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Bangabandhu Tunnel works going in full swing

Published : Sunday, 1 August, 2021 at 12:00 AM  Count : 670

CHATTOGRAM, July 31: More than 70 percent of the construction works of two tubes of Bangabandhu Tunnel under the river Karnaphuli have been completed despite the countrywide lock down.
Harunur Rashid Chowdhury, Project director of Bangabandhu Tunnel told the Daily Observer that 70 per cent works of the Tunnel have so far been completed.
Boring works of over 1970 metres of 2450 metre long second tube and the slab casting of 1240 metres of the first tube have been completed, he said.
Harunur Rashid said, "The infrastrucrural works of two-lane of the first tube have been going smoothly to make it usable for traffic movement. We hope the boring works of the second tube of the tunnel will be completed in December of the current year.
"If the works move on regularly without any obstacle, the inauguration of the Tunnel will begin from December 2022 next," he added.
Meanwhile, the boring machine had started digging the soil for the first tube from the Patenga end and moved towards to the other end at a depth of about 18-31 metres under the river. The concrete segments had been joined by machines to construct the tunnel structure.
The two tubes comprised of four lanes and each tube measures 35 feet wide and 16 feet high. Bangladesh Bridge Authority is constructing the 3.5 kilometers long country's first-ever four-lane Bangabandhu tunnel under Karnaphuli river with an approach road of 4.89 kilometers alongside 740 meters of bridge linking the main port city with southern regions of Chattogram.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the boring works of the first tube on February 24 in 2019 last.
The tunnel is being built at a cost of Taka 9,880 crore to turn Chattogram into 'One City Two Towns'.
It will minimize the road distance between Chattogram and Cox's Bazar besides easing the traffic on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway leading to other parts of Chattogram division.







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