kidderpore metro station

The Kolkata state government has declined to provide land at Bodyguard Lines for the Purple Line's kidderpore metro station, potentially leading to its omission. RVNL is exploring alternative alignments, but skipping the station raises safety concerns and necessitates a ventilation shaft. The decision impacts connectivity for 44,000 daily commuters, posing a significant setback for the project.

After three years of uncertainty, the West Bengal government has issued an NOC for land use at Alipore Bodyguard Lines, resolving the Kidderpore station hurdle for Kolkata's Joka-Esplanade Metro line.

Kolkata Metro Railway revised its plan for the Purple Line's Esplanade-Eden Gardens extension by deciding to use tunnel boring machines (TBMs) instead of the cut-and-cover method. The move aims to avoid prolonged construction activities and traffic disruptions, with underground stations being built using the cut-and-cover method where necessary.

The Joka-BBD Bag metro route has been realigned to cause minimum disruption on Diamond Harbour (DH) Road. As per the new route, the alignment will take a left turn just after Old Dog Race Course, run parallel to DH Road, cross over Alipore Mint and Sealdah-Budge Budge suburban track and finally merge with DH Road near Burdwan Road-DH Road crossing.

A giant Indian-made tunnel boring machine has arrived in Kolkata to continue work on the underground section of the Metro's Purple Line. Despite land issues for Kidderpore station, tunnelling will proceed from Kidderpore to Park Street. Contractors L&T have started work and are producing tunnel ring segments locally. Most parts of the new TBMs were indigenously built.

KOLKATA: The extension of circular railway from Prinsep Ghat to Majerhat is expected to move smoothly with the Kolkata Port Trust approving a new plan.

RVNL has obtained possession of land from CMRI Hospital but cannot use it yet as KMC insists on acquiring the entire stretch till Alipore Bodyguard Line to shift utilities for the Joka-Esplanade Metro project. The project faces delays due to incomplete land handovers and utility shifting requirements.

The Kolkata Traffic Police is working on a detailed traffic movement plan around Esplanade and Dalhousie that will come into effect once East-West Metro services are extended to Mahakaran and Dalhousie.

Commuters taking the Diamond Harbour Road while coming to office will have to bear with the traffic pains for some more time.

The Joka-BBD Bag metro network that many believed had got over its trouble regarding land has stumbled once again. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) that had agreed in principle to allow implementing agency Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) to proceed with construction near the Kolkata Maidan has still not granted formal clearance.

The Joka-Esplanade Metro project has received a major boost as Victoria Memoria Hall has allowed construction of the Victoria Memorial Metro station and underground tunneling leading up to the station below the Maidan area.

A major hurdle in the Joka-BBD Bag Metro stretch has been cleared with the ministry of defence (MoD) granting permission for construction of the Mominpore station at its orginal location on Diamond Harbour Road.

The Joka-Esplanade Metro corridor has encountered a hurdle in its progress beyond Mominpore with Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) stating that it cannot divert underground sewer and water supply lines required for construction of the stretch between Mominpore and Kidderpore unless land is identified to lay the diverted pipelines.

The underground section of the Joka-Esplanade Metro corridor is caught in a fresh stalemate.

The Esplanade area in Kolkata is undergoing significant changes to accommodate the Joka-Esplanade Metro terminal station. This transformation involves road blockages, dismantling of existing structures, relocation of hawkers, and the development of new markets and transport hubs. These improvements aim to enhance the region's infrastructure within the next three to four years.