Construction workers uncovered six centuries old shipwrecks buried beneath the same siteAn ordinary infrastructure project in Sweden has unearthed an extraordinary past. Six shipwrecks, dating from the Middle Ages to the 17th c...
08 May, 2026, 04.18 PM IST
Mexico city’s century-old sinking problem is accelerating under modern strainMexico City is sinking at an alarming rate, with some areas dropping nearly half an inch monthly, revealed by NASA's NISAR satellite. This ...
08 May, 2026, 12.04 PM IST
Orders placed for 3 boring machines to construct 21 km under sea tunnel for bullet train: GovtThree tunnel boring machines have been ordered for the 21-km undersea tunnel section of the Bullet Train project in Maharashtra. Land acqui...
20 Dec, 2024, 10.30 PM IST
Government considers Rs 6,000 cr tunnel to link Leh with PangongThe government is considering the construction of a 7-8 km twin-tube tunnel through Kela Pass, proposed by the Ladakh administration, to im...
17 Nov, 2024, 10.41 AM IST
Mumbai to get mega connectivity upgrade with these seven new ring roads in the next 5 yearsMumbai is set for a major infrastructure upgrade with seven new ring roads planned by 2029. These roads, costing Rs 58,517 crore, will conn...
23 Sep, 2024, 03.24 PM IST
Afcons awarded Rs 6,397 crore bullet train tunnel tenderIndia’s first bullet train project, being implemented by the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited, has awarded Afcons Infrastructur...
09 Jun, 2023, 12.20 AM IST
Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train: Technical bids for 21-km tunnel, including undersea stretch, openedTwo bids have been received from Afcons Infrastructure Limited and Larsen & Toubro Limited for the C-2 package between Bandra-Kurla Complex...
09 Feb, 2023, 08.19 PM IST
NHSRCL floats tender for key 21-km underground tunnel for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train projectConsidered the highlight of the project, the tunnel will be built between the underground station at Bandra-Kurla Complex and Shilphata in ...
23 Sep, 2022, 05.40 PM IST
40 percent work of Mumbai coastal road project complete: Civic chiefThe completed work includes a tunnel of one-km length and 40-feet diameter under the Malabar Hill in south Mumbai. Only work on 900 metres ...
24 Sep, 2021, 10.53 AM 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
BRO begins work in Rohtang tunnel after brief suspension due to coronavirusThe work on the Rohtang tunnel, which was christened as the Atal tunnel after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee last year, is bein...
03 Oct, 2020, 09.47 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
India's 1st under-river metro tunnel to be completed next week in West BengalThe under-river tunnel is a crucial link for the Railway's 16.6-km long East-West Metro project in Kolkata.
28 May, 2017, 05.37 PM IST
Ride under the sea! Drilling the 7-km route of undersea bullet train project at full swingThe under sea tunnel, a part of Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, will be of 21-km-long and lies between Thane and Virar.
19 Feb, 2017, 03.22 PM IST
China builds world's highest road tunnel to connect TibetThe tunnel on the Sichuan-Tibet highway will shorten the time to reach Tibet by two hours.
10 Nov, 2016, 05.06 PM IST
- AAI seeks Rs 35 crore from Delhi govt for DMRC
AAI will ask the Delhi government to release this amount to them so that the work can begin at the earliest.
19 Jan, 2010, 01.57 PM IST
- Russia 'plans to link Europe and US by rail'
London to New York by train? Well, it may seem unbelievable, but if Russia's plans to link Europe and the US by rail materialises, it would...
20 Dec, 2009, 06.22 PM IST