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Nechiphu Tunnel In Arunachal Pradesh. (Souce: ANI & PTI)

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Border Road Organisation (BRO) Project Vartak Chief Engineer Brig Harish Kumar presses the switch for the final break through blast to mark the successful completion of excavation work of the Nechiphu Tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday. (Source: PTI)
Border Road Organisation (BRO) Project Vartak Chief Engineer Brig Harish Kumar presses the switch for the final break through blast to mark the successful completion of excavation work of the Nechiphu Tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday. (Source: PTI)
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Border Road Organisation (BRO) today conducted a final “breakthrough blast” to mark the successful completion of excavation work of the Nechiphu Tunnel, in Arunachal Pradesh. Director-General BRO Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry conducted it remotely from New Delhi.(Source: PTI)
Border Road Organisation (BRO) today conducted a final “breakthrough blast” to mark the successful completion of excavation work of the Nechiphu Tunnel, in Arunachal Pradesh. Director-General BRO Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry conducted it remotely from New Delhi.(Source: PTI)
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The two upcoming tunnels are part of an effort to swiftly move soldiers and weaponry along Line of Actual Control (LAC). A pair of tunnels through the Sela, a 13,700-foot-high Himalayan mountain, are slated to open this summer. The Nechiphu has also been accelerated in order to be completed before winter.(Source: PTI)
The two upcoming tunnels are part of an effort to swiftly move soldiers and weaponry along Line of Actual Control (LAC). A pair of tunnels through the Sela, a 13,700-foot-high Himalayan mountain, are slated to open this summer. The Nechiphu has also been accelerated in order to be completed before winter.(Source: PTI)
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The tunnel will accommodate two-way traffic & will be equipped with modern lighting & safety facilities. (Source: PTI)
The tunnel will accommodate two-way traffic & will be equipped with modern lighting & safety facilities. (Source: PTI)
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The Rs 700-crore Sela project would give year-round connectivity and reduce travel time by 90 minutes. The BRO is constructing a new route with a total length of 12.04 km and two tunnels of 1,790m and 475m.(Source: ANI)
The Rs 700-crore Sela project would give year-round connectivity and reduce travel time by 90 minutes. The BRO is constructing a new route with a total length of 12.04 km and two tunnels of 1,790m and 475m.(Source: ANI)
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Nechiphu Tunnel, at an altitude of 5,700 ft, is a unique 500 m-long 'D-shaped, single tube double lane tunnel' on Balipara-Charduar-Tawang Road in West Kameng Dist. (Source: ANI)
Nechiphu Tunnel, at an altitude of 5,700 ft, is a unique 500 m-long 'D-shaped, single tube double lane tunnel' on Balipara-Charduar-Tawang Road in West Kameng Dist. (Source: ANI)
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The tunnels are being built along the 329-kilometer Tezpur-Tenga-BomdiLa-Tawang road, which goes to the LAC in a sensitive area of Arunachal Pradesh's West Kameng district.(Source: ANI)
The tunnels are being built along the 329-kilometer Tezpur-Tenga-BomdiLa-Tawang road, which goes to the LAC in a sensitive area of Arunachal Pradesh's West Kameng district.(Source: ANI)

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