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Project Management CA2 Assignment

The Under Water Metro Rail Project in Kolkata connects Howrah to Sector V via an underwater tunnel. The project is sponsored by JICA and executed by KMRC with a budget of Rs. 86 billion. The tunnel construction uses sophisticated techniques like concrete segments sealed with grouting to prevent water leakage. While the project aims to reduce travel time and traffic, it has faced cost overruns of around Rs. 3,000 crore and a schedule overrun of 1 year due to complex tunneling work under water. The extension of the metro has both positive impacts like improved connectivity but also negative impacts such as reduced green cover and settlement evictions in some areas.

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Project Management CA2 Assignment

The Under Water Metro Rail Project in Kolkata connects Howrah to Sector V via an underwater tunnel. The project is sponsored by JICA and executed by KMRC with a budget of Rs. 86 billion. The tunnel construction uses sophisticated techniques like concrete segments sealed with grouting to prevent water leakage. While the project aims to reduce travel time and traffic, it has faced cost overruns of around Rs. 3,000 crore and a schedule overrun of 1 year due to complex tunneling work under water. The extension of the metro has both positive impacts like improved connectivity but also negative impacts such as reduced green cover and settlement evictions in some areas.

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Under Water Metro Rail Project

Submitted By

Name – Kowshik Kundu


University Roll No. 13000921003

Submitted for the partial fulfillment of the degree of


Master of Business Administration
Under
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal
(formerly known as West Bengal University of Technology)

Techno India
EM 4/1, Salt Lake, Sector – V, Kolkata – 700091.
Task:
Choose any major large-scale project successfully completed / ongoing anywhere in the world. It can be any type
of project. Analyze the project and answer the questions below:

[01] Name / Title of the Project: Under Water Metro Rail Project
[02] Industry / Type of the Project: Construction
[03] Location / Site of the Project: Howrah
[04] Sponsored by: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
[05] Executed by: Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC)
[06] Expected benefits from the project: 1. This under water metro Connectivity will
help reduce travel time between Howrah to
Sector V.
2. This metro connectivity is expected to ease
traffic congestion, enhance urban
connectivity and provide a cleaner mobility
solution to lakhs of daily commuters.
[07] Budgeted Cost of the project (planned): The cost of the project is estimated to be Rs 86
Billion.

[08] Schedule / Time frame for completion of February 2015 – March 2022
the
project (planned):
[09] Actual Cost incurred: 8575 crore.
[10] Actual time taken: 13th February – March 2023 (Estimated)
[11] Calculate cost overrun (if any): The East-West metro, which is being executed by
[Else write NIL] Kolkata Metro Rail, is facing a huge cost overrun
from Rs. 4,875 crore to Rs. 8,000 crore.
[12] Calculate schedule overrun (if any): India’s first under water metro is overrun by 1
[Else write NIL] Year. It is being delayed because of double costs.
[13] Level of technological sophistication The tunnel will have an internal diameter of 5.55m
required: and an external diameter of 6.1m. The spacing
between the tunnels will be 16.1m centre-to-centre.

The inner walls of the tunnel are being made with


M50 grade, reinforced concrete segments with a
thickness of 275mm each. Six of these segments
will complete a circular lining of the tunnel’s
diameter. The segments are being pre-cast in
specialised moulds imported from Korea.

Several protective measures have been taken to


prevent water inflow and leakages in the tunnel.
Concrete mixes composed of fly ash and micro
silica have been used for the segments to minimise
water permeability.

The segments are being sealed using a complex


grouting process that will fill the space between
the segments and the shield of the tunnel boring
machine (TBM).

A two-component grout mix, including slurry


made of water, cement and bentonite and sodium
silicate, is being used to fill the gaps. The liner
segments are fitted with German-made neoprene
and hydrophilic auxiliary gaskets, which expand
when in contact with water to prevent inflow
through segmental joints.

[14] Resources required: Boring the underwater tunnels, which are


predominantly composed of soft and stiff clay, has
been one of the complex challenges of the project.

Two German-made tunnel boring machines


(TBMs), named Prerna and Rachna, were deployed
for the process.

Equipped with earth pressure balancing (EPB)


capabilities, the machines are suitable for projects
on unstable terrain or under structures that are
sensitive to ground disturbances. They can
withstand three times more atmospheric pressure
during the boring process.

Each TBM is 8.5m-long, as tall as a two-storey


building and has backup gantries extending to
100m. Six generator sets of 1,010kVA will supply
power to the boring machines, which are equipped
with five motors exceeding 650HP and more than
35 other auxiliary motors. The TBMs will bore up
to 15m a day, excavating up to 500m³ of the earth
to complete 2.9m of the tunnel.

The two TBMs bored the east and west-bound


tunnels in a record span of 66 days, from April
2017 to June 2017. While the first tunnel crossed
the river in May 2017, the second one crossed it in
June.

The underwater tunnel construction is


technologically comparable to the Eurostar high-
speed railway service that traverses the Channel
Tunnel between the UK and France.

The TBM S-616 Urvi was deployed in March


2021 to construct the final stretch of the East-West
Metro, 17m below Sealdah station.
[15] Classification of the project according to The tunnel will have an internal diameter of 5.55m
NTCP and an external diameter of 6.1m. The spacing
Model: between the tunnels will be 16.1m centre-to-centre.

The inner walls of the tunnel are being made with


M50 grade, reinforced concrete segments with a
thickness of 275mm each. Six of these segments
will complete a circular lining of the tunnel’s
diameter.
[16] Any impact on society / environment? The extension of Kolkata Metro railway has
helped the increasing population in the newly
developed urban center situated in the southern
part of Kolkata .It facilitates the communication to
(commute) different parts of Mega city (and going
back to their respective places). As a result, the
skyline of Tollygunge to New Garia is changing
drastically with the change in land use and land
cover. Open space and green cover of this area also
decreased alarmingly from 22.60 percent in 1963
to 3.00 percent in 2004. In this paper an attempt
has been made to evaluate the growth and
development of new constructions. The present
paper also consists daily commuter's perception
and opinion regarding services provided by metro
railway along with the incidence of eviction of
settlements required to serve the extension
purpose. The increasing stress on the existing
environment and related problems of water logging
and pollution also has been taken into
consideration.
[17] Overall, how successful has this project This is a ongoing project, so can’t say it will
been success or not.
(if completed)?
[18] Some relevant photos of the project

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