The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Wednesday achieved a significant construction milestone in Phase-IV with the completion of the longest underground tunnel between Tughlakabad Airforce Launching shaft and Maa Anandmayee Marg on the Tughlakabad-Aerocity corridor.
A statement by the DMRC read, "The breakthrough of the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) AMRIT at the Anandmayee Marg site of the Delhi Metro took place in the presence of Rajiv Dhankher, director projects and planning, DMRC, and other senior officials."
It added that a TBM broke through this morning at Maa Anandmayee Marg Station after boring 2.65-kilometre -long tunnel. "This tunnel breakthrough was achieved using a mammoth 105-metre-long TBM. Two parallel circular tunnels for up and down movement are being constructed on this stretch as part of the Aerocity-Tughlakabad corridor," it said, adding that the breakthrough on the other parallel tunnel is expected to be achieved in January 2025.
