The Tamor corridor, under construction in Taplejung, is to connect China and India. Construction of the corridor, one of the national pride projects, is expected to complete by mid-March.
As of now, work to open the final track of the corridor is going on in full swing. After the completion of the construction of the track of three kilometres, the corridor will be connecting Olangchunggola of Nepal which shares its border with Tibet of China.
The corridor reaching to Olangchunggola will also connect the Tiptala-Olangchunggola road constructed by the locals with the Tamor corridor. Furthermore, the connection of the track from China to Tiptala, the northern border point of Nepal, would connect China with India.
Rajiv Lamichhane, a representative of Elite Construction Company, said, “The construction of the track for the corridor is underway. We have already reached the Olangchunggola area in Phaktanglung Rural Municipality-7 of the district.”
Lamichhane informed that the construction works were being done with an aim to finish all the works by mid-March, 2022.
A 34-kilometre-long track from Tiptala border point to Gairipati via Olangchunggola was constructed two years ago. With the budget accumulated with the efforts of the locals of Olangchunggola, the construction was done by a Tibetan construction company.
Meanwhile, tracks have already opened from Chatara of Sunsari up to Sukepani of Olangchunggola via Mulghat, Terhathum and Panchthar under Tamor Corridor.
Madhav Poudel, information officer at the North-South (Mulghat-Dobhan-Olanchungola) Road Project, said that the distance from Sukepani to Gairipati was three kilometres.
According to Poudel, the corridor would now connect Jogbani of India with Tiptala via Biratnagar-Itahari-Dharan-Chatara. Currently, a 60-kilometre road from Jogbani up to Chatara is in operation, he informed.
Olangchunggola is 230 kilometres far from Chatara while Tiptala is 24 kilometres from Olangchunggola.
“A total of 314-kilometre Tamor Corridor project will be connecting India and China directly,” informed the North-South Road Project, Taplejung.
The construction of the Tamor Corridor had begun 13 years ago in 2008. The corridor was declared as the project of national pride in 2010.
Source : TRN,
