(Tribune)
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said Prime Minister Narendra Modi would inaugurate the strategically important Atal Tunnel on the Manali-Leh highway in the first week of September. He visited the tunnel site to review its progress. The 8.8-km-long horseshoe-shaped tunnel is being built beneath the Rohtang Pass, which will provide all-weather connectivity to Lahaul from Manali. It will reduce the Manali-Leh distance by 46 km.
After inspection, Thakur said the construction work of the tunnel was going on a war footing. The BRO would complete the work in August and the PM would inaugurate it in the first week of September.
