CAUTIOUS!

we are very grateful as the tragic incident does not occur to us, high sympathy to them.

so sudden, as the news of the collapse of elevated viaduct is still being commentated, trauma freshly haunts victims' mind, people around the debris watched live 3 cranes collapsed. those cranes were busy lifting down all the components of the tumbled-down steel box structure, massive and dense but now . see others more pictures showing the dramatic incident.

THE SECOND DEBRIS - A LESSON TO REMEMBER

Six persons, including an engineer, were killed and 13 others injured when an under-construction over-bridge of the Delhi Metro collapsed. Rescue operation is in progress after a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation flyover collapsed in New Delhi. The accident took place as one of the pillars of the bridge gave in when a launcher was being erected close to Lady Sriram College in Dhamrudpur in Lajpat Nagar at around 5am.

"Five people have died. Of them - three were among the 15 workers who were taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Trauma Centre and the other two are still trapped under debris," Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) spokesperson Anuj Dayal told reporters here.

Rescue efforts were on till afternoon and civil defence personnel talked about at least 3 more bodies being buried in the debris. One body was clearly visible between the girdle launcher and the concrete piece.

The Delhi Metro attributed the accident to a "problem in the design" of the pillar. "We were trying to rectify it. There was a defect in the peer cap which caused the displacement," Dayal said.

The three have been identified as Ansuman, a site engineer and construction workers Niranjan and Badan Singh, while two others at AIIMS are in a critical condition, Dayal said.

The bridge was on the Central Secretariat to Badarpur corridor of the Delhi Metro which was slated to be completed by September 2010.

"The incident took place between pillars 66 and 67 when the pillar cap was affected. Ten segments were to be erected on the stretch of which five had been completed. When the sixth segment was being erected, the launching girder collapsed due to disbalance causing a portion of the bridge to fall," Dayal explained.

Thirty workers of Gammon India Ltd, DMRC's contractor at the site, were present of which 20 have been affected, Dayal said. Many of the injured were also taken to the nearby Moolchand Hospital and the Safdurjang hospital.

Construction site workers alleged that the pillars on which the bridge was to be hoisted were faulty.

"There were cracks in the pillar and we had warned the contractor and officials - but they paid no heed," said a construction labourer.

Said Balwinder Singh, a policemen facilitating rescue operations: "We have removed 16 people from the debris and they have been taken to hospital. Three people are still buried in the rubble - they were responding to us till 9.15 a.m. But now they are dead."

Mayor Kanwar Sain was present at the site and said: "The Delhi Metro projects are going at a fast pace and the quality of work is being compromised. An enquiry is necessary."

Sushil Choudhury, a resident of Vikram Vihar, adjacent to the construction site said that residents of the area were alarmed by the accident.

"I own a shop metres away from the spot - one miss and everything would have crashed down. I have doubts about how the Delhi Metro works now," said Chowdhury, a former MLA of the area.

Dayal said the rescue operations are being monitored by a team of 100 DMRC engineers and DMRC managing director E. Sreedharan was on his way from Bangalore.

"He will be visiting the site. Investigations are on," he said.

A Delhi Jal Board water supply pipe has also burst, causing severe flooding around the Blue Bellls International school.

"We have also temporarily disconnected the electricity lines in the area. Traffic has been diverted at the Kailash Colony market, Amar Colony, the nearby Lady Sri Ram College and Blue Bells School till 6.00am tomorrow (Monday)," Dayal said

Rescue operations are underway and six cranes as well as gas cutter machines have been put into use to get through the debris.

DMRC was scheduled to complete the 190-km Phase II of the Delhi Metro by October 2010 and construction was on in full swing to ensure that deadlines were met.

Chief minister Sheila Dikshit termed the incident as "unfortunate" and said a compensation package will be worked out in consultation with the Delhi Metro.

The DMRC will hold a press conference at 3pm to elaborate about the incident.

Local residents alleged the cracks were visible in the pillar that collapsed and work had been stopped for about 2 months to 'repair it'.

The work has restarted just a few days back. This is almost a re-run of the incident in east Delhi last year when a girdle launcher and a pre-fabricated piece fell on a bus killing 2 people.

Metro at that time had assured that such an incident would never happen again and had set up an inquiry.

Leader of Opposition V K Malhotra visited the site in the morning and alleged that delay in Commonwealth Games project was forcing Delhi government and DMRC to expedite the completion of the project, thereby compromising safety and resulting in deaths.

