Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 18: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has said that 9.2 km long Chenani-Nashri road tunnel is in final stage and will be thrown open for general public very soon.
According to Hem Raj, Regional Officer, NHAI Jammu- who has been entrusted with the responsibilities for execution of work on Chenani – Nashri Tunnel, the Project is at its advance stage of completion, testing and commissioning. “Our endeavor is to ensure that this tunnel is put to use by the road users at the earliest,” he said in a statement, issued here today.
“As on date, NHAI is in the final phase of installation/ testing/commissioning of various safety equipments/systems inside the tunnel, where the traffic is strictly prohibited,” he added.
While elaborating, the Regional Officer said that passage of traffic through the tunnel at this stage affects the testing works, which have bearings on overall completion of the project as well as safety/security of the road users and the equipments and manpower working inside the tunnel.
“Allowing any single outside vehicle inside the tunnel will lead to an unsafe situation till the safety systems are in place duly tested/certified by the appropriate authorities,” he further said and sought cooperation from the people as well as administrative officials for not forcing upon representatives of Concessionaire through administrative official or political contacts to pass through the tunnel, till the ‘Final testing/ Commissioning of the Project is achieved.
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