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India Completes Its Longest Irrigation Tunnel After Decades of Work

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India has achieved a major milestone with the breakthrough of its longest irrigation tunnel, a project so lengthy that workers who began it have aged significantly over its course. The construction spanned so many years that children born at its inception grew into adults before it was completed. The project saw multiple changes in machinery, contractors, and officials over its long duration. Tragically, some workers who contributed to the tunnel did not live to witness its completion. The breakthrough marks the end of a grueling, multi-decade engineering effort aimed at improving irrigation infrastructure.

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