Bullet train project: Excavation work at BKC station nears completion
The National High-Speed Rail Corporation of India Limited (NHSRCL) has announced that 80 percent of the excavation work at the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) station in Mumbai has been completed. As per updates, base slab casting has commenced, and work on elevated stations in Thane, Virar, and Boisar is accelerating.
Out of the 21 km-long underground and undersea tunnel between BKC and Shilphata in Thane district, 16 km is being excavated using Tunnel Boring Machines, and 5 km with the help of the New Austrian Tunnelling Method.
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