Eastern Railway gives clearance certificate to open Majherhat Bridge
The railway authorities on Friday (November 27) has issued clearance to throw open the four-lane cable stayed Majherhat Bridge on Diamond Harbour Road for public. The state PWD, implementing agency of the new bridge, was waiting for this final approval, before commissioning the structure.
FollowKolkata: Eastern Railway on Friday (November 27) gave the state government the permission for opening the Majherhat Bridge. The state PWD, implementing agency of the new bridge, was waiting for this final approval, before commissioning the structure.
The state Public Works Department (PWD) minister Aroop Biswas on Thursday (November 26) stated at Nabanna that there was delay in completing construction of the bridge by around nine months as the railways had delayed in giving different necessary clearances.
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When contacted, a senior PWD officer said that they have received the clearance from the railways to open the bridge on Friday and the date will be announced soon.
On Friday afternoon, Biswas tweeted: "PWD paid Rs 7.37 crore to railways as supervision and consulting charges. Rs 2.34 crore as planning and estimated fees for 70 metre portion Railways supervised their portion of the bridge and they must produce the safety certificate, not PWD. Piyush Goyal ji, stop spreading misinformation!"
"Further, PWD in its letter to Eastern Railway dated 24/11 mentioned that all major activities with respect to Majerhat Bridge have been completed. And the Government of West Bengal is ready to open the bridge to the public on any day after the 25/11 post issuing the necessary safety certificate by Railways."
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Issuing the safety certificate, the railways has "certified that the superstructure, sub-structure and foundation of the newly constructed 4 lanes Majerhat Cable Stayed Road over Bridge (ROB) adjacent to Majerhat Railway Station on Diamond Harbour Road are safe to carry the worst combination of dead load, superimposed dead load, live load, wind load."
The Eastern Railway (ER) has tweeted: "Joint Safety Certificate received from State authority on 27.11.2020 and sent to Commissioner of Railway Safety, Eastern Circle on date after signature of Railway authority. Report of Load Test submitted for Railways information on 24.11.2020."
