Bengaluru’s proposed tunnel road project will take more than four years to complete, Karnataka deputy CM and Bengaluru development minister DK Shivakumar said on October 8.

Speaking at a panel discussion organised by NGO Bangalore Political Action Committee (B.PAC) in collaboration with Mount Carmel College, Shivakumar said the state government has proposed two six-lane tunnel corridors - one along the north–south stretch (Hebbal Junction to Silk Board) and another along the east–west stretch (KR Pura to Mysuru Road).

"Tunnel boring machines have to be imported from China or Germany. It takes about one-and-a-half years for delivery since we have asked for a 13-metre diameter machine for a six-lane tunnel,” he said, adding that an underground tunnel was the only feasible option for the ci

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