In a significant development in the Kanpur Metro Rail project, the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (UPMRC) has completed the construction of 276 pile caps. With this, the casting of all pile caps of the 5-km long elevated section from Baradevi to Naubasta of Corridor 1 has been accomplished. Five metro stations, comprising Baradevi, Kidwai Nagar, Vasant Vihar, Baudh Nagar and Naubasta, under the said section, are being developed.
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कानपुर मेट्रोः बारादेवी से नौबस्ता तक एलिवेटेड सेक्शन के सभी पाइल कैप्स का निर्माण हुआ पूरा। लगभग 5 किमी लंबे सेक्शन में कुल 276 पाइल कैप्स की कास्टिंग की गई।#UPMetro:साकारहोतेसपने#KanpurMetro pic.twitter.com/ZwS2XJa9LO
— Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialUPMetro) March 2, 2024
On the occasion, the UPMRC Managing Director Sushil Kumar shared, “We have completed the casting of all 276 Pile Caps for this section and will soon complete the casting of all the piers. The team of engineers of Uttar Pradesh Metro is working day and night to provide timely metro service to the city residents.”
Apart from this, the track construction between Bada Chauraha and Naveen Market station, under the Chunniganj-Nayaganj underground section, has begun. “After Kanpur Metro’s Nayaganj to Bada Chauraha, track construction work has started between Bada Chauraha to Naveen Market station. After welding of railway tracks, casting of track slab started from today,” UPMRC announced on X (previously Twitter) last week.
Moreover, construction work is also in full swing on the Kanpur Central-Transport Nagar underground section.
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