evidence: Constructed at a cost of Rs 2,519 crore, the Chennai-Nashri tunnel on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is likely to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi next month. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be requested to formally dedicate to the public the Chenani-Nashri tunnel on Jammu-Srinagar highway which is in the final stage of its completion," Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh said on Saturday. [...] Describing it as "one of the best tunnels to have been constructed in Asia", he said it was going to be a "historic monument" for India, especially for Jammu and Kashmir.