The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited (KMRCL), the implementing agency of the East-West Corridor at Bowbazar is carrying out the installation works of steel liners inside the east-bound tunnel at Bowbazar.
Citizens of Kolkata are likely to enjoy a journey in the entire stretch of the East-West Metro by October.
The Prime Minister will dedicate NTPC’s 800 MW (Unit-2) of Telangana Super Thermal Power Project in Peddapalli, Telangana.
Karthik Mondal had taken up driving as his career and worked as the official driver to the general manager of city Metro. Being honest to his service, even the general manager was impressed with his dedication towards work and punctuality.
Inching closer towards final commissioning, the structural work at the Gour Kishore Ghosh Metro station of the Kavi Subhash-Biman Bandar (Airport) Corridor (Orange Line) has been completed.
Metro Smart Cards have also been branded by two private concerns. For this Metro has so far earned Rs 20.65 lacs. So far, 11 Metro stations have been co-branded.
According to a communication by the Kolkata Metro Railway office, tokens are going to be re-introduced in North –South and East-West Metro from Thursday. Like the pre-Covid times, the tokens will be issued from the counters of all stations.
In an unprecedented move, a part of the TBMs is to remain buried, below the site of the August 2019 mishap, for times immortal. Generally, when a TBM makes a breakthrough, its cutter head is brought out by cutting the wall and placing a cradle.
Notably, the journey of the older non-AC rakes in Kolkata began in October 1984 when the city received a jewel in its crown by getting the country’s first underground metro service.
Metro services on Sunday are likely to be operated between 10 am to 10 pm on the north-south line. Of the total, 165 services are to be run between Kavi Subhas and Dakshineswar at an interval of 8 minutes during the morning and evening peak hours. The first service is to start at 8 am while the last service on Saturdays will start at 8.48 pm from Dakshineswar, and at 9 pm from Kavi Subhas and Dum Dum.
