JUBILEE 100

IN A FEW DAYS, WE ARE GOING TO TEAR THE CALENDAR SHEET OF MAY. THEN JUNE IS COMING. LAUNCHING ACTIVITY IS NOW MOVING FORWARD BY AUTOLAUNCHING, GAINING TASKS OF LOAD BY SPREADING THE SLIDERS TO LIFT THE SEGMENTS AND THEN APPROVING THE TRUSTWORTHY BY TIGHTENING THEM THROUGH STRESSING THE TENDONS.

HOPEFULLY BY CLOSING THE LAST DATE OF MAY, 100 ERECTED SPANS WILL BE ACHIEVED. ON MAY28, 97 SPANS ERECTED. MEANWHILE, THE LATEST PROGRESS BY EACH LAUNCHING SITE IS POSITIVELY SEEN. LG NO.1 IS NOW ON LIFTING THE LAST FEW SEGMENTS AND BOTH LG NO.2 AND LG NO.3 FINISHED THE AUTOLAUNCHING.

Photo 1 : Lifting segments at LG No.1

Photo 2 : Autolaunching almost done as the workers completing the last preparation.

SPICES OF DELHI-part 1

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Photo 1 : Malaysian Team, 7 among the 9 fellows.

WATCHING MISTRESS OF SPICES, STARRING AISHWARYA RAI, WE KNOW HOW FAMILIAR IS INDIA WITH SPICES. EVERY FOOD MIXED WITH VARIETY OF SPICES. ONCE TOUCHING THE TOUGUE, WE CAN TASTE IT; EITHER IT IS SWEET, SOUR, SALTY OR SPICY? STEP ON DELHI, LET US TASTE AND REALIZE WHAT LIES ON?

Photo 2 : Red Fort or 'Lal Qila' is one of the heritages of the Mughal Emperor.

THERE IS A CITY CALLED DELHI. DELHI IS THE SECOND LARGEST METROPOLIS IN INDIA, WITH POPULATION OF 17 MILLION (ESTIMATED IN 2007) AND A FEDERALLY-ADMINISTERED UNION TERRITORY OFICIALLY KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI (NCT). DELHI IS LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF YAMUNA RIVER IN NORTHEN INDIA, IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST CONTINUALLY INHABITED CITIES IN THE WORLD.

Photo 3 : Sunset at Yamuna River.

SINCE BEING THE CAPITAL OF ANCIENT INDIAN EMPIRES AND A MAJOR CITY ALONG THE OLD TRADE ROUTES. THE MUGHAL EMPEROR OF SHAH JAHAN BUILT THE CITY FROM 1649 TO 1857, WHICH NOW KNOWN AS OLD DELHI. BRITISH RAJ TOOK CONTROL OF INDIA DURING 19TH CENTURY, CALCUTTA BECAME THE CAPITAL UNTIL GEORGE V ANNOUNCED IN 1911 THAT IT WAS TO MOVE BACK TO DELHI. A NEW CAPITAL CITY OF NEW DELHI WAS BUILT IN 1920s.

Photo 4 : The Glitter of modern Delhi at night.

INDIA GAINED INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITISH RULE IN 1947, NEW DELHI WAS DECLARED ITS CAPITAL AND SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. NO WONDER NEW DELHI HOUSES THE IMPORTANT BUILDINGS SUCH AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INCLUDING THE PARLIAMENT OF INDIA. NOWADAYS, DELHI IS STILL GROWING UP TO BE A COSMOPOLITAN CITY WITH DEVELOPMENT AND URBANISATION.

Photo 5 : Mahatma Gandhi.

WHERE THE SEGMENTS GO?

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BC9 WILL CHANGES NANGLOI

Photo 1 : Traffic flow at Nangloi Crossroad.

NOWADAY, MOST PROBLEM IN NANGLOI IS THE HEAVY LOAD TRAFFIC. SO WHEN BC9 PROJECT COMPLETE, IT IS PREDICTED THAT THIS SCENARIO WILL FADES AWAY AS THE INDIAN PEOPLE WILL USE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM, MOSTLY CALLED METRO.

Photo 2 : Light and heavy load on road-trucks, cars, trishaws and carts.

THE UNSYSTEMATIC TRAFFIC CONTROL IS NOT JUST THE MAIN ISSUE, BUT PUBLIC SAFETY. LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM PROVIDES SAFE AND CONVINIENT JOURNEY. AT THIS JUNCTION (NEAR LG3), A FLYOVER OF NH10-NANGLOI IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

Photo 3 : The padestrians.

HOPEFULLY, THE BUSY AND NOISY OF NANGLOI WILL TURNS BETTER AS THE BC9 PROJECT DONE, AS PLANNED TO BE COMPLETED AS A TRIBUTE FOR DELHI AS THE HOST FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN 2010.

TEN MORE TO GO

Photo 1 : Scenery taken from LG No.3 towards Surajmal Stadium

TIME GOES BY AND PROGRESS MOVES FORWARD, THE IMPLEMENTION OF BOTH PARAPET ERECTION GANTRY NO.1 AND SEGMENT LAUNCHING GIRDER NO.3 ARE NOW ON THE LAST 10 SPANS OF THEIR PARTICULAR ROUTE. TOTAL SPANS ALONG RAJDHANI PARK TO NANGLOI RAILWAY STATION ARE 39, IT MEANS 29 SPANS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND GOING TO WORK ON THE REST 10 SPANS FOR PARAPET ERECTION WHICH CONSIST 200 PIECES OF PARAPET. MEANWHILE SEGMENT LAUNCHING GIRDER NO.3 OR LG3 IS NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO PROGRESS ANOTHER LAST 10 SPANS TOWARDS SURAJMAL STADIUM. IT IS BELIEVED THAT LG3 WILL COMPLETE ERECTING THE LAST SPAN AT LEAST BEFORE MID JULY. THE PHOTO ABOVE SHOWS THE REST COLOUMS OR PIERS AS THE STATION BECOME CLOSER TO REACH.

