mumbaiUpdated: Dec 29, 2019 23:31 ISTThe city is set to receive its largest tunnel boring machine from China in February to work on part of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) coastal road project. The tunnel boring machine (TBM) will be 12.19 metre wide, as tall as 4.5 storeys of a building. Additional municipal commissioner in charge of the coastal road project, Vijay Singhal, said, “The TBM will be imported from China and will arrive in Mumbai in February 2020. Each tunnel will be 12 metre wide and will have two traffic lanes of around 3 metre to 3.2 metre width, and an emergency lane. The cost of acquiring the TMB will be borne by Larson and Toubro, the contractor awarded this part of the coastal road package.

Source: Hindustan Times December 29, 2019 18:01 UTC