Construction work of Nabadiganta Metro station, which is part of the New Garia-Airport via Rajarhat Metro Corridor, will start from Monday.
According to authorities, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) is gearing up to start the construction work of the proposed station which is popularly known as Technopolis after the Bidhannagar Traffic Police department granted traffic diversion at Nabadiganta crossing.
For this, the necessary plants, machineries and manpower are being arranged and mobilised.
“It will be a big boost for this project after overcoming seemingly unassailable hurdles. Due to some land related issues, 2791 square metres of fresh land were acquired from Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) and the earlier proposed location of this station has been shifted to its present location. Another 536 square metre of land will be acquired from Airports Authority of India (AAI) very soon for construction of this station. RVNL has already made necessary payment of the lease money for that piece of land to AAI,” Metro authorities have stated.
The executing agency RVNL is aiming to complete the construction work by December 2024.
The upcoming Nabadiganta Metro station will be 180-metre long and 35-metre wide. For this, 294 piles, 36 pile caps and 46 columns are required to be constructed.
Utilising this traffic diversion which has been granted for nine months, RVNL will also construct 10 piers at this location for the project. One concourse level, one platform level and four entry structures will be constructed for this station. Once commissioned Nabadiganta Metro station will be the gateway to New Town.
Kausik Mitra, Chief Public Relations Officer of Metro Railway thanked the local authorities for granting the necessary traffic diversion at Technopolis to enable RVNL to start the station construction work. He has also appealed to all the stakeholders to co-operate for smooth execution of the project.