Army planning to make a tunnel under Brahmaputra river-Assam CM

Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the Indian Army has planned to construct a tunnel similar to the Atal Tunnel under the Brahmaputra river in Assam. The proposed tunnel would be located upstream of the Brahmaputra river from Misa to Tezpur. Its length is expected to be 12-15 kilometres in length. Himanta Biswa Sarma  on Wednesday said in the Assam Assembly that China has five different roads to move towards the international border of Arunachal Pradesh, but India has only one road via Bomdila.

“A few days back I went to Arunachal Pradesh along with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The Indian Army has planned to construct one more road connecting the Arunachal Pradesh-China border. Based on my discussion I want to say that, the Indian Army has now planned to construct a tunnel under the Brahmaputra river from Misa to Tezpur, so that, the movement of Army vehicles would not be stopped in any situation,” Sarma said. The tunnel would be constructed like the Atal Tunnel’ with a cost of around Rs 4,000-5,000 crore. his is a priority project of the Indian Army. If we get the tunnel construction's engineering plan, then we will also construct two more tunnels,” Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

The CM also said that the Assam government would take some big projects of road connectivity in the state in the coming days, including an elevated corridor in Kaziranga, a bridge over the Brahmaputra river connecting Palasbari and Sualkuchi and an elevated corridor connecting the Barak valley. Sarma urged the MLAs to cooperate with the state government for all round development in the state.