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Sela Tunnel is a road tunnel at 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) which ensures all-weather connectivity between Guwahati in Assam and Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. This tunnel is the longest bi-lane tunnel in the world at 13,000 feet. Situated 400 metres below the Sela Pass, the Sela Tunnel offers a vital passage, especially during the winter season.
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 ]
"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.
This was the southernmost tunnel in New Zealand. Glenham Branch, 301 m long. Possible public access. The second most southerly tunnel. Spooners Range Tunnel – 1352 m long, on the closed Nelson Section. Accessible by public walkway, this is the longest disused rail tunnel in New Zealand. Kawatiri Tunnel – 185 m long, also on the closed ...
Irrigation (22.5 m 2 cross section) Bolmen Water Tunnel: Kronoberg/Scania, Sweden 82 km (51.0 mi) 1987 Water supply, 8 m 2. Želivka Water Tunnel [44] Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic: 51.1 km (31.8 mi) 1972 Water supply, 5 m 2. Arpa-Sevan Tunnel [45] Armenia (at the time of construction USSR) 48.3 km (30.0 mi) 1981 Water supply
The tunnel was built using the New Austrian tunnelling method and has been equipped with a semi-transverse ventilation system, where large fans separately circulate air throughout the tunnel. A 2.250 m tall and 3.6 m wide emergency tunnel has been integrated into the tunnel cross-section beneath the main carriageway for evacuation during ...
Poonch-Shopian 2-lane highway with paved shoulder and 2-lane tunnel will cost INR4,000 cr. DPR was ready in mid 2022. [82] Tunnel from Chhatapani from the Poonch side to Zaznar from Shopian, "ideally there should be another tunnel that starts from Thanamandi and ends at Buflaiz to make it an all-weather road". [ 83 ]