Karnaphuli Tunnel

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Bangladesh

Bangabandhu Tunnel: PM announces completion of south tube’s civil work

The tunnel under the river is first such project in South Asia, she says

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Corporates

Contract signed between Seven Rings Cement and China Communication Construction Company

The Karnaphuli Tunnel, to be partially opened in October, may trigger severe traffic congestion in Chattogram as the link roads at both ends of the underwater expressway are not yet ready. The photo was taken from the Anwara end of the tunnel recently. Photo: TBS
Transport

Congestion worries as Karnaphuli Tunnel to open with link roads unready

Bangladesh’s maiden underwater expressway tunnel under the Karnaphuli river is expected to open to traffic this December. About 87% of work has already completed and the installation of the road surface is underway in the first tube of the tunnel. PHOTO: Courtesy
Infrastructure

Karnaphuli tunnel: A potential harbinger of growth

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Infrastructure

CDA keen to build another tunnel under Karnaphuli

Some parts of the Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover had been reconstructed (such as the road on the bottom left-hand side, pictured) because of its original faulty design compounded commuters' sufferings rather than easing it. Photo: Mumit M
Panorama

The Karnaphuli tunnel fiasco and the fault in our plans

Fault In Karnaphuli Tunnel Design
Infrastructure

Karnaphuli tunnel was designed but not for traffic flow at ends

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Infrastructure

Karnaphuli tunnel excavation to end before deadline

File photo of the first tube of Karnaphuli tunnel/TBS
Infrastructure

‘Excavation of Karnaphuli tunnel’s 2nd tube to end on Friday’

The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel, the country's first of its kind, is being constructed under the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram. File Photo: TBS
Infrastructure

Karnaphuli tunnel to be operational next year

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Transport

Karnaphuli Tunnel Project makes 'breakthrough' amid Covid-19