South Asia's first 'Churiyamai Tunnel' is being opened to the public from Monday after 8 months of reconstruction work. The tunnel route located in Hetauda sub-metropolitan city-15 along with Churiamai temple is being renovated and handed over for operation by the state government on Monday.

After this, the sub-metropolitan municipality has announced that the organized Churiamai tunnel will be opened for observation.

The municipality has made a procedure for operating the tunnel. 50 rupees per person for Nepalis who come to see the tunnel in this procedure,  Rs 120 per person for foreigners, children under 5 years, disabled and  Free for senior citizens, Rs 20 entry fee for students. 

The renovation work of the tunnel was completed last May with the investment of the Wagmati state government . Meenakumari Lama, mayor of Hetauda sub-metropolitan city, said that the tunnel could not be opened to the general public due to the delay in the transfer process.

He said, "After the handover, 'Churiyamai Tunnel' will be opened for observation." After being transferred to the sub-metropolitan municipality, the municipality has made a procedure that can be transferred to the relevant committee for operation.

If you can open the historical tunnel  Prem Bhomjan, Chairman of Churiamai Conservation Committee, said that domestic and foreign tourists come for observation. He said, "Now they see from the outside, the door is closed on both sides."

The tunnel was built in 1917 during the time of the then Rana Prime Minister Chandra Shamsher  . The middle part of the country's historic tunnel was in a very dangerous condition due to flooding. The state government has given high priority to the rehabilitation of the tunnel route, which is about 225 meters long.

Puskarraj Pokharel, Director of Wagmati Province Transport Infrastructure Directorate, said that the 'Churiyamai Tunnel' route built under the leadership of Nepal's first graduate engineer Dillijung Thapa has been renovated. Electric light has been installed inside the tunnel. Both of the tunnels  The entrance door has been closed for 8 months . 

Next to the tunnel that was built one hundred and seven years ago, a half-sized statue of the designer of the tunnel, Engineer Thapa, has been built. Engineer Thapa also designed the road from Amlekhganj to Bhimphedi.

The tunnel is 700 meters long, 9 feet wide and 10 feet high and was built in the shape of a cargo vehicle 'Lahari'. Over a decade  Small light vehicles moved through the tunnel. After the construction of Pathalaiya-Hetauda road, this tunnel was not in use.

This tunnel was constructed during the construction of the road connecting Amlekhganj of Bara with Bhimfedi, the old headquarters of Makwanpur.