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Lucknow: The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) today started the tunneling drive of its TBM ‘Gomti’ from Charbagh launching shaft (near Deen Dayal Park) towards Hussainganj. The TBM ‘Gomti’ started its drive work after the ceremonial ‘Puja’ performed by Shri Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, at the site. TBM ‘Gomti’ started its drive work after the ceremonial ‘Puja’ performed by Shri Kumar Keshav, MD TBM ‘Gomti’ shall cover a tunnel length of 462 m for Up line from Charbagh (near Deen Dayal park) to Hussainganj underground Metro Station . This will soon be followed by the launching of TBM ‘Ganga’ on down Line from the same launching shaft in front of Deen Dayal Park, Charbagh for undertaking its final drive of 446 metre between the Charbagh and Hussainganj. TBM Gomati started tunneling work from Charbagh towards Hussainganj The tunneling between Charbagh & Hussainganj is the third and final...

Mumbai: Work on constructing the first-ever tunnel in Mumbai for the fully underground Metro 3 line began at the Naya Nagar site in Mahim on Friday, with two more tunnel boring machines (TBMs) lowered to dig towards Dadar. Naya Nagar is one of the seven ‘launching shafts’ from where tunnelling operations will be conducted. The others are at Cuffe Parade, Azad Maidan, Worli, Kalina, Sahar Road and Marol Naka. Azad Maidan is the next site where tunnelling work will start, said Ashwini Bhide, Managing Director, Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC). “This phase of tunnelling will be completed by 2019,” said Ms. Bhide. In all, 17 TBMs will be deployed to construct the two 33.5-km long tunnels. Five TBMs have arrived in the city, one of which is still at the Mumbai port. Of the rest, three have been lowered into the launching shaft and one has started tunnelling. “By November-end, all five machines will be operational,” Ms. Bhide said. The first boring mach...