Shivajinagar-Swargate metro: 80 metres is bored. It will take 'at least' 2 years to complete the entire 10-km stretch
https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/shivajinagar-swargate-metro-is-digging-its-way-to-completion/story-QqB4i5EWqbfWMRVVz1a0jO.html
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HT Correspondetpuneletters@htlive.comStrap: Progress report: The maximum tunnel depth which is 30 metres will be at the civil court stationPune The construction work on the Pune...
The 7.5 kilometer Ujru-Banihal #tunnel on Srinagar-Jammu national highway is yet to get completed despite several deadlines given by National Highway Authority of #India (NHAI). Sources said the concerned construction agency has been given further time period and has been directed to expedite the work by the end of March 2020.
http://brighterkashmir.com/9-years-on-ujru-banihal-tunnel-awaits-completion
9 years on, Ujru-Banihal tunnel awaits completion
#Maharashtra: Metro #tunnel boring trial starts.
Full survey of the route is not yet completed because of resistance from the residents.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/metro-tunnel-boring-trial-starts-at-agriculture-college/articleshow/72447463.cms
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The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation started with the trial run of the tunnel boring machine (TBM) at the Agriculture College site after the executi
India : First tunnel of Veligonda project to be ready by June 2020
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2019/dec/01/first-tunnel-of-veligonda-project-to-be-ready-by-june-2020-2069676.html
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Speaking to the media, Anil Kumar said that via undertaking reverse tendering for the PS Veligonda Project, the government has saved Rs 62 crore.
India : Government starts process for preparation of a Detailed Project Report for the proposed Mughal Road Tunnel in Kashmir.
https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/dipr-to-make-mughal-road-an-all-weather-route-on-the-anvil/
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DIPR to make Mughal Road an all-weather route on the anvil Greater Kashmir | The government has set into motion the process for preparation of Detailed Project Report for the proposed Mughal Road Tunnel that would make it an
#Kolkata East-West metro TBM's Bowbazar, collapse also collapses the plan for extending the route.
The commissioning of East-West Metro’s Sealdah station, which officials think will make the route viable as more passengers will use the system rather than the fragmented run from Salt Lake Sector V to Phoolbagan, is now deferred indefinitely because of the collapse of tunnel boring machine in Bowbazar, said officials.
https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/bowbazar-cave-in-trips-sealdah-plan/cid/1722533
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East-West Metro’s wish to go beyond Phoolbagan to make route viable deferred indefinitely
The tunnel boring machine for Pune metro tunnel arrives from China
https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/tunnel-boring-machines-arrive-in-pune-tunnelling-work-to-begin-next-month-at-agriculture-college/story-iCzlayFvPIiEsmnIHyDdII.html
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The machine and its parts reached Wakad on Tuesday evening after covering 160 kilometres via the Pune-Mumbai expressway.
Rohtang Tunnel: All you need to know about the world’s longest highway tunnel.
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-rohtang-tunnel-6135920/
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A 3,000-member team of contractual workers and 650 regular employees of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) have been working in shifts through 24 hours on the Rohtang Tunnel project.
Mumbai achieves 70% tunnelling on Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro corridor
https://urbantransportnews.com/mumbai-achieves-70-tunneling-on-colaba-bandra-seepz-metro-corridor/
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Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has achieved 70 percent of tunnelling work for the Mumbai Metro-3 (Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ) corridor
East-West Metro tunnel boring machine has moved for the first time since the project came to a halt following a subsidence in Bowbazar on August 31 causing hundreds of people loosing their homes because of large cracks.
Engineers say "the movement" (4meter advancement) of the TBM under the supervision of British engineer John Endicott, did not trigger any "significant" settlement.
https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/east-west-metro-tunnel-boring-machine-makes-a-move/cid/1721399
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Work on the project came to a halt since a machine boring a tunnel hit a aquifer under Bowbazar on August 31
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