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Chennai: The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on Tuesday finished its tunnelling work to connect North Chennai with the rest of the city through metro train services. Engineers of Afcons Infrastructure achieved breakthrough by completing boring work for the second of the two tunnels. A tunnel boring machine drilled through the fibre reinforced concrete wall and entered Korukkupet underground metro station. Chennai Metro Rail The 9km phase-1 extension project from Washermenpet to Wimco Nagar, estimated to cost Rs 3,770 crore, is expected to be ready by 2019. A CMRL official said the tunnel was completed three months ahead of the deadline . The tunnels built in North Chennai will connect a two kilometer stretch with three underground stations- Washermenpet, Theagaraya College and Korukkupet. From Korukkupet, a ramp will be built to connect the rest of the line up to Wimco Nagar which will be an elevated corridor. Construction for the underground line was launched in ...

Chennai: It was to be yet another milestone for Chennai metro rail, the completion of one of the tunnels under Anna Salaibegun about six years. But after a long wait and a few tense moments on Tuesday, the boring machine literally hit a wall and was unable to break through the 3.7km long tunnel c... Click here to see more https://goo.gl/mURq23

Chennai: The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) has completed one of the underground tunneling works as part of phase-1 extension in North Chennai corridor five months ahead of the schedule. “The tunneling work started in February this year and we have completed it with the break-through of first of... Click here to see more https://goo.gl/gXXYHj