Casting of tunnel ring segments for underground metro section begins

Kanpur: Under Corridor-2 (between CSA University and Barra-8) of metro, construction of the 4.1 km Rawatpur-Double Pulia underground section is progressing swiftly. On Monday, in the presence of Sushil Kumar, Managing Director of Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC), and other senior officials, the casting of the tunnel ring segments for this section commenced.
These segments will be pre-cast at the Makdikheda casting yard and used in the tunnel construction.
UPMRC, managing director visited the under-construction underground stations of the Kanpur Metro. Following his inspection of Chunniganj station, he proceeded to casting yard at Makdikheda, where he inaugurated casting of the first ring segment using the machine.
Once cast, these ring segments will be transported into the tunnel at the time of tunnelling. Inside the tunnel, the TBM will assemble the segments into circular rings. These rings will be constructed sequentially to form the tunnel structure, onto which the metro track will be laid, allowing the metro train to pass through the completed tunnel.