Residents evacuated after slurry enters building

The residents of a building in Shivajinagar were evacuated when slurry entered the ground floor due to metro tunnel boring work on Tuesday evening.Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) managin

The residents of a building in Shivajinagar were evacuated when slurry entered the ground floor due to metro tunnel boring work on Tuesday evening. Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) managing director Anjum Parwez told The Hindu that the incident occurred while the tunnel boring machine, Urja, was drilling seven and a half metres below the surface level. “The cutterheads of the TBM drill in high pressure. Because of the loose soil, slurry may have entered the premises. Slurry was seen leaking through a wall located near the bathroom on the ground floor. Prior to that, it started overflowing through a manhole near the residential area,” he said.