Herrenknecht’s benefits from Indian orders

German company Herrenknecht says that in recent months it has received 18 orders from India for tunnel boring machines (TBMs) for projects to expand metro networks in the Indian cities of Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata, and for water supply schemes. Earlier this year an Indian record of 525m of drilled and secured tunnel was achieved in one month on the Veligonda water project (state of Andhra Pradesh) with a Herrenknecht Double Shield TBM (diameter 7.9m). The 18km Veligonda Tunnel is part of a sche
November 30, 2012 Read time: 2 mins

German company  Herrenknecht says that in recent months it has received 18 orders from India for tunnel boring machines (TBMs) for projects to expand metro networks in the Indian cities of Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata, and for water supply schemes.

Earlier this year an Indian record of 525m of drilled and secured tunnel was achieved in one month on the Veligonda water project (state of Andhra Pradesh) with a 2592 Herrenknecht Double Shield TBM (diameter 7.9m). The 18km Veligonda Tunnel is part of a scheme to pipe water from the Srisailam Dam on the River Krishna over a distance of about 100km. The tunnel, being built by the Nuziveedu Swathi Coastal Consortium, is being constructed using a Herrenknecht Double Shield TBM (Ø 7.9m).

“India is one of the world's largest economies, and there is a demand for metro systems, through which the high traffic volumes in the heavily built-up cities can be rerouted underground,” says Herrenknecht.

The EPB (earth pressure balance) shields (Ø 6.35m–6.6m) are being used to create a total of 71km of tunnels for mass transit systems.

In March 2012 the 1042 Italian-Thai Development Public Co began tunnelling with the first two of four Herrenknecht machines for the metro in Kolkata, while in Delhi two TBMs started work for Pratibha Industries. In July one of the TBMs completed its first intermediate breakthrough.

In Chennai, eight TBMs will excavate more than 38km of tunnels for new metro lines, while in Mumbai the existing water supply network is being renewed and expanded, and a total of three Herrenknecht TBMs (Ø 2.8m– 6.2m) drilled or are drilling over 16km of drinking water tunnels.

To mark the 60th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Germany and India, a Year of Germany in India is currently taking place, and during the Urban Mela series of events, Herrenknecht presented its portfolio covering all aspects of mechanised tunnelling in Chennai.

Road Structures

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Indeco reveals new system for selecting tunnelling methods
    April 22, 2015
    Italian hydraulic breaker manufacturer Indeco is introducing a new approach to selecting tunnelling methods. The firm says that this has been developed in response to a tunnelling industry that is too-ready to select tunnel boring machines (TBMs).
    Read More
  • Key Indian links
    February 27, 2012
    In India a total of eight road projects worth US$1.43 billion have been given approval by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
    Read More
  • Boom in Asian infrastructure investment
    February 8, 2012
    Investment in China and India continues unabated, but other nations on the continent are eager to attract companies as Patrick Smith reports Asia is still booming despite the current economic crisis, and new infrastructure programmes are constantly coming on stream. Powerhouses China and India, with their double-digit growth figures and huge infrastructure plans (in scope and cost), are leading the way and are still magnets for businesses wishing to expand, both in terms of facilities and customers. But oth
    Read More
  • IRB wins India’s Agra-Etawah Bypass project on National Highway 2
    June 4, 2015
    IRB Infrastructure Developers has won the Agra-Etawah Bypass project with a winning bid of nearly US$416.5 million, Indian media reported. The project, awarded by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), will have six lanes built onto the Agra-Etawah Bypass in Uttar Pradesh state under NHDP Phase 5 of the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Toll model. The 15km Agra-Etawah Bypass runs between the Uttar Pradesh cities of Agra - home to the iconic Taj Mahal mausoleum – and Etawah on the banks of Yamuna
    Read More

Highlighted Content