Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s announcement that a tunnel would be built at Peer Ki Gali on Mughal Road has brought cheer to the residents of Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian.
Talking to reporters earlier this month, Gadkari had shared the details of the Rs 5,000-crore project to make Mughal Road an all-weather road connecting Poonch and Rajouri districts in the Jammu region to Shopian in the Kashmir valley.
Shopian’s residents feel the project would open up employment avenues for youngsters.
“We are elated about the upcoming Mughal Road tunnel. Its construction will open up job opportunities for the educated yet unemployed youngsters of Shopian, Poonch and Rajouri districts,” Aijaz Ahmad, a resident of Heerpora in Shopian, said.
