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5.4 kms long tunnel to replace weak mountainous road enroute Mt Kailash, Adi Kailash

Dehradun Oct 31 (UNI) union Road Transport and Highways ministry will construct a 5.4 kilometres tunnel to negotiate dangerous patch enroute Adi Kailash and Kailash Mansarovar towards Indo-Tibet border between Dharchula and Gunji. This will also help tourists shorten the travelling distance towards Adi Kailash and Mount Kailash by nearly 22 kilometers.
The information was shared by union minister of state for Road Transport and National Highways Ajay Tamta said on Friday as he stated that decision to construct the tunnel was necessitated as the road near Chiyalekh on Adi Kailash track towards Gunji was rendered dangerous and hostile to travel for tourists.
Tamta informed that dangerous and life threatening road near Chiyalekh on the Adi Kailash route will be replaced by a tunnel in order to make journey safer. According to union minister the 5.4-kilometer tunnel will be constructed from Bundi to Gunji bordering Tibet on the way to Adi Kailash.
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