New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI/PNN): Every year the world produces approximately two billion tonnes of steel and leaving a huge footprint of carbon emission in the air. Reduced or zero emission of carbon footprints in the environment are being tried to convert to development of green hyd
Refuting blame for the prevailing situation of land subsidence and cracks in houses in Joshimath due to the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Tapovan Vishnugad Hydroelectric Project, Project head NTPC Joshimath Rajendra Prasad Ahirwal said that the NTPC tunnel has no relation with
The joshimath-like situation is now being seen in Tehri district as well. On one hand landslides are happening in the villages adjacent to Tehri lake, now in Chamba also cracks have increased in the houses above and near the chamba tunnel putting about one and a half dozen families in dan
"If experts say that tunnels or other factors are the culprits, all of them should be stopped & things should be taken up afresh. A committee of the locals should be formed, and with continuous consultation with everyone, improvements should be made," he said.
Approximately 6,22,988 vehicles entered through Atal Tunnel Rohtang (ATR) in Lahaul valley in the year 2022 and around 6,50,711 vehicles exited through ATR, which is 12,73,699 vehicles in total during the year, said Lahaul and Spiti Police.
Around 400 vehicles were rescued safely from the south portal of Rohtang Tunnel, Manali which were stranded due to snowfall in Manali and Lahaul Spiti in Himachal Pradesh, according to SDM Surender Thakur on Thursday.
The length of Tunnel No. 12 is 1406 m located between Tarkhola and Shukia Khola in the Kalimpong district of West Bengal. The tunnel traverses through vulnerable and challenging geological conditions of the lesser Himalayan range, as per an official statement.
Nineteen people were killed and 32 others were injured when a fire broke out in the Salang Tunnel on the Salang Pass near Parwan province in Afghanistan, according to Khaama Press.