Bengaluru: Rudra, a BMRCL-operated tunnel boring machine (TBM), completed its final 718-metre tunnelling stretch from Lakkasandra to Langford Town Station in just 100 days as part of the Dairy Circle to Nagawara tunnel network.
Earlier, Rudra had completed 613.2 metres between the South Ramp and Dairy Circle station and 746.2 metres between the Dairy Circle station and Lakkasandra station.
This tunnelling work is part of the Pink Line, a segment of the Namma Metro project’s Phase II, extending from Kalena Agrahara to Nagawara. Rudra began its tunnelling operations in April 2021.
