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J&K becoming hub of tunnels and bridges
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
|January 14, 2025
The tunnel has been built at a cost of more than ₹2700 crore
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Jammu and Kashmir is regaining its identity as "paradise on earth", leaving behind the difficult days of the past.
He was in the city to inaugurate the strategic 6.4 km-long Sonamarg Tunnel on the Srinagar-Leh highway that is being seen as the first leg to provide all-weather road connectivity between J&K and the Union Territory of Ladakh that borders China and Pakistan.
The tunnel has been built at a cost of more than Rs.2700 crore and bypasses the avalanche-prone highway. The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, Union Ministers of State, Dr. Jitendra Singh and Ajay Tamta were among those present on the occasion.
This story is from the January 14, 2025 edition of The Statesman Bhubaneswar.
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