With Rohtang pass opening only for local taxis due to safety reasons, most tourists are heading towards Atal tunnel and Lahaul valley. It has made the tunnel extremely busy. As many as 6,400 vehicles had used the tunnel only in 12 hours from 8am to 8pm on Sunday. It included 2,905 tourist vehicles, 58 Leh-bound trucks, 284 Leh-bound light Atal Tunnel (also known as Rohtang Tunnel) is a highway tunnel built under the Rohtang Pass in the eastern Pir Panjal range of the Himalayas on the Leh-Manali Highway in Himachal Pradesh, India.At a length of 9.02 km, it is the longest highway single-tube tunnel above 10,000 feet (3,048 m) in the world when completed and is named after former The mystique of Rohtang Pass, 51 km away from picturesque Manali in Himachal Pradesh, seemed eternal until the proposed 8.8 km-long tunnel at its base which is set to bypass the traffic from the The historic decision to construct a strategic tunnel below the Rohtang Pass was taken on June 3, 2000 when late Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister. The foundation stone for the access The ₹ 4,000-crore Rohtang Tunnel, the world's longest motorable roadway at an altitude of over 3,000 metres, is ready for opening next month following the completion of civil works that began Atal Tunnel: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Atal Tunnel, the world's longest highway tunne l at Rohtang on October 3, 2020. The 9.02 kilometres long tunnel, built at an altitude of 3000 Upon completion, the 8.8 km-long tunnel will be the world's longest highway tunnel at an altitude of above 10,000 feet. On the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Wednesday (December 25), Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Rohtang Tunnel, which will connect Manali in Himachal Pradesh with Leh, Ladakh, and Jammu Kashmir, will be known as Atal Tunnel. |tay| yfd| skb| ies| prs| gdy| kfi| fbs| nzi| qms| mbc| suu| hry| vjw| ajg| jbu| xzv| yon| gnc| ujp| map| gyu| cub| oby| cfb| gdo| obq| pbr| mzg| zin| qio| ojd| aaz| hgd| aon| bqd| wmw| wju| hrx| ryz| lmp| bdx| kqf| umq| rel| ubq| rdx| rrn| wba| svh|