Bullet train: Second tunnel boring machine begins excavation for tunnel beneath Thane creekA second tunnel boring machine has begun excavating for the rail tunnel under Thane Creek. This critical section will be the country's firs...
18 Jul, 2026, 08.25 PM IST
India's largest tunnel boring machine begins excavation in Vikhroli for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train projectAccording to a press release, of the total 21 km long underground tunnel section, 16 km between Sawli (Ghansoli) and Bandra Kurla Complex (...
05 Jul, 2026, 03.50 PM IST
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to launch Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train tunnel workRailway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will launch the first tunnel boring operation for India's inaugural bullet train project on Sunday. Two m...
04 Jul, 2026, 08.36 AM IST
Bullet train project: NHSRCL lowers cutterhead of second tunnel boring machine in Navi MumbaiThe National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited has successfully lowered the cutterhead for the second Tunnel Boring Machine. This machine...
24 May, 2026, 05.08 PM IST
Bullet train project: First tunnel boring machine cutterhead lowered at Mumbai's VikhroliThe first Tunnel Boring Machine cutterhead has been lowered in Vikhroli for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. This marks a signifi...
17 May, 2026, 10.27 PM IST
India's longest rail tunnel: Tunnel boring machine operators cut through treacherous HimalayasTwo tunnel boring machine (TBM) operators, Baljinder Singh and Ram Avtar Singh Rana, overcame challenging terrains and a major landslide to...
07 Sep, 2025, 02.13 PM IST
India’s bullet train plan hits Chinese wall as German tunnel-boring machines remain stuck at portThree tunnel boring machines built in China for India’s first bullet train are stuck at a Chinese port without clearance. Though commission...
26 Jun, 2025, 07.12 PM IST
Hindustan Construction Company-Tata Projects JV wins Rs 2,191 crore contractHindustan Construction Company Ltd in a joint venture with Tata Projects Ltd secured a Rs 2,191 crore contract from the Madhya Pradesh Metr...
17 Mar, 2025, 11.48 AM IST
How India is building its first undersea tunnel for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet trainIndia's inaugural bullet train project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai involved the construction of a 7-kilometer undersea tunnel beneath Than...
08 Aug, 2024, 03.58 PM IST
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Escape passage mentioned in tunnel plan, but panel finds it is not thereCase in point, a statement by the Press Information Bureau dated February 20 announcing the approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic A...
25 Nov, 2023, 12.44 AM IST
MMRCL to launch first phase of Metro-3 corridor in 2023"We will roll the first phase of Metro Line-3 from Aarey to BKC, this 2023," MMRCL's managing director Ashwini Bhide said in the release.
30 Dec, 2022, 08.59 PM IST
NHSRCL invites bids for construction of 21-km tunnel for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet trainThe bids have been invited for the tunnelling work 21 km underground, including a 7-km long undersea tunnel to be built using Tunnel Boring...
29 Oct, 2021, 06.43 PM IST
Bullet Train Project: 7 cos willing to construct underground station at BKCAt least seven Indian companies have shown interest for the construction of the underground station at the BKC in Mumbai for the ambitious ...
25 Jan, 2021, 09.43 AM IST
How LAC tension is delaying work on Mumbai coastal roadAs per reports, eight of 18 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) currently in the city for the Metro 3 project have been manufactured by Chinese-o...
07 Sep, 2020, 08.57 AM IST
Bullet train: Bids invited for India’s first undersea tunnelThe bullet train which will cover a distance of 508 km between Mumbai and Ahmedabad has a 21 km underground corridor.
25 Apr, 2019, 10.39 AM IST
- Patel Engg bags Rs 144 cr BMC project
Patel Engineering, a civil infrastructure construction company, has bagged orders for construction of a tunnel worth Rs 143.59 crore from B...
11 Jan, 2007, 02.50 PM IST
- Patel Engg bags Rs 144 cr project from BMC
: Patel Engineering has bagged Rs 143.59 crore from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for construction of a tunnel.
11 Jan, 2007, 12.00 PM IST