India’s Longest Railway Tunnel - 11.2 Km connecting Banihal-Qazigund in J&K
Northern Railway is going
to achieve one more milestone in J&K in transportation with the
completion of Banihal-Qazigund section of Udhampur-Baramullah-Srinagar
Rail link project.
The tunnel constructed by
Hindustan Construction Corporation will reduce the travel distance
between Qazigund and Banihal from 35 km (by road) to just 17.5 km (by
train).
The tunnel section of the
track was built at a cost of Rs 1691 crore, and took seven years to
complete. The tunnel was built by NATM (new Austrian tunnelling method)
used for the first time on such a large scale in India.
The tunnel has
been made waterproof. It's equipped with air quality monitoring,
ventilation, communication, and fire-fighting systems.
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