Poonamallee to Porur metro to be inaugurated by Dec

The nine-kilometer metro rail stretch under the second phase

from Poonamallee to Porur, with 10 stations, will be

inaugurated by December this year, Chief Minister MK Stalin

said

The stretch is part of 26.1km corridor-4 from Lighthouse to

Poonamallee bypass.

The chief minister, who inspected the work of the tunnel boring

machine emerging near the Adyar Junction Metro Station,

covering a total distance of 1.218 km said he has instructed

Chennai Metro officials to complete the remaining works within

a stipulated time.

The stretch between Greenways road Metro Station and Adyar

Metro Station on the Kellys-Taramani corridor includes a

challenging section of the route that goes under the Adyar

River for 300 meters, which is a rocky terrain.

The tunnels being built at a depth of 15 meters to 22 meters

under the Adyar River are crucial as this will connect north-

eastern suburbs and core city areas with IT corridor on Old

Mahabalipuram Road, linking Perambur, Chetpet,

Nungambakkam, Thousand Lights, Royapettah, Mandaveli and

Madhavaram with the IT corridor.

The first of the twin tunnel from Greenways station to Adyar

junction, covering 1,228 meters, was completed after a grueling

178 days. The work on the stretch commenced in February

2023. “When these works are fully completed, Chennai will set

new benchmark in urban public transport connectivity in

India!” Stalin said.

Urging the Union government to approve the metro rail

projects for Coimbatore and Madurai, Stalin said, “After the

delays of the previous regime, we continued the second phase

of the works, primarily with the funds of the state government.

Recently, with the participation of the Union government,

which accepted our request and approved it, we are

implementing it even faster.”

A Chennai Metro Rail official said after the launch of

Poonamallee to Porur stretch, the next stretch to be opened

will be the 8-km one from Porur to Kodambakkam Power

House. This is likely to be opened by June 2026.

The work on the entire second phase was scheduled to be

completed by December 2027. However, it was delayed by a

year due to the late awarding of six tenders for the

underground stretch, particularly the one from Nathamuni to

Kolathur

The work is set to begin this month. The stretch comes under

the 47 km Corridor 5, which starts from Madhavaram to

Sholinganallur. The elevated stretch of entire second phase will

be completed by December 2027.