Melaka To Build 47KM Undersea Railway Tunnel To Indonesia

Melaka To Build 47KM Undersea Railway Tunnel To Indonesia. This tunnel will connect Melaka with Dumai in Sumatra, Indonesia.

Melaka To Build 47KM Undersea Railway Tunnel To Indonesia. This is certainly news to me as a citizen of Melaka. Apparently, Melaka's chief minister, Sulaiman Md Ali had announced that the state administration is looking into ideas for an underground railway tunnel across the Straits of Melaka to Dumai in Indonesia. Will this plan be feasible?

Melaka To Build 47KM Undersea Railway Tunnel To Indonesia

At a press conference to launch Melaka Week at Expo 2020 Dubai, Melaka's chief minister underlined that the undersea railway tunnel will be a long-term project. The tunnel will be created by selecting the shortest distance between Melaka and Dumai, Sumatra, Indonesia, which will be around 47 kilometres long.

The Undersea Tunnel Will Connect Melaka to Dumai, Sumatra

Is this how the undersea tunnel will look like?

Or this is how the undersea railway tunnel will look like?

A Malaysian corporation has expressed interest in constructing the tunnel, but can only cover half of the project expenditures, according to state executive councillor Ab Rauf Yusoh. However, he claimed that the consent and approval of the Indonesian government were required for the project to be implemented. If the current Melaka government gets the green light, the undersea tunnel will take four to five years to build.

Indonesia Wanted to Build a US$70 billion Bridge

According to Bloomberg, the Indonesian government is considering building a bridge between Melaka and Sumatra as part of a US$70 billion plan to develop toll roads connecting Indonesia's islands. The state government has also invited investors to take part in the Melaka Waterfront Economic Zone, which will entail the reclamation of 23,000-acre (9,300-hectare) land spanning 33 kilometres.

Will The Undersea Railway Tunnel Be Safe?

Sulaiman believes that the zone is a suitable location for investments in the marine, nautical, logistics, and industrial sectors. The project, according to him, will comprise a container centre, ferry and cruise ship terminals, a duty-free zone, a logistics hub, an oil and gas terminal, a ship repair facility, and a ship-to-ship transfer facility.

Earthquake Activities in Indonesia from 1900-2019

I believe this undersea railway tunnel will be marred by earthquakes!

So will this undersea railway tunnel come to fruition? I hope they will carry out the necessary research first. Then again, it feels rather unsafe or ill-planned to travel in an undersea tunnel to Indonesia that is well-known for earthquakes, no? I don't want to be trapped and buried in a tunnel should an earthquake destroy the expensive passage under the sea, no?