Tunnel boring machine launched for Nepal's irrigation-cum-hydropower tunnel construction

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Tunnel boring machine launched for Nepal's irrigation-cum-hydropower tunnel construction

STORY: Tunnel boring machine launched for Nepal's irrigation-cum-hydropower tunnel construction DATELINE: Oct. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the construction site STORYLINE: A double-shield tunnel boring machine (TBM) was put into operation on Friday, marking a new phase for the construction of a 13.3-km-long tunnel under Nepal's Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project. Pampha Bhusal, Nepal's minister for energy, water resources and irrigation, inaugurated the TBM operation together with the project manager. Listed by the Nepali government as a national pride project, the project is aimed at diverting water from the Sunkoshi River to the Marin River through the tunnel to irrigate 122,000 hectares of farmland in the districts of Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sarlahi, Rauthat and Bara in the Terai Plains. In addition, a power house will be built to generate 28.62 megawatts of electricity to alleviate the shortage of power supply in the area. The proj

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