The Krishna Tunnel Boring Maching (TBM), which was tunneling between Chikpete and Kempegowda Station, had a breakthrough at 2.04 p.m. on Friday. Photo: K. Bhagya PrakashThe Krishna Tunnel Boring Maching (TBM), which was tunneling between Chikpete and Kempegowda Station, had a breakthrough at 2.04 p.m. on Friday. Photo: K. Bhagya PrakashThe Krishna Tunnel Boring Maching (TBM), which was tunneling between Chikpete and Kempegowda Station, had a breakthrough at 2.04 p.m. on Friday. With the completion of the this tunnel, the north bound line will be through from Nagasandra station in the north to Yelachenahalli station in the south in the North-South corridor, hopefully by early next year. The Krishna TBM is an Earth Pressure Balance type machine and has done total tunneling of about 1,571 meters in the North-South corridor, the communique added.

Source: The Hindu September 23, 2016 09:00 UTC