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INFRASTRUCTURE

Sela Tunnel –

An Engineering

marvel at 13700 feet

Inaugurated by Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March 2024, Arunachal
Pradesh’s Sela Tunnel is the world’s largest bi-lane tunnel. It will usher in a new era
of economic prosperity for the Tawang region, fostering trade, tourism, employment
and overall development.
C onstructed at an the hinterland up to Tezpur. It Sela and Nichephu tunnels and

altitude of 13000
bypasses the treacherous Sela
Bomdila bypass.
feet on the Balipara-
Pass at an altitude of 13700
The tunnel has been designed
Charduar-Tawang
feet. The road had numerous
for a traffic density of 3000 cars
connecting
road
Bomdila town and the namesake
Tezpur to Tawang
max speed of 80km/hr. It will
Pass, which have been addressed
in Arunachal Pradesh, Sela bottlenecks like Nichephu, and 2000 trucks per day with a
Tunnel is the highest in the by Border Roads Organisation ensure all-weather connectivity
country providing access to (BRO) by the construction of the to Tawang and forward areas. It
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