The geology department of the iconic St Xavier's College in CST will approach the Metro authorities that are carrying out civil works for Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro-3 underground corridor opposite to the college, wanting to know whether the structural stability of the college would be affected due to the tunnelling work of Metro-3. The St Xavier's College's structure is a 150-year-old heritage building.
Agnelo Menezes, Principal, St Xavier's College, told DNA, "We are aware that the Metro work is ongoing but the MMRC authorities have not approached us till now. But I will ask my geology department to approach MMRC officials and ask them whether the civil works for the Metro-3 will compromise the structure of St Xavier's College or not."
Considering that the tunnelling work is likely to result in vibrations, the MMRC is carrying out a pre-construction building survey of the structures parallel to the alignment of the Metro-3 corridor.
A senior MMRC official, said, "We have carried out a survey and our contractors are in touch with the structure owners who are in the radius of 25 metres from the construction site which is our buffer zone. However, Xavier's College is on the other side of the road which is around 100 metres or close to 100 metres away from the construction site."
The MMRC had also carried out a study in which, 1,435 buildings were identified throughout the alignment to be affected due to the construction of underground Metro.
Building Survey
As there are several heritage buildings in the South Mumbai stretch between Colaba and Girgaum Chowpatty, the MMRC had also carried out a study in which, 1,435 buildings were identified throughout the alignment to be affected due to the construction of underground Metro.
