TOP SLAB CASTING OF BIMANBANDAR STATION COMPLETED DURING THE NATIONWIDE STRIKE on 08.12.2020
The construction work of Noapara - Barasat via Bimanbandar Metro project has been going on in full swing. During COVID times and also in the new normal situation, a significant progress of this project has been achieved. Top slab casting of the proposed Bimanbandar Station has been completed even during the nationwide strike on 08.12.2020. This work started from 07.12.2020 morning and after 30 hours of continuous concreting in which 1730 cubic metre concrete were used with the help of 20 transit mixtures, this milestone has been achieved.
On the same day (08.12.2020), casting work of a diaphragm wall of Bimanbandar station sub-way was also completed. 90 cubic metre concrete were consumed to complete the concreting work of this wall having dimension of 18 metre X 5 metre X 1 metre. This sub-way will connect Bimanbandar station with Jessore Road.
Apart from this, the abandoned Circular Railway piers at the entry point of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport are also being cut using noise free, vibration free and dust free cutting machine fitted with Diamond cutter. In the last three days, Pier No: P-84, P-85 & P-86 have been cut.
Besides Bimanbander station, work at Jessore Road station has also been going on smoothly. A 127- metre long noise barrier to prevent noise pollution at NAD Colony of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is being erected. 102 columns of this barrier have already been erected. Covering work of these columns are now going on.
