Udhampur to Katra and Banihal to Qazigund Railway sections to be ready by Dec 2012
Arguing that there has been significant progress and Udhampur-Katra routes Banihal-Qazigund rail, the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the Northern Railway, RK Gupta said today that both parties would be willing to rattle the train before December next year . However, the twin cities of the state capital would be connected by rail by 2017 taking into account the time spent in performing the difficult task of building more bridges and major world's longest river Chenab.
Speaking at a press conference this afternoon, Mr Gupta said that a total of 42 tunnels with a length of 120 km in the Udhampur-Qazigund and 17 of them have already been completed while work is paced accelerated in the rest. "As for the gallery of 11 km between Qazigund and Banihal is concerned, the 10.5 km part is completed and yet to be completed in September this year," he added.
"After completion of the excavation remaining line began operations, the installation of sophisticated ventilation system and installation of reactors less track so that the entire section Banihal-Qazigund rattle ready to train in December 2012," says CAO that while the longest tunnel of revelation is under construction about 400 meters below the Jawahar tunnel to avoid the snow line and provide connections to transportation to and from the years between two parts of the state.
In addition to galleries, Udhampur-Qazigund portion has a total of 122 bridges, construction of two mega in the river Chenab and Anji River. While the bridge over the Chenab River would have the honor of being the world's highest and longest span railway bridge, the Anji Bridge is the fourth highest.
"Out of 122 bridges, 59 so far and we have completed the work quickly on the rest," Gupta said while revealing that the first cable cranes for the construction of world's tallest bridge over Chenab enter into force in May and second since August this year.
Information on the Udhampur-Katra section, the chief administrative officer of Northern Railway has shown that the completion of the block of 1.8 km long diversion tunnel No. 1, drying procedures and posing tunnel reactor No. 3 all other works have been performed.
"The construction of the reactor will be completed in December this year, while work on the tunnel Tunnel No. 1 and No. 3 was completed in March-April next year, and this section would also be willing to rattle the train before December next year, "he said.
To a question, said that if a provision of Rs 1,100 crore has been kept in the railway budget for the project during the current year, however, "we can achieve more, if they can happen." Last year, an amount of Rs 950 crore was spent on the project.
About the security infrastructure in the Valley, Mr. Gupta said the police stations, posts, guard posts and barracks for GRP personnel have been created gradually and police stations and posts in seven stations have already been delivered to the GRP. "All the security infrastructure must be in place later this year," he added.
Reported that the construction of 165 km along the road to reach project sites, Northern Railways has provided road connectivity to 30 households directly and indirectly to many more. In about 95 km long road was built during the project and the entire 260 km of road length would be delivered to the State Government for the subsequent maintenance.
"We intend to metal in the streets, but it would only be possible if the State Government shall extend full cooperation in this regard," he said while revealing that a businessman who was awarded the metal work along 17 km of road to Kantha Kouri, was unable to work due to lack of cooperation at the state government.
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