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Kolkata East-West metro tunnel: Soil is tested to see if it can bear further stress of TBM boring

After the collapse of houses which made more than 500 people homeless, Kolkata East-West metro line drama continues.

Engineers said an analysis of the samples would reveal how soft the soil had become after the accident and whether it would be able to bear further stress once the tunnelling work resumed and collapsed buildings rebuilt.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/east-west-metro-soil-test-in-cave-in-zone/cid/1705484

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