Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats Pvt. Ltd. is the only bidder to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the 15.6 km Gohpur – Numaligarh tunnel project in Assam. This twin-tunnel project under Brahmaputra River by National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDC) will allow vehicles to bypass Kaziranga National Park and drastically cut down the travel time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.  

Each tunnel with a diameter of 11.5m carrying 2 lanes will be built using a TBM about 22 m  below Brahamaputra’s river bed. The total length of the project (tunnels & approach roads) will be approximately 34.6 km long connecting Gohpur village on NH-52 and Numaligarh village on NH-715. 

The project is estimated to cost EUR 705.27 millions (Rs. 6500 crore).  Its pre-feasibility report prepared in 2021 can be viewed clicking here on the Environment Clearance’s website.  

The project’s site is located just south of Itanagar and will reduce the distance from 220 km to 35 km and travel time of 6 hours to 30 minutes (depending on final speed restrictions imposed). 

Whether NHIDC is satisfied or not with receiving just 1 bid remains to be seen. If they aren’t, then this will head to a retender. If they are, then ICT’s technical bid will be evaluated for the next steps in the tendering process.  

For further information on the project click in/100 for tunnelbuilder archive and visit https://themetrorailguy.com. 28/23.