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The city’s longest underground metro corridor is planned between Diary Circle and Nagawara, spanning across a distance of 14 kilometers.
A statement by BMRCL read, “The CM has set in motion one Tunnel Boring Machine on July 30. The TBM named Urja will be tunneling (north-bound tunnel) between Cantonment and Shivajinagar stations. The expected geology in this tunnel section is about 250 m in hard rock, 350 m in mixed ground conditions, and about 255 m in soil.”
BMRCL officials further confirmed that the second TBM (Vindhya) is likely to be commissioned soon after the first TBM completes the required advancement.