Skip to main content

Atal Tunnel, world's longest highway tunnel connecting Manali with Leh is ready

 https://amzn.to/31i7Vz2


  • The construction of the Atal Tunnel connecting Manali with Leh has been completed in a span of 10 years
  • Atal Tunnel is the world's longest highway tunnel above 10,000 feet

  • Manali: The construction of the Atal Tunnel connecting Manali with Leh, which is the world's longest highway tunnel above 10,000 feet, has been completed in a span of 10 years whereas the original estimated time was less than six years.

    "Atal Tunnel, connecting Manali to Leh, is the world's longest highway tunnel above 10,000 feet. The estimated period for completion of this tunnel was less than 6 years but it was completed in 10 years," said KP Purushothaman, Chief Engineer.

    "There are CCTV cameras at every 60 metres and emergency exit tunnels at every 500 metres inside the tunnel. The tunnel will reduce the distance between Manali and Leh by 46 kilometres and four hours can be saved," said Purushothaman.



  • Fire hydrants have also been installed inside the tunnel in case of any fire incident.

    "The induction and de-induction of resources was a difficult task while it was under construction. We did face a lot of challenges but together we were able to complete its construction. The tunnel's width is 10.5 metres, including footpath of 1 metre on both sides," said Purushothaman.

    Speaking to ANI, Colonel Parikshit Mehra, Director, Atal Tunnel project said that many experts working within the team were of the opinion to change the alignment of the tunnel.

    "We have had this dream to connect Leh and this was the first step to the connectivity ladder. This tunnel was a challenging project because we were working only from two ends. The other end was in North, across the Rohtang Pas which was accessible only for around five months in a year," he added



Comments

Post a Comment

Use this website

Popular posts from this blog

DIGITAL INDIA ESSAY | DIGITAL INDIA ARTICLE | WHAT IS DIGITAL INDIA?

    INTRODUCTION ABOUT DIGITAL INDIA  Digital India is a campaign to ensure the government services are available to all the citizens of this country electronically through increasing internet connectivity and improved online infrastructure or by making the citizens of this country empowered (digitally) in the field of technology. This campaign was launched on 1 of July 2015 by the government of India under the  rule of Prime Minister- Narendra Modi with a motto of – “Power to Empower”. It holds/provides an important aspect to the other key schemes of India, such as Make in India, BharatNet, Standup India, Industrial corridors, Startup India, Sagarmala, UDAN-RCS, Bharatmala and Dedicated Freight Corridors. The main aim of this initiative is to connect rural areas with high-speed internet connectivity and increase digital literacy. This campaign comes under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and is led by Ravi Shankar Prasad and P.P....
1 comment
Read more

Developing countries have fewer fiscal tools and policy options to combat COVID-19 damage to their economies, according to research by Info Tech

The fiscal and monetary response to the coronavirus pandemic has been emergent, global, and deep. Some countries have more sophisticated fiscal and monetary tools—and the ability to use them swiftly—than others. The ability to compare policy actions fairly may be key to learning how officials around the world could improve responses to the next global financial catastrophe. Work done recently by dozens of Harvard Business School students under Alberto Cavallo, the Edgerley Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, may provide the most detailed guide yet. “SEEING THE BREADTH OF DIFFERENT POLICIES AND THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS THAT THEY TOUCH WAS SURPRISING." Cavallo, in searching for a way to explore a once-in-a-lifetime global event like the worldwide economic response to COVID-19, decided to enlist a sophisticated workforce already at his fingertips: Harvard MBA students. Over the course of three months, they created the Global Policy T...
Post a Comment
Read more

PUBG Unban: PUBG Corp Looking For Indian Partner to Revive Popular Mobile Game in India

  PUBG Ban:  PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Corporation, or PUBG Corp, has been looking for ways to reverse the ban in India. If reports are to believed, PUBG Corp is now looking for an Indian distributor to run the popular battle royale game PUBG Mobile. Yesterday, the battle royale gaming company was reported hand over PUBG Mobile to a South Korean firm. While India’s gaming community sits with lost morale, PUBG Corp made an official statement yesterday that it has pulled down all publishing responsibilities and association with the Chinese firm Tencent for operating in India. PUBG Corporation fully understands and respects the measures taken by the government as the privacy and security of player data is a top priority for the company. It hopes to work hand-in-hand with the Indian government to find a solution that will allow gamers to once again drop into the battlegrounds while being fully compliant with Indian laws and regulations,” the gaming company said. he Centre bann...
Post a Comment
Read more