Kolkata Metro runs through tunnel below Hooghly, first in India to complete under-river journey

Kolkata Metro Wednesday (April 12) became the first metro rail in the country to make an under-river journey as its rakes passed through an underwater tunnel below the Hooghly river.

Kolkata Metro general manager P Uday Kumar Reddy travelled from Mahakaran to Howrah Maidan station in rake No. MR-612, which crossed the Hooghly river at 11:55 am. Additional general manager and Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited (KMRCL) MD H N Jaiswal, as well as other senior officers, accompanied him during this journey. Reddy offered puja at the Howrah station once the rake reached there. Later, rake No MR- 613 was also taken to the Howrah Maidan station. Flowers were sprinkled and coconuts were broken to welcome the rakes.