CRS INSPECTION OF KARAKAVALASA- SHIMILIGUDA NEWLY LAID DOUBLE LINE
Shri Brijesh Kumar Mishra, Commissioner of Railway Safety, South Eastern Circle conducted thorough inspection of the newly constructed electrified Double line of 9 kms between Karakavalasa- Shimiliguda stations in connection with the Doubling project of Kottavalasa-Kirandul line.
Shri Lalit Bohra, Divisional Railway Manager, Waltair; Chief Administrative Officer/ Construction/ Visakhapatnam Shri Ankush Gupta ; Chief Bridge Engineer Shri Ashok Kumar; Chief Engineer/ Construction Shri Srinivasa Rao, Principal Executive Director, Chief Signal Engineer, Chief Signal & Telecom Engineer/ Construction, Deputy CRS officers and other officers from the Division accompanied Commissioner Railway Safety during the inspection.
The newly laid section has been laid with 60kg rails, has major and minor bridges and curves which have been constructed to conform to 25T axle load. The inspection was completed successfully, speed trials were conducted successfully and authorization received for taking up full-fledged commissioning.
It is part of the doubling project of the crucial KK line. This was achieved after a lot of hard work done by Civil Engineering, Signal & Telecom and Electrical departments of the Construction organisation in close coordination and operations and traffic planning by Waltair Division.As a part of this project, several traffic facilities in the section including new cross-overs laid at station yards, high level platforms, and bridges were also inspected today.
