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* The corridor will cross river Hooghly at a depth of 32 feet, first of its kind in the country.
* “Nearly 23, 000 passengers will use it everyday and the figure is expected to increase to 5 lakh by 2020. The order for constructing the elevated portion of 5.77 km was issued to Gammon India Ltd on February 20, 2009,” state Transport Secretary Sumantra chowdhury said.
* Work for the elevated portion will begin in the next 15 days and contract for the underground part will be awarded by the end of this year.
* The first phase from Sector V to Sealdah is likely to be completed by 2012 and the project will be over by 2014.
* Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said the project also involved rehabilitation of nearly 500 people displaced because of the corridor.
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