Chennai Metro Rail’s tunnel from T. Nagar to Kodambakkam to be ready by March 2025
The tunnel boring machines — ‘Pelican’ and ‘Peacock’ — are at work on this stretch, which is part of corridor 4 from Light House to Poonamallee. The tunnel will connect the Panagal Park and Kodambakkam Power House stations
The first tunnel connecting T. Nagar with Kodambakkam for Chennai Metro Rail’s Phase II Project will be ready by March 2025.

In January, ‘Pelican’, a tunnel boring machine (TBM), started drilling towards Kodambakkam from Panagal Park in T. Nagar. A few months later, ‘Peacock’, another TBM, was also launched on the stretch. Both the machines have bored underneath the Usman Road flyover and will soon pass under the Kodambakkam suburban railway track and flyover, before reaching the station at Kodambakkam Power House.