The crucial tunneling work for Mumbai’s first underground metro rail corridor, which will connect Colaba and SEEPZ in Andheri (East), is slated to commence by October. Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation, the agency implementing the 33.5-km-long corridor, has ordered tunnel boring machines (TBMs). These will be lowered at several locations along the alignment to start the tunneling process. Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) officials said twin tunnels of 33.5-km each will be dug. Our pre-tunneling activities are going well so we plan to start the tunneling process by October,” said SK Gupta, director projects, MMRC.

Source: Hindustan Times March 03, 2017 06:11 UTC