Under the Siddharth highway, the Siddhababa Surungmarg tunnel located in Palpa's Tinau rural municipality-3 Dobhan is preparing to break through within a month. According to the Siddhababa Tunnel Project, the first and third bypass (cross passage) have been 'break through' and only 165 meters of the main tunnel work is left.

According to the project office, 961 meters of north and south tunnels have been dug by Wednesday.

Project office head Krishnaraj Adhikari said that two of the three bypass tunnels have broken through and are busy with the main tunnel work. According to him, the first 151 meter long tunnel and the 130 meter long third bypass tunnel have been dug up to the main tunnel.

He said that the work of the second bypass is now only 11 meters. 150 meters of the second tunnel has been excavated. Along with the main tunnel, the second bypass tunnel will also break through, the chief official said. 

The third bypass was dug on August 26 and the first bypass along with the main tunnel on October 4. The first bypass is towards Upper Siddhababa Temple and the third bypass is towards Dobhan Dam side. The second bypass is taking time to break through as it does not reach the main tunnel part and is quite long. Excavation continues with daily blasting from both sides of the main tunnel. 

Now the physical progress of the tunnel is 33.59 percent and the financial progress is 32.2 percent. Financial progress is also a pesky taken by the construction company at the beginning. "The work of the main tunnel is being done to break through within a month," said the chief project officer, "For that purpose, machinery has been used accordingly and facilities have been made for blasting as required." 

The chief officer of the project said that there is enough explosive material and the construction company has also assigned about 150 workers to the construction site as per the requirement. The design of the 'lining' inside the tunnel as well as the concreting work has been finalized and the work has progressed.

According to the project, the work to be done by digging tunnels for safety, as well as widening the road, has already started. As the project is working inside, the outside work has not been done. Work is being done to prevent landslides in the mountains outside the tunnel.

"The work of rock seed and road design will also be carried forward," he said, "the design for that has also been finalized." Along with the work of the lining inside the tunnel, there will be work outside. 

A thousand 495 square meter work has been done in the south of the Siddhababa region using the 'rock seed' technique to build up the outer hills. The work of 495 square meters of 'protection' has progressed towards the north. China State Construction Engineering Corporation has won the contract for 7 billion 34 million 21 million, the work of rock seed, rock fall barrier and slope protection will be done in the outer section of this tunnel. 

Chidiakhola-Dobhan road of Siddharth highway Tinau Rural Municipality-3, Siddhababa road section of Dobhan area, after frequent landslides and accidents, the plan of constructing a tunnel was advanced as an alternative. A four kilometer area of ​​this section falls within the high landslide zone. According to the

plan, road improvement work will also be started on 910 meters from Chidiakhola towards Butwal and 560 meters towards Palpa. Through the highway, the tunnel will pass from the Terai to the hilly districts of Palpa, Gulmi, Syangja, Baglung, Parbat, Lumbini and Gandaki. It is believed that the movement will be smooth and safe.