Metro project: Team finds high water table in city

With and underground metro being proposed in the sectoral grid in Chandigarh,it is likely to require de-watering of the soil. A team from Consulting Engineers Group (CEG) Test House is collecting soil samples along the routes proposed by Delhi Metro Rail Project (DMRC). This is the process to prepare a detailed project report for the Metro Raghu Raj Singh,site engineer,said that the testing is being done with the aim of knowing the nature of soil. “It is important to test the soil and water samples. This is required to decide the kind of material that will be used at the site for construction,” he said.

The team is conducting survey along the North-South corridor from near the Capitol Complex to Sohana. A metro station is to be constructed at every kilometre where the Metro is underground and every 1.3 kilometre where Metro is above the ground. Once the sampling along the North-South corridor is complete,sampling will start on the East-West corridor from Sector 21 Panchkula to Mullanpur.

CEG Test House had earlier conducted soil testing in Delhi when the Metro was constructed there. Similar testing is going on in Jaipur.