<p>A portion of the road cracked and sank near Chennai’s Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital opposite Central Station, where tunnelling work for the Chennai Metro Rail (CMRL) was going on.</p>.<p> <br /><br />Passengers of a car caught in the cracked road had a narrow escape after metro rail workers helped them out of the vehicle, while a biker sustained minor injuries passing through the cracked patch, police said. <br /><br />The accident brought traffic to a standstill on one of the busiest sections of the city.The mishap comes just days after a heavy iron beam on a metro rail construction site fell on a software engineer riding his two-wheeler in the Guindy area in the city.<br /><br />Since 2012, five people have died and several injured on metro rail construction sites spanning several localities in the city. <br /><br />Meanwhile, the Chief General Manager (CGM) for Chennai Metro Rail Operations T Archunan said on Tuesday said metro rail operations in the Koyambedu to Alandur section would begin on the first week of July. <br /><br />Built at a cost of Rs 14,000 crore, Chennai metro rail was originally slated for commissioning in October 2014. <br /></p>
<p>A portion of the road cracked and sank near Chennai’s Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital opposite Central Station, where tunnelling work for the Chennai Metro Rail (CMRL) was going on.</p>.<p> <br /><br />Passengers of a car caught in the cracked road had a narrow escape after metro rail workers helped them out of the vehicle, while a biker sustained minor injuries passing through the cracked patch, police said. <br /><br />The accident brought traffic to a standstill on one of the busiest sections of the city.The mishap comes just days after a heavy iron beam on a metro rail construction site fell on a software engineer riding his two-wheeler in the Guindy area in the city.<br /><br />Since 2012, five people have died and several injured on metro rail construction sites spanning several localities in the city. <br /><br />Meanwhile, the Chief General Manager (CGM) for Chennai Metro Rail Operations T Archunan said on Tuesday said metro rail operations in the Koyambedu to Alandur section would begin on the first week of July. <br /><br />Built at a cost of Rs 14,000 crore, Chennai metro rail was originally slated for commissioning in October 2014. <br /></p>
