Parbati II plans TBM restart

摘要

Work is underway in north India to repair the recovered TBM in the headrace tunnel of the Parbati II hydro scheme and plan consolidation of the weak ground ahead, which engulfed the machine last year. However, the work is also awaiting cost negotiations to be completed, T&TI understands. Following the slurry inrush inrnNovember 2006, and months of recovery effort, the deadline for the construction of the entire power project in Himachal Pradesh province has been re-confirmed as September 2009 (T&TI, January, p9) - a reversion to the original programme. Less than half of the 9.05km drive has been excavated.