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Topic: Kolkata metro

Modi inaugurates India’s first under-river metro route & deepest metro station in Kolkata

The 520-mt engineering marvel has been built 13 mts below Hooghly riverbed. A train will cover this stretch in 46 seconds, linking twin cities Kolkata & Howrah, separated by Hooghly.

How KMRC overcame obstacles to build India’s 1st underwater metro tunnel in Kolkata

Part of East-West Metro Corridor, tunnel runs for 520 metre underneath Hooghly river that cuts through twin cities of Howrah & Kolkata. Tunnel section of line to open this December.

Kolkata completes inaugural test of India’s 1st underwater metro line, journeys 32m beneath Hooghly river

Once completed, the metro's East-West corridor will have 12 stations and connect suburban Kolkata to city's outskirts. Its Howrah station will be India's deepest at 33m below surface.

Last trams standing—Kolkata citizens are pushing hard to keep them running

From 300 trams a day to 10, the journey of Kolkata's cheapest mode of transport seems to be in its final stages. But Calcutta Tram Users Association has put up a fight.

After Kolkata Metro work causes ‘cracks’, panel wants to raze 45 British-era homes in Bowbazar

Expert panel from Jadavpur University was hired by Kolkata Municipal Corporation in the wake of serious damage to old buildings amid work on the East-West Metro project.

Week after Metro work resumes in Kolkata’s Bowbazar, more cracks in houses & another evacuation

Work had abruptly stalled in May after cracks appeared in houses in Durga Pithuri Lane. Authorities say 142 people have been evacuated after underground work resumed last week.

Cracks return, so do memories of horror: Kolkata’s underwater Metro project creates panic again

150 residents of Bowbazar’s Durga Pithuri Lane have been moved to hotels after cracks appeared in their houses last week amid work on the East-West Metro project.

100 years in the making, why Kolkata’s east-west corridor is world’s slowest metro project

The British had conceptualised a metro across the Hooghly river in 1921. But the east-west Line 2 of the Kolkata Metro is unlikely to be completed even by 2021.

India’s first underwater metro in Kolkata to be finally ready by March 2022

Kolkata Metro expects to complete East-West project, which is partly under Hooghly river, by March 2022 after a delay of several years doubled costs.

Delhi said no but Mamata got Kolkata Metro to change route — now houses are collapsing

Official letters accessed by ThePrint reveal several agencies had opposed realignment of the East-West Metro corridor route back in 2012.

On Camera

The Bengal Files has made sure Kolkata dusts history books to find out real Gopal Mukherjee

Whether it is due to the alleged unofficial ban on The Bengal Files or allegations by Gopal Mukherjee’s family against Agnihotri, everyone in the state wants to know more about Mukherjee.

Punjab’s paddy farmers are staring at big losses. Why flood impact may spill out of India’s rice bowl

As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.

Army chief weighs in on theaterisation, says it is inevitable and need of the hour

New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour. Speaking...

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?