“The excavation work will be conducted by TBM machines and the prime minister will inaugurate the work,” he told bdnews24.com on Saturday. The government has launched the tunnel project under the Karnaphali in the port city of Chattogram based on a ‘One City Two Towns’ model similar to China’s Shanghai. The total cost of the tunnel is about $1.56 billion, or Tk 84.45 billion. The tunnel will connect the Chattogram city airport area with Anowara Upazila. The Bangladesh Navy will bear the responsibility of providing security to the tunnel project, Obaidul Quader said last week.

Source: bd News24 February 23, 2019 09:00 UTC