Bengaluru Metro’s Urja sets single-day tunnelling record

Bengaluru Metro’s tunnel boring machine (TBM) Urja, tunnelling between Cantonment and Pottery Town stations, achieved a progress of 27 m of tunnelling work in a single day on Monday, which is the best till date, according to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL).

Deployed by Larsen & Toubro, Urja was the first TBM to commence drilling works in August 2020.

In December last year, TBM Urja started tunnelling the stretch between Cantonment and Pottery Town stations, a distance of 907 metres.

Urja had achieved a breakthrough after tunnelling between Cantonment and Shivajinagar in September last year.