Jammu- Srinagar highway tunnel projects to be completed in 2016: Govt
The ongoing two major tunnel projects on Jammu- Srinagar National Highway which are being developed to reduce the distance between twin capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar, would be completed in 2016, Minister of State for Revenue Ajaz Ahmad Khan said in reply to a question by S Bashir Ahmad Veeri (NC).
Development work on the Banihal-Qazigund tunnel and Chenani-Nashri tunnel projects is in progress. These projects are likely to be completed by June, 2016 and May, 2016 respectively, the minister informed the house.
Khan further said that National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and Border Road Organisation (BRO) are executing the construction work for widening of North-South corridor of National Highway 1-A from Lakhanpur, Kathua to Parimpora, Srinagar.
He further said that widening of the stretch from Lakhanpur to Jammu (Kunjwani) has been completed, while work on Jammu-Udhampur stretch is in progress and is expected to be completed by December.
Work on Udhampur-Cheneni road stretch is to be started, while as the work on Chenani-Nashri tunnel is going on in full swing and is expected to be completed by May, 2016, he said.
Ajaz also cleared that work on Ramban-Banihal section has not been initiated so far, as the approval for the stretch is pending with the Union Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways.
He further said that as for the Banihal and remaining part of National Highway in Kashmir Division, there are two stretches — Banihal-Srinagar and Srinagar-Uri — which are being executed by NHAI and BRO respectively. Work on Banihal-Qazigund tunnel is in progress and is likely to be completed by June, 2016, he said.
NHAI has been handed over the land for construction of Qazigund-Srinagar road and the work on the stretch is expected to be completed by this year-end, he said.
Source: The Economic Times
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