raman. I appreciate your noble thinking but in my view hetauda ktm tunnel is a herculean task in terms of time and money. The unstaible geology of the region adds extra complication in getting the job done. And national planning commission has also been lookin into this alternative since way back. Infact the first prefeasibility studies were done in 1930's by some swiss team. More resources on NPC plan can be found int he following website. http://www.npc.gov.np/plan/latest/file/8th_plan/english/3.5%20Road%20and%20Other%20Transport.pdf If you are thinking about taking the inititation of construction of the project from private level, first thing we need is political commitment from our government, second thing we wud have to look into is, finances, and I am talking about the range of several hundreds of millions of dollars or possibly more and thats not easy. Yeah if some multinational company steps in with BOOT principle and give the ownership back to nepal lets say in 50 yrs frm now after the construction and operation and make their profit, in my view thats not a bad idea at all as well..