Surat Chennai Expressway Progress In Maharashtra | October 2025 Update
Surat–Chennai Expressway is an under-construction, 1,271 km (790 mi) long, 4/6-lanes. access-controlled expressway, which will connect the second largest city of Gujarat, Surat, with the capital of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, in India. It will pass through six states: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. It will be operated and maintained by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), and will reduce both travel time and distance from around 35 hours to around 18 hours, and from approximately 1,570 km (980 mi) to 1,271 km (790 mi). It will be built at a cost of ₹ 45,000 crore.
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In the highest-value inaugurations in BRO’s history, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recently unveiled 125 border infrastructure projects worth nearly ₹5,000 crore. These projects are aimed at reducing travel time, ensuring all-weather connectivity, and enhancing operational preparedness along sensitive border areas.
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^^ sorry, how is the above relevant to "Indian Roads Thread". The above is about China and levitation systems more in synch with railways than roads.
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And it just sent shockwaves through China.
This video investigates:
What this “impossible” fortress actually is
Why it was built deep in the Himalayas
How India overcame altitude, weather, and supply limits
Why this changes the balance of power along the border
You’ll discover:
The strategic chokepoints this fortress controls
How infrastructure has become the new weapon in modern conflicts
Why China is paying very close attention
What this means for future tensions, deterrence, and regional stability
This isn’t just construction—it’s strategy set in concrete and steel.
This isn’t just construction—it’s strategy set in concrete and steel.
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Mumbai - Pune Expressway Missing Link | Full On-Ground Project Update
This video is a rare, on-ground deep dive into the Mumbai–Pune Expressway Missing Link project, filmed directly from the construction site with full access to its most critical components. We visited the actual alignment, covered all major tunnels, bridge sections, and engineering zones, and documented the progress using our own camera crew to ensure authenticity and accuracy. This is not a desk-based update every frame comes from the site itself.
The video features a comprehensive round-up of the project, including guided walkthroughs of the tunnels, explanations of construction methodology, geological challenges, safety systems, and the logic behind the project’s design. We also bring you an on-camera interaction with project engineers and officials, offering first-hand insights into execution timelines, engineering complexity, and why this link is one of the most technically challenging road projects in India.
Once completed, the Missing Link is expected to significantly improve safety, reduce travel time, and eliminate the ghat bottleneck on the Mumbai–Pune corridor. This video aims to document not just progress, but the scale of engineering, planning, and effort that goes into building critical national infrastructure. If you want to understand how such mega projects are actually built on the ground beyond headlines and render visuals this is a detailed, field-level perspective worth watching.
This video is a rare, on-ground deep dive into the Mumbai–Pune Expressway Missing Link project, filmed directly from the construction site with full access to its most critical components. We visited the actual alignment, covered all major tunnels, bridge sections, and engineering zones, and documented the progress using our own camera crew to ensure authenticity and accuracy. This is not a desk-based update every frame comes from the site itself.
The video features a comprehensive round-up of the project, including guided walkthroughs of the tunnels, explanations of construction methodology, geological challenges, safety systems, and the logic behind the project’s design. We also bring you an on-camera interaction with project engineers and officials, offering first-hand insights into execution timelines, engineering complexity, and why this link is one of the most technically challenging road projects in India.
Once completed, the Missing Link is expected to significantly improve safety, reduce travel time, and eliminate the ghat bottleneck on the Mumbai–Pune corridor. This video aims to document not just progress, but the scale of engineering, planning, and effort that goes into building critical national infrastructure. If you want to understand how such mega projects are actually built on the ground beyond headlines and render visuals this is a detailed, field-level perspective worth watching.
