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New Delhi : Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari will dedicate to the nation a 1,210-meter span-bridge over river Raavi in Jammu and Kashmir on January 22, 2019. This bridge has been constructed at a cost of Rs 158.84 crore to improve inter-state connectivity.

This project will benefit over 2,20,000 people living on the two sides – Kathua in Jammu, and Pathankot in Punjab. This will reduce the distance between the two cities from 45 km to 8.6 km, which will save both time and fuel cost.

The NH network in Jammu and Kashmir has seen an increase of 969 km in the last four years. The total length of NHs in the State was 1,695 km in 2014, which has gone up to 2,664 km in 2018. Number of NHs has also gone up from seven to 14 in the meantime. New NHs of 969 km were announced during the period. In addition, four State roads of 400 km have also been approved.

Under the Prime Minister’s special development package (PMDP) for J&K announced on November 7, 2015, the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways is executing 16 projects worth Rs 45,107 crore through NHAI, NHIDCL, State PWD and BRO. Of these, works worth Rs 30,000 crore have already started. NHAI is executing eight projects worth Rs 14,987 crore, NHIDCL/BRO – six projects worth Rs 24,120 crore, and PWD – two projects for Rs 6,000 crore.

Two major road corridors are being built in J&K– Jammu–Srinagar and Srinagar–Leh. The Chenani-Nashri tunnel road under the first is the largest highway tunnel in the country. The Zojila Tunnel for connecting Srinagar with Leh will be Asia’s longest 14.2 km long two-lane tunnel, which will prove to be a milestone all weather road in the region, according to a PIB release. A 62 km long 4-lane ring road is being constructed in the Srinagar city at a cost of Rs 1,860 crore. The road begins from Ganderbal on NH-44 and ends at Vayul on NH-1D. It will connect 54 villages in six districts.

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