Metro seeks 20cr from KMDA for Chingrighata subway
Times of India | 6 June 2025
Kolkata: Metro has asked KMDA to deposit 50% — Rs 20 crore — of the cost of the proposed underpass at Chingrighata. Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL), the implementing agency of the New Garia-Airport corridor, will share half the cost "according to the agreement with the state govt". KMDA has also been asked to approve the construction methodology submitted by RVNL three years ago.TOI reported on May 28 that "RVNL is preparing the detailed project report for the proposed three-way pedestrian underpass at Chingrighata", after cops decided to withhold traffic blocks at the busy crossing for two weekend nights until the underpass was built. The weekend traffic regulation is needed for bridging the last 366m viaduct gap of the Orange line's Ruby-Sector V section. Girder-launching work at the Chingrighata crossing has been stalled since Feb 2. RVNL cannot meet its June 2025 deadline to complete the 8km Phase II. KMC's nod for the underpass' basic design, submitted by RVNL in June 2022, came on April 8, 2025. "Even as the most crucial part of the project remains stalled at Chingrighata, RVNL is going ahead with the underpass construction, as told by the state govt," a railway official said.The urban development department planned the underpass at Chingrighata along with the foot overbridge as a two-pronged approach towards reducing accidents at the busy intersection. At a proposed depth of two-and-a-half metres, the underpass would be three-and-a-half metres wide, with openings on Canal South Road, Sukantanagar, and Jal Vayu Vihar.