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India\'s First Ever Underwater Metro Train Tunnel beneath River Houghly

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August 31, 2017
A first in India, the two parallel 520-meter under the river tunnels will connect Salt Lake Sector V in Kolkata to the Howrah Maidan across the river, being elemental in Rs. 8,900 crore East West Metro Project by the end of July 2017. The work using a huge Tunnel boring Machine (TBM) has already begun on the bed of the Houghly River. The tunnels are being dug at a depth of 30 meters below the…
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World Bank ‘commits’ to fulfil obligations under Indus Water Treaty: Pakistan

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September 28, 2016
Pakistan today claimed the World Bank has “committed” itself to “timely fulfilling its obligations” under the Indus Water Treaty while remaining neutral as Islamabad approached the international lender amid reports that India may revoke the 56-year-old deal. A Pakistani delegation led by the Attorney General for Pakistan, Ashtar Ausaf Ali, met with senior officials of the World Bank at the…
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