BMRCL launches tunneling at Shivajinagar & Vellara junctions

Launching work on Phase II of BMRCL's extension, underground metro line, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has launched tunneling work and deployed four tunnel boring machines for the purpose. The two tunnels start from Cantonment station to Shivajinagar and the other two from Shivajinagar to Vellara Junction in the city. The metro corporation started lowering the machines recently and has deployed as many as 950 workers for the underground metro line from Vellara BMRCL Junction to Tannery Road, said Managing Director, BMRCL, Ajay Seth, adding that the work of the underground metro line will need three years and commissioning of the line may require one more year. The machines are being assembled and testing is being carried out by the contractor and engineers. Under phase II, a total of 13.2 km of the underground tunnel network will be built for which the contractors of BMRCL have managed to retain 6,000 workers.