India Drilled the World's Highest Tunnel to Reach China's Border
Long-form8:48Education2.4× channel median
Published Sep 16, 2026, 1:00 PM · 4w ago
Unthinkable Build
56.4K subscribers · median 33K views
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Description
India drilled the world’s highest tunnel at 13,000 feet to keep the road to Tawang open through extreme Himalayan winters. This video explores the Sela Tunnel, its engineering challenges, construction, and why this strategic project near the China border became a major infrastructure and geopolitical story.
00:00 India’s Himalayan Tunnel
01:00 Sela Pass: Winter Problem
02:24 Why Construction Was So Difficult
03:55 What India Actually Built
05:53 Why China Objected
07:59 What Happens Next
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unthinkable buildIndia Sela TunnelSela Tunnelworld's highest tunnelhighest tunnel in IndiaIndia tunnel projectTawang tunnelTawang China borderIndia China borderHimalayan tunnelHimalayas tunnelSela PassSela Tunnel projectBorder Roads OrganisationBRO IndiaArunachal Pradesh infrastructureIndia mega projectsArunachal Frontier HighwayIndia border roadsChina India rivalryArunachal PradeshTawang India
Details
- Published
- Sep 16, 2026, 1:00 PM
- Length
- 8:48 (528 s)
- Format
- Long-form
- Category
- Education
- Audio language
- EN
- Quality
- HD
- Captions
- Yes
- Made for kids
- No
- Licensed content
- Yes
- Video ID
- g-YuZ0ulcO0
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