Longest highway tunnel set to open
IndiA’s longest highwAy tunnel between JAmmu And SrinAgAr will be inAugurAted by the Prime Minister on April 2. A few fActs About the project:
9.28 km: Length of the tunnel. The world’s longest tunnel (24.51 km) is in NorwAy. 30.11 km: Reduction in trAvel distAnce between JAmmu And SrinAgAr. TrAvel time will go down by 2 hours. ~27 lakh: Cost of fuel thAt will be sAved dAily. ~3,720 crorE: Construction cost of the tunnel, ~1,200 crore more thAn the initiAl cost. May 23, 2011: DAte on which work stArted on the tunnel Howwillithelp The tunnel is meAnt to Avoid stretches of NAtionAl HighwAy 44 prone to AvAlAnches And lAndslides. PAtnitop, Kud, And BAtote will be bypAssed now.