India’s under-river Metro made its first run on Wednesday under the Hooghly river, completing its under-the-river journey.
Kolkata Metro termed it ‘historical’, and has said that the trial runs from Howrah Maidan (across the Hooghly river) to Esplanade (in central Kolkata) will be conducted for the next seven months. After that, regular services would commence on this stretch of the route.
On being operational, “Howrah will be the deepest Metro station (33-metre below surface) of the country. The Metro is expected to cover the 520 metres stretch under the river Hooghly in 45 seconds. This tunnel under the river is at 32-metre below from the water level,” a release stated.
