Yawar Hussain
SRINAGAR: The Srinagar-Jammu railway line would have 93 kilometres of tunnels across the Himalayas with the project slated to be completed in 2023.
A tunnel along Baramulla Jammu railway line. KL Image by Bilal Bahadur
Sources in the Northern Railways said that among the 110 kilometres, under construction from Katra in Udhampur to Banihal in Ramban, 93 kilometres will comprise of tunnels.
They said many of the light systems to control the trains would also be inside the tunnels while a couple of railway stations have also been built inside the tunnels.
The stations whose route is being built around these series of tunnels include Reasi, Salal-A, Salal-B, Dugga, Bhasin Dadhar, Sangaldal, Sumbar and Arpinchala.
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On day one, around 300,000 people were due to be vaccinated with Covishield, developed by AstraZeneca and made by India s Serum Institute, or the homegrown Covaxin.
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Students attending free tuition classes organised by Indian Army at Government Middle School in Baramulla district of North Kashmir. (Photo/ANI)
Army provides free tuition classes for poor students in J-K s Baramulla ANI | Updated: Jan 08, 2021 07:01 IST
Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 8 (ANI): Taking a step forward, the Indian Army has been organizing free tuition classes for needy students in north Kashmir s Baramulla district.
Tuition classes for meritorious students of families below the poverty line have been started at Government Middle School at Tarzoo area of Sopore in Baramulla district of North Kashmir.
The classes are being conducted for the students of class 9th so as to bridge any capability gap in academic learning due to the COVID-19 lockdown period and prepare them for the future board exams.
TRF overground worker arrested in J-K s Baramulla, Chinese grenades recovered ANI | Updated: Jan 02, 2021 06:10 IST
Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 2 (ANI): The security forces arrested The Resistant Front (TRF) Over Ground Worker (OGW) in Baramulla district and recovered three Chinese grenades from his possession, said Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday.
According to police, TRF is an offshoot of Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
The Police in a statement said that the arrested OGW of TRF has been identified as Asif Gull. He has 29 FIRs registered against him in Police Station Baramulla and one FIR in Police Station Sopore, most of which have been registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. He was tasked to recruit youth and to kill a newly elected Councillor.