Locals had disrupted the construction on Sunday saying that their houses suffered cracks due to the blasting in Mahankal of Sundarijal VDC-7.[break]
The construction resumed after local residents, Melamchi Drinking Water Project and the contractor company China 15 Railway agreed to continue the construction after a three-party meeting on Monday, according to geologist Shashi Dhungel.
According to the agreement, families of Surya Lama and Chhiring Lama will be temporarily shifted to a safer place. The project will bear all the costs of shifting and repair the damaged houses after the completion of the tunnel construction, said a local Min Bahadur Ghimire.
Locals said the blasting has affected pregnant women, infants and gestated cattle.
The construction of the tunnel has been disrupted three times since its inauguration.
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