CMRL completes tunnel between Madhavaram High Road and Moolakadai after long delay

Nearly 2 years aft the enactment started, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has completed the passageway from Madhavaram High Road to Moolakadai, 1 of the abbreviated stretches of the Phase II project.

This agelong falls nether the corridor 3, which spans from Madhavaram to SIPCOT. Since the archetypal fractional of the corridor — Madhavaram to Taramani — is an underground network, tunnelling enactment has been successful advancement successful respective areas. Among these, the passageway boring instrumentality (TBM) ‘Servarayan’ was launched from Madhavaram High Road successful aboriginal 2024 to make a passageway till Moolakadai. But it has taken astir 2 years to screen a region of 824 metres.

One of the reasons for this is the hold successful gathering the shaft, a operation indispensable for the passageway to motorboat and breakthrough, astatine the Moolakadai Metro Station. Similar to galore underground locations connected corridor 3, which are facing the aforesaid issue, this setback occurred arsenic the presumption operation bids for this corridor had to beryllium cancelled and the tenders had to beryllium floated again. This resulted successful an inordinate hold successful the operation of underground stations for this corridor.

‘Servarayan’ bored nether the Buckingham Canal excessively and astir 14 borewells had to beryllium closed for this work, a property merchandise from CMRL said. Alternative h2o sources were arranged for the residents.