November 23, 2024 06:52 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
'Third World War has begun:' Ex-Ukraine military commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny | UK-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations to resume in early 2024 | UK can arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits country based on ICC warrant | Centre to send over 10,000 additional soldiers to violence-hit Manipur amid fresh violence | Chhattisgarh: 10 Maoists killed during encounter with security forces in Sukma
Qazigund-Banihal railway tunnel to be used for vehicular traffic during inclement weather: Govt

Qazigund-Banihal railway tunnel to be used for vehicular traffic during inclement weather: Govt

| | 03 Feb 2017, 11:27 pm
Srinagar, Feb 3 (IBNS): The Qazigund-Banihal railway tunnel would also be used for the vehicular traffic during inclement weather and snowfall, said an official handout on Friday.

“This would ensure timely movement of passengers and vehicles who often get stuck on the Srinagar-Jammu highway for days due to blockade during bad weather,” it said.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who is in New Delhi, took up the issue of using the Qazigund-Banihal railway tunnel with Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu assuring all support and cooperation.

“Mr. Prabu agreed to the suggestion of using the railway tunnel for movement of vehicles during inclement weather. Modalities in this regard would be worked out shortly,” added the statement.

The tunnel has an inbuilt parallel road stretch which would be used for facilitating traffic movement on the highway.


(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.