Kolkata Metro conducts mock drill on evacuation during Fire Emergencies inside Metro Tunnel

December 22, 2020 Rail News

Metro Railway Kolkata always gives top priority to the safety and security of the commuters. In order to check the preparedness of Metro staff specially Motormen, to tackle any fire emergency inside the Metro tunnel, a passenger evacuation mock drill was conducted between Belgachia and Shymabazar stations o­n 20.12.2020  inside the Down tunnel.

  • Metromen were imparted training o­n how to take immediate action to extinguish fire and rescue passengers in case of fire or smoke inside the  tunnels  and coaches.
  • The objective of this mock drill was to upgrade the fire extinguishing and evacuation skills of the Metromen during such emergencies.
  • A total of 84 staff of different departments attended this drill.

Recent Achievement:

The construction work of Noapara – Barasat via Bimanbandar Metro project has been going o­n in full swing. During Covid times and also in the  new normal situation, a significant progress of this project has been achieved. Top slab casting of the proposed Bimanbandar Station has been completed o­n 08.12.2020. 

  • This work started from 07.12.2020 morning and after 30 hours of continuous concreting in which 1730 cubic metre concrete were used with the help of 20 transit mixtures, this milestone has been achieved.
  • On the same day (08.12.2020), casting work of a diaphragm wall of Bimanbandar station subway was also completed. 
  • 90 cubic metre concrete was consumed to complete the concreting work of this wall having dimension of 18 metre X 5 metre X 1 metre. 
  • This subway will connect Bimanbandar station with Jessore Road. 
  • Apart from this, the abandoned Circular Railway piers at the entry point of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport are also being cut using noise free, vibration free and dust free cutting machines fitted with Diamond cutter. 
  • In the last three days, Pier No: P-84, P-85 & P-86  have been cut.
  • Besides Bimanbander station, work at Jessore Road station has also been going o­n smoothly. 
  • A 127- metre long noise barrier to prevent noise pollution at NAD Colony of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is being erected. 
  • 102 columns of this barrier have already been erected. 
  • Covering work of these columns are now going o­n.

Source: Metro Railway, Kolkata-Press Release | Image Credit (representational): Metro Railway, Kolkata