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Rail Vikas Nigam Cannot Uproot Any Tree In Maidan For Victoria Metro Station: Calcutta Court
The Calcutta High Court on Friday observed that the Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) cannot uproot any tree in the Maidan area of the city as of now for the construction of the Victoria Metro station for the Joka-Esplanade line.
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Kolkata Underwater Metro, Country's 1st, To Be Completed By December 2023
The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) on Friday said that the East-West Metro Corridor project, India's first underwater metro service, is expected to be completed by December 2023.
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10 Houses Develop Cracks During Kolkata Metro Tunnel Work
At least 10 houses developed cracks today morning in the Bowbazar area of Kolkata, following water seepage during work in the East West Metro tunnel there, a senior official said.
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India's First-Ever Underwater Metro Likely To Be Completed By June 2023
The East-West corridor project, which will be India's first underwater metro service, is likely to be completed by June 2023, its executing agency Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) said on Monday.
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Elderly Man Jumps On Tracks At Kolkata Metro Station, Rescued
Metro rail services in Kolkata were affected along the Dakshineshwar-Kabi Subhas route during peak office hours on Friday, after a person jumped on the tracks at the Kalighat station, an official said.
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Regret Damage Caused To Homes, Will Repair Soon: Kolkata Metro Official
Expressing regret over damage caused to residential buildings in Kolkata during underground work for the East-West Metro line, CN Jha, the managing director of Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC), on Sunday assured all assistance to those affected.
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Mayor Slams Kolkata Metro Railway For Cracks In Houses, 87 People Shifted
Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim on Thursday visited Bowbazar area where cracks appeared overnight in a number of houses when tunnelling was going on to extend the underground metro rail network.
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Kolkata Metro Resumes Service After COVID-19
Kolkata news: Metro rail services in the city resumed on Monday after a gap of more than five months. The regular services were suspended on March 23 due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Special trains, however, were run for NEET aspirants and their guardians on Sunday, an official said.
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Kolkata Metro Completes India's Deepest Ventilation Shaft
The country's deepest underground rail ventilation shaft equal to a 15-storey building and an important part of the city's East-West Metro line was completed on Monday, officials said.
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"Disastrous Proposition": Bengal BJP Asks Mamata Banerjee To Reconsider Resuming Metro Trains Plan
The West Bengal unit of the BJP asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday to reconsider her proposal for resumption of metro rail services in the metropolis, terming it a "disastrous proposition" as it might endanger the lives of common people.
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India's First Underwater Metro Nears Completion After Costs Double
Kolkata Metro Rail Corp. expects to complete its East-West project, which runs partly under the city's iconic Hooghly river, by March 2022 after a delay of several years doubled costs.
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India's First Underwater Metro To Start Soon, Piyush Goyal Shares Video
The first underwater train in India will be operational under Kolkata's Hooghly River, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal announced on Thursday. He also posted an Indian Railways video on the upcoming metro line that will feature this underwater train.
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Kolkata Metro Services Disrupted For Over An Hour, Thousands Affected
Thousands of passengers were stranded in Kolkata after metro rail services were disrupted today evening. The entire metro service in Kolkata was affected for at least an hour, officials said.
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Sparks In Third Rail Disrupt Kolkata Metro Services
Metro Railway services were disrupted for more than an hour today this morning after sparks were seen flying from the third rail near Dumdum station, an official said.
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Separated From Parents In Kolkata Metro, 6-Year-Old Found 3 Stations Away
A 6-year-old boy got separated from his parents while alighting from a train at a Metro rail station, and was rescued sometime later three stations away, an official said.
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Rail Vikas Nigam Cannot Uproot Any Tree In Maidan For Victoria Metro Station: Calcutta Court
The Calcutta High Court on Friday observed that the Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) cannot uproot any tree in the Maidan area of the city as of now for the construction of the Victoria Metro station for the Joka-Esplanade line.
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Kolkata Underwater Metro, Country's 1st, To Be Completed By December 2023
The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) on Friday said that the East-West Metro Corridor project, India's first underwater metro service, is expected to be completed by December 2023.
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10 Houses Develop Cracks During Kolkata Metro Tunnel Work
At least 10 houses developed cracks today morning in the Bowbazar area of Kolkata, following water seepage during work in the East West Metro tunnel there, a senior official said.
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India's First-Ever Underwater Metro Likely To Be Completed By June 2023
The East-West corridor project, which will be India's first underwater metro service, is likely to be completed by June 2023, its executing agency Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) said on Monday.
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Elderly Man Jumps On Tracks At Kolkata Metro Station, Rescued
Metro rail services in Kolkata were affected along the Dakshineshwar-Kabi Subhas route during peak office hours on Friday, after a person jumped on the tracks at the Kalighat station, an official said.
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Regret Damage Caused To Homes, Will Repair Soon: Kolkata Metro Official
Expressing regret over damage caused to residential buildings in Kolkata during underground work for the East-West Metro line, CN Jha, the managing director of Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC), on Sunday assured all assistance to those affected.
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Mayor Slams Kolkata Metro Railway For Cracks In Houses, 87 People Shifted
Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim on Thursday visited Bowbazar area where cracks appeared overnight in a number of houses when tunnelling was going on to extend the underground metro rail network.
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Kolkata Metro Resumes Service After COVID-19
Kolkata news: Metro rail services in the city resumed on Monday after a gap of more than five months. The regular services were suspended on March 23 due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Special trains, however, were run for NEET aspirants and their guardians on Sunday, an official said.
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Kolkata Metro Completes India's Deepest Ventilation Shaft
The country's deepest underground rail ventilation shaft equal to a 15-storey building and an important part of the city's East-West Metro line was completed on Monday, officials said.
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"Disastrous Proposition": Bengal BJP Asks Mamata Banerjee To Reconsider Resuming Metro Trains Plan
The West Bengal unit of the BJP asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday to reconsider her proposal for resumption of metro rail services in the metropolis, terming it a "disastrous proposition" as it might endanger the lives of common people.
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India's First Underwater Metro Nears Completion After Costs Double
Kolkata Metro Rail Corp. expects to complete its East-West project, which runs partly under the city's iconic Hooghly river, by March 2022 after a delay of several years doubled costs.
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India's First Underwater Metro To Start Soon, Piyush Goyal Shares Video
The first underwater train in India will be operational under Kolkata's Hooghly River, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal announced on Thursday. He also posted an Indian Railways video on the upcoming metro line that will feature this underwater train.
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Kolkata Metro Services Disrupted For Over An Hour, Thousands Affected
Thousands of passengers were stranded in Kolkata after metro rail services were disrupted today evening. The entire metro service in Kolkata was affected for at least an hour, officials said.
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Sparks In Third Rail Disrupt Kolkata Metro Services
Metro Railway services were disrupted for more than an hour today this morning after sparks were seen flying from the third rail near Dumdum station, an official said.
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Separated From Parents In Kolkata Metro, 6-Year-Old Found 3 Stations Away
A 6-year-old boy got separated from his parents while alighting from a train at a Metro rail station, and was rescued sometime later three stations away, an official said.
