Kolkata: The Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, which is executing the construction of the Joka-BBD Bag metro corridor in the vicinity of the Majerhat bridge that collapsed on Tuesday, denied any relationship of metro construction with the incident.
RVNL Chief Project Manager A K Roy said the collapse of Majerhat road overbridge (ROB) girder over a canal portion was due to a 'mid-span failure of a 'very old' 40-m RCC girder.
"There is no relationship of metro project construction with this mid-span failure of RCC girder of the ROB. In fact, the condition of piers on both ends are clear indication of this," he said in a statement.
Roy said the approach piers of ROB on both ends of the affected span were intact in position.
"Metro foundation work, 4.5 m away from this ROB's piers, has been completed long back (more than one year) and presently preparatory work away from the ROB was in progress for deck casting," he said.
A part of the Majerhat bridge caved in Tuesday evening leading to the death of one person and injury to several others.
