The Chenani-Nashri tunnel is a part of the 286-km-long four-laning of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
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A united faction of Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani has called for a state-wide shutdown against the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will be visiting the Valley later in the day to inaugurate the longest highway tunnel, Chenani-Nashri tunnel.
Modi on Sunday the longest road tunnel in India on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
PM Modi, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, and ministers Jitendra Singh and Nitin Gadkari will address a gathering in Battal later.
The separatists said Kashmir is a "political issue and not a problem related to governance, economic packages, incentives or a law and order".
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"Some people need to look at the condition of Pakistani side of Kashmir (Azad Jammu Kashmir), which "lags" behind on the scale of development".
The project has acted as a boon to the skilled and unskilled youths of Jammu and Kashmir as more than 90 per cent of the employees were from the state.
Modi urged the youth of Kashmir to choose tourism and development over terrorism, shortly after inaugurating a 37.2-billion Indian rupee ($574-million) highway tunnel in the volatile valley. "Had you chosen tourism, the benefits today would have been phenomenal", said Modi.
Mufti was addressing a rally in Udhampur after Modi inaugurated the state-of-the-art Chenani-Nashri tunnel, the longest in the country at almost 11 km. "The Kashmiri youth have a choice to select one of the two paths- one of tourism the other of terrorism". Very few tunnels in the world have this kind of fully integrated tunnel control.
India's Border Road Organization had also submitted a proposal to extend this tunnel upto Gurez, which will double the length of tunell from 9 kilometers to 18 kilometers.
Measures have been taken to safeguard the Himayalas and the environment, the prime minister assured. There is also a parallel escape tunnel, with cross passages connecting to the main tunnel at intervals of 300 m. During 2016-17, Rs 1,019 crore was sanctioned for 72 projects in Jammu & Kashmir.
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