KANPUR (Metro Rail News): Kanpur Metro Project achieved a major milestone as TBM Gomati achieved its final breakthrough for Package KNPCC-11 at Double Pullia Station of Corridor 2 which spans 8.38 km from Agriculture University to Barra-8.
TBM S-1408A, nicknamed TBM Gomati, is a Ø6.6m Herrenknecht Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) machine. TBM Gomati is the first of two TBM machines which were deployed for the Package KNPCC-11 of Kanpur Metro.
This breakthrough signifies the completion of down-line tunneling by TBM Gomati for Package KNPCC-11. In December 2023, KPIL- Gulermak JV bagged the Package KNPCC-11 from Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) at an estimated cost of Rs. 762.50 crores with a 30-month deadline.
Contract Scope of Work: Design and Construction of TBM Tunnel, Cut and Cover Tunnel, ramp after Double Pullia, ramps in Agriculture Depot for main line and depot connections and three underground metro stations (viz. Rawatpur, Kakadeo and Double Pullia) including Architectural finishes etc. on Corridor-2 of Kanpur MRTS Project at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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