Atal Tunnel News

Police launched a large-scale rescue operation, successfully relocating around 700 tourists to safe locations. Visuals from the area showed police personnel assisting stranded drivers and passengers as snow continued to blanket the roads. 

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India's 20 years old dream is now going to be fulfilled. BRO is building a third road to connect Ladakh with the country throughout the year. The government has approved the construction of a tunnel on Shinkun la, the only pass on this road. Know in this report why this path is important?

With the new year came the travel trends among which the snowy mountains in Manali and no entry to tourist vehicles without bookings in Shimla city has increased the tourist footfall in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district on New Year. Expert shares why and hows of travel.

Police units from Keylong, Manali, ATR South Portal, and North Portal worked together to lead the rescue effort, which lasted for more than eight hours, reports ANI.

The 9.02 km long, strategically significant, Atal Tunnel, that runs under the `Rohtang Pass` was constructed on the Manali - Leh Highway under the challenging conditions of freezing temperatures in extremely difficult terrain. Atal Tunnel was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 3, 2020. 

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) will be celebrating its 25th foundation day today. LJP’s Chirag Paswan will be launching an ashirwad yatra from Hajipur on Monday. BJP chief JP Nadda is expected to visit the Atal Tunnel Rohtang (ATR) today.

The tunnel is a better option for minimizing the road travel distance in the country and a great example of this is the Atal Tunnel built at an altitude of 10,000 feet. This world's highest tunnel is special in many ways and is equipped with such modern technology.

A record 6,400 vehicles passed through the Atal Tunnel, an all-weather road under the 13,058 feet high Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh, on Sunday. A few days after the ban on tourist activities was lifted, there has been a huge increase in the number of tourists. At 9.02 km long, at an altitude of 10,000 feet, it is the longest tunnel in the world.

Due to the snowfall between Solang to Atal Tunnel in Manali during the winter season, traveling through the tunnel becomes a risky task. To deal with this danger, the work of installation of avalanche protection on this road is in progress.

Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.8 °C while mercury settled at minus 1.1°C in Pahalgam. MeT has predicted more snow till Wednesday (January 6) in Kashmir

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In Himachal Pradesh's Kullu, some tourists have been arrested for showing careless behaviour as they stopped midway inside the Atal Tunnel in Rohtang enroute to Kullu-Manali. 

Seven tourists arrested for showing careless behaviour as they stopped midway inside the Atal Tunnel and started dancing. Police said stopping of the vehicles, over speeding, overtaking and slowing down of the vehicles inside the tunnel is not permitted.

In a first, a convoy of Indian Army passed through the newly-built Atal Tunnel near Manali in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday (October 7). The 9.02-km-long Atal Tunnel has become the newest attraction for tourists visiting the state. The tunnel connects Lahaul of Lahaul-Spiti district and Manali of Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh.

The first convoy of the Indian Army on Wednesday passed through the newly-inaugurated Atal Tunnel near Manali in Himachal Pradesh. In a video tweeted by news agency ANI, a convoy of the Army can be seen taking the route via the tunnel. The tunnel helps in saving four to five hours of travel time and 46 kilometres distance Manali and Leh in the union territory of Ladakh.

The official notification by the Kullu DM Richa Sharma said, "A large number of public gathering and some incidents of nuisance viz. over speeding, unnecessary stoppage, outrageous driving etc. was brought in the notice which needs immediate action for public safety." In view of such incidents, Sharma said that unnecessary stoppage, over speeding (more than the speed limit mentioned in signboards), rash driving, wrong overtaking etc inside the tunnel shall be strictly prohibited and strict action shall be initiated under the new Motor Vehicle Act, 2019 for any violation.

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO), a wing of the Defence Ministry that excavated the tunnel at an altitude of 3,000 m or 10,000 feet with sheer hard work and determination in a decade, on Monday blamed the local authorities for not deploying the police to monitor the movement of motorists. However, with the raising of serious objections by the BRO, the state government has now deployed the police after 48 hours. BRO Chief Engineer KP Purushothaman said that an official communication to provide forces to regulate the movement of the traffic was sent to the Chief Minister`s Office on July 3 and to the local administration on October 3.

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