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On Wednesday, Kolkata Metro scripted history when a rake, for the first time in the country, completed a journey through an underground tunnel in river Hoogly.
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The construction of India's first underwater tunnel under the Hooghly river in Kolkata for the metro connection between Howrah and Kolkata is underway. The project is expected to be completed by 2023. The 520-meter of the 16.6-kilometer-long will be under the river bed. The tunnel corridor will connect Kolkata and Howrah and is 33 meters below the river bank. The Kolkata
India's first underwater metro tunnel to be ready by next year in THIS city - Of the 16.6-km-long east-west stretch of the tunnel, 520 metres will be under the river bed.
India’s first underwater tunnel corridor is built 33 meters below the riverbed of Hooghly river and will provide metro connectivity from Kolkata to Howrah by 2023, said offiials.