VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

"JNANA SANGAMA" BELAGAVI 590-018

A TECHNICAL SEMINAR REPORT

ON
“A CASE STUDY ON ATAL TUNNEL”
A dissertation submitted to Visvesvaraya Technological University in Partial
Fulfillment of the Requisites for the award of Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering

Submitted by
ANUSHA P S
USN: 3BR20CV003

Under the Guidance of

Mr. SYED SADATH ALI BE, M.Tech, MISTE

Assistant Professor

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

BALLARI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT
BALLARI - 583101, KARNATAKA
2023-2024
 BALLARI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
& MANAGEMENT
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(Recognized by Govt. of Karnataka, approved by AICTE, New Delhi & Affiliated to
Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgavi)
"JnanaGangotri" Campus, No.873/2, Ballari-Hospet Road, Allipur,
Ballari- 583104 (Karnataka) (India)
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DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the seminar entitled “A CASE STUDY ON ATAL
TUNNAL” has been successfully presented by ANUSHA P S bearing USN
3BR20CV003 of VIII semester B.E students have successfully presented for
the partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor Degree in Civil
Engineering of the VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
during the academic year 2023-2024.

Signature of Guide Signature of HOD

Prof. SYED SADATH ALI Dr. MANIKANTA D
 DECLARATION

I, ANUSHA P S (3BR20CV003) student of VIII semester B.E in Civil Engineering,

BITM College of Engineering, Bellary, here by declare that the seminar work entitled
“A CASE STUDY ON ATAL TUNNAL” submitted to the Visvesvaraya
Technological University during the academic year 2023-24, is a record of an original
work done by us under the guidance of Mr. SYED SADATH ALI, Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering, BITM College of Engineering, Bellary. This seminar
report is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree
of Bachelor of Civil Engineering. The results embodied in this thesis have not been
submitted to any other University or Institute for the award of any degree.

Date: ANUSHA P S
Place: BALLARI
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The satisfaction that we feel at the successful completion of seminar, it would be

incomplete if we did not mention the names of people, whose noble gesture, affection,
guidance, encouragement and support crowned our efforts with success.
We express our deep sense of gratitude to the management of Ballari Institute of
Technology and Management, Ballari, for providing us the congenial environment in
the college.
We deeply indebted to Prof. SYED SADATH ALI & SHIVAKUMAR K,
Department of civil engineering, our guide & seminar co-ordinator, for consistently
providing us with the required guidance to help us in the timely and successful
completion of this seminar. In this spite of their extremely busy schedules in department,
they were always available to share deep insights with us, wide knowledge and extensive
experience.
We are thankful to Dr. MANIKANTA D, Head of the Department, Civil Engineering,
for providing the facilities in the Department to do this seminar work. We express our
deep sense of gratitude to Dr. YADAVALLI BASAVARAJ, Principal, Ballari Institute
of Technology and Management, Ballari for providing us the congenial environment in
the college.
We extended sincere thanks to all the teaching and non-teaching staff members of
Civil Engineering Department of BITM, Ballari, for constant support and help during the
seminar work.

ANUSHA P S
 ABSTRACT

The Atal Tunnel under the Rohtang Pass is the world's longest tunnel over 10,000 feet
(3,000 meters) and was built despite great odds. It was formerly known as the Rohtang
tunnel and was renamed after India’s former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The
length of the tunnel is 9.02 Km. It is also the longest bi-directional, single tube roadway
tunnel of India and a project of great strategic importance.

The challenges included: working under extreme conditions of weather and altitude
with limited access to the North Portal across the Rohtang Pass; working under an
extreme over-burden of 1.9 km; and overcoming the geological surprises that the Young
Fold mountains of the Himalayan ranges had to offer, becoming even more challenging
due to limited initial information, the geological surprises on the Pir-panjal range where it
merged into the Himalayan ranges are astride of three faults in this region. The Seri Nala
fault along the tunnel alignment was anticipated but appeared early, with huge ingress of
water and Riverbed Material, turning into a unique challenge that could have led to
aborting the alignment, but for the grit and determination of the team. Though delayed,
the tunnel was completed with zero casualties and leaves a legacy of many important
lessons in extreme engineering and management in such situations.