Top officials of the MSRDC, who recently returned from a study tour of Hong Kong and Shanghai, have said they are confident of implementing, back home, the bridge technology used in the two cities.
Top officials of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), who recently returned from a study tour of Hong Kong and Shanghai, have said they are confident of implementing, back home, the bridge technology used in the two world-class cities.
MSRDC chairman and minister for public works (public undertakings) Jaydatt Kshirsagar led the delegation of MSRDC top officials which also included vice-chairman and managing director Sonia Sethi, joint managing director Shyamal Kumar Mukherjee and chief engineer Sharad Sabnis.
Sabnis said the delegation has learnt a lot — especially about the “cut and curve tunnels” which are part of many bridges connecting Kowloon and Hong Kong.
“This type of tunnel will be a part of the third phase of the sea link between Haji Ali and Nariman Point. However, since India has never seen a similar link bridge before, we got some vital details from the officials of Hong Kong. There are many underground bridges connecting the two cities as well,” Sabnis told DNA.
The idea behind the five-day tour was to understand the advanced technology used in the urban infrastructure like bridges, roads, tunnels, waterways and the high-speed trains in both the countries.
In Hong Kong, the team visited the Stonecutters Bridge, the world’s second largest cable-stayed bridge, which was opened to traffic in December last year. This high-level bridge spans the Rambler channel in Hong Kong, connecting Nam Wan Kok, Tsing Yi Island and Stonecutters Island. The bridge spans 1.6 km, with 3 lanes in each direction.
The MSRDC team also visited the state-of-the-art surveillance and control room of this tunnel.
The tunnel is built by implementing the ‘cut-and-cover’ methodology, which the state corporation is planning to implement in the proposed Worli-Nariman Point and Sewri-Nhava Sheva sea link.
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