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PTI | | Posted by Tapatrisha Das, Shimla
Hundreds of vacationers thronged Himachal Pradesh in the course of the lengthy Christmas weekend with the Atal Tunnel in Rohtang becoming a member of Kullu and Lahaul & Spiti as probably the most sought-after vacation spot.
An estimated 65,000 folks in additional than 12,000 autos crossed the Tunnel on Sunday, in accordance with police knowledge.
The 9.2-kilometre Atal Tunnel is the world’s highest single-tube tunnel above 10,000 toes. Rohtang acquired heavy snowfall on Saturday, prompting vacationers to make a beeline for it.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu stated, “We welcome the vacationers who’ve are available in such big numbers, crossing over lakhs.”
Himachal Pradesh has stood up once more to welcome vacationers after the pure catastrophe in the course of the monsoon season.
Massive components of Himachal Pradesh suffered heavy injury throughout two spells of rain this monsoon season. The heavy rain wreaked havoc in Mandi and Kullu districts, inflicting large-scale destruction. Shimla and Solan districts have been hit in the course of the second spell in August, with the capital metropolis Shimla struggling heavy injury.
Sukhu additionally praised the efforts of the district administration and the police for effectively managing the massive vacationer inflow and lengthening a serving to hand to these caught within the snow, significantly on the north and the south portals of the tunnel, the place the temperature dropped to minus 12 levels Celsius.
Director Common of Police Sanjay Kundu stated “lakhs of vacationers” have arrived within the state and appealed to them to prioritise protected journey practices and cling to visitors guidelines.
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