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Border Roads Organization(BRO) has conducted the final blast for the 980-meter-long Sela Tunnel (Tunnel 1). This marks the culmination of the excavation works on the complete Sela Tunnel Project.
What is the Sela Tunnel Project?
Sela Tunnel Project is located in the West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh.
The tunnel is a part of the Balipara-Chariduar-Tawang(BCT) road, one of the key strategic projects near the Chinese border.
The project comprises two tunnels: a) Tunnel 1 which is a 980 m long single tube tunnel and b) Tunnel 2, which is a 1555 m long twin-tube tunnel. Tunnel 2 has one bi-lane tube for traffic and one escape tube for emergencies.
The project also includes the construction of an approach road of seven kilometres to Tunnel 1, which takes off from BCT Road and a link road of 1.3 kilometres, which connects Tunnel 1 to Tunnel 2.
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What is the significance of the Sela Tunnel Project?
Once completed, the tunnel will be the longest twin-lane tunnel above 13,000 feet in the world and will provide all-weather connectivity to Tawang.
Moreover, the project will also allow faster deployment of weapons and soldiers to forward areas in the Tawang sector.
Source: This post is based on the article ‘BRO conducts final blast concluding all excavation on Sela Tunnel Project’ published in PIB on 23rdJanuary 2022.
