lucknowthe metro tunnel in hazratganj will run below a dozen properties both government and private along mg road and vidhan sabha margtunnelling work of underground metro has reached capital cinema from where it would form a curve of about 250 metre radius to pass below a dozen properties along the prime roads the vertical distance between the railway track and road level will be 17 metres since the height of metro tunnel above the track is five metres it means the tunnel will be about 12 metres below road level officials said since a buildings foundation has a maximum depth of about two metres the boring will take place about 11 metres below the foundation of buildings the metro tunnel is from vs marg to kd singh babu stadium on mg marg the route will not touch gpo crossing but pass beneath the shops to reach mg marg lucknow metro rail corporation lmrc claimed that precautions were being taken for movement of tunnel boring machines below the buildings and a survey has already been done to assess the impact of tunnelling work on properties above the road during a survey we study the impact of construction on immediate objects and also on properties situated within a 50metre distance it is only after we are sure of the impact that we begin construction an lmrc official said the work below buildings will begin in a months time lmrc saidthe construction below buildings will continue till midjune till it reaches mg marg owners of those buildings need not worry as they wouldnt feel any inconvenience even traffic can pass smoothly over it we daily monitor the machines movement online if there is any problem or we detect even a millimeter of dislocation of earth we can immediately stop construction