Breakthrough: Pink Line sees 89% tunnel boring work completed

NT Bureau, Bengaluru: Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) “Tunga” sees light at the Kadugondanahalli Metro station, near Arabic College after its successful 1184.4m tunneling work on Wednesday.

In October last year, the Tunneling from Venkateshpura was started. Reportedly, ‘Tunga’ will be relaunched next year to bore 935m from KG Halli to Nagawara.

In a press release issued by the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) “Namma Metro,” 89 percent of the tunneling work in the 42km long Pink line is complete, as 18,832.30 metres (18km) out of 20,992 metres (20km) have been bored successfully.

Reportedly, ‘Out of 9 TBMs, 7 of them have completed work. In October, ‘Rudra’ had successfully tunneled 718m between Lakkasandra and Langford Town metro station in 100 days.

The Pink line, which connects Kalena Agrahara and Nagawara, will have the longest underground section, from Dairy Circle to Nagawara.

Lakkasandra, Langford Town, Indian Military School, MG Road, Shivajinagar, Cantonment Railway Station, Pottery Town, Tannery Road, Venkateshpura and Kadugondana Halli will come under the 20km long line.