India's first underwater metro tunnel nears completion, will be functional by next year | Check details
2 years, 9 months ago

India's first underwater metro tunnel nears completion, will be functional by next year | Check details

India TV News  

Highlights Construction of India's first underwater tunnel in Kolkata under Hooghly river nears completion Of the 16.6-km-long east-west stretch, 520 metres will be under the river bed The tunnel corridor is built 33 meters below the riverbed and will connect Kolkata to Howrah The construction of India's first underwater tunnel in Kolkata under the Hooghly river for establishing metro connectivity between Howrah and Kolkata is underway and will be made fully functional by 2023. The Kolkata East-West Metro line is being constructed by Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation and is the underwater tunnel that will go beneath the Hooghly river. "Important Passage work has also been done keeping in mind that if a technical problem arises inside the water tunnel area, passengers can be taken out through the special passage," said Mithun. He further said that almost 80 per cent of the work of the East-west Howrah Metro station is completed and expected that the full-fledged service may start from 2023.

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First glimpse of underwater tunnel in CMRL’s phase II project connecting Greenways Road to Adyar
3 weeks, 6 days ago

First glimpse of underwater tunnel in CMRL’s phase II project connecting Greenways Road to Adyar

The Hindu  

As vehicles zip past one of the busiest areas of the city, the Adyar bridge, a 500-tonne gigantic machine operated by a bunch of workers quietly drills the earth. The Hindu gives you the first glimpse of one of the underwater tunnels built by Chennai Metro Rail for the upcoming phase II project. Of the twin underwater tunnels created between …

Delhi Metro completes 2.65 km underground tunnel in phase 4 of expansion
1 month, 1 week ago

Delhi Metro completes 2.65 km underground tunnel in phase 4 of expansion

India Today  

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has completed the tunnelling work for its longest underground tunnel, with a length of 2.65 kilometres, on the Tughlakabad-Aerocity corridor, as part of the metro's phase 4 expansion project. In a statement, the DMRC said that tunnelling work specifically between the Tughlakabad Airforce Launching shaft and Maa Anandmayee Marg has also been completed. During the …

Chennai Metro Rail phase 2: Underwater tunnel connecting Greenways Road to Adyar completed
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Chennai Metro Rail phase 2: Underwater tunnel connecting Greenways Road to Adyar completed

The Hindu  

After a gruelling battle to cut through rock, Chennai Metro Rail has finally completed building an underwater tunnel connecting Greenways Road with Adyar in the city. As part of the ₹63,246-crore phase II project, Chennai Metro Rail commenced the work to build an underwater tunnel from Greenways Road to Adyar in February last year, and the earth pressure balancing tunnel …

Water seeps into metro tunnel in Kolkata after drilling work; residential buildings develop cracks
4 months ago

Water seeps into metro tunnel in Kolkata after drilling work; residential buildings develop cracks

The Hindu  

Kolkata The situation remained tense in central Kolkata’s Bowbazar area on Thursday as metro construction work led to fresh cracks and water seepage in buildings on Durga Pituri Lane here. Blaming the Kolkata Metro Rail Limited Corporation’s East-West metro corridor works for these developments, many residents blocked the Central Metro station gate during peak morning hours. According to the Central …

Commercial services of country's first underwater metro train commences
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Commercial services of country's first underwater metro train commences

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata, Commercial services of the country's first underwater metro train commenced in Kolkata on Friday with hundreds of passengers erupting into jubilation on their first ride. HT Image A train began its journey from the Howrah Maidan station on the East-West metro corridor of Kolkata at 7 am with loud cheers and claps from commuters, while another started from Esplanade …

India gets its first underwater metro
10 months ago

India gets its first underwater metro

The Independent  

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PM Modi inaugurates India's 1st underwater metro section. Check fares, route
10 months ago

PM Modi inaugurates India's 1st underwater metro section. Check fares, route

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated India's first underwater metro section in Kolkata. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on board India's first underwater metro, in Kolkata, Wednesday, The prime minister was welcomed by a huge crowd upon his arrival at the Esplanade metro station. The Kolkata Metro's Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section, is the country's first underwater transportation tunnel. The PM also …

PM unveils India's first underwater metro in Kolkata: All you need to know
10 months ago

PM unveils India's first underwater metro in Kolkata: All you need to know

Firstpost  

PM Modi has inaugurated the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section of Kolkata Metro’s East-West corridor — India’s first-ever underwater metro route. The 16.6-kilometre-long corridor will connect Howrah and Salt Lake, Kolkata’s twin cities Prime Minister Narendra Modi with school students on board India's first underwater metro, in Kolkata. #WATCH | West Bengal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with school students as they …

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates India’s 1st underwater metro connecting Kolkata-Howrah
10 months ago

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates India’s 1st underwater metro connecting Kolkata-Howrah

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated India’s first underwater metro route connecting Kolkata and Howrah in West Bengal along with other connectivity projects across the country worth ₹15,400 crore. “E-W metro corridor has the distinction of the very first under river transportation tunnel in India below the River Hooghly, being 520m long and 13 m below the river bed …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 PM Modi With Workers Students Inaugurating India's First Underwater Metro kolkata West Bengal
10 months ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 PM Modi With Workers Students Inaugurating India's First Underwater Metro kolkata West Bengal

