Chinese company digs record-breaking 1,500 meters of tunnel in a month in Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Project
KATHMANDU, March 27 -- The Chinese Company has dug more than 1,500 meters of tunnel under the Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Project in a month.
Chen Song, the Chinese ambassador to Nepal, said that China Overseas Engineering Group Company Limited (COVEC) has dug 1,503.3 meters of Sunkoshi Marin tunnel in a month. Song also mentioned that COVEC set two new world records in Nepal.
Mitra Baral, head of the Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Project, said that 12.3 km tunnel digging work has been completed so far under the project.
According to Baral, out of the total length of the 13.3 km tunnel, only 1 km tunnel is left to be dug. According to him, the work can be done without any hindrance and the tunnel will break through in May.
According to Baral,...
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