Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel Project

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel (Karnaphuli Tunnel) is an under—construction underwater expressway tunnel in the port city of Chattogram, Bangladesh under the Karnaphuli river. The length of the entire route is 9.39 kilometres (5.83 mi), with the tunnel making up 3.32 kilometres (2.06 mi) of the length. The tunnel diameter will be 10.80 metres (35.4 ft). The cost of the project is estimated at US$ 1.1B, of which around half is financed by the Exim Bank of China. The tunnel is expected to be completed in 2022 and will be the first river tunnel in South Asia. It is expected to improve the Dhaka—Chittagong—Cox's Bazar highway network. A Chinese company, China Communications Construction Company, was selected to construct it. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Chinese President Xi Jinping inaugurated the construction site of the Karnaphuli Tunnel on 14 October 2017. On 24 February 2019, Sheikh Hasina also inaugurated the tunnel boring phase.

After completion, the tunnel will cut the road distance between Chattogram and Cox's Bazar and facilitate traffic on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway entering the port city to go to other parts of Chattogram division.

The multilane tunnel route will pass through the river close to Navy College on one side and Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) and Karnaphuli Fertiliser Company (KAFCO) on the other. It will connect Chittagong port and Anwara upazila and is expected to make communication between Chattogram and Cox's Bazar easier. It will also ease traffic congestion on two bridges over the Karnaphuli River.

Project Name: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman River Tunnel.

Project Owner: Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA).

Contractor Name: China Communication Construction Company, China (CCCC).

Logistic Partner: COSCO SHIPPING Logistics (Kunming) Co. Ltd.

Project Value: US $ 950 Million.

• SICHO is the only Bangladeshi Logistics Company handling Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) with its own Barges & Demag Crane for the Bangabandhu River Tunnel Project - an underwater expressway tunnel in the port city of Chattagram under Karnaphuli River. This tunnel will be the first of its kind in Bangladesh.
• We are also pioneers in lifting and stacking super-strength precast segments handled by our own equipment.