“I Like Tunnels, But Frankly…”: Anand Mahindra urges Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari to create ‘trunnels’ in India

New Delhi: The chairman of Indian automaker firm and industrialist Anand Mahindra is indeed a passionate social media user and his online posts often create a massive buzz on the internet.

In a recent tweet, Mahindra retweeted an astonishing video clip of a tunnel with trees planted on both sides of it, also called a ‘trunnel’, giving it a satisfying scenic appearance.

Mahindra further urges the Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari to ‘purposefully’ create such trunnels in the upcoming projects by his department.

Since the video surfaced online, it took the social media by storm with the post managing to garner over 2 million views and 37,000+ likes yet.

Watch the viral video here:

“I like tunnels, but frankly, I’d much rather go through this kind of ‘Trunnel’ …@nitin_gadkari ji, can we plan to purposefully plant some of these trunnels on the new rural roads you are building?”, Mahindra tweeted.

I like tunnels, but frankly, I’d much rather go through this kind of ‘Trunnel’ …@nitin_gadkari ji, can we plan to purposefully plant some of these trunnels on the new rural roads you are building? https://t.co/6cE4njjGGi

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) August 27, 2022

The beautiful clip of a healthy fusion between infrastructural development and nature has gone viral on microblogging site Twitter with users finding it inspirational and flooding the comment section with endearing remarks.

“This type of tunnel are more beautifully located on Omkareshwar road”, a user wrote while sharing a video on similar note.

यह ओंकारेश्वर मंदिर से भोपाल जाते समय पड़ता है लगभग 50-60 km ऐसे ही रास्ता हैं pic.twitter.com/t5H4kVVWLC

— chetash pandey (@pandeychetash) August 27, 2022

“Sir, there is a road between the Paunta Saheb and Dehradun, covered with trees, I drove many times though it”, another said while sharing a beautiful snap of the route.

Sir, there is a road between the Paunta Saheb and Dehradun, covered with trees, I drove many times though it pic.twitter.com/61cETb1W28

— Lost in Paradise 🇮🇳 (@Lost_human19) August 27, 2022

My hometown #Pilibhit@PilibhitR pic.twitter.com/TaicIualVr

— Aditya (@aditya_95_) August 27, 2022

Here is one in Ladakh pic.twitter.com/GhlaFYkUoL

— Saurabh Sharma (@saurabh_66) August 27, 2022