As vehicles zip past one of the busiest areas of the city, the Adyar bridge, a 500-tonne gigantic machine operated by a bunch of workers quietly drills the earth. The Hindu gives you the first glimpse of one of the underwater tunnels built by Chennai Metro Rail for the upcoming phase II project. Of the twin underwater tunnels created between …
After a gruelling battle to cut through rock, Chennai Metro Rail has finally completed building an underwater tunnel connecting Greenways Road with Adyar in the city. As part of the ₹63,246-crore phase II project, Chennai Metro Rail commenced the work to build an underwater tunnel from Greenways Road to Adyar in February last year, and the earth pressure balancing tunnel …
Kolkata Metro, in a first, created a historic moment by running underwater through a tunnel in the Hooghly river. Reportedly, Kolkata Metro takes nearly 45 seconds to cross the underwater tunnel. Terming it an historic event, Metro Railway general manager P Uday Kumar Reddy said: “Trial runs between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade station will be conducted for the next five …
Kolkata is set to test run two six coach metro trains under the Hooghly river's underwater tunnel tomorrow i.e. The daily citing the metro officials has said that the trail run which will be held tomorrow between the Salt Lake and Howrah will pass successfully through the Sealdah and Esplanade tunnel. Earlier, KMRC had said that India's first underwater metro …
The works of the Eysturoyar tunnel network are nearly over and the gates to a spectacular undersea roundabout are about to open. According to a report by The Guardian, this roundabout is the world’s first underwater roundabout that goes under the North Atlantic ocean. This tunnel will make it a lot easier to reach the capital of Faroe Islands, Torshavn, …
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