Swiss tunneling technology in India! Indian Railways to use advanced tunneling model for mega projects like Rishikesh-Karan Prayag and Udhampur-Srinagar, reveals Ashwini Vaishnaw

The Indian Railways is all set to ink a formal collaboration with Swiss firms for tunneling works for its marquee projects, including the Rishikesh-Karna Prayag New Railway Line and the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL).

An MoU between the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy, and Communications (DETEC) of the Swiss Confederation and the Ministry of Railways for technological cooperation in the railway sector is under consideration, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw mentioned in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.