India's first underwater river tunnel is almost ready. As part of the east-west corridor, Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRCL) has dug tunnels below the Hooghly River to lay train tracks.
The 16.6-km Kolkata East West Metro will ferry an estimated one million passengers per day by 2035. The 520-metre twin tunnel, one east-bound and the other west-bound, is built 30 metres below the riverbed and will connect Kolkata to Howrah.
West Bengal Governor RN Ravi has dissolved the state legislative assembly with effect from May 7 after completion of its term. With this, Mamata Banerjee, who refused to resign after TMC's debacle in the assembly poll, is no longer the chief minister.
Days after Congress severed its long-standing alliance with DMK to extend conditional support to the TVK, the DMK passed a resolution condemning the grand old party for betrayal and said the 'INDIA bloc is gone'.
The big focus of this episode 5 Live is on the political standoff in Tamil Nadu, where Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has paused the swearing-in of TVK chief Vijay asking to return only after securing signatures of 118 MLAs to prove majority support.
This episode of So Sorry is a funny take on Vijay's blockbuster entry into Tamil Nadu politics in the just concluded assembly election and who is all set to become the chief minister.
