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The 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts on 11 July. They took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the nation's financial capital. The bombs were set off in pressure cookers on trains plying on the Western Line Suburban Section of the ...
2021 Maharashtra floods. A series of floods took place across the Indian State of Maharashtra in 2021. As of 28 July 2021, around 251 people have died and over 100 are still missing due to floods and landslides. Thirteen districts have been affected in western Maharashtra. [2]
The floods were caused by the eighth heaviest-ever recorded 24-hour rainfall figure of 944 mm (37.17 inches) which lashed the metropolis on 26 July 2005, and intermittently continued for the next day. 644mm (25.35 inches) was received within the 12-hour period between 8 am and 8 pm. Torrential rainfall continued for the next week.
Streets were flooded as heavy monsoon rain fell on Mumbai, India, on June 9.
12 December 1991 – The Kangra valley train suffered a crash near Jawali, Himachal Pradesh, killing 27. [ 74] 5 September 1992 – A collision near Raigarh in Madhya Pradesh killed 41. [ 72][ 75] 16 January 1993 – The Howrah Rajdhani Express collided with a goods train between Roorah and Ambiyapur flag stations.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) first proposed a monorail in 2005. [7]On 11 November 2008, Larsen and Toubro partnered with the Malaysian company Scomi Engineering Bhd, and the joint venture (JV) company was awarded a ₹ 24.6 billion (US$290 million) contract by the MMRDA to build, operate, and maintain the project of around eight monorail routes in Mumbai by the ...
The Bandra–Worli Sea Link (officially known as Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link[ 1]) is a 5.6 km long, 8- lane wide cable-stayed bridge that links Bandra in the Western Suburbs of Mumbai with Worli in South Mumbai. It is the longest sea bridge, as well as the 5th longest bridge in India after Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, Bhupen Hazarika Setu, Dibang River ...
Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor ( MAHSR) or Mumbai–Ahmedabad HSR is an under-construction high-speed rail line, which will connect Mumbai, the financial hub of India, with Ahmedabad, the largest city in the state of Gujarat. When completed, it will be India's first high-speed rail line. [ 2] Construction began in April 2020, [ 3 ...