Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) S-839C has been commissioned at Rawatpur station for package KNPCC-11 under Kanpur metro project phase I. Also known as TBM Saraswati, it will excavate a 622 metres tunnel and build 444 tunnel rings from Rawatpur station to ramp at Agriculture University station.
Package KNPCC-11 involves design and construction of twin tunnel by shield TBM, tunnel by cut and cover, underground ramp at Agriculture Depot for main line and depot connections and three underground metro stations viz. Rawatpur, Kakadeo and Double Pullia on corridor-2. The package was awarded to a joint venture (JV) of Kalpataru Projects International Limited (KPIL) and Gülermak Ağır Sanayi İnşaat ve Taahhüt A.Ş in December 2023.
The Kanpur metro project involves development of a 33 km long metro rail system in Uttar Pradesh at an investment of Rs 110.76 billion.