Well we have introduced ourselves to Rohtang tunnel in the previous blog. Now we will discuss the history of the "Project Rohtang Tunnel".
In 1980's Indira Gandhi was on a visit to Lahaul Spiti. She addressed the problems faced by the people of Lahaul and Spiti during winters. Well, all of us know that Lahaul and spiti gets isolated from us during winters. Immediately, Indira Gandhi went to Delhi and she discussed the issue with the members of her party.
Finally, it was decided to excavate an all weather tunnel through the mountains of District Kullu and Lahaul-Spiti.
The Government of India handed over the responsibility to Ministry of Defence. Ministry of Defence handed over the task to BORDER ROADS ORGANISATION which is a specialized agency of Defence ministry for the construction of roads.
The site investigation was carried out between 1985 to 1988 and in the year of 1998, Atal Vihari Vajpeyi allotted the budget to the tunnel. Investigations and surveys were carried out further. The road from solang to dhundi (Where south portal is located) was constructed by BRO. Finally tenders were invited and the contract was awarded to AFCONS (an indian construction company) working jointly with STRABAG AG (An Austrian Construction company).
The work commenced on 5th November 2009. Initially, the overall budget of the project was 1458 crores but some geological faults doubled the cost of the project.
Moreover, these faults extended the date of completion of the project by 3 years.
Most likely, the tunnel will be open for traffic in 2019.
In 1980's Indira Gandhi was on a visit to Lahaul Spiti. She addressed the problems faced by the people of Lahaul and Spiti during winters. Well, all of us know that Lahaul and spiti gets isolated from us during winters. Immediately, Indira Gandhi went to Delhi and she discussed the issue with the members of her party.
Finally, it was decided to excavate an all weather tunnel through the mountains of District Kullu and Lahaul-Spiti.
The Government of India handed over the responsibility to Ministry of Defence. Ministry of Defence handed over the task to BORDER ROADS ORGANISATION which is a specialized agency of Defence ministry for the construction of roads.
The site investigation was carried out between 1985 to 1988 and in the year of 1998, Atal Vihari Vajpeyi allotted the budget to the tunnel. Investigations and surveys were carried out further. The road from solang to dhundi (Where south portal is located) was constructed by BRO. Finally tenders were invited and the contract was awarded to AFCONS (an indian construction company) working jointly with STRABAG AG (An Austrian Construction company).
The work commenced on 5th November 2009. Initially, the overall budget of the project was 1458 crores but some geological faults doubled the cost of the project.
Moreover, these faults extended the date of completion of the project by 3 years.
Most likely, the tunnel will be open for traffic in 2019.
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