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Chenani-Nashri tunnel: Choose between tourism and terrorism, Modi tells J&K

Highlights of Chenani-Nashri tunnel, Asia longest bi-directional road tunnel inaugurated on Sunday

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BS Web Team New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Asia's longest bi-directional road tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on Sunday.
At the ceremony, Modi urged the youth of Jammu & Kashmir to choose between tourism and terrorism. "I want to tell the people of Kashmir they have two roads to choose from -- of tourism and terrorism. In the past 40 years, much blood has been spilt, to little avail... If tourism had been the focus, Kashmir would have been a hub today," he said.

The National Highways Authority of India has spent Rs 3,720 crore on this state-of-the-art tunnel. The tunnel,