TBM Yamuna and Ganga to construct Tunnel for Agra Metro Rail project

Agra, India (Metro Rail Today): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the construction work of an 7.93 km Underground tunnel for Agra Metro Rail Project at Ramlila Maidan today. A tunnel boring machine (nick named Yamuna) has been deployed by the joint venture of Afcons Infrastructure Ltd and SAM India Builtwell Pvt. Ltd. during the launching ceremony.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, “Agra is a historical city and when it comes to environment and due to its heritage and culture. UP Metro officials are doing a commendable job and executing the project timely. Uttar Pradesh has the maximum number of cities that has operational metro services. Agra will also emerge as a metro city in future and give plenty of employment opportunities, enhanced tourism and boost its image on the world map.“

"UPMRC is putting all efforts into achieving this target 6 months ahead of its schedule. The schedule is marked for August 2024 and the team of UPMRC is planning to execute the project by early 2024. Metro services will be operational for the people of Agra by the beginning of 2024”, he added.

“UPMRC has always executed metro projects timely and ahead of schedule. This time as well we will achieve the same milestone, by delivering a world class metro to the people of Agra ahead of the set timeline,” commented Sushil Kumar, Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC).

The two TBM machines have been named as Yamuna and Ganga. Yamuna commenced tunneling work today while Ganga to start tunneling after two weeks from from Launching Shaft/Crossover section at Ramlila Maidan.

"After achievement of the first tunnel breakthrough at Agra Fort Metro Station, the TBM will then go towards Taj Mahal Metro Station (Purani Mandi Chauraha) and will be retrieved thereafter from retrieval shaft. One TBM will weigh around 450 tonnes and it’s length is approximately 85 metres. The TBM operates for around average 10-12 metres everyday," said UPMRC officials.

In March 2022, UPMRC had awarded a contract (package AGCC-02) worth Rs 1819.79 crore (INR 1773,27,00,000 + EURO 52,54,554) to Afcons Infrastructure - SAM India Builtwell JV for Design and Construction of Tunnel from start of underground ramp (near Fatehabad Road Metro station) to end of ramp after RBS college Metro station including seven underground metro stations (viz. Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Jama Masjid, S.N. Medical college, Agra college, Raja ki Mandi and RBS college) including Architectural finishes, E&M, TVS, ECS etc. on Corridor-1 of Agra Metro Rail Project.

This project is being financed by European Investment Bank (EIB) through ODA loans.

For more details, please explore the Agra Metro page of Metro Rail Today.