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World's longest mountain tunnel named after Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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Giving a tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 95th birth anniversary, the government named the world's longest mountain tunnel under Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh after Vajpayee's name. Rajnath Singh said the government has fulfilled a long-pending demand to name the tunnel after the name of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Singh said the construction of the ₹4,000-crore tunnel will be completed by 2020.