ITD Cementation India completes tunnelling work by ITD - ITD Cem JV (of which the Company is a JV partner) in Kolkata Metro East-West Corridor with the breakthrough of TBM "Urvi" at Bowbazar, Kolkata. With the breakthrough, the entire TBM tunnelling for the East-West Metro project has been completed.
As per the regulatory filing, the project is being executed for Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation, under the Ministry of Railways and has been completed efficiently despite the challenging stretch of century-old buildings and COVID scenario.
ITD Cementation stated that post completion of this TBM drive, both the TBMs i.e 'Urvi' and 'Chandi' will be retrieved from the retrieval shaft at Bowbazar.
Also, this tunnel boring completion is indeed a great momentous occasion for the Kolkata East-West Metro Project authorities and ITO - ITO Cem JV.
On Sensex, at around 1.49 PM, ITD Cementation was performing at Rs80.95 per piece up by 2.08%.