{
  "id": 15637851,
  "title": "Mumbai Infra Update: GMLR Tunnel Boring Machine ‘Tulsi’ Completes 183-Metre Excavation, ‘Vihar’ Clears Key Test",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/mumbai-infra-update-gmlr-tunnel-boring-machine-tulsi-completes-183",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T18:09:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-infra-update-gmlr-tunnel-boring-machine-tulsi-completes-183-metre-excavation-vihar-clears-key-test"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai, October 19, 2026 - The BMC has successfully excavated 183 metres of tunnel using the 'Tulsi' tunnel-boring machine (TBM) for the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project. Meanwhile, the 'Vihar' TBM has completed its Site Acceptance Test (SAT), clearing a key technical milestone. The GMLR project aims to connect Film City in Goregaon East to Khindipada in Mulund with two tunnels, each 1.5 kilometers long.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, October 19, 2026: The BMC has completed 183 metres of excavation using ‘Tulsi’, the first tunnel-boring machine (TBM) deployed for the twin tunnels beneath Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SNGP) as part of Phase 3(B) of the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project. Meanwhile, the second TBM, ‘Vihar’, has also completed its Site Acceptance Test (SAT). Tunnel Excavation Reaches 183 Metres…",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}