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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, ...
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 ...
Kozhikode landslide kills four, leaves 10 missing; heavy rain destroys 270 homes in Kerala district
FIRSTPOST   14 June 2018   India   Kerala  
Kerala landslides
<p>Thiruvananthapuram: Four people, including three children, died and at least 10 others were reported missing after a landslide struck a remote village in Kozhikode district on Thursday, as heavy rainfall continued to batter northern Kerala.<br />With this, ...
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10 killed in landslide in Mizoram
Deccan Herald   05 June 2018   India   Mizoram  
Four persons were rescued from the building, police said, adding that one of them suffered injuries
<p>Ten people, including six women, were killed and one person was injured when a building was swept away by a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Lunglawn area of south Mizoram's Lunglei town, police said on Tuesday.</p>
Only 450m of Metro tunnelling left
The New Indian Express   20 October 2017   India   Chennai  
The breakthrough of first tunnel boring machine in the stretch between Government Estate and AG-DMS under Phase -I of Chennai Metro was achieved on Wednesday
<p>CHENNAI: Chennai Metro Rail has to burrow only 450 metres more to complete the entire tunnelling under the first phase of the Chennai Metro.Thee much awaited breakthrough in the first tunnel boring machine (TBM) in the 3.7 km longest continuous tunnel drive ...
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Lucknow Metro’s first TBM breakthrough
Tunneling Journal   27 September 2017   India  
Lucknow Metro’s first TBM breakthrough
<p>Workers and officials from the Gulermak-TATA Projects JV, representatives from TBM manufacturer, TERRATEC, and officials from the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) have witnessed the successful completion of Lucknow Metro&rsquo;s first TBM-driven tunnels ...
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Pathetic! 40 years, Rs 389-crore later, dam wall collapses in Bihar before inauguration by Nitish Kumar
The Financial Express   20 September 2017   India   Bihar  
dam wall collapses in Bihar
<p>Ahead of its scheduled inauguration by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the wall of a Rs 389-crore dam collapsed during the trial run and inundated nearby areas of a township in Bhagalpur on Tuesday. Newspapers in the state had today published advertisements ...
Uttarakhand landslide: 179 tourists from Maharashtra still feared stranded
mid-day.com   22 May 2017   India   Uttarakhand  
Rescue work in progress after a landslide near Hathi Parvat ,Vishnuprayag on the Badrinath route, Uttarakhand on Saturday. Hundreds of pilgrims are feared stranded. Pic/PTI
<p>The thousands of pilgrims feared stranded due to a major landslide which took place on Rishikesh-Badrinath National Highway on Friday near Vishnuprayag in Uttarakhand included 179 tourists from Maharashtra and the state government is working to ensure their ...
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Uttarakhand: Thousands feared stranded after landslide near Badrinath route
The Indian Express   19 May 2017   India   Uttarakhand  
Uttarakhand: A landslide took place near Vishnuprayag along the Badrinath route.(Source: Google Maps)
<p>At least 15,000 tourists are feared stranded after a landslide near Vishnuprayag on the Badrinath route, according to reports in ANI. District Collector Ashish Joshi said that BRO (Border Roads Organisation) personnel are engaged in clearing the roads and ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards