{
  "id": 18993434,
  "title": "Mumbai's GMLR Project Advances As 2nd TBM Joins Excavation Of Twin Tunnels",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/mumbais-gmlr-project-advances-as-2nd-tbm-joins-excavation-of-twin",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T18:15:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbais-gmlr-project-advances-as-2nd-tbm-joins-excavation-of-twin-tunnels"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Mumbai GMLR project has made significant progress with the commencement of tunnel excavation by the second Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), 'Vihar', beneath Sanjay Gandhi National Park. The first TBM, 'Tulsi', has already bored 270 metres, achieving an average tunnelling speed of six metres per day, with plans to increase this pace to 10 metres daily. The twin three-lane tunnels, spanning 5.34 km each, will connect Dadasaheb Phalke Film City in Goregaon East with Amar Nagar in Mulund West. This underground connection is expected to transform east-west connectivity, ease congestion on Mumbai's arterial roads, and provide a faster link from the western suburbs to Mulund, Thane, and Navi Mumbai.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}