Bengaluru Metro’s tunnel boring machine (TBM) Urja, drilling between Cantonment station and Shivaji Nagar station, will achieve a breakthrough on Wednesday at 10 am in the presence of Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
Urja, drilling a distance of 855 metres for over a year now, will be the first TBM to achieve a breakthrough on Namma Metro’s Pink Line from Kalenga Agrahara to Nagawara (21 km), according to officials.
“Urja is making a breakthrough at 10 AM in the presence of the chief minister. This breakthrough is an important development in tunnel work of Namma Metro Phase II project,” said Anjum Parwez, managing director of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL).
