Nagpur: In an incident which points at lapses in construction of Metro pillars, all steel rods protruding from an under-construction pillar near HB Town in Pardi got badly bent on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday.
MahaMetro executive director Arun Kumar, who conducted an enquiry, has blamed poor supervision for the incident, said sources, adding action would be taken against concerned persons.
A government construction officer, whom TOI had shown the photograph of the bent pillar, also feels the same. “It is not a structural defect. The steel rods have to be given protection till concrete is poured around them. The concerned persons gave it poor protection, which is why they got bent,” he said.
A contractor of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) said the steel rods had not snapped despite bending so much. “This shows that the quality of steel used is good,” he added.
MahaMetro director (project) Mahesh Kumar said he was in Mumbai and would return to the city on Thursday. “I will be able to comment on the incident only after visiting the site,” he added.
The steel rods were so badly bent that MahaMetro asked its contractor to cut them using acetylene torches. As MahaMetro had erected barricades on both sides of the pillars, the bent rods did not obstruct the traffic.
In November 2017, a steel cage of MahaMetro’s pillar in Sitabuldi had bent and tilted so much that it was obstructing traffic. Metro contractor’s workers had to cut the cage with acetylene torches, for which traffic was blocked for about three hours. Power supply to nearby shops was also disconnected. Before this, steel cages in Rahate Colony and on Hingna Road had also got bent.
MahaMetro had prepared a standard operating procedure after the Sitabuldi incident and there was no repeat for over three years.
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