Lowari Tunnel History

Lowari Tunnel (Urdu: لواري سرنگ‎) is an 10.5 km (5.45 mi.) long under-construction road tunnel situated in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan connecting Dir and Chitral Valley. The Lowari Tunnel was originally conceived in 1956 by the Government of Pakistan but there is no historical record to this claim. Recorded history shows that the Lowari Tunnel project idea was discussed in the National Assembly of Pakistan by the member from Chitral Attalique, Jafar Ali Shah, during 1972–1975. Work on the tunnel began on 8 September 1975, inaugurated by Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, but was stopped in 1976 on the pretext of lack of funds and other development priorities. Work on the tunnel did not restart until September 2005.
Construction on the tunnel was originally begun in September 1975 as a railway tunnel, but work was stopped in 1977 after a change of government resulted in other development priorities.[Construction resumed in September, 2005 initially with an expected completion in three years, but that time was extended after it was decided to convert it to a road tunnel. Construction vehicles transited the uncompleted tunnel in January 2009,[ but work was stopped due to another change in government.
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