Siddhababa tunnel achieves key breakthroughs. Project completion target set for December

The 1.12 km tunnel aims to improve safety on a hazardous road linking several hill districts to the Tarai.

The first and third cross passages of the Siddhababa Tunnel Project on the Siddhartha Highway have achieved breakthroughs. Construction of two of the three bypass cross passages has been completed along this busy highway, which connects hill districts of Lumbini and Gandaki provinces to Butwal several Tarai districts.