The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) achieved its first tunnel breakthrough of the Delhi section on the Delhi-Meerut RRTS route, India’s first rapid rail venture. The Directors, senior officers of the NCRTC and contractors had been current on the event.
The first TBM of the Delhi section, ‘Sudarshan 4.1’, was lowered at Anand Vihar launching shaft in January 2022 for the development of RRTS tunnels between Anand Vihar and Khichdipur. This RRTS tunnel is the longest tunnel in Delhi made by any Tunnel Boring Machine and is about 3 km lengthy
“RRTS is aimed to ease regional mobility thereby reducing vehicular congestion & lowering air pollution. Multimodal integration has been one important consideration while planning & implementing it. I am confident that it will enhance quality of life in NCR,” stated Secretary MoHUA stated.
“I praise the engineers of NCRTC in addition to our building companion for finishing this section of tunnelling which was a posh & difficult activity. Going in direction of New Ashok Nagar, it has negotiated very near present metro station piling buildings…” an official stated.
“..along with foundations of expressways & non-engineered buildings in Patparganj & Khichdipur. NCRTC has prioritized commuters’ comfort over ease of building. Sarai Kale Khan and Anand Vihar RRTS station are examples of in depth multi-modal integration…” the official added.
The 3-km tunnel is the longest in Delhi made by any tunnel-boring machine and its building began in January 2022. More than 14,000 high-precision pre-casted tunnel segments have been used to make sure a protracted tunnel life, the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) stated in a press release.
Four tunnels are being constructed in Delhi for the 82-kilometre Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) for motion in each instructions.
NCRTC stated two parallel tunnels of about 3 km are being constructed between Anand Vihar and Khichdipur in direction of New Ashok Nagar RRTS station. Another set of parallel tunnels of about 2 km are being constructed between Anand Vihar and Vaishali in direction of Sahibabad RRTS station.
The RRTS tunnels have a diameter of 6.5 metres, which is very optimised when in comparison with world benchmarks of tunnels for the same design velocity of 180 kmph, with wider and better rolling inventory.
“NCRTC today achieved its first tunnel breakthrough for the Delhi section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor,” NCRTC stated.
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