Dehradun, April 16 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday participated in the Pran Pratishtha programme at the newly constructed Baba Baukhnag temple near the Silkyara tunnel. He also participated in the different programmes organised on the occasion of the tunnel's breakthrough site.

The Chief Minister also inspected the map chart of the Silkyara Tunnel.

The Silkyaara tunnel is a two-lane and two-directional tunnel that will reduce the distance between Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham by 26 km, helping pilgrims of the Chardham Yatra save time. The 4.531 km-long tunnel was built at a cost of about 853 crores.

The work on the Silkyara tunnel project was delayed as it was halted due to a section of the Silkyara Bend-Ba...