Churia Tunnel
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title:
Churia Tunnel
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The Churia Tunnel is a 500 m (1,600 ft)-long highway tunnel carved through the churia hill between Makwanpur and Bara of Nepal. It was constructed connecting the country's first motorable road between Amlekhganj in the terai and Bhimphedi settlement of Makwanpur, the point of entry into Kathmandu which served as a dry port, in the trade route between Kathmandu and Raxaul. It was the country's first highway tunnel. Constructed in 1917 to reduce the travel time between the Indian border and Bhimph
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Highway tunnel through the Churia hill between Makwanpur and Bara districts of Nepal
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churia_Tunnel
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2023-06-11T23:00:33Z
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