India News: India's longest railway tunnel in Pir Panjal
- 5 years ago
India News: When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flags off a train to Qazigund on Tuesday from Banihal in Jammu that will travel through the 11km Pir Panjal tunnel, the Kashmir valley will be just a step away from being fully linked to India's extensive railway network.
For Ijaz Bhat, who has laboured with at least 1,300 workers and 150 engineers to build the country's longest railway tunnel, it will be a moment of pride. "For me this is the best," Bhat says, though he knows there's a longer rail tunnel in China.
Built at a cost of Rs.1,300 crore, the T-80 tunnel will provide a second, all-weather link to the Kashmir Valley, which often becomes inaccessible in winter when the road through the 60-year-old Jawahar tunnel is blocked because of snow.
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For Ijaz Bhat, who has laboured with at least 1,300 workers and 150 engineers to build the country's longest railway tunnel, it will be a moment of pride. "For me this is the best," Bhat says, though he knows there's a longer rail tunnel in China.
Built at a cost of Rs.1,300 crore, the T-80 tunnel will provide a second, all-weather link to the Kashmir Valley, which often becomes inaccessible in winter when the road through the 60-year-old Jawahar tunnel is blocked because of snow.
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