since the beginning. Metro should have declared compensation immediately after the incident, said Miss Banerjee after holding a meeting with Metro authorities.
An anxiety to stick to the deadline to facilitate inauguration of the East-West Metro ahead of the Pujas is of lesser moment in the overall construct.
Panic gripped residents of Hidaram Banerjee Lane and Gouri Dey Lane today morning, where cracks appeared on the walls of some of the buildings.
