The East-West hall mission, which might also be India’s first underwater metro service, is most likely to be completed by June 2023, its executing agency Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) said on Monday.
The metro line, which might join Salt Lake to Howrah by the utilization of Kolkata with a stretch underneath the Hooghly river, is currently operational between Sector V and Sealdah stations.
“Aim for commissioning of the balance piece from Sealdah to Howrah Maidan is June 2023,” the KMRC said in a assertion.
Of the total 16.55 km length of the mission, 9.30 km length between Sector V and Sealdah is operational. The rest 7.25 km length is most likely to be operational within lower than a year’s time, it said.
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Completion of the mission will bring an grand support to lakhs of commuters as it is going to join the busy Howrah and Sealdah railway stations as correctly because the North-South Line of the Kolkata Metro at Esplanade.
Of the total 16.55 km length, the underground piece is 10.8 km lengthy, while 5.8 km is elevated.
The mission, which used to be earlier slated to be completed by December 2021, has faced delays owing to accidents at Bowbazar in central Kolkata throughout tunneling work.
Quite lots of homes developed cracks throughout the underground work in Could well, virtually three years after a the same incident there.
On August 31, 2019, a tunnel tiresome machine hit an aquifer, ensuing in severe ground subsidence and the give intention of several buildings in the disclose.
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