Bengaluru: Head of the Bakavaraj Minister Bommai Wednesday asked BMRCL to accelerate Metro Work.
Speaking to reporters after witnessing a breakthrough from TBM Urja in Shivajinagar, he directed officials to complete the entire Metro Phase 2 with 2024 instead of 2025.
“BMRCL officials must make all preparations to reschedule the settlement of Metro Phase 2 in 2024,” he said, advising them to Increase labor.
“I will personally supervise progress,” he added.
“Metro will be the path of Bengaluru’s life when all three complete phases.
This will reduce the burden on the road, “he said.
Metro expansion until the airport will be taken immediately.
The obstacle was cleared: BMRCL MDBMRCL Director Anjum Parwez said the longest tunneling of the ug city was a difficult task.
“But all nine TBM works without big problems.
TBM found several different types of soil from soft soil for hard rock.
In the Infantry Road under the commercial complex, for example, rock strength is more than three times from granite, which slows down drilling, “he said.
He thanks citizens to work together while working, adding BMRCL sure to finish it a year before the deadline.
“For ORR Metro, the initial accumulation work has begun.
Metro Tender Airport (KR Puram-Kia) will be completed in October, “he added.
He said the court process on logging trees / transplants for stage 2 was cleaned by the High Court.
“We also managed to accept NOC from the government of flying Training School in Jakkur after convincing them that the proposed Metro Line elevated would not be an obstacle for flight operations,” he added.
‘Other breakthrough maybe in 20 days’ Parwez said:’ TBM Vindhya is tunneling in the same direction as Urja and is expected to achieve a breakthrough in 20 days.
All nine TBM has jointly completed tunneling from 3.8 km.
Every day, up to 40 meters from the tunnel immerse.
” The source said two more TBM, Varada and Rudra, will also reach a breakthrough with the end of the year.
BMRCL officials said the two parts of the elevated and underground (Kalena Agrahara-Nagawara) will operate in March 2025.
Covid-19 Pandemics, Lockdowns and Indian-China deadlock delayed the stage 2 underground work.