CRONOLOGY OF LAUNCHER DISMANTLING

STAGE 1 :
1. LOWER DOWN ALL SLIDER EXCEPT ONE SLIDER WHICH IS GOING TO BE USED BY MOVING SUPPORTS.
2. LOWER DOWN ALL HOIST AND ALL COUNTER WEIGHTS EXCEPT TWO FOR FURTHER WORK.
3. SHIFT MIDDLE SUPPORT TO S4D ON NEWLY ERECTED SPAN AND ACTIVATE THAT MIDDLE SUPPORT.

STAGE 2 :
1. OPEN NUTS AND BOLTS AT FRONT SUPPORT AND LET IT FREE AGAINST LOAD FROM LAUNCHER BY USING FRONT SUPPORT'S JACK.
2. DO REVERSE AUTO-LAUNCHING OF 9.25 METRES.

STAGE 3 :
1. LOWER DOWN THE FRONT SUPPORT.
2. ERECT REQUIRED CRIBS WHICH WILL BE SUPPORTING THE CANTILEVER PORTION OF THE LAUNCHER AS SHOWN ON NEXT STAGE.

STAGE 4 :
1. LOOSE THE JOINT OF S1-S2 EXCEPT 20 NUTS AND BOLTS.
2. PLACE CRANE ON PROPOSED POSITION TO LOWER DOWN S1 BOX.
3. LOWER DOWN S1 BOX.

STAGE 5 :
1. DO AUTO-LAUNCHING OF 9.25 METRES.

STAGE 6 :
1. OPEN NUTS AND BOLTS OF JOINT S2-S3.
2. LOWER DOWN S2 BOX.

STAGE 7 :
1. DO AUTO-LAUNCHING OF 9.25 METRES.

STAGE 8 :
1. OPEN NUTS AND BOLTS OF JOINT S2-S3.
2. LOWER DOWN S3 BOX.

STAGE 9 :
1. SHIFT THE REAR SUPPORT AT S2D ON NEWLY ERECTED SPAN AND ACTIVATE IT.
2. DO AUTO-LAUNCHING OF 9.25 METRES.

STAGE 10 :
1. OPEN NUTS AND BOLTS OF JOINT S4-S5.
2. LOWER DOWN S4 BOX.

STAGE 11 :
1. DO AUTO-LAUNCHING OF 9.25 METRES.
2. LOWER THAT REMAINING COUNTER WEIGHTS AND SLIDER.

STAGE 12 :
1. OPEN NUTS AND BOLTS OF JOINT S5-S6.
2. LOWER DOWN S5 BOX.

STAGE 13 :
1. DO REVERSE AUTOLAUNCHING OF 2.025 METRES.

STAGE 14 :
1. ERECT CRIBS AS SHOWN ON DRAWINGS TO LOWER DOWN S7 BOX.

STAGE 15 :
1. OPEN NUTS AND BOLTS OF JOINT S6-S7.
2. LOWER DOWN S7 BOX.

STAGE 16 :
1. LOWER DOWN S6 BOX, REAR TROLLEY, REAR SUPPORT, MIDDLE SUPPORT AND CRIBS.
2. CLEAR SITE, ACCOMPLISH.

LABOUR DAY

LABOUR DAY : 1 MAY
This picture is figuring the common scenario of construction in India, usually for small scale construction as the labours used to work on manual method. In India, Labour Day is only a holiday for the labours, any office employees they are not entitled for this occasion.

THE LAST EPISODE

Photo 1 : This photo is taken yesterday when the autolaunching is almost complete.

Photo 2 : The moment when fifth segment was lifted.

ON WEDNESDAY, THE FRONT SUPPORT OF LAUNCHING GIRDER NO.2 REACHED NANGLOI STATION WHEN THE LAST AUTOLAUNCHING TOOK PLACE. TODAY, THURSDAY 23rd OF APRIL 2009, SEGMENTS ARE BEING LIFTING ONE BY ONE FOR OUR LAST SPAN P28-P30. THIS SPAN CONSISTS 11 SEGMENTS, WITH OVERALL LENGTH OF 31 METRES. BY DAWN, 6 SEGMENTS WERE LIFTED.

