2-hour trial run of traffic through Banihal-Qazigund tunnel successful: Officials dailyexcelsior.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailyexcelsior.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
PM likely to inaugurate Banihal-Qazigund tunnel soon along with Gadkari, Dr Jitendra dailyexcelsior.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailyexcelsior.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The all weather hi-tech tunnel connecting Qazigund and Banihal is likely to open for public in the next two weeks. Locals say its like a dream coming true. With the opening of this tunnel, the common people will heave a sigh of relief.
India News: The work on the 8.5-km-long tunnel started in June 2011 and, on completion, it would reduce the road distance between Banihal in Jammu and Qazigund in
It will bypass Jawahar Tunnel and Shaitan Nalla, which is prone to heavy snowfall and slippery conditions during winters and results in a bottleneck in the strategically important road linking Kashmir to the rest of the country.