Srinagar: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari today inaugurated Peerah-Kunfer Tunnel at Ramban.
The Union Minister said four more tunnels on Ramban-Banihal stretch of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway will be completed by next March and an additional other tunnel is also to start soon. He said with these tunnels the distance between Jammu-Srinagar will be completed in about 3.5 hours.
The 924 meters long Tube 1 of the Peeda-Kunfer Tunnel would bypass 2.9 km congested, zigzag, and the accident-prone area between Nashri and Ramban. The tunnel is a part of the ongoing four-lane project of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) between Udhampur and Ramban on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
The tunnel will reduce the 2.9 km distance National Highway and it would provide huge relief to the passengers travelling in the Ramban district on the national highway. However, the work on the second tube, T-2, of the Peeda-Kunfer Tunnel was also in progress and only 50 to 100 meters of excavation work was pending on the second tube.
