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India’s longest electrified rail tunnel inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh
In Andhra Pradesh, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu has recently dedicated the India’s longest electrified rail tunnel i.e situated between Cherlopalli and Rapuru. He also inaugurated the 112-km long electrified railway line between Venkatachalam and Obulavaripalli. The length of the electrified rail tunnel is 6.6km. The tunnel has 44 trolley refuges and 14 cross-passages in a ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Topics: Andhra Pradesh • Civil engineering • Construction • Crossings • Engineering • Geotechnical engineering • infrastructure • New Austrian tunnelling method • Tunnel • Tunnel construction
South Central Railway commissiones longest electrified tunnel in Indian Railways
The South Central Railway (SCR) has recently commissioned the longest electrified tunnel of 6.6 km built at a total cost of Rs 460 crore between Cherlopalli and Rapuru stations. The tunnel is part of the 113-km new railway line completed recently between Obulavaripalli– Venkatachalam – Krishnapatnam Port. The electrified tunnel is constructed in the shape ..
Topics: Civil engineering • Crossings • Tunnel
Indian Army and NHPC signed pact to build underground tunnels
Indian Army signed a an agreement with NHPC (National Hydroelectric Power Corporation) Limited. The pact is signed to build 4 underground tunnels along China and Pakistan borders for storage of ammunition and other war-related equipment. 3 tunnels will be built along the Chinese border and one tunnel will be built along the Pakistan border. The ..
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Civil engineering • Construction • Crossings • infrastructure • National Hydroelectric Power Corporation • Tunnel