Trapped in an air pocket beneath the wreckage of a hydropower tunnel, two workers endured nine days of darkness, mud and dwindling hope before rescuers heard a faint sound from underground. A deli...
Kathmandu. Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha said that the rescue team is trying to reach the tunnel by this evening to rescue the workers, employees, and locals...
Kathmandu, August 29 An 11-member specialist technical team from India has been deployed to assist in the rescue operation at a tunnel following the recent floods, while Nepal expects a specialise...
NEW DELHI, Aug 14: At least seven workers were killed and 13 injured following a landslide that sent water and debris gushing into a tunnel under construction in north India, officials said Friday.
Nepal’s political history is long. Its road history is short. Completed in 1917, the Amlekhgunj-Bhimphedi Road is the first motorable road and the 500-metre-long Churiyamai Tunnel is the first road...
Kathmandu, July 27: The Nagdhunga-Sisnekhola Tunnel has been formally inaugurated today. Minister for Infrastructure Development Sunil Lamsal, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal Toru Maeda and President ...
2nd July 2026, Kathmandu Nepal is on the verge of a historic infrastructure milestone. The country’s first modern commercial road tunnel, the Nagdhunga-Sisnekhola Tunnel Road, is in its final phas...
About 900 people were initially reported unaccounted for at affected projects, but the army says only around 121 are believed to be inside tunnels. Around 121 people are believed to be trapped ins...
Kathmandu. The Nagdhunga–Sisnekhola tunnel has been opened for private vehicles as well. According to the Department of Roads, private vehicles with a capacity of up to 9 passengers have been allow...
Kathmandu, August 24: The Nagdhunga Tunnel Road has been partially opened to the public from Monday, with small four-wheeled vehicles now allowed to use the tunnel. The tunnel had previously been...
The trial operation of the Nagdhunga–Sisnekhola Tunnel marks more than the opening of a new motorway. It signals the start of Nepal's tunnel era and a shift in how the country should think about tr...
Stretching from Nagdhunga in Kathmandu to Sisnekhola in Dhading, Nagdhunga Surungmarga (Nagdhunga Tunnel Road), the first tunnel road of its kind, is expected to ease traffic congestion, reduce tra...
The trial operation began on Monday, allowing cars, jeeps, and vans to use the tunnel from 9 am to 6 pm. Private vehicles can now use the Nagdhunga tunnel, allowing more commuters to travel betwee...
Kathmandu. One month after its inauguration, the Naagdhunga tunnel was opened for private vehicles from Monday. According to Deputy Chief of Naagdhunga Tunnel Security Unit Kabiraj Shrestha, privat...
Butwal, August 19 A landslide in the Siddhababa tunnel area of Tinau Rural Municipality-3, Palpa, has completely blocked the Siddhartha Highway. On Wednesday morning, the road was blocked when a l...
KATHMANDU, July 28: Nepal’s first modern road tunnel, the Nagdhunga–Sisnekhola Tunnel, came into operation on Monday, but ordinary commuters will have to wait before they can use it.
Kathmandu, July 27: The Nagdhunga-Sisnekhola Tunnel has been formally inaugurated today. Minister for Infrastructure Development Sunil Lamsal, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal Toru Maeda and President ...
Nepal’s first tunnelway is expected to open by mid-July after years of delays, introducing electronic toll collection and cutting travel time. Construction of the Nagdhunga-Sisnekhola tunnel, Nepa...
Kathmandu. Infrastructure Development Committee Chairman Ashish Gajurel has expressed dissatisfaction that the Nagdhunga–Sisnekhola tunnel has not come into full operation even after its inaugurati...
Kathmandu, July 27 The Nagdhunga–Sisnekhola tunnel has been formally inaugurated. Infrastructure Development Minister Sunil Lamsal inaugurated the tunnel in the presence of Japanese Ambassador Mae...
BUTWAL, July 28: The Siddhababa Tunnel along the Butwal-Palpa section of the Siddhartha Highway is targeted for trial operation by mid-November, but with only 70 percent of the project completed so...
Kathmandu. A significant milestone in Nepal's transport infrastructure history, the Nagdhunga-Sisnekhola tunnelway has been formally inaugurated. After successfully completing 'operational' and 'ma...
NEW DELHI, July 21: At least nine people have died and 15 others remained trapped after a tunnel collapsed at an under-construction hydroelectric project in India's remote northeast, officials said...
Kathmandu. Former Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal has expressed happiness over the operation of the Nagdhunga-Sisnekhola tunnel. Khanal, who is in Beijing, China, stated in a social media post tha...
KATHMANDU, July 18: Nearly a year after construction was completed, Nepal's first road tunnel, the Nagdhunga Tunnel, is set to open for trial operation from July 2, promising to cut travel time and...
Kathmandu. Secretary of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Gopal Prasad Sigdel, has stated that with the operation of the Nagdhunga Tunnel, a new chapter of modern infrastructur...
KATHMANDU, June 17: Authorities have begun final preparations to bring the long-awaited Nagdhunga Naubise Tunnel into operation from the Nepali month of Shrawan (mid-July to mid-August). The tunnel...
Kathmandu. The country's road transport sector has entered a new era with the formal inauguration of the Nagdhunga–Sisnekhola Tunnel, which is Nepal's first modern transport tunnel. Speaking at th...
Kathmandu. The Nagdhunga-Sisnekhola tunnel, Nepal's first modern road tunnel, was inaugurated with a grand ceremony on Monday. Addressing the program organized on the occasion of the main tunnel i...
Kathmandu. The Nagdhunga–Sisnekhola tunnel was officially inaugurated on Monday. The tunnel was formally inaugurated through a special ceremony attended by Minister of Physical Infrastructure and T...
Kathmandu. The Nagdhunga Sisne Khola Tunnel, the country's first systematic transport tunnel, has been formally inaugurated today. The tunnel was inaugurated in the presence of Minister for Physic...
Kathmandu. The Nagdhunga Sisne Khola Tunnel, the country's first organized transport tunnel, is being formally inaugurated today. The tunnel is being inaugurated in the presence of Minister for Ph...
Kathmandu. The Nagdhunga Sisne Khola Tunnel will be formally inaugurated today. This is considered the country's first systematic transport tunnel. The tunnel is about to be inaugurated in the pre...
Kathmandu. A 'Nagdhunga Tunnel Fun Run and Walk' has been organized today at the Nagdhunga tunnel connecting Nagdhunga and Sisnekhola. A running program was organized in the tunnel, which is schedu...
Thailand. In northern Thailand, two workers died and at least two were seriously injured when heavy equipment fell inside an under-construction railway tunnel. According to local media, the acciden...
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