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Longest electrified railway tunnel in India commissioned
THE HINDU   04 July 2019   India  
The tunnel built by the South Central Railway. By arrangement
<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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Maharashtra: Tiware dam in Ratnagiri breached; 6 dead, over 20 missing
Daily Mail   03 July 2019   India   Ratnagiri  
Maharashtra: Tiware dam in Ratnagiri breached Photo: ANI
<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 ...
Mumbai: Civil work on 2 Metro lines to end by November
The Indian Express   21 June 2019   India   Mumbai  
As per the information provided by MMRDA, the tracks were laid in the early hours of Sunday near National Park station.
<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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Landslide hits Jammu-Srinagar highway
India Today   30 January 2019   India  
Photo for representation
<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 ...