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Sela pass is located at 4,200 m [1] but the two tunnels are located at the height of 3,000 m (10,000 feet). The tunnel cuts through Sela-Chabrela ridge. A new greenfield road 12.37 km long from the tunnel will meet the existing Balipara-Chaudur-Tawang road on the Nurarang side and the hairpin bends to the Sela Pass will be avoided.
Vartak, also known as Project VARTAK is a project of the Border Roads Organisation under the Ministry of Defence of India. [5] It was formed on 7 May 1960 as a provision of the 2nd Border Roads Development Board Meeting with the then Prime Minister of India Jawahar Lal Nehru as Project Tusker, which was later renamed Project Vartak in 1963. [6]
Sela Tunnel, Government of India announced the funding for construction of all weather road transport tunnel in 2018-19 budget. [9] Construction started in January 2019. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The plan includes two tunnels (980 metres and 1,555 metres long) and a link road (1,200 metres long). [ 11 ]
He said the tunnel project began late last year as a way to connect the synagogue with “the whole empty space” behind it. Chabad leaders declined to say when they discovered the underground ...
New Guanjiao Tunnel: Qinghai, China 32,645 m (20.285 mi) 2014 [22] Longest tunnel on the upgraded dual-track Xining–Golmud section of Qinghai–Tibet Railway, longest railway tunnel in China until 2016, 3323.58–3380.97 meters above sea level Metro Meijo Line – Meikō Line: Nagoya Municipal Subway, Japan 32,400 m (20.132 mi) 1965–2004 Metro
Artemisio Tunnel (road), double tunnel, under Mount Artemision, 1.40 km 76 tunnels of the A2 motorway (Egnatia Odos), most notably in parts of Epirus and Western Macedonia , combined length of 99 km, the longest of which are Driskos Tunnel 4.6 km, Metsovo Tunnel 3.5 km, Dodoni Tunnel 3.6 km, Kastania Tunnel 2.2 km, Anilio Tunnel 2.1 km
"Nafra-Seppa-Pappu-Pasa-Pakke Valleys-Sangdupota-New Sagalee-Ziro-Yomcha Tourist Circuit" along the Trans-Arunachal Highway at the cost of ₹97.14 crores: The "helipad, wayside amenities, trekking trails, rafting centre, log huts, craft bazaar, eco park, tourist facilitation centres, parking, multipurpose Hall, festival ground etc." were built.
The new route via the tunnel brings down the total distance travelled to 71 km (44.1 mi) which can be covered in about 2 hours, a reduction of around 3 to 4 hours when compared to the earlier route. Moreover, the tunnel bypasses most of the sites that were prone to road blockades, avalanches, and traffic snarls. [4] [5]