DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Delhi Metro Rail Project progressed as Afcons Infrastructure’s TBM Disha (1264B) achieved a breakthrough at Tughlakabad Railway Colony station of Delhi Metro Phase 4’s Golden Line, which spans 23.622 km from Aerocity to Tughlakabad through 15 stations. This development was recorded under Package DC-07.
TBM 1264B, nicknamed as TBM Disha, is an Earth Pressure Balance Tunnel Boring Machine, which constructed a 0.96 km tunnel between Tughlakabad and Tughlakabad Railway Colony station of the Golden Line.
Afcons Infrastructure bagged Package DC-07 of Golden Line from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation ( DMRC) in January 2022 at Rs. 1669.20 crore with a 42-month deadline.
The scope of work under this package includes the design and construction of twin tunnels from Sangam Vihar Station’s east end to Sarita Vihar Depot, covering 3 stations. The stations have been mentioned below:
- Maa Anandmayee Marg
- Tughlakabad Railway Colony
- Tughlakabad
Brief Scope: Design and Construction of Underground UP & Down Tunnels by Shield TBM from end of Cut & Cover tunnel near Sangam Vihar metro Station up to existing Sarita Vihar depot, Underground Ramp and Cut & Cover Tunnels near Sangam Vihar and Tughlakabad metro station and Underground Metro Stations at Maa Anandmayee Marg, Tughlakabad Railway Colony and Tughlakabad, including Retrieval/Launching shafts on Aerocity Tughlakabad corridor of Delhi MRTS Project of Ph-IV.
In June 2025, DMRC also achieved a successful breakthrough at the Tughlakabad Railway colony Station of the Golden Line under Package DC-07. For this assignment, TBM was deployed from Maa Anandmayee Marg and constructed a 0.792-km-long tunnel towards Tughlakabad Railway colony station. To know more about this news: Click Here
To speed up work in Delhi Metro Phase 4, DMRC has issued a Letter of Acceptance (LoA) to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) for the viaduct & platform construction contract of Delhi Metro Phase 4’s Golden Line Extension (Lajpat Nagar- Saket G Block) under Contract D2C-02. To know more about this news: Click Here
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