Bangalore (Metro Rail News): A major milestone has been achieved for the Bangalore Metro project as ITD Cementation India’s TBM Bandra has achieved its final breakthrough at Pink Lines’s Nagawara Station’s South Shaft on 30 October.
TBM Bhadra’s Journey
For its current assignment, TBM Bhadra constructed an approx 937m tunnel northward from Kadugondanahalli to Nagawara’s Cut & Cover Shaft.
This is TBM Bhadra’s 4th breakthrough and the 8th breakthrough for the Package RT-04 . Furthermore, this major milestone marks the completion of 20,992m tunnelling work for the Bangalore Metro Phase 2 project.
| Current assignment | Kadugondanahalli – Nagawara C&C-1 | 937m | October 2024 |
| First assignment | Venkateshpura – Tannery Road | 822m | July 2022 |
| Second assignment | Tannery Road- Shadi Mahal TBM Retrieval Shaft | 222m | December 2022 |
| Third assignment | Venkateshpura- Kadugondanahalli | 1184m | February 2024 |
Package RT-04
Under this contract, ITS Cementation’s work involved the construction of 6.34 km twin tunnels, a roughly 360-metre ramp at Nagawara, and four underground stations:
- Tannery Road
- Venkateshpura
- Kadugundanahalli (formerly Arabic College)
- Nagawara
With this development, all 9 TBMs deployed for Bangalore Metro Phase 2 has completed their assignments for the Pink Line’s underground section spanning 13.92 km.
