Rail Vikas Nigam Limited gets approval to bridge 120m VIP Road gap for Orange Line metro.

The Orange Line recently received a boost with the cops clamping a traffic block at Chingrighata crossing so that the last 366m viaduct gap in the Beleghata-Sector V section can be bridged. And now comes another crucial NOC for the Orange Line. For now, traffic flow is not affected. The airport-bound flank had earlier been widened to compensate for the space required to barricade and construct the portal piers (dual-legged structures designed to accommodate curves of the viaduct).Seven piers, including three portal pillars, have come up in this 120m stretch. For months, the three portal piers, 828, 829 and 830, remained partially done for want of permissions from cops, even as traffic trials were conducted. Afcons, contracted for the Orange Line's terminal 3.5km from City Centre II in New Town to the airport, has missed three deadlines for want of traffic blocks on VIP Road. Their package includes two elevated Metro stations at Chinar Park and VIP Road, plus the final 850m underground section to the airport. The mostly elevated Orange Line ducks 850m before the airport, joined by a ramp that is coming up after Kaikhali.