Indian Railways achieves milestone in under-construction Kashmir rail project
Indian Railways achieved a milestone with one more tunnel in Bankot area near Banihal in Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir connected after an advancement
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Srinagar, December 8: Indian Railways has achieved another milestone with one more tunnel in the Bankot area located near Banihal in Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir connected after an advancement. With this, the IRCON International Limited has completed most part of excavation work of railway tunnels between Banihal and the Khari sector.
Work is underway on the Kashmir railway project in a 110 kilometres long rail line between Katra and Banihal and is likely to be completed in next 2 years. A part of the 272-km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail line, the project aims to provide an alternative surface link between Kashmir and the rest of India.
According to an official, the tunnel project in Bankot is being developed at a cost of Rs 300 crore in two parts. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, Harbans Lal Sharma said in the next two years, travelling by train from Kashmir to Kanyakumari is expected to start and the work is in full swing in Ramban to achieve this deadline.
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According to MD of Beigh Construction Company, Imran Beigh, for the first time, a road-header machine is being used in excavation of railway tunnels in Kashmir rail line project. In tunnel excavation, the load-header machine is being used, and thanks to this machine, conducting blasts inside the rail tunnels is not needed, which sometimes damages the nearby residential houses near the tunnels. Beigh Construction Company has been given a one-year deadline to complete tunnel number 77.