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  2. 2023 North India floods - Wikipedia

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    Heavy rainfall during the 2023 monsoon season resulted in severe flooding and landslides across Northern India, primarily affecting residents in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi. [1] [2] [3]

  3. Big Dig ceiling collapse - Wikipedia

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    Traffic crawls over a closed Fort Point Channel Tunnel entrance in Boston during rush hour on July 11, 2006, a day after the collapse.. The Big Dig ceiling collapse occurred on July 10, 2006, when a concrete ceiling panel and debris weighing 26 short tons (52,000 lb; 24,000 kg) and measuring 20 by 40 feet (6.1 by 12.2 m) fell in Boston's Fort Point Channel Tunnel (which connects to the Ted ...

  4. 2024 Uttarakhand snowstorm disaster - Wikipedia

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    On 3 June 2024 at around 14:00 (GMT+5:30), heavy snowfall struck the mountaineer group after reaching Lambtal and as they moved to Sahastra Tal peak at an elevation of about 12,000 feet, which intensified into blizzard conditions that lasted for four hours. [3]

  5. All 41 workers rescued from collapsed tunnel in India after ...

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    The men had been trapped since November 12 when the part of tunnel they were helping to construct in India’s northern Uttarakhand state gave way, blocking their only exit with more than 60 ...

  6. Učka Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    The Učka Tunnel (Croatian: Tunel Učka) is a toll tunnel on the A8 motorway in Croatia, under the Učka mountain range, as part of the Istrian Y network in Istria owned and operated by BINA Istra (owning the highway in a concession from 1995 to 2041). The tunnel consists of two traffic tubes carrying two lanes each.

  7. Border Roads Organisation - Wikipedia

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    The BRO was formed on 7 May 1960 to secure India's borders and develop infrastructure in remote areas of the north and north-east states of the country. [12] In order to ensure coordination and expeditious execution of projects, the Government of India set up the Border Roads Development Board (BRDB) with the prime minister as chairman of the board and with the defence minister as deputy chairman.

  8. Eastern Freeway (Mumbai) - Wikipedia

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    This stretch required the construction of Mumbai's first twin tunnel. [34] The twin tunnels are 505m (North-bound) and 555m (South-bound) in length; [26] 18 metres in width and 9 metres in height. This segment was opened to traffic on 14 June 2013. [8] However, only the North-bound tunnel was opened on that date, but it was used for two-way ...

  9. Tapovan Vishnugad Hydropower Plant - Wikipedia

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    The 520 MW run-of-the-river project is situated on river Dhauliganga in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. Its journey started with NTPC entering into an understanding with the Govt. of Uttarakhand for feasibility study for the project on 31.12.2002 and then signing the Implementation Agreement on 23.06.2004.