Jammu and Kashmir development project With udhampur Chenani road update and banihal road update and ramban road update and
Jammu sringar 4 way project update
The Ramban-Banihal stretch along Srinagar-Jammu National Highway has recorded a 38 per cent physical progress.
The central government has earlier fixed December 2021 as the deadline for the completion of the project with an outlay of Rs 2169 crore, however, the project could not be completed on time as the authorities have submitted DPR for realignment of the 13-kilometer road stretch in order to bypass landslide-prone areas.
Officials say that after approval of the realignment plan which was submitted by the National Highway Authority of India to the Government of India, the pace of work on the project has been expedited.
DPR for realignment of 13.6 kilometers was submitted for bypassing dangerous zones in the area which were coming under the widening.
As per the realignment plan, 5 tunnels, 33 culverts, 13 viaducts, 11 minor bridges, and 3 underpasses will be constructed to bypass treacherous stretches.
The four-laning project has been divided into six sub-projects, comprising widening of the Jammu-Udhampur road (65 km), Chenani-Nashri tunnel (9.2 km), widening of Ramban-Udhampur road (43 km), Banihal-Ramban road (36 km), Qazigund-Banihal road (15.25 km) and Srinagar-Banihal road (67.7 km). Inordinate delay in the completion of developmental projects pertaining to connectivity has again brought to the fore how Kashmir is suffering due to poor execution and mismanagement of authorities at the helm of affairs.
A Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Tourism has recommended the central government to lay special focus on the development and maintenance of National Highways (NHs) in Jammu and Kashmir as it will spur economic activities and further the tourism prospects of the region.
