East-West Metro corridor construction to be over by year-end: Official

Raising hopes of completion of construction of the whole length of the East-West Metro Railway corridor from Salt Lake Sector V to Howrah Maidan by the year-end, an official on Sunday said that all arrangements have been made to address problems in disaster-hit Bowbazar.

An aquifer burst at Bowbazar in central Kolkata on August 31, 2019, leading to severe ground subsidence and the collapse of a number of buildings. Two more water leakage incidents at the same site in 2022 have delayed completion of the project.

"All the arrangements have been made to address the issue and work at Bowbazar will be over by December, 2023," the Metro official said.

Except for Bowbazar, construction work in other sections of the corridor is almost complete.

Roop N Sunkar, Member Infrastructure of Railway Board, on Sunday visited the disaster-hit area and expressed satisfaction with the progress of work there.

"I feel that whatever planning they have done, the way they are progressing they will be able