Patnitop


Patnitop or Patni Top is a hilltop tourist location in Udhampur district in the Jammu and Kashmir union territory of India, on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, from Jammu on the way from Udhampur to Srinagar. Situated on a plateau in the Shivalik belt of the Himalayas, Patnitop sits at an altitude of. The river Chenab flows in close proximity to this location.

Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee tunnel

Snowfall and avalanche in winter at Patnitop used to obstruct the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway a few times every winter and causes long queues of vehicles, sometimes for days. These problems were mitigated by the opening of the Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Tunnel. At, it is India's longest road tunnel. It starts from about from Chenani town south of Patnitop to Nashri village north of Patnitop, reducing the distance from Jammu to Srinagar by and bypassing Patnitop.

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