Kanpur: Kanpur Metro begins load testing capacity of the elevated track on the priority routes especially from IIIT to Kalyanpur here.
When this vital testing has commenced on one route, there will also be conducted load testing upon U-Girder and Steel Spanning at the Rawatpur route.
Giving this information Kumar Keshav, MD, UPMRC said load testing on the primary section has started.
He further maintained as a test run on the track will be conducted in November all the testing in regard to the strength of the track will be completed before the test run.
The technique of the testing remains quite unique and different. Weight of more than one and a quarter of the weight of the metro train is put on the elevated track.
It is through this particular way the strength of the track will be measured and then okayed.
As many as 248 tonnes of weight are loaded at a time. Sandbags of this weight will be placed on the track in five phases.
It has begun from the Kalyanpur side. Thereafter, the reading of the load-carrying capacity on elevated section.
It has also been learnt that the first set of the metro train will arrive in the last week of September this year in the city.
