<span style="color: #222222;">Border Roads Organisation today conducted final break through blast to mark the successful completion of excavation work of the Nechiphu Tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh. Director General of BRO Lt. General Rajeev Chaudhry conducted it remotely from New Delhi.<br />''<br />'' The Nechiphu Tunnel, at an altitude of five thousand 700 feet, is a unique 500-metre-long D-shaped, Single Tube Double Lane Tunnel on the Balipara-Charduar-Tawang road in West Kameng District. The tunnel will accommodate two-way traffic and will be equipped with modern lighting and safety facilities. It has been conceived to bypass extreme foggy conditions prevailing around Nechiphu Pass which have caused hindrance to general traffic and military convoys since many decades. <br />''<br />''The tunnel will be provided with a state-of-the-art electro-mechanical system including firefighting devices, auto illumination system and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition controlled monitoring systems. It will also accommodate raised footpaths on both sides for safer pedestrian movement which will have ducts for power cables, optical fibre cables and utility lines to strengthen the civic amenities infrastructure. The foundation stone of the project was laid by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in October 2020.<br />''<br />''In tandem with the Nechiphu Tunnel project, the Project Vartak of BRO has also completed the excavation work on another strategic tunnel, the Twin Tube Sela Tunnel Project on the same road in January this year. Today's blast thus, marks the cumulative excavation of more than four thousand 500 metres, achieved by BRO in less than two years. Once in service, the Nechiphu Tunnel along with the Sela Tunnel will provide safe, all weather strategic connectivity on the Balipara-Charduar-Tawang Road while reducing the carbon footprint in this eco-sensitive area.</span><br />