MEANWHILE, DUE TO THE CLOSING OF MUZAFFAR PUR ROAD, PROGRAMS FOR DISMANTLING THE LAUNCHER WERE PLANNED TO BE SOON, PROPERLY AFTER ERECTION IS FINISH.

FIRST TRAIN ARRIVED AT DEPO

Photo 1 : The light train of Delhi Metro.

Photo 2 : Modified Truck used to fasten electrical works.

IT HAD BEEN A MONTH AGO, THE FIRST LIGHT TRAIN OF DELHI METRO ARRIVED AND PARKED IN THE DEPO. IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN KOREA, AND NOW BEING TESTIFIED. OTHERWISE, THE DEPO SEEMS TO BE BUSY, FULL OF WORKERS AS THEY ALSO PREPARING THE OVERHEAD MASS, WILL BE CONTINUING ITS TO OUR COMPLETED RAMP.

GETTING CLOSER

Photo 1 : View from ground, underneath nangloi station.

TODAY, THE LAUNCHING GIRDER OF LG NO.2 IS LIFTING THE SEGMENTS OF P30-P31. THIS SPAN HAS 11 SEGMENTS,OR 28 METERS LENGTH. THIS IS OUR SECOND LAST SPAN, IS BELIEVED TO BE STRESSED BY TOMORROW NIGHT OR DAY AFTER TOMORROW. MEANWHILE, THERE WAS A SAFETY CHECKING HELD AT SITE, AND OF COURSE OUR LAUNCHER IS A COMPULSORY CHECK-POINT FOT THEM, FROM OUR CLIENT DELHI METRO RAILWAYS CORPORATION.

PARAPET UPDATES

Photo 1 : End of main line P158.

Photo 2 : Parapet erection was completed on connection spans in between CIS I and CIS II, near Mundka Station.

PARAPET CASTING WAS DONE, CURRENTLY ERECTION IS GOING ON. PATH OF NANGLOI RAILWAY STATION TO NANGLOI STATION SEEMS TO BE ALMOST BUSY AS THE PARAPET GANTRY IS CHASING THE LAUNCHING GIRDER QUITE CLOSE. STICHING IS DONE AT P34-P35, TWO SPANS BEHIND.

AT CIS II, ONLY 3 SIDES OF PARAPET ERECTION ARE YET COMPLETED, 2 SIDES OF THE LATEST CONCRETED SPAN AND ONE SIDE OF PP142-PP143. IN THE MEANTIME, CAST IN-SITU PARAPET WILL BE READY SOON AT THE END OF P158 AND PP135.

THIRD LAST UNDERGOING

Photo 1 : Two more spans in front.

LAUNCHING GIRDER NO.2 IS NOW STANDING ON P32-P31, THE THIRD LAST SPAN. IT MEANS 2 MORE SPANS TO GO, WITH APPROXIMATELY 98% OF SEGMENTAL BOX GIRDER ERECTION IS COMPLETED. THIS SPAN CONSISTS 10 SEGMENTS, AFTER ALL BEING LIFTING, BALANCE OF 20 SEGMENTS ARE STILL AT CASTING YARD.

GOODBYE SPRING

Photo 1 : Last blooming of waterlily.

Photo 2 : Wheat is getting mature and will be harvested within a few weeks later.


A FEW DAYS AGO, IT WAS CLOUDY IN NEW DELHI. OBVIOUSLY, THE COMULUNIMBUS COVERS THE GROUND AGAINST SUNLIGHT. IT WAS FULL OF LOADS, WATER THAT WILL BE SPREAD AWAY AS RAIN. IT WAS SO SUDDEN ABOUT LESS THAN AN HOUR, THAT BELIEVED SUMMER ENDS. THEN, THE SIRUS WHICH HIGHER ON ALTITUDE CAME ALONG. LIGHT IS BLAZING THROUGH THIS SIRUS CLOUD, BROUGHT HEAT AND TEMPERATURE RISES HIGHER UP.

NOWADAYS, TEMPERATURE IS RECORDED UP TO 47 DEGREE CELCIUS IN THE AFTERNOON. EVEN LA NINA HITS THE EARTH, CATASTROPHIES OCCURED IN MANY PLACES BUT NOT MUCH DIFFERENT IN NEW DELHI UNLESS THE WINTER WAS NOT SO CHILL AND SUMMER LAST SOONER COMPARE TO THE SAME SEASONS LAST YEAR. OFFICIALLY SUMMER IS COMING.