On the 24.09.2018 the TBM Wainganga completed its first
tunnel for the 33.5-km Colaba-Bandra-Seepz (Metro-3 line). The 1.26-km tunnel
between Pali ground in Marol, Andheri (East) and the International airport
terminal T2 was completed in 259 days with an average speed of 4.6m/day.
The tunnel is part of the 4.15 km Terminal T2 - Aarey
section whose construction was awarded to the Joint Venture between L&T-STEC
(Package07). The TBM, launched in Marol on 08.01.2018, and drove through rocky
strata made of basalt, breccia and tuff and completed excavation near Terminal
T2. Click here and in/77 for the tunnelbuilder archive. Visit https://www.mmrcl.com/en. 40/18.