Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Jagat Prakash Nadda will inspect the Atal tunnel in Himachal Pradesh on Monday. Apart from inspecting the high-altitude tunnel, Nadda will also attend a party meeting in Kullu-Manali. Meanwhile, the Congress has demanded that a foundation plaque bearing party president Sonia Gandhi's name must be reinstalled at the Atal tunnel. The Congress has said that Sonia Gandhi laid the foundation stone for the Rohtang Tunnel project on June 28, 2010, at Dhoondi in Manali. Originally conceived as Rohtang Tunnel, it was rechristened Atal Tunnel on December 25, 2019, in the memory of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Source: Hindustan Times July 05, 2021 00:56 UTC