ABP News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesaday took a ride in the country's first underwater metro in Kolkata. The Prime Minister inaugurated the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section of Kolkata Metro's East-West corridor India's first underwater metro service. #WATCH | West Bengal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with metro staff as he travels in India's first underwater metro train along with state BJP …

India’s first underwater metro in Kolkata: PM Modi unveils multiple metro projects
10 months ago

India’s first underwater metro in Kolkata: PM Modi unveils multiple metro projects

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 6 inaugurated the Kolkata Metro's Esplanade-Howrah Maidan section, which passes below the mighty Hooghly river through the country's first underwater transportation tunnel. The ₹1,430-crore Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay section of the New Garia-airport line was also inaugurated from the function at the Esplanade Metro Station. PM inaugurates Agra Metro priority corridor The priority corridor of …

Watch: PM Modi takes Kolkata Metro ride with students in India's 1st underwater tunnel
10 months ago

Watch: PM Modi takes Kolkata Metro ride with students in India's 1st underwater tunnel

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a Metro ride through India's first “underwater Metro tunnel”, unveiled by him in Kolkata, West Bengal. PM Modi takes Metro ride in Kolkata on Wednesday, after inaugurating India's first underwater Metro route. The Kolkata Metro extension, comprising the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade Metro section, marks the debut of India's first transportation tunnel passing beneath a significant …

PM Modi In Bengal Today Amid Sandeshkhali Row, To Unveil Country's First Underwater Metro Route
10 months ago

PM Modi In Bengal Today Amid Sandeshkhali Row, To Unveil Country's First Underwater Metro Route

ABP News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal today where he will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate developmental projects worth Rs 15,400 crore in the state capital, Kolkata. He will inaugurate the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section of Kolkata Metro's East-West corridor which will be India's first underwater metro service. To boost the public mobility in Kolkata, the Prime Minister will …

PM Modi unveils India's 1st underwater Metro route, other projects in Kolkata
10 months ago

PM Modi unveils India's 1st underwater Metro route, other projects in Kolkata

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, March 6, inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various projects worth ₹15,400 crore in Kolkata as part of his 10-day visit to 12 states and union territories. View of the India's first underwater metro train, in Kolkata List of projects PM Modi inaugurated in Kolkata, West Bengal: PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Howrah …

Kolkata Metro: PM Modi inaugurates India's 1st underwater tunnel. Things to know
10 months ago

Kolkata Metro: PM Modi inaugurates India's 1st underwater tunnel. Things to know

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's first under-river metro tunnel in Kolkata on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Kolkata Metro Railway's Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section on Wednesday. Key points on the Hooghly River underwater tunnel • Kolkata Metro's Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section has India's first transportation tunnel beneath the Hooghly River. Kolkata got India's first metro, 40 years back Kolkata Metro, …

India's first underwater metro train service in Kolkata to be inaugurated by PM Modi today. Details
10 months ago

India's first underwater metro train service in Kolkata to be inaugurated by PM Modi today. Details

India TV News  

West Bengal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday will inaugurate India's first underwater metro rail service in Kolkata on the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section. India's first underwater metro | Key things to note Kolkata Metro touched a milestone in April 2023, as its rakes completed a trial journey under the bed of river Hooghly through a tunnel 32 metres below water …

Kolkata Metro’s Howrah Maidan-Esplanade, two other sections to be inaugurated by PM Modi next week
10 months, 1 week ago

Kolkata Metro’s Howrah Maidan-Esplanade, two other sections to be inaugurated by PM Modi next week

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will next week inaugurate the much-awaited Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section of the Kolkata Metro, a government release said on March 3. “With a focus on enhancing avenues for ensuring ease of urban mobility”, the prime minister will inaugurate Kolkata Metro's Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section in the East West Metro corridor, it said. He will also launch the Kavi …

Bullet Train: NHSRCL Signs Contract to Build India’s First Undersea Rail Tunnel in Maharashtra
1 year, 7 months ago

Bullet Train: NHSRCL Signs Contract to Build India’s First Undersea Rail Tunnel in Maharashtra

News 18  

A tunnel measuring 21 km, including 7 km of India’s first undersea rail tunnel, will be built by the National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor or the bullet train project. Three tunnel boring machines will be used to make about 16 km of the tunnel portion and the remaining 5 km will be through …

'Uplifting mass transit': Kolkata metro trial under Hooghly gets PM Modi's applause
1 year, 8 months ago

'Uplifting mass transit': Kolkata metro trial under Hooghly gets PM Modi's applause

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed happiness over the trial run of the Kolkata Metro under the Hooghly River. Kolkata Metro's first rake arrived at the Howrah Maidan and it was operated through a tunnel under the river Hooghly on a trial basis, officials informed on Wednesday. "This is a historic moment for Metro Railway as after overcoming many …

Kolkata Metro Takes First Underwater Journey, Here's All You Need to Know
1 year, 8 months ago

