Second Lendanda tunnel achieves breakthrough

KATHMANDU: One of the two tunnels of the Kathmandu-Tarai/Madhesh Expressway at Lendanda of Makwanapur achieved a breakthrough on Thursday.

Chief of Army Staff Prabhuram Sharma virtually observed the final few meters of excavation on the 1,612-meter tunnel in Package No. 2 of the expressway project in Bakaiya and Gadhi rural municipalities, according to a statement issued by the Nepal Army.

Nepal Army is the executive agency of this national pride project.

Another 1,633-meter tunnel, which runs parallel to this tunnel, achieved a breakthrough last month.

On the occasion, CoAS Sharma thanked all agencies and individuals involved in the national pride project.