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Mumbai:  The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) is executing the 33.5 km corridor of which the 5 km of tunneling across its alignment in the city has been completed. Underground corridor for the Colaba-Seepz metro line has completed 10% of tunneling work. The memorial of Emperor Shivaji is interestingly being built using rubble from excavating 33.5 km long Colaba-Seepz underground Metro line — ajith (@vakilatlarge) December 24, 2016 The four location where the underway tunneling is constructed Marol, Naya Nagar(Mahim), Vidyanagari (Kalina), Azad Maidan and all this is being done with eight tunnel – boring machines (TBM’S) in operation. The TBM’s need to bore 52 km (without stations) for both the up and down lines for the construction of the underground corridor. Ashwini Bhide, Managing director, MMRC said that The tunneling commenced in November 2017 from the Naya Nagar-launching shaft in Mahim, and the TBMs are currently moving at a speed of 350m p...

Mumbai: The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has designed a comprehensive plan to dig below, while allying fears that vibrations caused by work can affect heritage and ruinous structures. The Metro-3 corridor will pass through Colaba to SEEPZ (the Export Processing Zone of Santacruz Electronics, a special economic zone), making stops at 27 stations, of which 26 will be underground. Some activists and representatives of citizens have expressed concern for the safety and sustainability of old and heritage buildings since construction began. Statements received from the concerned officials- 1.About 1,500 families affected by the project have been displaced and a workforce of 7,600, including qualified and unskilled, is at work. (The state agency that implements the project). 2. Best tested and internationally tested technologies are being used and, therefore, that question does not arise.More than 20 types of monitoring tools, tested and tested internationally, have been pressed...