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Tunnel excavation suspended along Jammu-Srinagar highway

The excavation work for the Mehar tunnel along the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway has been suspended due to the development of 'pressure and bulges' on its sidewalls, officials said. Nearly 400 metres of excavation work has been completed so far. The construction of the 780-metre C-type tunnel started over one-and-a-half years ago to bypass the slide-prone Mehar-Cafeteria stretch in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district.