Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ready to inaugurate on Monday the 6.5 km lengthy Z-Morh tunnel in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir that may make the Sonamarg vacationer resort accessible all year long.
The prime minister landed on the Srinagar airport at round 10.45 am and is on solution to Sonamarg for the inauguration of the strategic tunnel that’s essential from the defence perspective as properly, officers stated.
Union Floor Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari reached Srinagar on Sunday for the operate.
Modi can even be joined for the inauguration ceremony by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
The 2-lane bi-directional highway tunnel between Gagangir and Sonamarg in Ganderbal district in central Kashmir has been constructed at a price of over Rs 2,700 crore.
It’s outfitted with a parallel 7.5-metre-wide escape passage for emergencies.
Located at an altitude of over 8,650 ft above sea degree, the tunnel will improve all-weather connectivity between Srinagar and Sonamarg en path to Leh, bypassing landslide and avalanche routes.
Modi, who’s on his first go to to J-Okay submit the conduct of the meeting elections in September-October final 12 months, is scheduled to satisfy the development employees who’ve labored meticulously amid harsh circumstances in an acknowledgement of their contribution to this engineering feat.
