Bengaluru Metro: Tunnelling machine Urja completes drilling for Bengaluru's longest Metro line
Bengaluru Metro’s TBM Urja made a breakthrough in presence of Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai
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Bengaluru, September 22: Bengaluru Metro’s Tunnel Boring Machine / TBM, Urja made a breakthrough on Wednesday morning in the presence of Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai.
Urja, which was drilling a distance of 855 metres for more than a year now, is the first TBM to have achieved a breakthrough on Namma Metro’s Pink Line from Kalenga Agrahara to Nagawara (21 km).
“Bengaluru Metro will be a lifeline for the city in coming days. I have directed officials to finish the Namma Metro second phase work by the year 2024 so that the people can use the metro for their daily commute,” said Bommai, while speaking at the event.
He also added that this metro train service will be extended up to Bengaluru airport.
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This new line, Line-6, from Gottigere to Nagawara of 21.26 km, is part of Phase-2 of the project.
This line consists of 7.5 km of the elevated corridor with 6 elevated stations and 13.76 km of the underground corridor with 12 underground stations and 21.25 km of tunnels.
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Urja is around 102 metres long and costs Rs 70 crore. Officials said that another machine Vindhya is also building a parallel tunnel, which is a few meters away. Urja, deployed by Larsen & Toubro (L&T), was the first TBM to commence drilling works in August 2020 and it was supposed to be completed in nine months. But owing to Covid-19, work was delayed, said Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd / BMRCL officials.