Key Points :
- This railway line is said to provide an alternate surface link between the Kashmir Valley and the rest of India.
It’s called the Indian Railways’ tunnel of Jammu and Kashmir. - Our Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha appreciated and reviewed this Rs 27,949 crore Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla project.
- According to the orders by Mr. Manoj Sinha, the rest of the work from Katra to Banihal is to be completed till Independence Day of 2022.
This railway line project is expected to be completed by 15 August 2022 and is set to provide an alternate surface link between the Kashmir Valley and the rest of India.
It’s called the Indian Railways’ tunnel of Jammu and Kashmir which is in progress. After a huge time span of 10 years of construction, the excavation work inside an 8.6 kilometre long railway tunnel in the Banihal area of Ramban district in the state of Jammu and Kashmir has finally been completed.
According to a PTI report, the crucial railway tunnel between Changaldar and Khari is one of the various ongoing under construction projects along the 272 kilometre long
Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway line of Indian Railways. This ambitious railway line project is expected to be completed by 15 August 2022, providing an alternate surface link between the Kashmir Valley and the rest of India.
According to an official’s statement ,
the ABCI cleared the last portion after three years of work on the 2.5 kilometre section of tunnel number 74. The District Development Commissioner, Nazim Zia Khan was quoted in the report saying that the newly constructed 8.6 kilometre long tunnel of Indian Railways will link the 16 kilometre Khari-Banihal section of the 110 kilometre long Katra-Banihal railway track. The District Development Commissioner also congratulated the Northern Railway zone, IRCON and the ABCI for the completion of the tunnel’s excavation work.
Our very own Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha appreciated and reviewed this Rs 27,949 crore Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla project in the last month of August .
He directed the authorities and dignitaries
of Indian Railways to complete the rest of the work from Katra to Banihal by the Independence Day 2022.
Besides, this country’s first cable stayed railway bridge is also coming up along the railway link on Anji Nallah in Reasi.
