Crucial rail tunnel in Kashmir to be completed by 2010

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Governor NN Vohra along with an official entourage visited the Qazigund Railway station as well as the railway tunnel at Lower Munda, where he was briefed about the details of the project. The work on the tunnel will be completed by Dec 2010

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Tue, Aug 25, 2009 13:48:05 IST

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Jammu and Kashmir News :

RAILWAY OFFICIALS involved in the construction of the crucial Qazigund-Banihal railway tunnel informed the Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra on Monday (August 24), that the work will be completed on the project by December 2010.

The governor along with an official entourage visited the Qazigund Railway station as well as the railway tunnel at Lower Munda, where he was briefed about the details of the project.

At the railway station, Vohra went round the hi-tech ASM-cum-Panel Room and Solid State Interlocking Room. He was also briefed about the entire site plan of the Railway station with details of the facilities, by senior Railway Officers.

Chief Engineer, construction, North-East, Northern Railway, Chahatey Ram, while briefing the governor, said that the latest technology has been introduced at Qazigund Railway Station to facilitate quick train movements.

He also informed that the Commissioner of Railway Safety has given clearance for operating DMU on 19 km Qazigund-Anantnag stretch of the Qazigund-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project.

The governor also paid a visit to the Railway Tunnel site at Lower Munda and took stock of the pace of work on the construction of this 11 km long Pir Panjal Railway tunnel connecting Qazigund with Banihal.

He was apprised that out of the 11 km long tunnel, the work on eight km-four and a half km from Banihal side and three and a half km from Qazigund side-has been completed so far while the entire tunnel is scheduled to be completed by December 2010. He said that thereafter the process for laying of track will commence.

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