Indian Railways’ tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir in progress! After 10 years of construction, the excavation work inside an 8.6 kilometre long railway tunnel in the Banihal area of Ramban district in the state of Jammu and Kashmir has finally been completed. According to a PTI report, the crucial railway tunnel between Changaldar and Khari is one of the various ongoing under construction projects along the 272 kilometre long Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway line of Indian Railways. This ambitious railway line project is expected to be completed by 15 August 2022, providing an alternate surface link between the Kashmir Valley and the rest of India. The work on the tunnel was undertaken by Afcons and the ABCI infrastructure firms.
