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PM Modi dedicates Atal Tunnel to the nation

The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has dedicated Atal Tunnel to the nation, on 3rd October 2020. In December 2019, the Government has decided to name the Rohtang Tunnel as Atal Tunnel in honour of the former Prime Minister and scholar Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The Atal Bihari Vajpayee government had taken the decision to construct a strategic tunnel below the Rohtang Pass on June 3, 2000, and the foundation stone for the access road to the south portal of the tunnel was laid on May 26, 2002.

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About Atal Tunnel:

  • Atal Tunnel is the world’s longest highway tunnel above 10,000 feet from the Mean Sea Level (MSL).
  • The tunnel has been named after former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
  • Atal tunnel has been built, by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), under the Rohtang Pass in the eastern Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas on the Leh-Manali Highway in Himachal Pradesh.
  • The total length of the tunnel is 9.02 km and at an elevation of 3,100 metres (10,171 ft).
  • The overall cost of completion of the project is around Rs. 3200 crore.

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