Month: April 2024

Rockfall Mitigation measures – Konkan Railway

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  The Konkan Railway's project connecting India's North to South India via scenic Konkan Goa coastal Karnataka to Kerala can be considered one of the most prestigious projects in the construction industry of India. The project was launched in 1989 and the track became operational in the year 1998. The 760 km rail route, which connects Roha in Maharashtra to Mangalore in Karnataka, was completed in 1998. It crosses 146 rivers, and streams,...

Konkan region at a glance

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Konkan, is a coastal plain of western India, lying between the Arabian Sea (west) and the Western Ghats (east). The plain stretches approximately 330 miles (530 km) from the Daman Ganga River north of Mumbai (Bombay) to the Terekhol River between Maharashtra and Goa states in the south. Between 28 and 47 miles (45 and 76 km) in width, the Konkan region  includes the regions of Palghar, Thane, Greater Mumbai, Raigarh, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg...