J Kumar Launches 2 x 40m Steel Girders for Mumbai Metro Line-2
Workers from J Kumar Infraprojects and Sunder Cranes this Saturday erected two steel girders for building the Depot-Line of Mumbai Metro’s 18.6 km Line-2A (Yellow Line) which’ll connect Dahisar East – Malad – D.N. Nagar.
The two 40m long girders each weigh 170 MT and were fabricated by PSL Corrosion Control Services in Daman. Both were erected on top of piers PD01 – PD-02, located just south of Poisar River that runs into Malad Creek. Similar steel girders over the river, from where the depot-line begins, were erected back in March.
Here are some images I shared on Twitter right after the launch –
Back in January, a team of J Kumar Infra and Manoharlal Santram Cranes erected 2 x 51m long girders over a drain in Borivali.
Similar steel girders are expected to be erected over a drain near Goregaon West Station in Oshiwara and over Posar River near Valnai Station in Kandivali. The Indian Railways crossing in Dahisar will likely get a steel bridge for metro trains to cross, similar to those in Hyderabad, Chennai & Delhi.
When complete, Mumbai Metro Line-2A’s Depot-Line (part of package AC02) at approximately 900 meters will become the second longest depot-line in the country while crossing over Poisar River and another local drain twice each on its way to Malvani Depot. Bangalore Metro’s Peenya Depot-Line currenly serving the Green Line is approximately 850 meters long while Kolkata Metro’s recently built Joka Depot-Line is approximately 1.40 km long.
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What happened to Metro Line 2B after Simplex Infrastructure contract was terminated and re- bids were invited? Why is Line 2B ( DN Nagar to Mandale) being ignored?
I’m awaiting that re-tender’s financial bids results.
If anyone from the industry reading this, please drop a comment here or shoot me a mail if the results are out.
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It is evident that re bids were invited in the first week of Feb and it’s a purposeful delay on Line 2B as any bidder hasn’t been a contract in more than 3 months now. .Even when the contract was awarded to Line 2Bs work to Simplex, it was done in hush hush manner. Simplex completed a mere 5% work in 2 years for which MMRDA should have not waited so long to end their contract. Shameful. Redtape.
What’s the progress of Malvani Depot.
In advanced stages of completion. Check out this Google Earth imagery from March:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EW9UFc8XgAY68Up.jpg
No idea about the inside machinery & plants though.