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Construction of Murovdagh tunnel is underway

Headlines 14:18 06 Oct, 2021

At present, drilling and blasting works are being carried out in order to remove rocky parts of the tunnel

Construction of Murovdagh tunnel is underway

On 16 August, during the visit of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva to Kalbajar and Lachin districts, after groundbreaking ceremony for a 11.6-kilometer tunnel to be built on the Toghanali-Kalbajar highway in Murovdagh, large-scale construction work started, Qazet.az reports.

125 meters of drilling was carried out in the upper half of the Murovdagh tunnel in the left direction, and 115 meters in the upper half of the right direction. At present, the tunnel is being drilled, blasted and destroyed to remove rocky parts of the tunnel.

At present, drilling and blasting works are being carried out in order to remove rocky parts of the tunnel.