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1 week, 6 days ago

Delhi Metro's Phase 4 expansion to include over 40 km of underground corridors: Check number of stations

Delhi Metro: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is constructing more than 40 kilometres of underground corridors as part of its Phase 4 expansion, which makes up nearly 50 per cent of the total lines being developed across five corridors. The Delhi Metro is constructing 40.109 kilometres of new underground corridors as part of its Phase 4 expansion, under which about …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Delhi Metro completes 2.65 km underground tunnel in phase 4 of expansion

India Today

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has completed the tunnelling work for its longest underground tunnel, with a length of 2.65 kilometres, on the Tughlakabad-Aerocity corridor, as part of the metro's phase 4 expansion project. In a statement, the DMRC said that tunnelling work specifically between the Tughlakabad Airforce Launching shaft and Maa Anandmayee Marg has also been completed. During the …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

TBM Tunga achieves breakthrough after tunnelling 936.6 metres in Bengaluru

The Hindu

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited’s Tunnel Boring Machine Tunga achieved a breakthrough on September 4 after tunnelling 936.6 metres between Kadugondanahalli station and Nagawara station’s South Cut and Cover Shaft. In July, TBM Tunga, which was working on the Pink Line of Namma Metro, had set a new record by tunnelling 308 metres between K.G. It surpassed the previous record …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

2 days after cave-in residents still live in fear

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: Two days after 50 people from nine families were evacuated from P&T Colony, Andheri East, when a 20-24 feet sinkhole appeared on the road outside their building during tunnelling work for Metro line 7A, residents who are postal employees on Monday reached out to officials from the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority and the postal department to ensure their …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Labour review of rail projects endangers vital HS2 tunnel

The Telegraph

A Labour review of rail infrastructure projects is posing a threat to vital tunnelling work required to finish HS2. Bosses behind the high speed rail project have warned that ministers are holding up construction on a 4.5 mile tunnel planned to run into London Euston Station. It comes after Chancellor Rachel Reeves said last month that the Department for Transport …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Namma Metro tunnel boring machine Tunga sets new record in Bengaluru

The Hindu

Namma Metro’s Tunnel Boring Machine Tunga has set a new record. In July, Tunga tunnelled through 308 metres, surpassing the previous record of 273 metres set by TBM Urja in May 2022, according to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited. This surpasses the previous record of 273 metres set by TBM Urja between Cantonment and Pottery Town in May 2022.” BMRCL …

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5 months ago

Tunnelling for Chennai Metro Rail’s Phase II Project begins on Royapettah-R.K. Salai stretch

The Hindu

Chennai Metro Rail Limited began tunnelling in Royapettah on Sunday morning, with tunnel boring machine ‘Bhavani’ making its way towards R.K. Salai. Youth Welfare and Sports Development Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin launched the TBM and also reviewed the Chennai Metro Rail’s Phase II and other upcoming projects, including the common ticketing system, Airport-Kilambakkam, Koyambedu-Avadi, and Poonamallee-Parandur stretches, and Coimbatore and Madurai …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Namma Metro’s Pink Line tunnelling deadline at risk due to rocky terrain challenges

The Hindu

The two Tunnel Boring Machines working on the underground section of the Pink Line for the Bengaluru Metro from Kalena Agrahara to Nagawara might not meet the tunnelling deadline of August 2024 because of rocky terrain. Tunga and Bhadra, two tunnel boring machines, are excavating the last section of the underground Pink Line. The Pink Line, stretching over 21.26 km …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train On Right Track: Ghansoli Tunnel Excavation Complete

News 18

In a significant development for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, a 394-meter-long Additionally Driven Intermediate Tunnel at Ghansoli has been successfully excavated. The 26-meter-deep inclined ADIT will support the construction of a 3.3-km tunnel segment using the New Austrian Tunnelling Method, allowing simultaneous tunnelling approximately 1.6 meters on each side. These include Surface Settlement Points, Optical Displacement Sensors or tilt …

