Strategic Infrastructure Boost: BRO To Construct Six-Kilometre Tunnel En Route To India-China Border In Uttarakhand

A six-kilometre-long tunnel will be built between Bundi and Garbiyang on the Ghatiabagar-Lipulekh road in Uttarakhand to improve access to the Lipulekh Pass on the India-China border, according to a senior Border Roads Organisation (BRO) official.

ATINOK India Consultants received the contract for the tunnel survey and has begun working on it. The final proposal will be submitted within a year, according to Project Hirak's Chief Engineer Vimal Goswami.

Goswami stated that the BRO has maintained the Bundi to Garbiyang border road as a single lane due to the proposed tunnel, while the remaining portion will become a double lane.

BRO is currently double-laning and black-topping the border road, as confirmed by an official who stated it was commissioned last year. Double-laning work is almost finished, he added.