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The 13.1 km long Zoji La tunnel is nearing a breakthrough with 925m left to tunnel from the Kargil end. Tunneling is done from the Sonamarg/Kashmir end. MEIL is the principal tunneling contractor. Breakthrough is expected by late April or early May providing all weather connectivity with Kargil and Leh from Srinagar. The tunnel bypasses the 11,200 ft Zoji la pass that remains snow bound in winter. Zoji La tunnel is a strategic tunnel and approach roads are done to the tunnel and also snow galleries to protect the road from avalanches and heavy snow fall. Three ventilation shafts are also being dug of which one is complete. The shafts are between 200m to 500m. Tunnel lining has also started with 3 km already lined from the Sonamarg/Kashmir end. MEIL is optimistic that the tunnel will be completely ready by March 2028, and have advanced the date of finishing from Dec 2028. The tunnel will be available for emergency use to transport sick people from Kargil by ambulance before the date of finish and also if the Army desires to use it for an emergency. When the tunnel is complete, a three hour treacherous drive over the Zoji la pass will be shortened to 20 mins through the tunnel.
I am sure the breakthrough will be huge news in a few weeks. Just jumping the gun here.
Tunneling has been going on 24x7 through the winter where the night temps reach -25 Celsius and daytime to -15 Celsius. The very latest update from a week ago is that 850m left for a breakthrough. Possibly they may breakthrough by mid April, let us see. Solves a lot of the logistics problems for the Army in supplying Ladakh as currently they have to move lot of supplies in summer as in winter Zoji La pass closes for 2-3 months.
I am sure the breakthrough will be huge news in a few weeks. Just jumping the gun here.
Tunneling has been going on 24x7 through the winter where the night temps reach -25 Celsius and daytime to -15 Celsius. The very latest update from a week ago is that 850m left for a breakthrough. Possibly they may breakthrough by mid April, let us see. Solves a lot of the logistics problems for the Army in supplying Ladakh as currently they have to move lot of supplies in summer as in winter Zoji La pass closes for 2-3 months.
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This month the new Saraighat bridge across the Brahmaputra at Guwahati a 4 lane bridge is due to be inaugurated. Prior to 1963and esp. during the 1962 war there was no good bridge across the Brahmaputra making logistics very difficult. In June 1963, the old Saraighat bridge was inaugurated by Nehru. It was a road cum rail bridge. Today there are 7 bridges across the Brahmaputra and with the inauguration of the new Saraighat bridge there will be 8. In addition a 19km bridge is being built across the Brahmaputra to connect Meghalaya and the north/west bank of the Brahmaputra, making movement to the BD border easier. This is the Dhubri Phulbari bridge. L&T is executing this bridge.
A tunnel is also being planned under the Brahmaputra to connect Tezpur which is an Army corps HQ with the South bank of the Brahmaputra. This will take some time. So this will take the bridges across the Brahmaputra eventually to 9. There is also a very long viaduct on the anvil through Kaziranga rhino park obviating the need for the road through the park. This road gets flooded by the Brahmaputra often and causes problems for wildlife seeking to go to higher ground with road kill also. The viaduct will address the road getting flooded and also allow free movement to the wildlife when flooding happens which is very, very often.
New Saraighat bridge, the old bridge has the railway tracks below the roadway. This is the 1963 bridge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uKrBdsDD-A
The 9th bridge under construction by L&T
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPnfP_H5u68
More on the tunnel under the Brahmaputra(it will be a road cum rail tunnel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymknv1Gc0FU
A tunnel is also being planned under the Brahmaputra to connect Tezpur which is an Army corps HQ with the South bank of the Brahmaputra. This will take some time. So this will take the bridges across the Brahmaputra eventually to 9. There is also a very long viaduct on the anvil through Kaziranga rhino park obviating the need for the road through the park. This road gets flooded by the Brahmaputra often and causes problems for wildlife seeking to go to higher ground with road kill also. The viaduct will address the road getting flooded and also allow free movement to the wildlife when flooding happens which is very, very often.
New Saraighat bridge, the old bridge has the railway tracks below the roadway. This is the 1963 bridge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uKrBdsDD-A
The 9th bridge under construction by L&T
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPnfP_H5u68
More on the tunnel under the Brahmaputra(it will be a road cum rail tunnel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymknv1Gc0FU