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TUNNEL GEOLOGICAL 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...- Breakthrough in ZojiLa Tunnel paves way yr-round Ladakh linkUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari inspected the Zojila Tunnel. He triggered the final breakthrough of this strategic project. The tunnel connect...
- 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...
- Final rock falls at Zojila: India completes breakthrough in world's longest bi-directional road tunnelIndia has achieved a monumental breakthrough with the completion of excavation for the 13.153-km Zojila Tunnel. This engineering marvel, co...
- Railways clears Katra slope works, Kiul-Jhajha 3rd line project in Rs 1,200 crore safety pushThe Minister for Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw, has said that these works reflect the Government's commitment to ensuring safe and reliable co...
- A Rs 2,193 crore rail push: Govt greenlights Katra safety, Howrah-Delhi capacity and Chennai suburban boostIndian Railways has greenlit three significant infrastructure projects totaling Rs 2,193 crore. These projects will boost safety on the Jam...
- Old coal mines are hiding a clean energy secret, and this one town just figured it outThe former coal-mining town of Cumberland is becoming a powerful example of how abandoned fossil-fuel infrastructure can be repurposed for ...
- Road ministry to prioritise slope stabilisationRoad safety in hilly regions is set to improve. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will now focus on stabilizing slopes before bui...
- Buried deep: How Iran’s hidden missile cities protect its deadly arsenalIran has built deep underground missile cities inside mountains to protect its weapons. These hidden bases use strong rock, tunnels and mul...
- South Korea’s ETRI achieves first reliable magnetic communication at 100m depthA groundbreaking wireless system from ETRI now allows voice communication up to 100 meters underground, overcoming limitations of tradition...
- 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...
- China builds expressway tunnel in Xinjiang to link Central Asia with PacificBeijing has built a significant 22.1 km expressway tunnel in the Xinjiang region, enhancing connectivity between Central Asia and eastern C...
- 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...
- Indian Railways' geologists are caught between a rock and a (Covid) hard placeGeological hurdles seem surmountable to the Railways when compared with the challenges of the pandemic.
- Work going on in full swing in Jammu & Kashmir to complete world's highest railway bridgeThe Udhampur “Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project, which is the most challenging railway infrastructure project being undertaken post-inde...
- Expertise lost? Bengaluru Metro Phase I contractors opt out of tunnelling Phase IIIn Phase I, the construction of underground stations and tunnels were awarded to CEC-Soma-CICI on the East-West corridor and to Coastal-TTS...
- 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.
- 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.
- Banihal-Qazigund rail link through India's longest railway tunnel opensAbout 1,300 workers and 150 engineers worked tirelessly overcoming all odds for the last seven years to accomplish the engineering marvel.
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