1st STEC TBM Arrives for Delhi – Meerut RRTS at Anand Vihar
Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC) on Friday morning received their first of four tunnel boring machines at Anand Vihar Station to construct the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut RRTS project’s twin tunnels.
STEC was awarded a contentious contract for the project’s 5.6 km Package 4 in December 2020 to build four tunnels between New Ashok Nagar DN Ramp – Anand Vihar – Sahibabad UP Ramp.
The team had completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) for this 7.5m diameter earth pressure balance machine, nicknamed Sudarshan 4.1, in September 2021 at their facility in Shanghai, China.
The team began lowering D-wall cages for TBM launch shafts on either side of the upcoming Anand Vihar RRTS Station in June 2021. From here two TBMs (Sudarshan 4.1 & 4.2) will be launched towards Khichripur to connect with Afcons Infra’s Package 6 and another 2 machines (Sudarshan 4.3 & 4.4) northwards towards Sahibabad to connect with KEC-CCECC JV’s Package 1.
Anand Vihar’s southern TBM launch shafts are visible at 00:58 seconds in this cool year-end video by NCRTC:
In case you missed it, Terratec in Q4 2021 completed FAT for 3 TBMs that Afcons Infrastructure will deploy to build Package 8’s tunnels between Brahampuri and Begumpul in Meerut – see details & snaps.
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– TMRG
Total 7 tbms?
Yes
Bloody hell BJP Gov and PM Modi are naming TBM Sudarshan, what bloody hell hindutva. PM Modi and BJP Gov are avoided China, but Chinies Co are going to build long tunnel in India. Where is Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat? and make in India fake propaganda?
Before commenting on Modi Yogi and their naming of Sudarshan…….. get your parents to justify your name first You moron!!! David??? …… then……. Ghosh???
Disgrace to Bangali…
Yes, you are rightly said.
Before commenting on Modi Yogi and their naming of Sudarshan…….. get your parents to justify your name first You moron!!! David??? …… then……. Ghosh???
Disgrace to Bangali… mor shalla shob antinational kukoor joto shob west bengal e….
Bloody hell david it’s Government of India
Not BJP Government
Your comments are more appropriate for Kerala or Bengal
Bang On
TMRG, it’s time you complete the missing link at Trilokpuri in the map. 🙂
No u do
I’ve re-used one of my old maps. DMRC’s lines and all other markings here are drawn by Google. I can recreate it, but not sure if it’s worth the effort 🙂
Oh, then leave it.
When will this tbm launch
Should start tunneling in Q2 (March – June)
Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC) got this contract because this firm is in Singapore. So don’t spread anti Chinese sentiment, even if any Chinese company competing in public or private which make good sence then don’t against those things thankyou.
You thought that way always? Flipkart was also based in Singapore. But you knew Flipkart is Indian.
MODIJI loves Chinese business, don’t care to defend it. Statue of Unity me bhi badhiya mazak kiya tha!
Hey man do one thing, arrange 30k crore from your own and then now dictate the terms of appointment of contractor.
Seems like you don’t know nothing of CoC and Global Tendering. Trying learning about that first.
Until then please spare us from your enlightened mindset.
Rather then the Actual News. The Comments Sections are more funny. Good time pass reading comments section.
Somebody teach these Geniuses the basics of Tendering and Conditions of Lending from foreign financial institutions.
No one teach that. They have their agendas and they will not look beyond that. Better not wrestle with the pig.