- The Union Minister announced that the completion of four more tunnels on the Ramban-Banihal section of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is expected by next March.
- Additionally, another tunnel will soon be commissioned, which will shorten the travel distance between Jammu and Srinagar to around three and a half hours.
- To improve connectivity between Jammu and Srinagar, three corridors are being built at a cost of Rs 35,000 crore.
- The first corridor connects Jammu to Udhampur-Ramban-Banihal, and then onward to Srinagar, which includes the section from Srinagar to Banihal.
- This 250-kilometer-long four-lane road is being constructed at a cost of Rs 16 thousand crore. As of now, 210 km of the route has been completed with four lanes, featuring ten tunnels spanning 21.5 km.
- Tube 1, which is 924 meters long, will provide an alternative route bypassing the congested, accident-prone area between Nashri and Ramban that spans 2.9 km.
- This tunnel is a crucial component of the National Highways Authority of India's (NHAI) four-laning project between Udhampur and Ramban on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
- The tunnel will significantly shorten the distance of the National Highway. The construction of the second tube, T-2 of Kunfer-Peerah tunnel, is currently underway, and excavation work on the second tube has only 50 to 100 meters remaining.
Question:
Q.1 Where has the Kunfer-Peerah tunnel been inaugurated by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari recently?a. Sikkim
b. Jammu and Kashmir
c. Ladakh
d. Uttarakhand