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1 year ago

‘Only Australian who gave good news': Tunnelling expert Arnold Dix hailed for leading Uttarakhand rescue ops

Hindustan Times

The over two-week-long strenuous operation to rescue 41 workers from the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand came to an alleviating end and the internet is all praises for Australian tunnelling expert Arnold Dix for providing all the technical support on the ground. International tunnelling expert Arnold Dix Australian High Commissioner to India Philip Green also commended Dix's inputs which eventually …

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1 year ago

Uttarakhand Tunnel Collapse: Meet Rescue Team Behind 17-day Ops to Extract 41 Trapped Workers

News 18

All workers trapped inside a trapped in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi since November 12 were safely rescued on Tuesday evening. The National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force, Indian Army and other state as well as central agencies have been working day and night to rescue the trapped workers. Here is all you need to know about the rescue team behind …

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1 year ago

Meet Arnold Dix, tunnelling expert India thanks for Uttarkashi rescue

India Today

International tunnelling expert Arnold Dix was roped in as the government pulled out all stops to rescue 41 workers trapped inside Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel since November 12. Arnold Dix is the President of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, but also has many other feathers inside his cap like Geologist, Engineer and Lawyer, among other titles. In 2020, Arnold …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Who is Arnold Dix, the expert in charge of Uttarkashi tunnel collapse rescue?

Live Mint

The collapse of the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand on November 12, which left 41 workers trapped, has brought the spotlight onto Professor Arnold Dix. Uttarkashi tunnel collapse LIVE Updates Professor Dix, President of International Tunnelling Underground Space, is known for his insights into tunnel safety and disaster response. In the wake of the tunnel collapse, Dix emphasised the importance …

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1 year, 1 month ago

International Tunnelling expert Arnold Dix reaches Uttarkashi tunnel collapse site

Deccan Chronicle

Uttarkashi: Efforts to rescue the 41 workers trapped at the Silkyara tunnel collapse site continue at fever pace. Today International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association president Arnold Dix arrived at the location site in Silkyara, Uttarkashi to aid in the rescue efforts. Professor Dix conducted an inspection at the Silkyara tunnel site and spoke to the agencies that have been …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Diggers to be buried at HS2 station to await green light on Euston extension

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Engineers building the Old Oak Common station in west London …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Underground tunnelling for RRTS project to be completed in one month: NCRTC

Hindustan Times

The NCR transport corporation, the agency in charge of carrying out the 82-km-long Regional Rapid Transit System project, completed tunnelling works in Meerut on Tuesday, said officials familiar with the matter, adding that the entire civil construction works for tunnelling in the RRTS project are expected to be completed within a month. Workers celebrate after completing the tunnelling in the …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Chennai Metro’s phase II project tunnelling work picking up pace

The Hindu

One of the first tunnel boring machines that began boring in the city from north Chennai for Chennai Metro Rail Ltd.’s phase II project is expected to reach its first destination next month. Two TBMs — Anaimalai and Servarayan – will create a tunnel from Madhavaram to Venugopal Nagar under Corridor 5 of the ₹61,843-crore phase II project. According to …

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1 year, 7 months ago

WR gears up for monsoon with automatic rain gauges, micro tunnelling

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: With the Western Railway having begun installing automatic rain gauges and completing micro tunnelling work at various locations between Churchgate and Dahanu, this monsoon the WR expects trains to run smoothly even if the rain intensity is 70mm per hour as against the previous years’ capacity of handling 20mm per hour. this monsoon the Western Railways expects trains to …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Kaveri, Vaigai, Nilgiri... tunnel boring machines at Chennai Metro Rail sites named after mountains and rivers

The Hindu

A few days ago, “Kaveri” set off to bore the earth from Greenways Road to Adyar Junction to create a tunnel where a train will zip through in a few years down the line. From Kaveri to Vaigai, Nilgiri to Melagiri, tunnel boring machines deployed in different parts of the city to build underground network for the 118.9-km Chennai Metro …

