A tunnel boring machine has been stuck in Mumbai for the past one year. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has not been able to retrieve it due to lack of expertise and an overreliance on foreign entities to operate these machines.
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With major cities in India opting for urban transportation systems underground, Tunnel Boring Machines, that help dig tunnels underground, are being deployed extensively in the country.
They are used to excavate tunnels through a variety of soil and rock strata –– from hard rock to sand. These machines are capable of digging tunnels with diameters 3.3 feet to 58 feet.
In India, TBMs have been deployed in Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bangalore and Kolkata, among others, to help build underground Metro lines. These TBMs are also being used to help build water tunnels as well as the coastal road in Mumbai.
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