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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 ]
Newly opened, Madhya Pradesh's longest tunnel brings Rewa-Sidhi closer by 7 km. Nitin Gadkari said it is the first aqueduct of India. Bansagar canal and road have been built on it. The NH39 tunnel has been built on one of the most difficult terrains at a cost of around Rs 1004 crore. [22] Sela Tunnel: Tunnel: Arunachal Pradesh: Completed Z-Morh ...
"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]
The Kohat Tunnel (Urdu: کوہاٹ سرنگ, Kohat Surang) is a 1.9-kilometre-long (1 + 1 ⁄ 8-mile) highway tunnel under the Khigana Mountains between Kohat District and Dara Adam Khel Tehsil in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The tunnel carries northbound and southbound traffic along N-55 National Highway (Indus Highway) under ...
The tunnel crosses the North Anatolian Fault. The November 12, 1999 Düzce earthquake (MW=7.2) caused substantial damage to the tunnel and viaducts, which were under construction at the time of the earthquake. [2] On September 4, 2005 the excavation of the tunnel in the Istanbul-Ankara direction was finished. The excavation for the tunnel in ...