Railways completes tunnelling work in East-West Kolkata Metro Corridor ANI | Updated: May 16, 2021 16:53 IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): The tunnelling work in East-West Metro Corridor with the breakthrough of Urvi at Kolkata s Bowbazzar has been completed by Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) on May 15, informed the Railways Ministry.
With this breakthrough, the entire TBM tunnelling for the Kolkata East-West Metro Project is completed.
According to the ministry, the 800 meters challenging tunnel drive has been completed successfully following COVID-19 protocol. The stretch was difficult for tunnelling work as it had century-old buildings, the ministry said.
Earlier in the day, Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal tweeted about the achievement of the Railways and said that the extension will reduce the travel time of passengers.
Updated Jan 12, 2021 | 19:13 IST
Vehicular traffic will be regulated along roads leading to Sealdah during the period of closure of the flyover from 11 pm on January 15 to 6 am on January 19. Movements of buses and trams will also be regulated Kolkata Metro: Part of Sealdah flyover to be closed for four days this week. Details inside | Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: A part of the Sealdah flyover in Kolkata will remain closed to traffic from the night of January 15 to January 19 morning for the construction of the west-bound tunnel of the East-West Metro corridor, stated a
PTI report citing an official.
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