Record set in Rishikesh-Karnaprayag rail project, 25 km tunnel completed in 5 months

Rishikesh, Ta. Monday 27 June 2022

Every day new dimensions are being set in the work of Rishikesh-Karnaprayag rail project involved in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream project. This time in the work of Karnaprayag Rail Project, the working bodies of the Railway Development Corporation have achieved new success by completing the work of 25 km tunneling in different phases within five months.

In addition, a total of 50 km of tunneling has been completed so far in the project. The information was revealed by the Railway Ministry on its Twitter handle late on Saturday night. Following this tweet from the Railway Ministry, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also liked and shared this tweet.

The Rishikesh-Karnaprayag rail project is the most challenging railway project of Indian Railways. The 125 km long project will pass through 105 km of rail line tunnels. A total of 17 tunnels are being constructed on the project. The project will build seven edit tunnels to reach the long tunnel, which is about four kilometers long. An escape channel of the same length will also be constructed parallel to the tunnel longer than six kilometers, with a total length of 98 kilometers.

Cross passages are being constructed at a distance of 375 meters to connect the main tunnel and the escape channel. The total length of this cross passage is about five kilometers. Construction of all these types of tunnels is currently underway.

On Saturday night, the Railway Ministry issued a tweet saying that a total of 50 km of tunnels have been completed so far on the Karnaprayag rail project. The construction of this 50 km tunnel includes not only the main tunnel, but also the adjoining edit tunnel, cross tunnel and parallel tunnel.

A special tweet from the ministry said that the construction of the project has accelerated in five months to a record 25 km in this period. This speed can be said to be very fast in the work of tunneling.