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Sharavathi Cable-Stayed Bridge Clears Load Test

Karnataka’s longest cable-stayed road bridge, spanning the Sharavathi backwaters between Ambaragodlu and Tumari in Sagar taluk, has passed its final load test. Engineers parked eighteen m-sand tippers on the 2.44-kilometre deck, steadily raising the static load from 25 tonnes to 100 tonnes. Instruments recorded a maximum deflection of 22 mm—comfortably below the 38 mm tolerance—confirming a design life of at least one hundred years.Testing covered both the four-span extra-dosed section and the conventional approach spans, with National Highways Authority of India officials in att..

TBM Nayak Assembly Begins for Thane–Borivali Twin Tunnel

The first of four-giant tunnel-boring machines for the Thane–Borivali twin road tunnel is now being assembled on site at Old Dairy Farm. Nicknamed ‘Nayak’, the 13.2-metre Herrenknecht shield will drive the 10.25-kilometre twin tubes beneath Sanjay Gandhi National Park, cutting the present 23-kilometre surface trip by 12 kilometres.Awarded to Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Ltd, the scheme provides two traffic lanes and an emergency lane in each tube, plus cross passages every 300 metres. Once open, the route is expected to carry about fifty-thousand passenger-car units daily, ..

Vizag Metro Depots Need 100 Acres, Rs 8.9 Bn Land Spend

Visakhapatnam’s 46.23-kilometre Metro phase one will hinge on two purpose-built depots—one beside the Old Dairy Farm near VIMS, the other close to the Visakhapatnam Port Authority—each demanding 35–40 acres to house inspection lines, workshops, wash plants, stabling tracks and operating offices. Together the depots and ancillary works require almost 100 acres, for which land acquisition alone is projected to cost about Rs 8.9 billion.A social-impact assessment launched on 30 May 2025 under the RFCTLARR Act is gauging public benefit, alternative sites and food-security effects before th..