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TUNNEL EXCAVATION CHALLENGES
J. Kumar bets big on tunnelling as India’s urban pipeline expandsAs India races ahead with metro expansion and urban infrastructure development, execution excellence is becoming the defining factor behind...- In 1963, a homeowner knocking down a wall in Cappadocia found a hidden passage, and Derinkuyu opened a city undergroundDuring a standard home remodeling project in Cappadocia, Turkey, the excavation unexpectedly unveiled Derinkuyu, an extensive underground c...
- Zojila tunnel breakthrough to bring Ladakh closer to all-weather accessThe Zojila Tunnel project has reached a major milestone with its final breakthrough. This 13.153-km tunnel will provide all-weather road ac...
- An Underground World Built to Make Mountains Disappear for Travel and PowerEngineers are now building vital infrastructure deep underground, bypassing mountains. This modern approach uses advanced physics and machi...
- 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...
- Making of India's longest rail tunnel: When project looked jeopardisedLarsen & Toubro overcame near-catastrophic challenges during the construction of India's longest rail tunnel, including a major water influ...
- Tunnel collapse: Robotics firm team explores possibility of using robos in rescue opsA robotics team is exploring the possibility of using robots in the rescue operations for eight people trapped in the SLBC tunnel for 12 da...
- Srisailam tunnel struggles to find light at the end amid persistent geological setbacksThe 44-km long Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel project in Andhra Pradesh has faced another major setback with the collapse of a tun...
- Telangana tunnel collapse: NDRF intensifies efforts to save 8 trapped workersRescue teams continue efforts to reach eight workers trapped in the Srisailam Left Bank Canal tunnel in Nagarkurnool, Telangana. Despite pr...
- 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...
- Breakthrough achieved of longest tunnel on Panvel-Karjat suburban rail line: MRVCThe Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation achieved a breakthrough in the construction of the Panvel-Karjat suburban railway line by successfully...
- Uttarkashi Tunnel: How Jhansi rat miners rescued workers after high-tech American machine failedA group of skilled miners from Uttar Pradesh joined the rescue operation to save 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkash...
- PKH Singh, ADG Border Roads Organisation (East), inspects Sela Tunnel Project works in ArunachalThe Sela Tunnel Project is located in the West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh. Once completed, it will be a lifeline as it will provi...
- Arunachal Pradesh's Sela Tunnel to 'Bolster national Security'In 2019, PM Modi had laid the foundation stone of the Sela Tunnel project to provide all-weather connectivity to Tawang through the Balipar...
- Uttarakhand glacier burst: Two more bodies recovered from Tapovan siteSearch operation at the project site has been underway on a war footing basis for a fortnight since it bore the brunt of an avalanche trigg...
- Government announces highway projects worth Rs 25,000 crore for Jammu & KashmirThe announcement was made at the 'final blast' ceremony of Rs 3,720 crore Chenani-Nashri road tunnel project that will provide all-weather ...
- Longest railway tunnel in Northeast scooped outThough work on the tunnel had begun in September 2005, it did not progress well initially due to several geological problems.
- 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.
- Konkan Rail on fast-track in J&K, eyes Rs 400cr capex in FY13Konkan Railway Corporation, as a part of the Kashmir rail link project, plans to spend Rs 400 crore this fiscal, a top official has said.
- Work on India's longest road tunnel starts in UdhampurAustralian company Leighton Welston, renowned for tunnelling technology, began the project by triggering the blast this afternoon.
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