Itanagar, Mar 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the strategically crucial Sela tunnel, which is the world’s longest bi-lane tunnel located at 13,000 feet in Arunachal Pradesh.
The tunnel was constructed at a cost of Rs 825 crore by Border Roads Organisation (BRO).
Dedicating the tunnel to the nation, the PM urged the people to visit it and help boost trade and tourism in the region.
The PM lauded the efforts of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in providing last mile connectivity to the border region and for constructing an engineering marvel in such difficult terrain under extremely trying conditions.
“The Sela Tunnel should have been built earlier, but the previous Congress government did not take any such step,” said the PM, who also flagged off the first civilian convoy consisting of two buses from Tawang.
Notably, the Sela Tunnel System consists of two tunnels of lengths 1,003 metre and 1,595 metre respectively with an 8.6 km approach and link roads constructed at a cost of Rs 825 crore.
The Sela Tunnel will not only facilitate smoother movement of troops and supplies and reinforce defence capabilities in the region, it will also herald a new era of economic prosperity for the Tawang region, fostering trade, tourism, employment, education and overall development.
Apart from the Sela Tunnel, the PM virtually inaugurated from Itanagar 123 key developmental projects and laid the foundation of 95 new projects worth Rs 55,600 crore in six northeastern states.
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