Nitin Gadkari claims, in the next 3-4 years the roads of Jammu and Kashmir will be like America

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Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari Has claimed that in the next 3-4 years the roads of Jammu and Kashmir will be like America. We will make such a good road network, we are working on this work.

Kashmir better than Switzerland: Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said, people from India and all over the world go to Switzerland. Our Kashmir is better than Switzerland. The Lieutenant Governor has identified 13.5 acres of land. We are setting up roadside facilities, shops for handloom, handicraft, pashmina market at many places. He said, we have told the officials to give employment to maximum local youth.

Gadkari reviewed the construction work of Zojila tunnel

Minister of Road Transport and Highways for the construction work of Zojila tunnel being built for the purpose of connecting Jammu and Kashmir with Ladakh in all weather Nitin Gadkari reviewed. The historic tunnel project is part of a dream to connect the Kashmir Valley with Kanyakumari, he said.

Asia’s longest tunnel being built in Jammu and Kashmir

After taking stock of the construction works at an altitude of about 11,500 feet, Nitin Gadkari said, this is a historic and important tunnel in the history of India. The length of this tunnel is most likely to be in Asia.

Ladakh will not lose contact with Kashmir valley even in snowfall

This tunnel will pass through Zojila Pass on the Srinagar-Kargil-Leh Highway. This tunnel project is considered to be very important from a strategic point of view as the highway is closed due to heavy snowfall in winter, due to which the Ladakh region is cut off from the Kashmir Valley. The Zojila tunnel will connect Baltal in Ganderbal district of Kashmir with the miniway in Drass town of Kargil district in Ladakh. There is an 18 kilometer long approach road from Sonamarg to Baltal while the length of the main tunnel is 13 kilometer.

People working in minus 26 degree Celsius

Referring to the Zojila tunnel, Gadkari said that the estimated cost of the project was Rs 12,000 crore, but after discussions with experts and international consultants, it was possible to reduce the cost by Rs 5,000 crore. He said, this is the first time for our country that we are going to save Rs 5,000 crore in the estimated cost of a project. It is very difficult to work here. People are working in minus 26 degree Celsius.

38 percent work of tunnel completed

Gadkari said that 38 percent work of this tunnel has been completed and a part of this project will be inaugurated this year to give relief to the common people. He said that after the completion of the project, tourism will get a boost in the entire area.

Total length of the project 31 km

Harpal Singh, project head of Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL), the company that constructed the Zojila tunnel, said that its work is going on at full speed. Singh said, the total length of this project from Sonamarg to Minimarg is 31 km. The route from Sonamarg to Baltal is 18 km long and then the main tunnel from Baltal to Minimarg is 13 km long. Work is going on fast on both the projects.

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