Admin Younis Bashir Banihal - Qazigund rail line completed =>Banihal-Qazigund section of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramullah Rail link project has been completed by Northern Railway and is all set to be opened for public very soon, after statutory inspection by Commissioner of Railway Safety for running passenger trains. Trial run on this section was successfully done last December and since then ballast trains are running on regular basis. According to a spokesperson of Northern Railways, the Banihal- Qazigund section is 17.730 Kms long, out of which 6.514 Km portion is on cutting and embankment including bridges and remaining 11.215 Kms is through the tunnel. About 11, 78,500.00 cubic meters of earthwork in cutting and filling has been done. The maximum depth of cutting is 15.20 meters and maximum height of embankment is 16.70 meters. 39 nos. of bridges have been constructed in this section which include two major bridges, 30 nos. of minor bridges and 7 nos. of ROBs/RUBs. The total expenditure of Rs. 1691.00 Crores has been incurred by the railways to complete this section. The section consists of only one tunnel i.e. Pir Panjal Tunnel which is 11.215 Km long. This tunnel is the longest transportation tunnel in India and third longest in Asia. The tunnel has been constructed with a cost of Rs.1300 crores spread over seven years. About 7,500 Metric Tonnes of steel, 3, 28,000 cubic meters of concrete has been used and 10,00,000 cubic meters of underground excavation has been done to complete the tunnel. 1300 workers and 150 engineers worked round the clock to accomplish this challenging task. Opening of Banihal-Qazigund railway section will connect Jammu division with Kashmir valley, the spokesperson said adding that this section will have two main railway stat
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:08:41 +0000
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