evidence: Completion of the 9 km bi-directional Chenani-Nashri tunnel in the Jammu & Kashmir (India) will be delayed by two months until July, 2016. [...] IL&FS has allotted to BCC (Beigh Construction Company) the final 1.5 km of excavation work on the Nashri side of the main tunnel. Two other contractors will complete the lining, and a further two will complete the outer works at each end of the tunnel. Located at an elevation of 1.2 km, Chenani-Nashri will be India’s longest road tunnel connecting Udhampur District to Ramban District on the NH-1A Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. Built using NATM techniques, it will replace a 41 km-long road through steep, hilly and difficult terrain with an all-weather road of just 10.9 km. The main 9 km tunnel is connected to a parallel escape tunnel via 29 cross-passages (pedestrian passages every 300 m and vehicular crossings every 1.2 km). Visit http://www.nhai.org/, http://www.itnlindia.com/default.aspx and http://bccgroup.in/. 24/15.