Authors: Rahul Chopda, Geeta Tyagi
Abstract: India is building more roads each day progressively. According to a government statement, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highway has constructed 8,169 kilometers of national highways from April 2020 to January 15, 2021, or about 28.16 km a day. The National Highways Authority of India handles nearly all the ministry's road projects. Sources site that the state-run road builder awarded 67 projects spanning more than 2.02 lakh kilometers with a capital cost of over Rs 79,200 crore in nine months ended December, according to an NHAI newsletter, with the Atal Tunnel costing about 3,300 crores. Overall, contractual agreements on road projects more than doubled in 2020 over 2019. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highway has been reported to have awarded projects of "7,597 km from April 1, 2020, to January 15, 2021". (NHAI, 2021). All of this in the financial year 2020 proves a leap of the road constructors. Atal Tunnel, previously known as the Rohtang Tunnel, has been constructed on the route along Manali-Leh and was inaugurated by the Prime Minister in October 2020. This project is an enormously impactful one in various aspects including strategic relations, transportability and technology.
Keywords: Atal Tunnel, Roads, Transportation, Construction
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