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<p>Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated the country’s longest single-lane motorable suspension bridge in Tehri Garhwal district to mark the state’s 21st foundation day on Sunday.<br />Rawat inaugurated the 725-metre long Dobra-Chanti ...
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The Tribune India
07 October 2020
India
<p>The longest bridge on the strategic Manali – Leh highway, located in Himachal Pradesh, is complete and will be opened for traffic this month.<br />While easing the flow of traffic, the new structure had greatly increased load carrying capacity. <br ...
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<p>A landslide and floods caused by heavy rains have killed at least 41 people in Nepal and India in the past week, officials said on Monday, as the annual monsoon season enters its final stretch after claiming hundreds of lives in South Asia. Ten people, ...
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<p>Twenty people were killed and several injured in a series of landslides in three districts of the Barak Valley region of Assam on Tuesday, officials said, even as the state is grappling with floods.<br />Officials said at least six people in Karimganj district, ...
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<p>Olive ridley sea turtles have made a striking comeback in the Indian state of Odisha recently thanks to the current coronavirus pandemic.<br />Over 70,000 of the beautiful sea turtles returned to their nesting grounds this year after skipping their annual ...
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Advanced Knowledge
<p>Mumbai will get yet another tunnel boring machine but not for Metro 3 project, this time it will be for coastal road project. Reports have surfaced saying that the city will receive its largest tunnel boring machine from China in February for BMC's coastal ...
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Deccan Herald
30 September 2019
India
<p>Landslides are silent killers. They are as deadly as any other natural catastrophes but receive far less attention in the public space. This could possibly be the reason for people not considering the threats and consequences of a landslide while going ...
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<p>The 6.6-km tunnel is built in a record 43 months at a cost of ₹460 crore<br />The South Central Railway (SCR) has added yet another feather in its cap by commissioning the longest electrified tunnel of 6.6 km built at a total cost of ₹460 crore between ...
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<p>At least 12 houses in the village adjacent to the dam have been washed away. Rescue operation is underway. A team of 5 BN NDRF has been sent to Tiware dam for rescue operation. Pune's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team is also heading towards ...
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<p>The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Sunday began laying tracks on the elevated corridor of Metro line 7 that will connect Andheri (E) to Dahisar (E). An MMRDA official said that civil work on two Metro lines 7 and 2A (DN Nagar ...
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