By rosebell
Following that the Afcons-Sam India consortium has commissioned the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Vidyarthi toward Kanpur Central, the Kanpur Metro project has advanced further.
While the excvation path of this TBM is from Transport Nagar station to Kanpur Central on Line 1 via Jhakarkati, the Azad TBM is already working on the up-line tunnel for the same stretch.
Linking Nayaganj Station to the Transport Nagar Ramp, this work is part of the Kanpur Metro’s KNPCC-06 underground package.
Being manufactured by Herrenknecht, TBM S-639B, named Vidyarthi, is an earth pressure balance machine and January 2024 was the date of its launch and it is the fourth TBM for Kanpur Metro Phase 1.
The responsibility of constructing tunnels on the 23.78 km long Line-1, connecting IIT Kanpur to Naubasta, will be up to Vidyarthi.
The design and construction of tunnels via TBM, cut-and-cover tunnels, as well as an underground ramp from Kanpur Central to Transport Nagar, are the contents of KNPCC-06 package, while it also covers three underground metro stations, Kanpur Central, Jhakarkatti, and Transport Nagar, along with architectural finishes, electrical and mechanical systems, and tunnel ventilation.
The project spans the IIT-Naubasta corridor via the Jhakarkatti bus terminal (Corridor 1).
After constructing a 1,250m underground tunnel (down line) between Kanpur Central and Nayaganj Stations, TBM Vidyarthi completed its first assignment in June 2024 and the date of finishing its second assignment by building a 331m-long tunnel from the ramp near Swadesh Cotton Mills to Transport Nagar Station was November 2024.
Currently, TBM Vidyarthi is tunneling from Transport Nagar Station to Kanpur Central Station via Jhakarkatti that is its third assignment.
The Afcons-Sam India consortium won the KNPCC-06 underground package from the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC).
Including a 33km long metro rail, with an investment of INR110.76bn ($1.28bn), the Kanpur Metro project has a 36-month deadline.
