Patna (Metro Rail News): The very first Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) of Patna Metro Rail Project for Corridor II was commissioned on 7th of this month in a ceremonial inauguration by CM, Nitish Kumar at Moin-Ul-Haq stadium in Patna.
In a series of the same, the second TBM was also successfully lowered in the shaft here on Sunday at Moin-Ul-Haq stadium station to construct the underground metro network. Both TBMs will complete its journey of 1494m towards university in a period of five months. There will be a gap of 4 to 5 weeks between both TBMs. After which, Both will be retrieved and re-launched for its further journey. It is to be noted that there are four no.s of TBMs in that shall be deployed for this corridor, out of which the remaining two will be launched at Gandhi Maidan station in the month of September.