Border Roads Organisation (BRO) conducted final break through blast to mark the completion of excavation work of the Nechiphu Tunnel, in Arunachal Pradesh.
The foundation stone of project was laid by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 12 October 2020.
The Nechiphu Tunnel, at an altitude of 5,700 ft, is a 500 mt long D-shaped, single tube double-lane tunnel on the Balipara-Charduar-Tawang (BCT) Road in West Kameng district.
The tunnel will accommodate two-way traffic and will be equipped with modern lighting and safety facilities.
The tunnel will be provided with a state-of-the-art electro-mechanical system including firefighting devices, auto illumination system and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) controlled monitoring systems.
It will also accommodate raised footpaths on both sides for safer pedestrian movement which will have ducts for power cables, optical fibre cables and utility lines to strengthen the civic amenities infrastructure.
The Project Vartak of BRO has also completed the excavation work on another strategic tunnel, the twin tube (1,555 mtr and 980 mtr) Sela Tunnel Project on the same road, on 22 January 2022.