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Landslide hits Jammu-Srinagar highway
India Today   30 January 2019   India  
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<p>- The Jammu-Srinagar highway was hit by a landslide early on Wednesday at the Anokhi Fall in the Ramban district, a traffic official said<br>- One-way traffic from Srinagar to Jammu will be allowed as soon as the landslide is cleared<br>- After remaining ...
‘Engineering masterpiece’ Bogibeel Bridge opens
Railway Gazette   09 January 2019   India  
<p>INDIA: The country&rsquo;s longest combined rail and road bridge was officially opened when Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off a Northeast Frontier Railway inter-city train from Tinsukia to Naharlagun on December 25.<br />The 4.94 km Bogibeel Bridge ...
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India's first railway station inside tunnel to come up in Himachal Pradesh
Business Today   17 October 2018   India  
<p>For the first time in India, a railway station will be built inside a tunnel at a height of 3,000 metres, on the strategic Bilaspur-Manali-Leh line close to the Sino-India border, a senior official told PTI.<br />While many metro stations in Delhi and other ...
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Landslides pose threat to Himalayan hydropower dream
The Tehri dam and hydroelectric power plant perches at the foothills of the Indian Himalayas.Credit: Pete McBride/Getty
<p>The work, published in Geophysical Research Letters1 last month, highlights the risk of quake-triggered landslides to hydropower development in the Himalayas &mdash; a global hotspot for this type of energy source.</p>
Landslides, Rain In North Sikkim; Road Links Cut Off At Several Places
NDTV   14 September 2018   India   North Sikkim  
Landslides have occurred at Dzongu, Mangan, Lachen and Mangshilla in Sikkim
<p>Incessant rain in north Sikkim since Sunday has triggered multiple landslides in North District, snapping road connectivity at several places including Gangtok, a senior district official said.<br /><br />The landslides have occurred at Dzongu, Mangan, ...
How scientists uncovered a new geological age from a cave in Meghalaya
Quartz   13 September 2018   India   Meghalaya  
Into the deep.
<p>Officially, we&rsquo;re living in the Holocene epoch. Informally, people talk about our current age as the Anthropocene, melding humans with the lingo of geologic time. And now, there&rsquo;s a new age with a new name&mdash;the Meghalayan. So how did the ...
Rain fury in Kerala: 10 killed in landslides, dam shutters raised
The Week   09 August 2018   India   Kerala  
Shutter gates of the Idamalayar dam in Ernakulam district were opened on Thursday morning | Onmanorama
<p>Heavy rain continued to lash parts of Kerala on Thursday, claiming 10 lives and causing widespread damage. Five of a family were killed after landslide struck Adimali in Idukki. Another five of a family was killed in landslide at Nilambur in Malappuram.<br ...
Video: Indian Railways builds subway at a busy track in just 4.5 hrs
business   05 July 2018   India  
<p>The East Coast Railway, one of the blue-chip zones of Indian Railways, has created a record by completing a subway construction at a busy railway track between Pendurthi and Kothavalasa line in Andhra Pradesh in less than five hours.</p>
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Landslide Blocks Manali-Leh Highway
NDTV   29 June 2018   India  
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<p>MANALI: Heavy rainfall triggered a landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Marhi, 30 kilometres from Manali, blocking the Manali-Leh National Highway-3. The blockage is likely to affect motorists who plan their road trips to the one of the most celebrated highways ...
Cars Buried As Wall Of South Mumbai Complex Crashes After Heavy Rain
NDTV   25 June 2018   India   Mumbai  
Residents claim that construction activity in the neighbourhood had weakened the wall.
<p>MUMBAI: A huge section of a wall at an upscale Mumbai complex collapsed this morning taking with it at least 15 parked cars after incessant rain in the city. Dramatic visuals from 32-storey Lloyds estate in Wadala's Antop Hill show several cars buried or ...