PMRC starts underground work for Corridor-II in Patna
Work for the construction of the underground section of the Corridor II of the Patna Metro Rail Corporation project has started from Patna Junction to Frazer Road and Gandhi Maidan to Rajendra Nagar. As of now, the engineers have started preliminary work on seven proposed underground stations following which the digging of soil commenced and utility identification and diversion work is also in the process. PMRC wants to ensure that the tunneling work may not get affected due to the underground utilities. Underground section of Corridor II comprises six underground metro stations - Patna Junction (interchangeable station), Akashvani, Gandhi Maidan, PMCH, Patna University, Moin-ul-Haq Stadium and Rajendra Nagar. The total length of the underground section is 7.926km.