India’s first urban tunnel to be built within city limits, comprising two 500-metre tunnels, a part of the Eastern Freeway Project, Mumbai is expected to be completed in September. The ten-metre high tunnels are being built by blasting through the mountains near the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). The twin tunnels are a part of the Anik-Panjarpol Link Road (APLR) ...
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Mumbai twin tunnels to open by year-end
The construction of the twin tunnels extending from the mountains near BARC (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre) to Gautam Nagar near Panjarpole, is expected to be completed by the end of the year by the MMRDA. The 500km long tunnels are the first ones in India to be built in a city for urban transport purposes. They are a part of ...