Railway station compound covered

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The pipe-laying work near Thampanoor using the jack and push method as part of the Japan International Cooperation Agency-aided water supply project has covered the compound of the railway station. As per officials of Larsen and Toubro, the contractor, the pipe is being now laid across the road from near the RMS to reach a textile shop on the other side.“We started the work under the road on Monday and now the casing pipe is being laid. After that we will be pushing the distribution pipe inside. If there are no rains, the work would get over within a week,” said an official with L&T.Nearly 25 m has to be covered under the road. Simultaneously, work has started from near the Parthas textile showroom to lay another pipeline. It is to be noted that pipelines have already been laid under 11 railway tracks. A total of 96 m is being covered, which includes the road portion also. The pipe-laying was done using the trenchless technology, which meant pushing the pipes through the earth using jacks. For this, an open trench was made near the Kripa Theatre, from where the pipelines were pushed under the tracks. The work had officially commenced after September 14.The casing pipes - mild steel pipes of 1,200 mm diameter, 2.5 m length and 20 mm thickness - were laid under the tracks first. Potable water pipes, ie 800 mm mild steel pipes of 8.8 mm thickness, were then laid inside them. The pipes are laid some 2.5 m under the tracks.