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Indraprastha section ready for trial run

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar

Country's first extra-dosed bridge near Pragati Maidan completed

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is hopeful of completing all major civil, electrical, signalling and telecommunication works on the upcoming new 2.81-km Barakhamba-Indraprastha section of Line 3 within the next ten days.

Special technique

It would start trials on this small but important section later in the month.According to a DMRC spokesperson, casting of the country's first extra-dosed bridge near Pragati Maidan -- only the second of its kind in the world to be built over a railway crossing -- has been completed while the laying of tracks and signal systems on this bridge, which has been built using a special technique as it had a 302-metre-radius curvature and was 93 metres long, would be completed in ten days.

Complex venture

The spokesperson said the construction of the extra-dosed bridge was a very complex venture as it had to be built over five lines of the Indian Railways on which 200 trains pass every day.

As for the remaining section, the overhead electrical wires and the tracks have already been laid. Meanwhile, installation of the automatic fare collections system, escalators and elevators at all the three stations on the new section is under way.

Operational duties

The DMRC has also trained nearly 40 personnel in operational and maintenance duties for deployment at the Mandi House, Pragati Maidan and Indraprastha stations. Besides it would be deploying security and ticket counter staff at these stations in the days to come.

The construction on the section -- which has one underground station at Mandi House and two overhead ones at Pragati Maidan and Indraprastha -- had started in August 2004.

The section would be inaugurated ahead of the annual India International Trade Fair in November following an inspection by the Commissioner for Railway Safety.

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