Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir in the first week of July 2014 to inaugurate the Udhampur-Katra rail link, which will improve access to the Vaishno Devi shrine.
This will be Modi's first visit outside Delhi since his recent trip to Goa to dedicate the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, the country's largest warship, to the nation.
However, the exact dates for the visit are yet to be announced
The railways declared the 25-km Udhampur-Katra line ready for operation earlier this month after the trial run of a train from New Delhi to Katra.
Trains can currently go up to Udhampur and the new section will allow pilgrims to travel directly to Katra, the base camp for the cave shrine.
Built at a cost of Rs 1,050 crore, the rail link includes seven tunnels and 30 small and big bridges.
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