Click to play videoNew Delhi: Plans to ready Delhi for next year's Commonwealth Games have hit a rough patch. Part of a road on the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) caved in on Sunday morning, injuring two bikers.
The crater is alarmingly close to the DMRC's Metro construction site right across the road. What's shocking is that neither the contractor nor the project managercould tell why the road caved in.
Project Manager R P Singh of the BRT said he had only overlaid on the existing road constructed many years ago.
Even Delhi's chief minister promised to look into the matter and accidents do happen.
Should the strength of a road's surface not be tested before converting it into a BRT corridor? Should such tests not be made mandatory? Structural experts say it is but imperative.
"There is a simple test is the Proctor density test where we take a core from 3 or 4 or 5 feet of the soil at various depths of the soil. This shows if the soil below is well compacted or not," said Vinod Jain, a structural design expert.
It seems like Delhi's safety is being compromised to meet the deadline of the Commonwealth Games. First it was the Metro accident, now this BRT road caving in. It may take more than just cement and sand to repair the damage.
(For updates you can share with your friends, follow IBNLive on Facebook, Twitter and Google+)
 |
 |
 |
|
displayed with permission. Use of the CNN name and/or logo on or as part of CNN-IBN does not derogate from the intellectual property rights of Cable News Network in respect of them.