2013.02.19
The 2.3-kilometer tunnel that will be built under the Shar-Shar pass, some 80 kilometers southeast of Dushanbe, on the highway from the Tajik capital to Kulob via Norak, will link Dushanbe with the country's east. An official opening of the Shar-Shar Tunnel was held on Sunday 30, 2009.
The construction of the Shar-Shar Tunnel, which is 2,224 meters long tunnel, began in October 2006 and China provided US$36 million for this project. The Shar-Shar tunnel planned for making easiness to link between Tajikistan and China because its construction was completed with the financial invest of Chinese government.The tunnel is part of the road that runs from Dushanbe through Vahdat to Khatlon’s Danghara district.
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