Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to join an event marking partial end to the construction works of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel or Karnaphuli Tunnel and announce the completion of the tunnel’s south side on Saturday. The construction work of the southern end of the tunnel has been completed entirely, while 99 percent work of the tunnel’s northern end has been finished. The PM is expected to join the event organized by the Bridges Division virtually at about 10:00am. Ahmad Kaykaus, Chief Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), made the announcement while talking to journalists at the Patenga End of the tunnel on Friday. Read: PM Hasina foresees no crisis in consumer goods “The Bridges Division is going to arrange a program marking the completion of the tunnel’s southern part. The PM will attend this program virtually. We hope that the entire tunnel will be opened for vehicular movement by the end of next January,” said Kaykaus. According to project sources, two 5.35km approach roads are being constructed on the eastern and western sides of the tunnel. The length of the tunnel is 3.32km. “As of yet, the overall progress of the project is 94 percent. It’ll take two more months to complete the rest of the works,” said Mohammad Harunur Rashid, Project Director of the Karnaphuli Tunnel Project.