Racing against time to ensure that work on Navi Mumbai metro rail’s first phase finishes as per deadline, the City Industrial and Development Corporation Ltd (CIDCO) has started launching girders to place segments which form the metro rail viaduct, even though just 30 piers of the required 329 have been constructed so far. CIDCO started launching the piers only a few days ago at Pethpada in Kharghar.

CIDCO awarded a contract to a joint venture between J Kumar Company and Nagarjun Construction Company for the civil work of the first stage of the first phase of Navi Mumbai Metro Rail Project — from Belapur to Pendhar. Both companies have constructed 30 piers so far and are supposed to construct 299 more piers on the route.