Tunnel boring machine (TBM) S-840C has been commissioned at Rawatpur station for package KNPCC-11 under the Kanpur metro project phase. It will travel for 750 meter to build a tunnel till Kakadeo, then get dragged through Kakadeo’s station box, and build another roughly 700 meter tunnel towards Double Pullia 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.