Big Push to Connectivity in Arunachal Pradesh, Tawang Tunnel Work to Begin Soon

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will soon lay the foundation stone of Nechiphu tunnel to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. The foundation stone laying was to be done today but has been postponed due to state mourning following the death of Minister of Railways, Suresh Angadi. Angadi died due to COVID. The tunnel is expected to shorten the travel time to Tawang, 448 km northwest of state capital Itanagar and bordering China. The minister will be in inaugurating 43 bridges in seven border states and Union Territories via video conferencing. Of the 43 bridges constructed by the Border Roads Organisation, 10 are in Jammu and Kashmir, eight each in Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh, seven in Ladakh, four each in Punjab and Sikkim, and two in Himachal Pradesh.