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Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has started sharing the technology used to build the Atal tunnel, Rohtang with engineering students as Karnataka's Alliance University organised an educational tour to the Atal tunnel. Modi had announced on October 3, 2020 during the inauguration of the Atal tunnel that Border Roads Organisation (BRO) should share the construction technology of Atal tunnel with engineering students of the country to make the country Aatma-Nirbhar in tunnel construction. On Tuesday, students of Alliance College of Engineering and Design from Bangalore-based Alliance University visited the tunnel. This being the first engineering students' group to visit the tunnel for educational purpose, BRO officials gave both students and faculty members a warm welcome. They have also invited engineering students from the country who wish to learn about Atal Tunnel's planning, challenges, difficulties, and execution. “This was an amazing experience. This is no doubt an engineering masterpiece. We came all the way from Bangalore only to see this tunnel and to meet the engineers to listen to their experiences,” one of the students Lakshmi Jotsana said. Dr Vipin Prasad, professor and HoD, basic sciences, said he had started planning an educational tour to Manali ever since he had heard PM Modi inviting engineering students to visit the tunnel. “Be it civil, mechanical, electrical or students from any stream, all should visit here at least once. They will get to learn a lot of things. Students were so excited to meet the engineers and see the various technical aspects of the tunnel,” he said.   Professor Prasad added that it was a proud moment for the students and the Alliance University, Karnataka, that they could make it to be the first engineering college to visit the tunnel for educational purposes on the call of