Kanpur: Notably, this is the first time in Uttar Pradesh when as many as 6 Tunnel Boring Machines will be used simultaneously to complete the construction within the slated deadline.
The Kanpur Metro will run on an underground corridor from Chunni Ganj to Nayaganj, Nayaganj to Transport Nagar and CSA to Double Pulia.
As such 6 tunnels will be built across the network and for this, around half a dozen TBMs are to be used here to complete the task in the stipulated time.
In the first phase, a tunnel will be dug between Chunni Ganj to Nayaganj, as has been reported.
The two Tunnel Boring Machines brought in use in the construction of Lucknow Metro, namely 'Ganga' and 'Gomti', will also be brought to Kanpur to speed up the construction work.
Besides, additional boring machines will be imported from Turkey soon, as news reports go.
Even though assembling the fully automatic Tunnel Boring Machine is a complex process but it will be done for Kanpur city metro.
