BEML and DMRC to jointly bid for West Asia metro projectsBEML and DMRC are joining forces for metro projects in West Asia. This partnership will offer complete solutions, from rolling stock supply...
09 Apr, 2026, 04.53 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
Rishikesh-Karanprayag rail line tunnel boring work 2nd fastest in world, says top officialRail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) is making significant strides in the Rishikesh-Karanprayag rail line project, achieving remarkable tunnel borin...
15 Apr, 2025, 10.25 PM IST
Last mile: How underground metro took shape with minimal rumbleInstruments like settlement markers, tilt and crack meters were installed on heritage structures like Victoria Hall and Ramaswami Mudaliar ...
16 Nov, 2017, 11.07 AM IST
NY to DC in 29 mins: Musk claims US approval for Hyperloop tunnelThe train, known as a hyperloop, would make the 220 mile connection in 29 minutes, Musk said in a post on Twitter Thursday.
21 Jul, 2017, 10.07 AM IST
DMRC pushed 427-tonne machine to create 210m tunnel for Naraina stationAccording to DMRC, the decision to "drag" the tunnel boring machine (TBM) as against powering it through was done because of severe paucity...
19 Jan, 2016, 01.04 PM IST
Delhi Metro completes tunnel at Lal Qila Metro StationAccording to an official, the tunnel boring machine (TBM) emerged at Lal Qila Metro Station site after making a 1,351m-long tunnel.
04 Aug, 2015, 10.57 AM IST
Tunnelling towards Sampige Road-Majestic stretch of Bengaluru metro yet to take offThe tunnel boring machine Godavari now has a new cutter head but it may take about a month for the machine to actually start its work.
03 Aug, 2015, 10.18 AM IST
19 tunnel boring machines deployed for Delhi Metro's Phase-3 expansionAccording to DMRC, this is one of the largest tunnelling projects ever undertaken below any major urban centre globally.
08 Mar, 2015, 04.15 PM IST
Delhi Metro to build tunnel between two pillarsThe tunnelling of 176m of this underground tunnel is being done without a tunnel boring machine this time.
05 Dec, 2014, 11.37 AM IST
HCC rallies 5% on completion of first tunnel for Kishanganga projectThe tunnel boring machine emerged out successfully on Monday, June 10 2014, completing the 14.75 km tunnel.
12 Jun, 2014, 10.01 AM IST
New technology speeds up tunnel plans in Jammu and KashmirSo far, drill and blast, and New Austrian Tunnelling Method, also known as Sequential Excavation Method, were used for building tunnels.
09 Jun, 2014, 12.36 PM IST
Hindustan Construction Company bags Rs 300 crore Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd contractHCC has won a Rs 300 crore contract from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC) for design and construction of twin tunnel on Dwarka corri...
16 Apr, 2014, 07.33 PM IST
- 80m-long boring machine to be reassembled for Ph-III rollout
80m-long boring machine to be reassembled, will be operational by February 18. Two tunnels will be excavated from Central Secretariat to Ja...
01 Feb, 2012, 12.05 PM IST
- DMRC completes work of third tunnel in phase 2 project
The Delhi metro has completed the work of a third tunnel at Jorbagh as part of the upcoming Central Secretariat-Gurgaon route under the sec...
31 Aug, 2008, 04.52 PM 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