The trial run of Bhopal Metro Rail in Bhopal will now be five kilometers from Subhash Nagar Depot to RKMP Railway Station. The reason for this is the delay in the construction of steel bridge near Rani Kamalapati railway station. Notably, the trial run of Metro was to be done between AIIMS Hospital in Saket Nagar and Subhash Nagar. Then its distance was fixed at 6.22 km.
Officials of MP Metro Rail Corporation Limited said that the distance from one pillar to another of the metro viaduct is between 30 to 34 meters. But the distance from platform number one to five near Rani Kamlapati railway station is 65 meters which cannot hold a long cement-concrete slab. That's why steel bridge will be constructed here.
Officials said that if the viaduct was constructed by erecting pillars here, then trail traffic would have been stopped for hours, due to which many trains would be affected. On the other hand, on making a steel bridge, the work will be done here in a block of two to four hours.
A 65 meter long and 10 meter wide steel bridge is being built near RKMP railway station, its weight will be more than 350 tonnes. For this, the construction of pillars has started at both ends of the crossing. The Metro Rail Company has submitted its design to the Railways on the basis of the design of the bridge built by the Delhi Metro at the Punjabi Bagh railway crossing and has deposited the necessary fee.