The tunnelling work on the over 1.4 kilometre-long Shalimar Bagh-Azadpur underground stretch has been completed. The tunnel is part of the Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar corridor of Phase III network of the Delhi Metro, a senior DMRC official on Friday said.
The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) which started the process on this line on 9 January completed the tunnelling on Friday with a breakthrough at Shalimar Bagh construction site, Anuj Dayal, DMRC’s spokesperson said.
The tunnel is at 18 metre depth at Azadpur and 16 metre at Shalimar Bagh.
‘Six cross-passages have been made on this stretch at a depth of 30 metre and tunnelling for another one is expected to be completed within fortnight, Dayal added. While carrying out construction for this stretch, DMRC built 20 metre underneath the existing Northern Railways’ Ambala track near Azadpur.
‘Approximately 80 trains run pass through this main railway line daily and the metro construction was done without hampering the railway traffic for even a single day,’ he added. This section is a part of 59 kilometre-long Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar corridor of Phase III network that consists of about 14 kilometre of underground lines.
The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) which started the process on this line on 9 January completed the tunnelling on Friday with a breakthrough at Shalimar Bagh construction site, Anuj Dayal, DMRC’s spokesperson said.
The tunnel is at 18 metre depth at Azadpur and 16 metre at Shalimar Bagh.
‘Six cross-passages have been made on this stretch at a depth of 30 metre and tunnelling for another one is expected to be completed within fortnight, Dayal added. While carrying out construction for this stretch, DMRC built 20 metre underneath the existing Northern Railways’ Ambala track near Azadpur.
‘Approximately 80 trains run pass through this main railway line daily and the metro construction was done without hampering the railway traffic for even a single day,’ he added. This section is a part of 59 kilometre-long Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar corridor of Phase III network that consists of about 14 kilometre of underground lines.