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Ashwini Vaishnaw Railroad Minister witnessed the progress or the longest railway tunnel in Janasu in Uttarakhand on Wednesday.
Uttarakhand Prime Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, and Ashwini Vaishnaw Railroad Minister in the innovative program of tunnel number T-8 and T-8m under the Rail Rishikesh-Karnprayag project. (PTI)
Ashwini Vaishnaw Railroad Minister witnessed the progress or the longest railway tunnel in Janasu in Uttarakhand on Wednesday.
Accompanied by Prime Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Vaishnaw was approximately 3.5 km inside the tunnel when a boring machine achieved the progress from the other side that broke the last rock layer.
The 14.57 km long tunnel not 8 between Devprayag and Janasu is part of the ambitious Rishikesh-Karnaprayag railway bond project of 125 km of 125 km in Uttarakhand.
Vaishnaw described him as a historical moment, since the progress coincided with the day of the rail service began in India on April 16, 1853.
A great advance achieved today. The boring tunnel machine has overcome the longest transport tunnel (T-8) in India Wat is 14.58 km long.
Rishikesh-Karnaprayag New Line Project.📍uttarakhand pic.twitter.com/4ga9MW1D9G
– Ashwini Vaishnaw (@ashwinivaishnaw) April 16, 2025
Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), a public sector company under the Ministry of Railways, which deals with the entire project, achieved this advance using a tunnel drilling machine made German (TBM) called ‘Shakti’.
Since Tunnel 8 is a twin tunnel, work in another parallel is happening with the help of the second TBM and is expected to achieve an advance in July. The work contractor for this tunnel is L&T.
“The remarkable feat was achieved in the presence of the Minister of Railroad Hon’ble Ashwini Vaishnaw, who visited the site to mark this moment in the railway connectivity of the Himalayas,” said a RVNL statement.
Previously, RVNL CMD Pradeep Gaur had told PTI that this is the first time that Theology has deployed for the railway tunnel in mountainous regions of the country, and progress establishes a new world reference point. 9.11 m in diameter Singmeter Singmeter Singmeter Singmeter Singmeter.
Gur has mentioned that the Cabrera tunnel of 9.69 m in diameter in Spain was built by a double shield TBM at an average rate of 423 m per month, while the 14.58 km tunnel between Devprayag and Janasu has just completed the month of Bycan, becoming the second fastest in the world.
“This advance marks a significant step in the government’s mission to improve connectivity in the states of the Indian hill,” Gur said after the event.
“The Rishikesh-Karnaprayag project, executed from the concept to the RVNL commission, aims to transform regional connectivity by linking key cities such as Devprayag, Srinagar, Rudraprayag, Gauchar and Karnaprayag into five Himalayan districts,” said the RVNL statement.
“More than 83% of the 125 km alignment passes through tunnels, which implies more than 213 km or tunnels on the main and escape routes,” he added.
The officials present at the tunnel site declared that the TB has faced extraordinary logistics and geological challenges, including the transport of 165 MT components from the port of Mundra to the site through Himalayas of the Himalayas narrow and ancient bridges.
The tunnel is also in the tectonically active seismic area IV, which requires a sophisticated design and an advanced geological survey, they added.
RVNL is the opinion that once completed, the project will drastically reduce travel time, it will improve access for all climate to remote regions and promote tourism and economic development in Uttarakhand.
“It is also a critical step to realize the Char Dham rail connectivity initiative,” the statement said.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a FEED – PTI syndicated news agency)
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Uttarakhand (Uttarachhal), India, India