Road ministry issues SOP for tunnel construction to prevent mishaps and for better alignment | India News – The Times of India

Road ministry issues SOP for tunnel construction to prevent mishaps and for better alignment | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Learning from recent incidents of tunnel collapse, including at Silkyara in Uttarakhand, the road transport ministry has issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) specifying that highway owning agencies must evaluate at least three alternative alignments with clear differentiators — shortest path, geologically/ geotechnically favourable, least social impact, and cost-optimised route – before settling…

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Assurance from China: Wang Yi to address concerns on India’s three key needs – Rare earths, fertilisers and tunnel boring machines – Times of India

Assurance from China: Wang Yi to address concerns on India’s three key needs – Rare earths, fertilisers and tunnel boring machines – Times of India

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar welcomes Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in New Delhi (ANI photo) China has committed to address India’s three key concerns- rare earths, fertilisers and tunnel boring machines- as indicated by ANI sources.The sources revealed that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi provided assurance to External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar regarding…

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Video: Israel dismantles 2-kilometre-long Hamas tunnel in southern Gaza

Video: Israel dismantles 2-kilometre-long Hamas tunnel in southern Gaza

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) demolished a two-kilometre-long Hamas tunnel located in the southern Gaza Strip, accusing the militant group of diverting resources meant for rebuilding Gaza to construct an underground network designed for terror operations. Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani, the IDF’s international spokesperson, shared a video online showing the extensive demolition work in the…

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‘मैं अपनी कब्र खोद रहा हूं, यहीं दफन हो जाऊंगा’, हमास ने जारी किया इजरायली बंधक का खौफनाक वीडिय

‘मैं अपनी कब्र खोद रहा हूं, यहीं दफन हो जाऊंगा’, हमास ने जारी किया इजरायली बंधक का खौफनाक वीडिय

हमास ने अभी तक इजरायल के कई लोगों को बंधक बना रखा है. उनकी तरफ से जारी किए गए वीडियो में इजरायली बंधक को एक भूमिगत सुरंग में अपनी कब्र खोदते हुए दिखाया गया है, जिसे वह अपनी कब्र बता रहा है. फिलिस्तीनी संगठन हमास की तरफ से 48 घंटों के अंदर जारी किया गया…

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Zojila tunnel to miss September 2026 deadline, to be ready by February ’28 | India News – Times of India

Zojila tunnel to miss September 2026 deadline, to be ready by February ’28 | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The completion of the strategic Zojila Tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir has been pushed back to Feb 2028 due to multiple factors, including the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, a terrorist attack at the Sonamarg Tunnel project, and extreme adverse weather conditions, the road transport and highways ministry informed the Lok Sabha on…

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Strategic Jammu-Srinagar tunnel project: All-weather route for troops, convoys on the cards; check details of project – Times of India

Strategic Jammu-Srinagar tunnel project: All-weather route for troops, convoys on the cards; check details of project – Times of India

In a renewed push for secure, year-round connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre is set to revisit financial clearances for two key tunnel projects, Singhpora-Vailoo and Sudhmahadev-Dranga. This comes as part of renewed efforts on all-weather connectivity for Jammu and Kashmir following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.Both projects, which aim to create an…

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Mughal Road gets tunnel, Omar Abdullah says ‘major achievement of my govt’ | India News – Times of India

Mughal Road gets tunnel, Omar Abdullah says ‘major achievement of my govt’ | India News – Times of India

SRINAGAR: The Union government’s approval on Monday of 19 major road and tunnel projects worth Rs 10,637 crore, including a key tunnel on the historical Mughal Road linking Shopian, in the Kashmir Valley, with Poonch in Jammu, has caused widespread excitement across Kashmir.The proposed Peer Ki Gali tunnel, which will turn the 84-km Mughal Road…

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