# Chingrighata Metro work likely to finish ahead of deadline 2026-08-18T14:30:23+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Work on the second phase of the delayed Chingrighata section of Kolkata Metro’s Orange Line is likely to finish ahead of schedule, Millennium Post reports. RVNL began construction at 8 pm on Friday to close the 366-metre viaduct gap between piers 318 and 319 on the Garia-bound flank of EM Bypass. A senior traffic official said all 12 segments had been launched, chemical pasting was complete and traction work was nearly finished. Curing was scheduled from 10 pm on Sunday to 6 am on Monday. Authorities hoped to reopen the affected stretch by 6 am, although traffic restrictions remained permitted until 8 am. The work had been held up for over a year by permissions linked to traffic management. Following interventions by the Calcutta High Court and Supreme Court, traffic blocks were approved. Completion will allow Metro Railway to begin track laying. Traffic diversions continued until Monday morning. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The report uses officials’ progress updates and the expected early reopening to frame the work as nearing completion. It gives less space to the earlier delay, recording the permission dispute mainly as background rather than examining its administrative causes. A careful reading separates physical construction from operational readiness. Girder launching and traction work may be almost complete, but curing, track laying and later commissioning still stand between construction and passenger service. The immediate measure was whether the road could reopen by 6 am, while the next substantive point to watch is the start and progress of track laying on the Chingrighata stretch. ## Coverage Coverage: 1 source, 1 neutral - millenniumpost.in (neutral report) Leads with official progress and expected early completion This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Calcutta High Court, EM Bypass, Kolkata Metro, RVNL, Supreme Court Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/chingrighata-metro-work-likely-to-finish-ahead-of-deadline/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/chingrighata-metro-work-likely-to-finish-ahead-of-deadline/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/