Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project has achieved another milestone with the excavation of a mountain tunnel in Maharashtra’s Palghar, which is the third in the district in the last five months, officials said on June 2.
Engineers successfully completed the excavation of the third mountain tunnel (MT-07) at Ambesari village in Dahanu taluka of Palghar district, theNational High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) said. The project has successfully excavated three mountain tunnels within the last five months alone.
The newly-excavated tunnel spans 417 metres in length and features a massive width of 14.4 metres. The structure has been specifically designed to accommodate both the up and down tracks of the high-speed bullet train corridor.
To carve through the rugged terrain, the NHSRCL used a highly coordinated controlled drilling and blasting method, executing the excavation simultaneously from both ends. To carve through the rugged terrain, the NHSRCL used a highly coordinated controlled drilling and blasting method, executing the excavation simultaneously from both ends.
To carve through the rugged terrain, the NHSRCL used a highly coordinated controlled drilling and blasting method, executing the excavation simultaneously from both ends. The successful excavation of MT-07 officially completes all three mountain tunnels (MT-08, MT-07, and MT-06) located between the Vapi (Gujarat) and Boisar (Maharashtra) bullet train stations.
