‘Banihal-Qazigund road tunnel likely to open next year’

Excavation work inside the 8.5-km-long Banihal-Qazigund tunnel along the Jammu-Srinagar highway was completed today with its twin tubes likely to be made operational by next year, a senior NHAI official said. “The double tube excavation work inside the Banihal-Qazigund four-lane tunnel was completed after seven years The breakthrough was made today,” NHAI Project Director GhulamQadir told PTI.

The work on the Rs 2,100-crore project started in June 2011 and on completion, the tunnel would reduce the distance between Banihal and Qazigund by 16 kms. “The project is likely to be completed by next year,” Qadir said.

   

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