NEW DELHI: The house below the staircase of the entrance no. three to Greater Kailash metro station, the adjoining road and the pavement caved in on Friday morning because of large-scale erosion of underlying soil in the fresh rain.
Following the cave-in subsequent to the Savitri flyover at the left turn from Outer Ring Road towards GK-II, Gate three used to be closed and the affected area used to be cordoned off. However, the metro products and services ran normally.
The station, inaugurated on May 29, is at the Botanical Garden-Janakpuri West Magenta Line that connects south Delhi with Noida and west Delhi.
“Silt and eroded soil seeped into the platform all over the night and all construction staff from different stations were referred to as here round 8am. More than 150 staff cleared the sludge,” mentioned some of the staff engaged in the repair work. Till past due in the afternoon, the employees were noticed clearing up the mess and trying to fill up the space with concrete and sand.
DMRC mentioned the cave-in came about because of accumulation of water as GK used to be a low-lying area with drainage problems. “The portion of a pavement out of doors the GK station caved in because of the accumulation of water after the heavy rainfall. The affected area might be fully restored via Saturday morning,” mentioned Anuj Dayal, the DMRC spokesperson. The house below the street is being crammed up with additional concrete to avoid such a incident in long run, he added.
However, some of the construction supervisors indicated that a within reach stormwater drain sporting rainwater to the nullah across the flyover might have leaked.
Claiming that the incident uncovered the shoddy work carried out via DMRC, Kirpal Singh, a day-to-day commuter, mentioned “It is most effective excellent luck that it came about all over the night and nobody used to be injured. What if an accident came about on this busy road! Who would have been accountable?”
Even despite the fact that a piece of the public works department road used to be impacted, its officers mentioned DMRC will have to be held accountable. PWD’s assistant engineer responsible for the area mentioned at the website, “We have already passed over the website to the metro and they have performed the entire construction work. PWD has no function in it.”
Following the cave-in subsequent to the Savitri flyover at the left turn from Outer Ring Road towards GK-II, Gate three used to be closed and the affected area used to be cordoned off. However, the metro products and services ran normally.
The station, inaugurated on May 29, is at the Botanical Garden-Janakpuri West Magenta Line that connects south Delhi with Noida and west Delhi.
“Silt and eroded soil seeped into the platform all over the night and all construction staff from different stations were referred to as here round 8am. More than 150 staff cleared the sludge,” mentioned some of the staff engaged in the repair work. Till past due in the afternoon, the employees were noticed clearing up the mess and trying to fill up the space with concrete and sand.
DMRC mentioned the cave-in came about because of accumulation of water as GK used to be a low-lying area with drainage problems. “The portion of a pavement out of doors the GK station caved in because of the accumulation of water after the heavy rainfall. The affected area might be fully restored via Saturday morning,” mentioned Anuj Dayal, the DMRC spokesperson. The house below the street is being crammed up with additional concrete to avoid such a incident in long run, he added.
However, some of the construction supervisors indicated that a within reach stormwater drain sporting rainwater to the nullah across the flyover might have leaked.
Claiming that the incident uncovered the shoddy work carried out via DMRC, Kirpal Singh, a day-to-day commuter, mentioned “It is most effective excellent luck that it came about all over the night and nobody used to be injured. What if an accident came about on this busy road! Who would have been accountable?”
Even despite the fact that a piece of the public works department road used to be impacted, its officers mentioned DMRC will have to be held accountable. PWD’s assistant engineer responsible for the area mentioned at the website, “We have already passed over the website to the metro and they have performed the entire construction work. PWD has no function in it.”
Cave-in alarm at Greater Kailash metro station
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