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Tata Projects to build Chennai Metro's 9 km stretch underground line in Phase 2/Corridor 3

| @indiablooms | May 19, 2021, at 11:11 pm

Hyderabad/UNI: TATA Projects Limited, an Indian infrastructure company, on Wednesday announced it has recently received a Chennai Metro Rail Limited(CMRL) order for an important nine-km stretch (Phase 2/ Corridor 3) work of Chennai Metro's underground line from Venugopal Nagar to Kellys Station, along with other associated works.

CMRL has directed the company towards the construction of its nine-km twin bored tunnels, tallying at 18-km from TBM retrieval shaft near Venugopal Nagar to Kellys Station, diaphragm walls of the station box, entry/exit structures of Madhavaram Milk colony, Murari Hospital, Ayanavaram and Purasaiwakkam High Road Stations, including the building of launching and retrieval shafts as required in the mentioned metro stations, the company said.

Tata Projects Vice-President and BU Head (Metros and Tunnels) Raman Kapil, said, “We are happy to have secured the ‘Letter of Acceptance’ for this prestigious order. Our company is executing underground metro projects in Mumbai and Pune while having successfully completed Lucknow’s underground metro line."

"This new order therefore reinforces our leadership position and top-notch expertise in undertaking and successfully executing underground metro rail lines across India."

Once completed, this important stretch of Chennai Metro’s Underground Line will ease the lives of citizens and provide them with a comfortable, faster and eco-friendly mode of travel, he added.

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