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Tunnelling on Dhansiri-Zubza rail line begins at Chümoukedima village
NagalandPost   07 June 2019   India   Nagaland  
Ongoing tunnelling work at Kukidolong area, Friday. (NP)
<p>As part of the Central government&rsquo;s ambitious plan to connect all State Capitals with rail-head, tunnelling on the hilly area from Ch&uuml;moukedima till Zubza began with the first tunnel dugout at Ch&uuml;moukedima village on Friday. The 72-metre ...
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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 ...