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| Work on rohtang tunnel to begin next year | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu|Sep 25
Work on the ambitious Rohtang tunnel will commence next financial year beginning April 2008. Disclosing this on a visit to the proposed tunnel site in Manali the Minister of State for Defence Shri MM Pallam Raju said that the project costing over 1,300 crores would be completed by 2013, a year in advance.
Eight joint venture firms, in partnership with a foreign company, have been short listed for the project added Lieutenant General KS Rao, Director-General Border Roads (DGBR). The tenders are under scrutiny with the Defence Ministry and a decision would be taken soon, Shri Raju said. The tunnel, which would be the highest in the world, will make the strategic Manali-Leh highway an all-weather road. It would also reduce the journey between Manali and Sarchu by nearly 50 kms. Presently, road link with Ladakh region remains cut off from the rest of the country for over six months between November and April.
General Rao said the Rohtang tunnel would be wide enough to meet the future needs and even container-trawlers would be able to drive through it. Brigadier JK Narang, Chief Engineer, Project Deepak, gave a detailed presentation to the minister on the occasion, said a PIB (Defence Wing) release.
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