Upon emerging on the other side of the Atal Tunnel, when you look up at the mighty mountains that used to be a natural barrier in the winter months, you realise what has been achieved
It was conceived almost 20 years ago, it took 10 years to build and today takes just 10 minutes to cross. Welcome to the Atal Tunnel named after the late former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee whose vision it was to build a tunnel under the 14,000-feet high Rohtang Pass to connect Manali with Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh.
Atal tunnel built to world-class standards
The entry to Atal Tunnel is like a stadium; If there were no speed limits, Audi RSQ8 could achieve 305kph top speed in Atal tunnel