Union minister Nitin Gadkari says in 5 years India will catch USA and Europe in tunnels and other...

The trial run of two tunnel boring machines have started from Swargate and Civil Court Metro sites and the actual excavation will start after the MahaMetro officials complete their checklist and give the go...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a505lp9knx8 Construction of a parallel tunnel to the old Sanjauli-Dhalli tunnel to ease the flow of traffic in the city planned. According to Tribune, Rs48 Crore allocated for the budget. It is not a long...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8GbkMLGgAM The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has deployed an indigenously assembled tunnel boring machine for Namma Metro work. The Herrenknecht TBM is the 5th TBM BMRCL deploys but also the...

As part of plans to upgrade existing single track railway between Castlerock (Karnataka) and Vasco-da-Gama (Goa) to a double line, Indian railways will build a parallel line. Only that the parallel line will be underground to prevent tree cutting...

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) hard rock tunnel boring machine will bore a water tunnel from Chembur that will be 5.75km long and 2.5m in diameter. The tunnel will run between Chembur and Trombay areas in the Eastern...

BMC set to restart its work on the Veravali-Powai-Ghatkopar water supply tunnel. BMC will be getting a new Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) soon, and the project will now cost around Rs 300 crore including the cost of purchasing the new...

Afcons Infrastructure starts the ground work for the construction of the New Garia Airport metro to City Centre II. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/work-starts-for-last-leg-of-airport-metro/articleshow/81298667.cms

  Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)'s TBM "Mawla" already completed boring the first 100 meters of the tunnel. The plan is to finish two tunnels of 4.1km by the end of 2022. The tunnel boring machine used in the...

Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd. (MEIL) wants to change the alignment of the Zojila Tunnel. The reasoning of MEIL is location of the west portal. Reportedly it falls in the avalanche and debri fall area. New alignment proposed is...

Urban Transport News reports that two Chennai Metro Line 4 tenders have been floated. https://www.urbantransportnews.com/news/tenders-invited-for-construction-of-underground-stations-for-chennai-metros-line-4 When I look at tenders site I see...

  ABB’s HVAC drives technology ensures sustainable and safe ventilation of Chennai Metro Enabling smooth travel and safety of commuters, ABB has provided active front end variable speed drives (VSDs) for the ventilation system of...

India Times has the details. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/construction-work-for-anand-vihar-station-of-82km-delhi-meerut-rrts-corridor-begins/articleshow/80756076.cms

Locals in Pipalkoti demand 'complete ban on blasting' for 14km long tunnel construction project of 444MW hydropower project of THDC....

The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) is yet to float the tenders for the undersea tunnel for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train project. https://newsd.in/bullet-train-project-tender-for-undersea-tunnel-yet-to-be-floated/

Survivors say they clung to scaffolding rods in a tunnel for four hours, keeping their heads above water and debris. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/9/run-indias-glacier-disaster-survivors-recount-tunnel-escape

Afcons Infrastructure started lowering parts of refurbished Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine S-1264 at a shaft adjacent to the Rashtriya Military School Station on Bangalore Metro’s 21.386 km Pink Line which will connect Nagawara –...

  In her speech over Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament a few days ago, the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to withdraw customs tax exemptions for Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) in import to...

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) has opened the financial bids for the Phase 2 of the Chennai  Metro. 4 Firms had qualified. They were named as GULERMAK, Larsen & Toubro Limited, Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. and Tata...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqeVrXTqLOM At least seven Indian companies have shown interest in constructing the subsea tunnel for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train (MAHSR) project during the pre-bidding phase. This has been disclosed by ...