The work was also delayed because residents objected to the boring stating they were inconvenienced by it.
| Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam
It might be just a matter of three hundred metres but more than a year has passed and the Chennai Metro Rail’s tunnel boring machine (TBM) ‘Anaimalai’ is unable to make a breakthrough at Kellys.
In the 118.9-km Phase II of the project, corridor 3 between Madhavaram and SIPCOT, passes via Perambur, Perambur Barracks, Otteri, Pattalam, Ayanavaram, Purasawalkam, Kellys, and Kilpauk.
Published – April 06, 2026 04:00 am IST
