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Ahmedabad Metro: Work on Metro Rail tunnel to begin from next week

Underground section of 6.33 km Metro track will be between 12 and 20 mts

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The construction of the tunnel for the underground section of the Metro rail will begin next week. The tunnel will be built 20 metres below the surface. Out of the total length of the Metro rail network of 39.25km, the underground section is 6.33-km long. The section is located in the walled part of Ahmedabad, which has been declared a World Heritage city by UNESCO. To avoid damage to the heritage monuments and structures, the underground train will run on a zigzag route, especially designed for the purpose.

"The underground route could have been simple and straight, but to protect the heritage monuments, we have designed a zigzag route," said IP Gautam, Managing Director of Metro Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA) Company Limited. "Development is unavoidable, but there are ways to avoid disruption. Instead of a straight route from Kalupur to Shahpur, we have taken it through Kanta."

The underground section of the Metro rail will be between 12 metres and 20 metres below the surface, with four stations being between 12 meters and 15 metres below the surface. "Deciding the route was complex. As this is now a World Heritage city, we are making sure that less vibration happens. We are going to fit a small machine on each structure above the Metro rail route to measure the vibration levels," explained Gautam. The route has been developed more than 100 metres away from the protected monuments, as per the guidelines of the Archeological Survey of India. They had conducted a survey of all the structures around the route.

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