Overview
- Excavation of the launching shaft at Film City has reached 23 metres across its full footprint of roughly 200 metres by 50 metres, with about 7 metres remaining.
- All components for one Tunnel Boring Machine are on site and the final consignment for the second is scheduled to reach the Goregaon yard by Thursday night, officials said.
- Lowering of the first TBM will begin from March 10, followed by about three months of assembly and gantry installation before boring starts from the Goregaon end in June 2026.
- The project will deliver twin 5.3 km triple‑lane tunnels—each with an external diameter of about 14.42 metres—within a larger 12.2 km link designed to connect the Western and Eastern Express Highways and reduce travel times.
- Roughly 1,400–1,500 cubic metres of material are being removed daily using about 120 trucks, as BMC inspections press contractors to hold schedule toward a late‑2028 completion target.