BHOPAL (Metro Rail News): The Bhopal Metro Rail Project progressed as the Robbins Company, the manufacturer of the tunnel boring machine (TBM), has successfully completed the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for the first TBM machine (TBM 427) of Bhopal Metro Phase 1‘s underground package BH-04. The FAT was conducted in Bengaluru.
TBM 427 stands as the first of two earth pressure balance (EPB) machines that will be deployed by Kalpataru Projects International Ltd. (KPIL) – Gulermak JV to construct three twin tunnels for the Orange Line. The total length of the twin tunnels will be 2.1km.
The twin tunnels will link the ramp south of Sindhi Colony Station and the ramp west of Aish Bagh Crossing Station through 2 underground stations at Bhopal Junction Station and Nadra Bus Stand.
In March 2024, KPIL– Gulermak JV bagged Package BH-04 of Bhopal Metro from Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MPMRCL) at Rs. 769 crore with a 42-month deadline. Package BH-04 is the first and only underground package of the Bhopal Metro Phase 1 Project, which spans 27.87 km.
Package BH-04 Brief Scope: Design Construction of Twin Tunnel Cut Cover Cross passages with OR without sump Ramps for two UG Stations including Architectural finishing Water Supply Sanitary Installation and Drainage works in the entire UG from CH 28375 to 31765 for Bhopal Metro.
