J-K: Gadkari to initiate first blasting for Zoji-la Tunnel tomorrow
Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari will initiate the first blasting for Zoji-la Tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir.
The tunnel project holds strategic significance as Zoji-la Pass is situated at an altitude of 11,578 feet on the 434-km Srinagar-Kargil-Leh national highway and remains closed during winters due to heavy snowfall, cutting off Ladakh region from Kashmir.
It involves construction of a 14.15 Km long tunnel at an altitude of about 3,000 m under Zojila pass (presently motorable only for 6 months in a year) on NH-1 connecting Srinagar and Leh through Dras and Kargil.
