KMRC launches work on Purple Line extension

The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) has launched work on the expansion of the Kolkata Metro Purple Line at the Victoria metro station, which will essentially be an underground metro station. It will be constructed using the cut-and-cover method by Larsen & Turbo, the contractor of the project. The contract for the entire underground section has already been awarded and the barricades on the Maidan are intended meant to prevent unauthorised access to the construction site. The proposed corridor consists of a combination of both underground and elevated routes, with the Joka-Momnipore section of the project being elevated, and the remaining section after Momnipore being underground. The four underground stations will be Kidderpore, Victoria, Park Street & Esplanade, with the total length of the underground section being about 5 km.