indiaUpdated: Aug 26, 2020 10:16 ISTThe 8.8-km strategic Rohtang Tunnel, being built at 3,000 metre above sea level between Himachal Pradesh’s Manali and Leh in Ladakh, will be opened by September-end. The tunnel is also called Atal Tunnel after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who had announced the project on June 3, 2000. Here is everything you need to know about the Atal Tunnel:• More than 700 men are working in shifts to complete the work of the tunnel. Singh is likely to visit the Rohtang tunnel in at the end of this month. • Himachal Pradesh will run Vistadome buses inside Atal tunnel when it is inaugurated next month.

Source: Hindustan Times August 26, 2020 04:15 UTC