Tunnelling Work For Phase II Of Chennai Metro To Begin In June

The 21-km stretch between Madhavaram and Taramani to be taken up first

- Sunitha Sekar

Work on phase II of Chennai Metro is set to begin on a massive scale in June, with tunnelling work all the way from Madhavaram to Taramani.

Giant tunnel boring machines (TBMs) will be back in the city. The tunnelling will be carried out on two stretches — a 9-km stretch from Venugopal Nagar in Madhavaram to Kellys and another 12-km stretch from Kellys to Taramani Road Junction.