Although 1126 meters are said to be dug, the main tunnel will be connected at 1089 meters
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The 'break through ceremony' of the Siddhababa Tunnel, scheduled for January 8th, will be held on January 11th. Earlier, it was said that the 'break through ceremony' would be held on January 2. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's schedule has been arranged on January 11th for the 'break through ceremony' program.
Krishnaraj Adhikari, head of the Siddhababa tunnel project, said that since 'break through' is celebrated as a ceremony in the field of tunnel digging or large construction, a special program has been organized. According to him, information has been received from the Prime Minister's Secretariat that the time has been fixed on January 11th. He said that preparations are being made accordingly. Palpa Chief District Officer Toynarayan Subedi said that he had received information from the Prime Minister's Secretariat that the program scheduled for January 8 will be held on January 11. "First, it was planned to hold the program on the 8th of January," he said.
Under Siddharth highway, only 1.5 meters of the under-construction tunnel is left to be dug in Palpa's Tinau rural municipality-3, Dobhan Siddhababa. Out of the eleven hundred and twenty-six meter tunnel, the part to be dug is only one thousand and eighty nine meters. Out of which, 1,87.5 meters of tunnel has been dug, leaving 1.5 meters for 'break through'.
608 meters south and 479.5 meters north have been dug. A one and a half meter section will be blasted on the day of the break through ceremony. Three bypass tunnels have already been connected to the main tunnel. Bypass has one 151, two 161 and three 130 meter tunnels. On the same day, there is a program to lay the foundation stone of Butwal-Gorusinge road by Prime Minister Oli.
After breaking through the main tunnel, the work of lining the floor and walls of the tunnel will be accelerated. After determining the area where the vehicle can move, the work of paving slope has been progressed. After that, the work of electrification, ventilation, drains etc. will be speeded up, said Savita Gyawali, information officer of the project. She said that the physical progress of the tunnel was 39.49 percent and the financial progress was 39.9 percent.
In the Siddhababa area, 1,495 square meters of work has been done in the south using the 'rock seed' technique to prevent landslides on the current road. The work of 495 square meters of 'protection' has progressed towards the north. Rock seed, rock fall barrier and slope protection work will be done on the current road. China State Construction Engineering Corporation has taken the contract for the tunnel for 7 billion 34 million 21 million rupees. Engineering, 'Procurement and Construction (EPC) model contract has been done.
