Great news for Jammu & Kashmir is that a tunnel on the Banihal-Katra rail link is now completed as reported by the officials. It is a 9.8 km tunnel creating a connection between two stations on the 111 km under-construction Banihal-Katra rail link. This is the third tunnel that the Indian railways constructed post the completion of the 12.6 km tunnel T-49B at the beginning of 2022, January.
J&K Gets 9.8km Tunnel On Banihal-Katra Rail Link
This 9.8 km tunnel on the Banihal-Katra railway link in J&K falls under the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line project. An official said on Monday, ‘We have succeeded in completing the construction work on the tunnel between Dugga and Sawlakote stations in the Katra-Banihal section of the Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla Rail Link’. The officials also stated that the Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) is a national project and it is the responsibility of the Indian railways to complete the project in time. Further, the official added that they have completed this tunnel in J&K connecting 2 railway stations. The USBRL project is 272 km. Its part of 161 km was commissioned in 3 phases.
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The Dugga railway station is connecting Basindadar railway station. Nestled at the Jammu end, Dugga is in connection with Basindadar towards the Srinagar end. The officials shared that 2 out of 7 railway stations under the Katra-Banihal section have a connection with this tunnel. The construction began in 2018. The 111-km Katra-Banihal section is currently under the construction process. This has 35 tunnels and 37 bridges.