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.
Citizens of Kolkata are likely to enjoy a journey in the entire stretch of the East-West Metro by October.
The Prime Minister will dedicate NTPC’s 800 MW (Unit-2) of Telangana Super Thermal Power Project in Peddapalli, Telangana.
Karthik Mondal had taken up driving as his career and worked as the official driver to the general manager of city Metro. Being honest to his service, even the general manager was impressed with his dedication towards work and punctuality.
Inching closer towards final commissioning, the structural work at the Gour Kishore Ghosh Metro station of the Kavi Subhash-Biman Bandar (Airport) Corridor (Orange Line) has been completed.
The station is to play a crucial role after the final commissioning of the upcoming Noapara-Barasat via Biman Bandar Metro Project. It is to become one of the interchanging points of Metro Railway and Eastern Railway.
This, according to the general manager, would keep them engaged during the journey and would also allow the commuters to use free Wi-Fi while travelling.
Of these, the city’s lifeline will have 63 services in the up direction and 66 in the down direction between Kavi Subhash and Dakshineswar.
As informed by official sources, the railway board is said to have suggested blue colour for the existing North-South line. The Garia-Airport project is to be given an orange makeover. Yellow was suggested for the line from Baranagar to Barrackpore. Likewise, the stretch of Howrah Maidan to Sector V of the East-West Metro is to be operated in green colour while that from Joka - Esplanade will be given a purple colour.
Misgivings that both projects from the city to the peripheral areas, via the airport, might be truncated are not wholly unfounded. The Baranagar-Barrackpore-Dakshineswar project has been allotted Rs 10 crore. Though the Baranagar-Dakshineswar stretch is now operational, there has been no progress on the Barrackpore stretch as yet. Overall, the budget mentions no new rail projects for West Bengal this fiscal
