The country’s longest eight-lane tunnel on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, Mukundara Hills of Kota will pass through Tiger Reserve

An important part of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway passes through Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve located in Kota district of Rajasthan. A 4.9 km long special tunnel is being built in this region, which is a major achievement towards the country’s infrastructure development in many ways.

On Thursday, the excavation work was completed during the second tube breakthrough ceremony of this tunnel. Earlier on February 28, the first part of the tunnel was broken from Mukundara in the direction of Chechat. Now the two tunnels have joined each other.

Dee Long’s Longest Eight Lane Tunnel

The tunnel will be the country’s first and longest eight -lane tunnel.

• It is estimated to start from 8 November for traffic.
• After Breakthrrow, the tunnel wall was broken with bulldozers and this achievement was celebrated.
• Sandeep Aggarwal, Kota Project Director of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), Sanjay Singh Rathore, project manager of construction company Dilip Buildcon and other officers and employees were present on the occasion.

Tunnel texture and characteristics

• Length: 4.9 km
• Width: Currently 9 meters, which will be increased to 21 meters
• Height: will be increased from 8 meters to 11 meters
• This tunnel is being built up to 500 meters ahead before the border of the tiger reserve, so that the natural habitat of wildlife is not affected.

Modern technology manufacture

• The tunnel is being constructed from the New Austrian Tunnel Method (NATM).
• During the construction, the excavation and construction had to be carried out together due to the raw stone, which slowed down the speed of the work.
• Earlier this tunnel was to be completed by January 2024, but now the target is to complete it by December 2025.
• After this, traffic will be started on this from January 2026.

Major features of tunnel

1. Equivalent route at twelve places: to facilitate exit in emergency.
2. Specific ventilation systems: to maintain air quality inside the tunnel.
3. Advanced Pollution Detector Sensor: To immediately detect poisonous gases.
4. Use of world class automatic technology.
5. Arrangement of 104 jet fans: To ensure adequate oxygen in the tunnel.
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