The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will be using the expertise of Konkan Railway to build tunnels along national highways, the officials said on Tuesday.

The Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) and the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Transport Bhawan, New Delhi, for Technological Collaboration on Tunnel Projects on National Highways. The MoU was signed by Santosh Kumar Jha, CMD, KRCL, and Sudip Choudhary, DG (Road Development) & Special Secretary (i/c), MoRTH, in the presence of senior officials from both organisations.