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Lockdown benefit: WR and BMC use free roads to work on Delisle Road bridge
Updated On: 24 May, 2020 07:28 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B Aklekar
On Thursday, engineers and workers spent over 20 hours working on the concreting of the raft foundation of the important Lower Parel bridge

A total of 92 tonnes of stainless steel has been used in this foundation, the concreting for which started at 8 am on Thursday
Work on one of the city's key road bridges—Delisle Road Bridge at Lower Parel—made good progress this week with foundation work at one side having been completed. A senior official said that concreting of the raft foundation on the east side of the Delisle Road Bridge was complete after continuous work of 20 hours.
Officials said that with the lockdown in effect, this was a rare opportunity with no rail or road traffic. With 10 railway supervisors and a team of 16 engineers and supervisors from the contractor, the work was completed, along with a team of 56 labourers.


