UPMRC erects girders after raising power lines

: The UP Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) civil & electrical engineers successfully erected 4 U-girders at SPM Metro station after raising the 220kv high voltage power transmission lines crossing GT Road. The work was done in close coordination with Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Limited (UPPTCL). Earlier, a 132kv transmission line was also raised similarly. “These high voltage transmission lines have been raised to enable construction of elevated Metro in the priority section by erecting special transmission towers on both sides of the Metro viaduct,” said MD UP Metro Rail Corporation Kumar Keshav.

Congratulating the UPMRC team of engineers Keshav said, “After completing the erection of U-girders below these high voltage overhead transmission lines, now our viaduct in Priority Section is complete even at these difficult locations. Raising the height of these transmission lines is the result of meticulous planning and execution of such highly technical work with precision.”