Concrete blocks fall on highway; none injured
Concrete blocks fall on highway; none injured
ByArchana DahiwalArchana Dahiwal / Updated: Jun 25, 2021, 08:10 IST
Commuters express anguish on MahaMetro.
Commuters had a narrow escape after the
concrete blocks of the
Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha Metro) fell on the busiest chowk of Morwadi in Pimpri, on Thursday afternoon. However, instead of taking stern action,
Maha Metro only issued a warning to the concerned contractor after the incident.
A major mishap averted when the rectangular-shaped autoclaved aerated concrete (ACC) block of 600 mm x 200mm x 150mm weighing 10 to 14 kg suddenly fell on
Mumbai-Pune highway at
40+ saplings nipped in the bud in Alahalli
ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: May 24, 2021, 06:00 IST
Saplings planted as part of BMRCL scheme last year mowed to build a wall
The residents of Alahalli and adjoining areas of
Anjanapura ward woke up to a rude shock on Saturday morning. An earth mover was busy at work, removing 40 to 50 saplings planted along the
Alahalli Lake.
The
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) had selected the Alahalli Lake bund and an adjoining vacant land, a part of the burial ground, for planting around 5,000 saplings in October 2020. The saplings were planted to compensate for the trees cut down for carrying out Namma Metro works. Under BMRCL’s initiative, the residents said, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (
Namma Metro s Mysuru Road-Kengeri Line launch postponed
In light of the pandemic and the resultant labour shortage, the launch of the second line of Metro Phase-II between Mysuru Road and Kengeri has been postponed by a month to July.
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Bengaluru Metro Managing Director Rakesh Singh takes the metro to inspect the Mysuru Road-Kengeri Line on Thursday | Express By Express News Service
BENGALURU: In light of the pandemic and the resultant labour shortage, the launch of the second line of Metro Phase-II between Mysuru Road and Kengeri has been postponed by a month to July. This marks a series of postponements for the Line, originally set for Rajyotsava Day last year with July 20 being the latest deadline. After inspecting the Kengeri station on this line on Thursday morning,
Reopen Ramwadi underpass: Locals
They said route was shut for
Pune Metro work but all labourers fled due to pandemic; say unnecessary detours can be avoided
For the last 10 days, the
Ramwadi underpass on Nagar Road, which connects Kalyani Nagar and
Viman Nagar and also serves as an alternative route to reach
Pune airport, has been shut and this closure is likely to go on for at least six more months, authorities have declared, thanks to Pune Metro work slated by
Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (
MahaMetro) at the spot.
However, it turns out that there is absolutely no sign of work on site at the moment because most of the workers have fled to their native place in view of the strict COVID-19 restrictions being imposed by the state government and
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BENGALURU: A day after three hospitals were on the verge of running out of oxygen and 24 Covid patients died without oxygen at Chamarajanagar District Hospital, Rajmahal Vilas Hospital in Sanjayanagar, Bengaluru wrote to the BBMP seeking an immediate supply of oxygen. “Universal Air Products is our vendor and despite our repeated request, has not supplied liquid oxygen and we are personally going to the factory to get bulk type and B type cylinder filled up. Even this is taking a couple of days to get delivery. In this scenario, managing 30-plus Covid patients (both BBMP and private) is becoming a challenge,” the hospital said in a letter to Dr Vedavathy, BBMP East Zone official.