Engineers and workers erupted in celebration on 11 August 2026 after tunnel boring machine 'Divya' completed its breakthrough at the underground Victoria Metro station in Kolkata — a key milestone in the city's expanding metro network. (Photo: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)
Tunnel boring machine 'Divya' punched through to the Victoria Metro station box in Kolkata on 11 August 2026, with construction crews and engineers marking the event as a significant step forward for the underground corridor. (Photo: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)
The tunnel boring machine 'Divya' finished its drive and broke through at the Victoria Metro station site in Kolkata on Tuesday, 11 August 2026, with site engineers confirming the breakthrough marked the completion of a critical underground tunnel section. (Photo: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)
At the underground Victoria Metro station in Kolkata, the arrival of TBM 'Divya' on 11 August 2026 drew cheers from the workforce — a team of engineers and labourers who guided the machine through the subterranean stretch beneath the city. (Photo: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)
The successful breakthrough by TBM 'Divya' at Victoria Metro station on 11 August 2026 brings Kolkata's underground metro expansion closer to completion, according to on-site reports, with the corridor set to serve a densely populated stretch of the city. (Photo: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)
Scenes of celebration unfolded underground at Victoria Metro station, Kolkata, on 11 August 2026 as TBM 'Divya' emerged at the station box, with engineers and construction workers marking the moment as a landmark in the project's tunnelling phase. (Photo: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)
Kolkata's metro infrastructure push advanced on 11 August 2026 as TBM 'Divya' reached the Victoria Metro station underground, with the breakthrough signalling that tunnelling work on this section of the network has concluded, according to project reports. (Photo: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)
TBM 'Divya''s breakthrough at Victoria Metro station on 11 August 2026 represents a landmark moment for Kolkata Metro Rail, as the city continues to expand its underground network to ease surface congestion in one of India's most densely populated urban centres. (Photo: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)
With TBM 'Divya''s breakthrough at Victoria Metro station confirmed on 11 August 2026, attention in Kolkata now turns to the next phases of civil and fit-out work at the underground station before the corridor can open to commuters, according to project timelines. (Photo: NationPress/Kuntal Chakrabarty)