Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the Atal Tunnel in Rohtang, Himachal Pradesh on Saturday. After a long struggle of almost ten years, the longest high-altitude highway tunnel is now being built. It is carved under the Rohtang Pass.
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The Atal Rohtang Tunnel is supposed to ensure that there is uninterrupted traffic between Manali and Leh throughout the year. It will also serve Lahaul-Spiti in Himachala Pradesh during winters.
As part of the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Modi entered the tunnel and also took a ride in an open vehicle. Videos of him doing the same started popping up on the internet, and netizens were quick to point out something very obvious: Modi ji was waving but there was no crowd. So who was he greeting?
Well, unsurprisingly, social media had some answers.
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PM modi saying hello to the most staunch fans !!! pic.twitter.com/fOlEs6oJXm
– Arsh Khurana (@arshkhurana) October 4, 2020
That’s our prime minister, Modi, returning to outgoing democracy, economic stability, and secularism. 😍 pic.twitter.com/8c28KbLLcE
– Udi (@uditalks) October 4, 2020
Making Bollywood Movies …
The producer, the director, the screenwriter, the actor and the spectator in a combo of a superhuman.
Indian Prime Minister Modi waving in the empty tunnel at 10,000 feet https://t.co/GLmOOPTDit– He Nepalese (@HimYossarin) October 4, 2020
Find the difference 👀 👀 🤣 😂 pic.twitter.com/62Qt0yggeO
– Dr. Khan (in solidarity) (@mo_rehaz) October 3, 2020
Sirf Mera hello ujala rahna chahiye 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/pCuwAZDh3R
– Aniket (@dhokaniket) October 4, 2020
The boy is innocent. It is your action reflected every time you see a camera.
So God did.– Rajendra Kumbhat (@Enraged_Indian) October 4, 2020
Messi waving Modi waving
hand with the player’s hand at
Better than him Actors Better
that he pic.twitter.com/kdqYd2ucFY– The Bong Next Door (@VotHardVotHard) October 4, 2020
If everyone wondered what Modi is saluting …#Justice pic.twitter.com/iaTWph6d0N
– IT CELL WORKER / ACAB / DLM / CONGRESS (@ ambedkar4life) October 4, 2020
It is a pattern. Here’s Modi waving to the air at Dal Lake. https://t.co/u458WxkFhf pic.twitter.com/1IbyAjhMoW
– Rahul Mukherji (@ RahulMukherji5) October 3, 2020
Stop trolling Modi ji for waving in an empty tunnel.
You are just trying to create Modi Wave.
– Nirmala Tai (@CrypticMiind) October 4, 2020
Stop criticizing Modiji. I was greeting people in the tunnel who will pass through it in the future. What a visionary leader!
– PuNsTeR ™ (@Pun_Starr) October 4, 2020
Modi ji shaking hands … meanwhile kokilaben😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/moVUy4qA0j
– Aditya Srivastava (@adi_shriwas) October 3, 2020
The tunnel is one of the two routes to Ladakh; It will also become the route used to resupply the military garrison there. The other route to Ladakh is through the Zojila pass which connects the Kashmir valley with Drass.
Four more tunnels have been proposed on the way to Leh, as that part of the country faces heavy snow cover for about six months a year and is difficult to access. Thanks to the Atal Rohtang Tunnel, the movement of goods to and from Lahaul will be easy.
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