Kathmandu, April 13 -- Work on the Nagdhunga-Sisnekhola tunnelway resumed on Sunday under police guard after being halted for 28 days due to protests by local residents.

Senior divisional engineer Sanjay Panthi of the Nagdhunga Tunnel Project said that construction resumed following security arrangements from Nepal Police after locals obstructed the project since March 16. The protesters, mainly from ward 2 of Chandragiri Municipality-on the Dhading-Kathmandu border-have demanded proper compensation, employment, and access to drinking water.

Despite the resumption, locals continued chanting slogans at the tunnel entrance on Sunday, Panthi said.

The locals have insisted that the programmes, including drinking water, launched through the...