Chennai Metro Rail starts work on tunnel to link Nungambakkam and Sterling Road
Chennai Metro Rail has commenced tunneling work to connect the Nungambakkam and Sterling Road stations as part of the Phase II expansion. The project aims to improve urban connectivity, with completion expected by early next year.
Why it matters
Infrastructure development in major urban centers is critical for economic growth and reducing traffic congestion, though it often requires temporary disruption to local residents.
Near the upscale Khader Nawaz Khan (KNK) Road, Chennai Metro Rail Phase II’s Nungambakkam station has been slowly taking shape and is expected to opened in a couple of years. Now, tunnelling work to link this station with the one on Sterling Road has started.
In the 118.9-km Phase II network, the underground stretch from Nungambakkam to Sterling Road is part of corridor 3 (Madhavaram to SIPCOT via Nungambakkam and Adyar), which covers a distance of 45.8 km. While the Nungambakkam station is on Uthamar Gandhi Road, near Wallace Garden and KNK Road, the Sterling Road station is near Good Shepherd Matriculation Higher Secondary School. Uthamar Gandhi Road will have one more Metro station of corridor 3, named Anna Flyover Metro, near Ispahani Centre. Since this road has colleges, government offices, and other commercial establishments, the stations coming up here are expected to benefit thousands of commuters.
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