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India: Rohtang Tunnel is set to miss another deadline
The 13,051 feet-high Rohtang Pass on the Manali-Leh highway remains blocked due to heavy snowfall for six months. As a result, Lahaul and Spiti bordering Ladakh and Tibet is cut off from the rest of the country between November and May.
The 8.8-km horse-shoe shaped Rohtang Tunnel below the pass is to provide all-weather connectivity. It was originally expected to be completed by 2015, with the deadline first extended to 2017 and then 2019. And then?
here it is the story:
Rohtang tunnel work to miss also September 2020 deadline.
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/rohtang-tunnel-work-to-miss-sept-deadline-66584
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) obtain special permission from the Himachal Pradesh government to resume strategic Rohtang tunnel work during the ongoing nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic.
https://bharatshakti.in/construction-of-strategic-rohtang-tunnel-in-full-swing-amid-lockdown-bro/
Construction at Atal Tunnel (formerly called Rohtang Tunnel) restarts with Covid-19 precautions. Tunnel is already very badly in delay.
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) takes the necessary measures to complete the work on strategic Atal Tunnel (Rohtang Tunnel) by September 2020.
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will complete the work on strategic Atal Tunnel (formally Rohtang tunnel) in the Pir Panjal ranges of Himachal Pradesh by September 2020
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) bring special measures to attract workers to border road construction and Atal tunnel (Rohtang tunnel). Measures with enhanced salaries, tour allowances, medical facilities, housing facilities.
After Chinese aggression in Ladakh, DGBR pays a visit to inspect the Rohtang Atal Tunnel.
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The government will name the tunnel under Rohtang Pass after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. It was suring his time on June 3, 2000 the decision taken to build this strategic tunnel.
The tunnel is 8.8-km-long and its construction finish is delayed several times.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/strategic-tunnel-under-rohtang-pass-to-be-named-after-atal-bihari-vajpayee-2153932
Strategic Tunnel Under Rohtang Pass To Be Named After Atal Bihari Vajpayee
www.ndtv.comThe government will name the strategic tunnel under Rohtang Pass after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary on Wednesday.