India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) announces an international tender for the construction of the county’s first undersea rail tunnel.
It will be 21km long twin-tunnel. It will be constructed using a combination of TBM and NATM between Mumbai Underground Station and Bandra-Kurla Complex Station.
Please read the news in the link below:
Here is the tender documents at NHSRCL site:
https://www.nhsrcl.in/view-tender-details?tender-id=MTQ2
Here is a well written news about it:
https://tunnellingjournal.com/tender-announced-indias-longest-sub-sea-tunnel/
Good luck to anyone who may be interested!
Best.
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It seems a pretty bold project. 21 km under the sea twin tunnels...