Erection of Metro Line 3’s first segment held at Hinjawadi
Pune, 22 July 2022: Erection of first ever segment for the much-awaited Pune Metro Line 3, popularly known as ‘Puneri Metro” held today (Friday, 22 July 2022) at Hinjawadi at the hands of Dr. Suhas Diwase, Commissioner, Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA). Alok Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer of Pune IT City Metro Rail Ltd. (PITCMRL), Neha Pandit, Director PITCMRL, Vivek Kharwadkar, Chief Engineer PMRDA, Rinaj Pathan, Superintending Engineer PMRDA, Bharatkumar Baviskar, Superintending Engineer PMRDA, many other officers of PITCMRL, PMRDA and Tata Group were present at the occasion.
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The segment weighing 46 tonnes lifted and erected at 11 meters hight between proposed station no. 01 and 02 will give further boost to the rapidly ongoing work of 23km elevated Hinjewadi-Shivajinagar Pune Metro Line 3.
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Segment weighing 46 tonnes lifted and
erected at 11 meters hight
Commenting on the occasion, Dr. Suhas Diwase, Commissioner PMRDA said, “The PMRDA awarded Pune Metro Line III project is making steady progress. An important milestone of launching the first segment was achieved today and we are confident of maintaining momentum for timely completion of the project.”
“The casting of the segment is done at the casting yard situated at Tathwade and the length of the segment is around 3.6m and the weight is around 46 tonne. Around 10-12 such segments are used between two pillars. While the piling work too is being carried out; work at the casting yard is on full swing and keeping the required number of segments ready which, we will later assemble on the route, where the work has already commenced,” said Alok Kapoor, CEO of Pune IT City Metro Rail Ltd.
