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Facts About Construction In India

# Sardar Sarovar Dam being executed by the group is the third largest in the world for volume of chilled concrete to be placed -nearly 7 million cum.

# Indira Sagar a 1000 MW Power house is the second largest surface power house in the country.

# Nathpa Jhakri a 1500 MW Power House is the largest underground power house in India.

# Tehri Dam is the third tallest rockfill dam in the world, and the largest in Asia invloving placement of over 25 million cum of all types of fill material.

# Baglihar Hydroelectric project involved construction of 30km of project road along with three bridges.

# Brahmaputra Guide Bund completed in a record time of 7 months.

# Baspa-II and Chamera-II projects involved continuous concrete shuttering for tunnel lining which is used for the first time in the country.

# Teesta V project has been provided with Jet Grouting curtain is being provided below the coffer dams for the first time in India.

# Alimineti Madhva Reddy Irrigation project is the longest underground face to face tunnel in the world.

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Kanwarjot Singh is the founder of Civil Engineering Portal, a leading civil engineering website which has been awarded as the best online publication by CIDC. He did his BE civil from Thapar University, Patiala and has been working on this website with his team of Civil Engineers.

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22 comments on "Facts About Construction In India"

Rekha Sharma says:

oh my god We are very lucky being a civil engineer

sridhar says:

indian civil engineers rockzzz…!

M S Khan says:

please send me some useful content .

vaibhav says:

its great to be an CIVIL ENGINEER

MOHAN says:

I AM VERY PROUD TO BE AN CIVIL ENGG.

javith ahamed says:

CIVIL ENGINEERS ARE NEXT GOD IN THE WORLD

Chandrashekar Neelam says:

ENGINEERS ROCKZZZZ….. WHERE AS CIVIL ENGINEERS!!!!!!!!!!! RULES

AMRITPAL SINGH says:

bhakra dam is made of pozzolana portland cement

hanamant says:

god gift as civil engr.

Marwa Alawwadi says:

So , we are so lucky ..
I love civil engineering ..

aris says:

i want to be an engineer

RAVNEET DALER.SINGH says:

IT’S A GR8 PRIVELEGE FOR ME TO. BE THE MEMBER OF CIVIL ENGG..FAMILY(PROUD TO BE CIVIL ENGG.)

arun kumar raja says:

can i get formulaic books based on rcs reignforced cement concrete

MITIKA GARG says:

CIVIL ENGG. ARE BEST

Pardeep Kumar says:

it’s my starting in civil engineering….. let’s find out the the depth of the sea of knowledge in civil

ashu says:

awesum tit-bits,thanks

harry says:

great work, great civil engineers!!!

Santosh M Chandrol says:

Civil Engineer….hahahaha Alwys ready to face challange

Ajay says:

its great to be an civil engineer……. feel like most important person in the world

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