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1 year, 10 months ago

72% of Pink Line tunnel works completed; four out of nine tunnel boring machines done with task, says BMRCL

The Hindu

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. has completed 72% of tunnel work under phase II of Namma Metro. To build the tunnel network, the BMRCL had deployed nine tunnel boring machines. Two packages almost complete Anjum Parwez, MD of BMRCL, said: “The tunnel works of two packages awarded to L&T from Shaadi Mahal on Tannery Road to Rashtriya Military School …

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1 year, 10 months ago

HS2 is so expensive because ‘we are more responsible builders than the French’

The Telegraph

Doubt has been cast on the future of HS2 in recent weeks after Whitehall officials were ordered to conduct a sweeping review of the project with a view to stopping costs spiralling out of control. Sir Jon indicated the scale of the task of keeping costs down at HS2, saying the project was “not immune” to surging prices across the …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Another sinkhole appears, this time in Mahalakshmi Layout

The Hindu

Days after a massive sinkhole appeared on Brigade Road in the Central Business District, another one appeared on Tuesday in Mahalakshmi Layout in West Bengaluru following a water pipe leakage. The officials said that the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board’s water pipe leakage caused the sinkhole at around 11 a.m. “The sinkhole appeared after the water started leaking from …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Centre refutes theory linking Joshimath subsidence with NTPC tunnelling in draft letter

Hindustan Times

The Centre has dismissed allegations by environmentalists and geologists that tunnelling associated with the National Thermal Power Corporation’s 520 MW Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower project in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath town may have triggered land subsidence in the region. In a letter drafted to be sent to the Uttarakhand government, the Union power ministry said the NTPC tunnel does not pass under the …

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2 years ago

Coastal Road tunnelling to be completed by the end of December

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, which is constructing the ambitious coastal road in the city, said that 90 percent of the tunnelling work for the second tunnel is already completed. Coastal Road tunnelling to be completed by the end of December Confirming the development, Chief Engineer for Coastal Roads Mantayya Swami, said, “The first tunnel was completed in January this …

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Delhi Metro's Phase 4 expansion to include over 40 km of underground corridors: Check number of stations

Delhi Metro completes 2.65 km underground tunnel in phase 4 of expansion

TBM Tunga achieves breakthrough after tunnelling 936.6 metres in Bengaluru

2 days after cave-in residents still live in fear

Labour review of rail projects endangers vital HS2 tunnel

Namma Metro tunnel boring machine Tunga sets new record in Bengaluru

Tunnelling for Chennai Metro Rail’s Phase II Project begins on Royapettah-R.K. Salai stretch

Namma Metro’s Pink Line tunnelling deadline at risk due to rocky terrain challenges

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train On Right Track: Ghansoli Tunnel Excavation Complete

‘Only Australian who gave good news': Tunnelling expert Arnold Dix hailed for leading Uttarakhand rescue ops

Uttarakhand Tunnel Collapse: Meet Rescue Team Behind 17-day Ops to Extract 41 Trapped Workers

Meet Arnold Dix, tunnelling expert India thanks for Uttarkashi rescue

Who is Arnold Dix, the expert in charge of Uttarkashi tunnel collapse rescue?

International Tunnelling expert Arnold Dix reaches Uttarkashi tunnel collapse site

Diggers to be buried at HS2 station to await green light on Euston extension

Underground tunnelling for RRTS project to be completed in one month: NCRTC

Chennai Metro’s phase II project tunnelling work picking up pace

WR gears up for monsoon with automatic rain gauges, micro tunnelling

Kaveri, Vaigai, Nilgiri... tunnel boring machines at Chennai Metro Rail sites named after mountains and rivers

72% of Pink Line tunnel works completed; four out of nine tunnel boring machines done with task, says BMRCL

HS2 is so expensive because ‘we are more responsible builders than the French’

Another sinkhole appears, this time in Mahalakshmi Layout

Centre refutes theory linking Joshimath subsidence with NTPC tunnelling in draft letter

Coastal Road tunnelling to be completed by the end of December