Giri, the third and concluding launching girder for the Prajapati Nagar - Transport Nagar corridor spanning 6.5 kilometre, is now scheduled for commissioning in the final week of December, with internal planning pencilling in December 22 as the tentative work date. The system will execute the last 37 spans between Kapsi Khurd metro station and the end of the double-decker ramp at Pardi, which will complete the structural envelope of Reach 4A. The implication of this is that bearings will be fixed and track will be layed as the next step. Shivalik and Shikhar take lead; Giri prepares for final advance Shivalik, commissioned in October, and Shikhar, commissioned in November, have already finished their assigned stretches. With their deployment complete, Giri becomes the last structural instrument on the reach, tasked with extending the viaduct across the densely burdened Nagpur–Bhandara highway.

 

Launcher assembly in decisive phase with major modules already onsite: Giri’s assembly has entered an advanced stage at Kapsi Khurd. All seven steel boxes forming the launcher’s frame have reached the location and are being aligned and joined. The middle support is already in position, while the front support, rear support and rear trolley are slated to reach soon. Heavy-duty tandem lifting using twin cranes is scheduled from December 12 to 15, after which alignment checks, hydraulic tests and clearances will set the commissioning in the last week of December. 84-metre structural frame built for segmental viaduct construction: Giri measures 84 metres and comprises seven steel boxes locked into a singular frame.

 

It functions on front, middle and rear supports mounted over pier caps. Slider beams fixed above hold the precast segments at the time of erection. The launcher follows a conventional design suited to straight alignments, enabling swift span completion even in traffic-intensive corridors. Segment-by-segment erection through winch-based lifting and stressing: After commissioning, Giri will lift 3-metre precast segments delivered on low-bed trailers. A monorail-mounted winch lowers a hook, retrieves each segment and places it on the slider beams. A standard 31-metre span comprises 11 such segments, which are then aligned and integrated into a single girder through stressing. The launcher subsequently advances to the next pier pair and repeats the cycle. HB Town to Transport Nagar: Alignment engineered to minimise disruption: Reach 4A begins at HB Town Circle near Prajapati Nagar, crosses the 2-km Pardi double-decker structure and continues for 3 km along NH-53 towards Kapsi Khurd and Transport Nagar. Sources have noted that the overhead segmental method used by Giri minimises traffic disturbance on one of the busiest highways in the region. The corridor remains on schedule, and the launcher’s rollout is expected to conclude the structural chapter of this reach.