Tag: Kolkata Metro
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Transport to disappear for the next few days
The services of Kolkata’s lifeline, the Metro railway, carrying more than six lakh commuters daily, have been suspended from tomorrow till 31 March.
March 23, 2020 -
Some Gour Dey Lane residents get evacuation orders again
Spending days in fear, if history is repeated, some of the residents of Gour Dey Lane Lane in Bow Bazar will be evacuated for the second time in six months.
March 4, 2020 -
E-W Metro: Platform screen doors continue to trouble authorities
The platform screen doors (PSDs) are an integral part of the recently inaugurated Metro and have been installed to prevent suicide attempts.
February 27, 2020 -
E-W Metro: Tunnelling work to be completed by March 2021
As the TBM Chandi became defunct after hitting an aquifer last year on 31 August, its twin, Urvi, will take up the task of excavating the remaining portion, covering a length of around 1.8 km.
February 22, 2020 -
Metro authorities to restart tunnelling at Bowbazar within this week
The work that had been halted in September lats year, is being resumed after more than five months in the city's gold hub which witnessed cracks, cave-ins and crevices due to tunnelling in one part of the East-West Metro Corridor turning hundreds of residents into refugees overnight and costing the evacuees their lifetime earnings.
February 20, 2020 -
Euphoria & Distress
The achievement would seem to be still more remarkable as the track has been opened to public, albeit partially, barely a few months after the cave-in at Bowbazar and the displacement of families from hearth and home.
February 17, 2020 -
Mamata Banerjee’s name missing from official invitation for inauguration of East-West Metro corridor
The six kilometers long Metro line has six stations namely, Sector V, Central Park, City Centre, Karunamoyee, Bengal Chemical and Salt Lake Stadium.
February 13, 2020 -
Salt lake stadium to sector V metro to start services next week; all dept officials on toes
The much-awaited final commissioning of the first phase of East-West Metro, which is to witness repetition of history after 35 years, has put the officials of Kolkata Metro, Bidhannagar Police and other departments on their toes in the past few days.
February 10, 2020 -
EW Metro phase I may start off on 13 February
The much awaited maiden journey will cover a short distance from Salt Lake V to the Salt Lake stadium, en route, this latest surface transport will pass though Sector V, Karunamoyee, Central Park, City Centre, Bengal Chemical and Salt Lake Stadium.
February 4, 2020 -
Kolkata Metro likely to be delayed by one year, says officials
The 16.6-km-long rapid transit system, connecting the twin cities of Kolkata and Howrah, may now be completed by mid-2022.
November 20, 2019 -
Kolkata Metro online smart card recharge system likely to start by end of 2019
Once the facility is in place, commuters using smart cards will be able to recharge them online by visiting the website of the Kolkata Metro Railway.
October 17, 2019 -
Kolkata Metro breaks own record, carries 61.6 lakh during 1-8 Oct
Kolkata Metro also crossed a milestone by earning 10.3 per cent more than its earnings of the previous year.
October 11, 2019 -
Kolkata Metro to increase daily services from 284 to 300
Authorities of Kolkata Metro Rail are mulling over a proposal to increase the number of daily services from 284 to 300 from November.
October 2, 2019 -
Bowbazar disaster displaces 57-yr-old Durga Puja venue
However, the club members, who had cancelled the plans of holding the Puja this year, are now putting in their efforts to ensure they do not give it a miss.
September 16, 2019 -
20 Bowbazar buildings to be demolished
The news of the plan for demolition has added to the agony of their occupants.
September 15, 2019 -
Coffer wall work inside tunnel completed
The KMRCL engineers informed that the rate of subsidence has been brought down considerably to almost a negligible point while the continuous collapses and cracks are aftermath of the ground loss that occurred last week.
September 12, 2019 -
Questions over change of E-W Metro routes
“The issue of possible change of alignment was brought before the board of KMRC. This meeting was attended by B P Gopalika, state transport secretary, and Rajiv Chaudhury, executive director (works), Railway Board, as special invitees. The Board was of the opinion that the present alignment should continue, and urged the state government to provide support for completion of land acquisition,” the note said.
September 10, 2019