NEW POINT STARTED ON

Photo 1 : A crane used to replace counterweight on gantry

PARAPET GANTRY NO.2 IS NOW ON NEW BEGINNING POINT AND STARTED ITS FIRST ERECTION AFTER A FEW DAYS SINCE BEING DISMANTLED FROM MUNDKA. THE PROGRESS OF REINSTALLING THE GANTRY CONDUCTED AT NIGHT SHIFT DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC FLOW. THE FIRST COUNTERWEIGHT REPLACED ON MAY 15. SO FAR, THE FIRST SPAN COMPLETED AND NOW THIS GANTRY IS LIKE CHASING THE SEGMENT LAUNCHER NO.1. HOPEFULLY, THIS CONDITION WILL BE INSPIRING ALL WORKERS TO DOUBLE UP THEIR EFFORD, BOTH IN SEGMENT LAUNCHING GIRDER AND BEARING INSTALLATION.

2nd CIS SPAN CASTED

Photo 1 : Concrete poured into mould of span PP135A-PP136A

ON MAY 09, THE SECOND CAST IN-SITU SPAN SUCCESSFULLY CASTED. THIS PP135A-PP136A SPAN STARTED CONCRETING AT 1.30pm AND FINISHED THE LAST CONCRETE DROP AT 9.30pm. THE VOLUME OF CONCRETE USED FOR THIS SECOND LAYER AMOUNTED AS 106 CUBIC METRE. LUCKILY, THE PROGRESS GOES SMOOTHLY WITHOUT ANY INCONVINIENCE EVEN ACCIDENT.

Photo 2 : Cribs for span PP145A-PP146A

A DAY IN ADVANCE, CRIBS INSTALLATION OF SPAN PP145A-PP146A IS COMPLETED AND NEXT FOCUSING ON SETTINGS OF THE MOULD.

LAST PIECE COUNTDOWN

Photo 1 : Last piece lifted up by crane

Photo 2 : The figure of the completed span with parapet at Mundka

ON MAY 08, GANTRY NO.2 (MUNDKA STATION TOWARDS DEPOT) IS SCHEDULED TO FINISH ERECTION OF BROAD GAUGE PARAPETS. HOWEVER, A PROBLEM OCCURED DUE TO A GANTRY BREAKDOWN. TIME IS GOLDEN, THE ENGINEERS DECIDED TO COMPLETE THE PROGRESS BY USING A CRANE. BEFORE LUNCH, ALL LAST PIECES WERE COMPLETELY ERECTED AND FOLLOWED BY STICHING ALL THE JOINTS WITH CONCRETE. GANTRY NO.2 PLANNED TO BE DISMANTLED AND REINSTALL ON A NEW BEGINNING POINT AT RADJHANI PARK ON SPAN P96-P97, HEADINDS TOWARD MUNDKA STATION BY FOLLOWING THE TRACK OF LAUNCHER NO.1. IN THE MEAN TIME, THIS SEGMENT LAUNCHER IS NOW STARTING TO LIFT SEGMENTS ON SPAN P115-P116.

CASTING YARD

Photo 1 : Casting bed, 10 tonne gantry and transit mixer

Photo 2 : Parapets stored at yard waiting to be erected at site

Photo 3 : Batching Plant -aggregates size 20mm and 10mm

Photo 4 : When the casted segment achieves its adequate lifting strength, it will be moved to another place for curing purpose by using 80tonne gantry

UPDATED AS ON 29TH APRIL, SEGMENT CASTING FOR APRIL DROPS TO 63 WITH CUMMULATIVE NUMBER OF 1237. PARAPET CASTING UP TO 2046 CUMMULATIVELY WITH 304 NUMBERS CASTED IN APRIL. CABLE TROUGH FOR BASES AND COVERS TOTALLY 21928 WERE CASTED.

CAST IN-SITU

Photo 1 : Span PP134-PP135


Photo 2 : Span CP133-PP134 ready to be lowered


Photo 3 : Span PP136-PP137

SO FAR, ONLY 1 CIS SPAN OF CP133-PP134 FULLY COMPLETED. 2 NEW SPANS ON CRIBS PREPARATION (PP136-PP137 AND PP145-PP146), ANOTHER 2 SPAN ALREADY EXCEED 30% COMPLETION WHERE PP135-PP136 HAS DONE ITS FIRST LAYER CASTING ON 21ST APRIL (57%) AND PP134-PP135 CONTINUES FOR INSTALLING THE SHUTTERS (31%).

PARAPET INSTALLATION

Photo 1 : Parapet installation completed with erection and concrete.

Photo 2 : Figure of a parapet gantry and erection progress

Photo 3 : Parapet erected by using tent buckle

TILL END OF APRIL, 31 SPANS OF PARAPET ERECTION COMPLETED, 21 SPANS (438 NOS) ERECTED AT GANTRY 1 OF NANGLOI RLY STN-RAJDHANI PARK AND 10 SPANS (206 NOS) ERECTED AT GANTRY 2 OF EXIT LINE.

LAUNCHING GIRDER

Photo 1 : Launching progress

Photo 2 : Box setting on cribs

END OF APRIL, TOTAL 86 OUT OF 156 SPANS HAVE BEEN ERECTED AND 1 SPAN ON LG3 IS BEING ERECTED AND BELIEVED TO BE COMPLETED ON 30TH APRIL. 86 SPANS CONSISTS 863 NUMBERS OF SEGMENTAL BOX GIRDERS WITH BALANCE OF 675.