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Kolkata: The Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation (KMRC) told the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday that it had stopped underground construction for the East-West Metro corridor, following Sunday's damage to several houses in the central parts of the city during a tunnel-boring work. The bench will hear the PIL, which has also challenged the provisions of Metro Railway (Construction of Works) Act, 1978, again on September 16. The KMRC lawyer told the bench that the work for 9.8 km of the 10.9-km-long underground tunnel was completed for the East-West Metro corridor. The new metro corridor passes through some of Kolkata's most-congested areas where there are many century-old buildings, some of which are in a dilapidated condition. The chief minister appreciated that people were evacuated in time, preventing any loss of life or injury to anyone..