The South-East Asia’s longest tunnel, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Chenani in Udhampur district on Sunday, will not only save time and money, but will also have a positive effect on the environmentally fragile mountainous range of the Lower Shivalik and the Central Himalayas. The 9.2-km-long Chenani-Nashri Tunnel has come as a respite for the travellers on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway as it has reduced the distance between Jammu and Srinagar by 31 km and the travel time by two hours. The state-of-the-art engineering marvel has…
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