BENGALURU: A mechanical failure occurred nearly 50-feet above the ground at BTM Layout on Sunday morning when the support leg of a 260-tonne launching girder deployed for constructing the Double Decker flyover of Bengaluru Metro’s RV Road-Bommasandra Line slipped and got distorted. There were no casualties or injuries as the operation was carried out by remote control.
The launching girder was being set up for laying spans between piers to form the bridge on the 19.15-km elevated line of Reach-5 of Metro Phase-II when the slippage occurred at 6.15 am at a spot, near the
