C Shivakumar
Chennai:
Infrastructure to berth
coaches in the metro rail depot in Koyambedu is expected to be ready by March
end and Chennai Metro Rail has begun work to lower the parts of tunnel boring
machines through vertical shafts in Nehru Park in Chetpet, according to metro
rail spokesman.
A metro rail spokesman told Express on Monday that the
parts of tunnel boring machines, which will help construct city’s underground
stations, is being lowered through vertical shaft in Nehru Park in Chetpet.
Interestingly, the vertical shafts are also
constructed in Washermenpet and Shenoy Nagar to lower the parts of machines and
. “The lowering of various parts of tunnel boring machines started in Nehru
Park. Once they are inside then the machines will be assembled and work will
begin soon this month end or in the first week of next month,” the metro rail
spokesman said.
Interestingly, the first train, which consists of four
coaches, is expected to arrive in the depot, spread over
an area of 26 hectares of land, by next March end by when the required
infrastructure for the berthing of trains will be ready, the spokesman said.
He said that the work on the depot would be completed
by December 2013 when the first trail run is expected to take place.
Meanwhile, the area behind Koyambedu market is abuzz
with clanking of machines and buzzing of trucks laden with earth. Sources said
that earth filing works are going on. A total of 2.16 lakh cubic metres of
earth filling is being done as against 3.16 lakh cubic metres.
Work is also going on to install pre-fabricated
vertical drain to suck water and make the soil tight. Metro rail sources said
work on the viaduct and ramp area is nearly over. “This will help the rail to
chug down from the elevated stretch to down,” he added.
The construction of the administrative building is
going on in full swing in the depot. “Work is going on in the ground floor and
the first floor,” the spokesman said.
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