Rishikesh Ashram

Rishikesh-Karanprayag rail link: L&T sets world record in tunnel building

The construction firm Larsen and Toubro achieved a remarkable feat on the Rishikesh-Karnaprayag Rail Link project on June 29, a day ahead of the baseline schedule, setting a new world record in tunnel construction using a single-shield hard rock tunnel boring machine. "The TBM Team has broken the world record by achieving a maximum progress of 790 metres in a month (31 days) using Single Scheid Hard Rock TBM named Shiv," S V Desai, the Whole Time Director, L&T Limited, told PTI on Tuesday. The company officials stated that this was the first time that anywhere in the world a single-shield hard rock tunnel boring machine (TBM) was used in such an efficient manner. "In the last leg of the boring work in the month of May-June for the longest rail tunnel of the country, the TBM, named Shiv, excavated 790 meters in 31 days and achieved a breakthrough," Rakesh Arora, Project Director, added. This 13.09-km-long tunnel is the downline one, running parallel at a 25-metre distance from the .

Ganga swells in Uttarakhand's Rishikesh; SDRF, police issue safety alerts

Ganga river is currently flowing just below the warning mark of 1.38 cm, following heavy rainfall that began last night in Rishikesh

Water level in Ganga rises amid heavy rainfall in Rishikesh, says SDRF

Currently, the situation is normal at the moment and all the travellers and citizens in the town are being alerted by the water police and SDRF teams

As spiritual tourism rises, hotels and resorts queue up to pay obeisance

As spiritual tourism rises, hotels and resorts queue up to pay obeisance with properties, aartis, meditation, and more

Devotees wearing inappropriate clothes barred from entering U'khand temples

Temple authorities in Uttarakhand's Haridwar, Rishikesh and Dehradun districts have imposed a ban on the entry of devotees not wearing appropriate clothing. Mahant Ravindra Puri, secretary of the Mahanirvani Panchayati Akhara, on Sunday said a formal ban has been imposed on the entry of "scantily-clad men and women" into the Daksh Prajapati Mandir (Haridwar), Tapkeshwar Mahadev Mandir (Dehradun) and the Neelkanth Mahadev Mandir (Rishikesh). "Only women who have their bodies covered up to 80 per cent can enter these temples," Puri, who is also president of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, said. The ban comes into effect immediately at these temples affiliated to the Mahanirvani Panchayati Akhara, he said. Mahanirvani Panchayati Akhara consists of the Dashnam Naga seers. Puri said the ban will soon be extended to akhara-affiliated temples across the country. Asked about the necessity to impose the ban, Puri said, "Sometimes people entering the temples are so skimpily dressed th

Bridge to replace Rishikesh's Lakshman Jhula before 2021 Kumbh Mela

The 90-year-old bridge was shut on July 12 for safety reasons after experts found that the loading capacity of its components had come down drastically over the years making it unfit for use

Rishikesh ashram, where memories of The Beatles' visit still linger

As traces of The Beatles gradually recede from Rishikesh, their followers still come looking for what the "Fab Four" had hoped to find