Access Road to Chilime Hydropower Project Tunnel Completed
Summary
The access road to the tunnel of the Chilime Hydropower Project has been completed after three and a half days of continuous work in Rasuwa. Heavy equipment and materials can now be transported to the site after flood damage and difficult rock blasting were overcome.
Key Points
- A 1,050-meter access road to the Chilime Hydropower Project tunnel was completed from Syaprubesi in Rasuwa.
- The road construction followed flood damage in BhoteKoshi on August 26 and was carried out with coordination from the Nepali Army and related bodies.
- Controlled blasting was used nine times to break hard rock and open the remaining 500-meter stretch.
- Heavy equipment has already been moved to the site, and tunnel breakthrough is expected soon.
