Chamba Tunnel under Chardham Pariyojana

Road Transport & Highways Ministry inaugurated the Chamba Tunnel in Uttarakhand under Chardham Pariyojana through video conference mode on 26 May 2020. The tunnel was constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The major milestone was achieved by BRO by digging up a 440 m long Tunnel below the busy Chamba town on Rishikesh-Dharasu road Highway (NH 94), Uttarakhand.

The tunnel will ease out congestion through the Chamba town and reduce the distance by one kilometer. The journey through the town will take only 10 minutes as compared to 30 minutes earlier.

The project was completed ahead of the deadline, which was earlier set as October 2020.

BRO began the work on the North Portal of this tunnel in January 2019.

The tunnel is a Horseshoe type tunnel with a 10 metre carriageway width and 5.5 metre vertical clearance.