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.
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