Kolkata Metro Takes First Underwater Journey, Here's All You Need to Know

News 18  

Kolkata Metro, in a first, created a historic moment by running underwater through a tunnel in the Hooghly river. Reportedly, Kolkata Metro takes nearly 45 seconds to cross the underwater tunnel. Terming it an historic event, Metro Railway general manager P Uday Kumar Reddy said: “Trial runs between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade station will be conducted for the next five …

Kolkata’s first underwater Metro starts its trial run below bed of Hooghly
1 year, 8 months ago

Kolkata’s first underwater Metro starts its trial run below bed of Hooghly

The Hindu  

Kolkata Metro on Wednesday achieved a new milestone when a Metro rake completed a journey under the bed of river Hooghly through a tunnel 32 metres below water level. Uday Kumar Reddy, General Manager, Metro Railway, travelled from Mahakaran to Howrah Maidan station in Rake No. Two Metro rakes had been taken to Howrah Maidan station from Esplanade station, for …

‘Historic moment’: First in India, Kolkata Metro runs under water | Watch
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Historic moment’: First in India, Kolkata Metro runs under water | Watch

Hindustan Times  

In a first for the country, Kolkata Metro touched a milestone on Wednesday by running through the tunnel under Hooghly river. The metro rake undertook its maiden journey from Howrah Maidan to Esplanade, with only officials and engineers on board. Underwater metro tunnel in Kolkata | Representational image Terming it an historic event, Metro Railway general manager P Uday Kumar …

India’s first underwater section of the Kolkata metro to test run on 9 April
1 year, 9 months ago

India’s first underwater section of the Kolkata metro to test run on 9 April

Live Mint  

Kolkata is set to test run two six coach metro trains under the Hooghly river's underwater tunnel tomorrow i.e. The daily citing the metro officials has said that the trail run which will be held tomorrow between the Salt Lake and Howrah will pass successfully through the Sealdah and Esplanade tunnel. Earlier, KMRC had said that India's first underwater metro …

India's first underwater metro services to begin in Kolkata by December 2023
2 years ago

India's first underwater metro services to begin in Kolkata by December 2023

India TV News  

The East-West Metro Corridor project which is India's first underwater metro service is expected to be completed by December 2023, the Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation said on Friday. "The ongoing underwater tunnel project is likely to be completed by December 2023," said Shailesh Kumar, General Manager, KMRC. Construction of underwater metro tunnel: The metro official also said that the construction …

India to get its own version of the Eurostar: The first underwater metro is coming soon
2 years, 5 months ago

India to get its own version of the Eurostar: The first underwater metro is coming soon

Firstpost  

India’s first underwater metro will come up in Kolkata by next June. The metro line, which is currently operational between Sector V and Sealdah stations, will soon connect Salt Lake to Howrah via Kolkata under the Hooghly River. India’s own version of Eurostar Being the first of its kind in India, the underwater metro train has been compared to Eurostar, …

India's first underwater metro tunnel in Kolkata to be made functional by 2023
2 years, 9 months ago

India's first underwater metro tunnel in Kolkata to be made functional by 2023

Firstpost  

The Kolkata East-West Metro line is being constructed by Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation and is an underwater tunnel that will go beneath the Hooghly Kolkata: The construction of India’s first underwater tunnel in Kolkata under the Hooghly River for establishing metro connectivity between Howrah and Kolkata is underway and will be made fully functional by 2023. The Kolkata East-West Metro …

Kolkata to get first underground metro station in 25 years
4 years, 3 months ago

Kolkata to get first underground metro station in 25 years

India TV News  

Kolkata will get an underground metro station after 25 years on Sunday as the East-West line will be extended till Phoolbagan, an official said. The Phoolbagan metro station is the first underground one to be opened on the line that will connect Sector V to Howrah Maidan, he said. Metro Railway said that as the programme is being held online …

Sector V to Salt Lake: Metro services on Kolkata East-West corridor begin today. Phase 2 will connect Kolkata
4 years, 10 months ago

Sector V to Salt Lake: Metro services on Kolkata East-West corridor begin today. Phase 2 will connect Kolkata

India TV News  

Kolkata--the city of joy, is all set to welcome India's first 'underwater' metro service. The metro line, which is also the world's cheapest metro services will begin in Kolkata from this week after the partial rollout of the East-West Metro service on February 13. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal will flag off the first train under East-West Metro service from Salt …

India’s first underwater metro to start in Kolkata soon. Piyush Goyal tweets video
5 years, 5 months ago

India’s first underwater metro to start in Kolkata soon. Piyush Goyal tweets video

Hindustan Times  

Commuters in the City of Joy will soon be able to travel through India’s first underwater metro. Today, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal took to Twitter to announce that the metro will be built under Kolkata’s Hooghly river. “India’s first underwater train will soon start running under the Hooghly River in Kolkata. This train is an example of excellent engineering …

India to get its first underwater metro soon, see video
5 years, 5 months ago

India to get its first underwater metro soon, see video

India TV News  

Kolkata metro commuters will soon be able to travel through India's first underwater metro tunnel. The work on India's first metro rail line under the Hooghly river is almost complete and the service is expected to start soon announced Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday. Along with the announcement, Piyush Goyal also gave us a glimpse of India's first …

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