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Wayanad Meppadi Twin Tunnel Project

Sector: Tunnel • Location: Wayanad, Kerala, India

Source: The Times of India

Project
Suspended

The project involves the construction of a controversial twin tunnel at Meppadi in Wayanad. Environmentalists have raised concerns about the project's environmental impact and the alleged manipulations in securing clearances. The state government has decided to investigate the disaster related to the project and appointed a committee to submit expert recommendations and suspend tunnel construction

Status
Failure
Sector
Tunnel, Government
Location
Wayanad, Kerala, India
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
The Times of India

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The project “Wayanad Meppadi Twin Tunnel Project” is an infrastructure initiative in the Tunnel sector, located in Wayanad, Kerala, India. Taiyo aggregates data on it from The Times of India.

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2026-07-22

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The project involves the construction of a controversial twin tunnel at Meppadi in Wayanad. Environmentalists have raised concerns about the project's environmental impact and the alleged manipulations in securing clearances. The state government has decided to investigate the disaster related to the project and appointed a committee to submit expert recommendations and suspend tunnel construction until the committee's report is received.

Original sector

Infrastructure

Location

Country

India

State

Kerala

City

Wayanad

Source

Source

The Times of India

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Sector

Tunnel, Government

Article published date

2026-07-14

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