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Nitin Gadkari inaugurates breakthrough event of Chamba Tunnel under ‘Chardham Pariyojana’
- Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari inaugurated an event of Chamba Tunnel underChardham Pariyojana through video conference.
- Under the project, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has been constructing 250 km of National Highways leading to holy shrine Gangotri and Badrinath.
- BRO achieved this major milestone by digging up a 440 m long Tunnel below the busy Chamba town on Rishikesh-Dharasu road Highway (NH 94).
- BRO is a key stake holder in prestigious Chardham project and breakthrough of this tunnel has been achieved by Team Shivalik.
- Latest Austrian technology has been used in its construction. The tunnel will be through for traffic by October this year, almost three months before its scheduled date of completion.
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- Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSME- Nitin Gadkari
- Constituency- Nagpur, Maharshtra
About Uttarakhand
- Capital– Dehradun (Winter) Gairsain (Summer)
- Governor– Baby Rani Maurya
- Chief Minister– Trivendra Singh
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