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According to the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation, 54 mega infrastructure projects worth more than Rs 150 crore are currently in progress in Jammu and Kashmir. Forty-eight of these projects, worth a total of Rs 64,000 crore, have been commissioned in or after 2019.
according to The Quint‘S Most of these projects, 41, are linked to road transport and highways, indicating growing stress on road connectivity in the erstwhile state, where border clashes with China and terrorist infiltration from Pakistan remain a major defense concern.
The projects include four-laning of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway at an estimated cost of Rs 16,000 crore and a large number of tunnels (at least 10), viaducts and viaducts.
Two special tunnels were started in Khooninallah and Makarkoot areas in Jammu as part of the same project on the advice of experts, to avoid disaster-prone stretches where frequent landslides and damage to machinery have resulted in halting work. Was lying.
Another four-lane Srinagar Ring Road project will create a 68-km-long wide road network aimed at reducing traffic chaos in Srinagar city and facilitating better connectivity between four districts (Pulwama, Srinagar, Budgam and Baramulla). Is. Kashmir valley. The first phase of the project, which will connect Galandar area of Pulwama in south Kashmir to Narbal area of Srinagar in central Kashmir, is nearing completion. The project comes at a cost of Rs 2,919 crore.
Work on four-laning of the 161-km Srinagar-Baramulla-Uri highway at a cost of Rs 823.45 crore, another major road project, will begin in two phases. The first phase will include Narbal-Baramulla section followed by Baramulla-Uri section near the Line of Control (LOC). The projects include two bypass roads in Pattan and Baramulla and flyovers in Sangrama and Delina areas in north Kashmir.
Another 51-km road-widening project of NH 701, crossing the areas of Rafiabad, Kupwara, Chowkibal, Tangdhar and Chamkot, with an estimated cost of about Rs 1,405 crore, will ease transportation between Baramulla and the districts. Kupwara has strategic importance due to its proximity to LOC.
