Progress and prosperity of a nation is no longer conceivable without efficient infrastructural facilities like water supply, sewerage, roads, communication and power. To reap the benefits of structural changes in the Indian economy, an urgent need to improve infrastructural facilities has been felt throughout the country. The arrival of the 21st century will auger well only if better technologies are adopted and developed and the common man is least inconvenienced. In India laying of any underground utility is currently being carried out by open trenching methods with their associated levels of disturbance to the populace in urban areas. The main factors responsible for the continued use of traditional techniques are the low cost involved with the present method, lack of awareness of better techniques like trenchless technology, apprehension about suitability of new systems to Indian conditions and the resistance to change. Besides causing lot of inconvenience, the open trenching also causes environmental problems.

In India in general and in all the four major metro cities in particular, the amenities provided in terms of sanitation, transportation, potable water and sewage disposal are quite old and are unable to cater to the burgeoning population. Adoption of open trenching in populous areas would further aggravate the problems -  a situation which is no different in other state capitals and big cities. The most urgent need is therefore to have a technology whereby sanitation, communications, transport, water supply and sewage disposal can be provided/augmented, rehabilitated and renovated with least inconvenience and in reasonable time. Trenchless technology for laying underground utilities therefore is the automatic choice to tackle the existing problems and keep pace with the required development of infrastructure.

In a national seminar on trenchless technology covering microtunnelling, held in December' 93 under the auspices of Government of India in collaboration with the World Bank, the need to promote this technology was encouraged.

Although trenchless technology may not be very new in India, its widespread adoption is imminent and is on the threshold of major growth due to a combination of factors such as urbanisation, industrialisation and environmental consciousness.

The Indian enconomy has been liberalised and there is explosive growth in every aspect of the industry. The industries having special relevance to this project are the Telecom, Gas & Power sector which have to go at the fastest rate in order to meet the growing demand for telephone lines, gas house connections, power cable laying & also advance services like the ISDN, Internet, Leased Data Circuits etc. It is not enough to lay cables for the new telephone lines but also the replace old copper & metal wires to High Speed Digital Optic Fibre cables to meet the present & future demand for Telecom services.