SHAKEELA ANDRABI
SRINAGAR: Connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir, especially in the Valley is improving day by day.
On the one hand, Kashmir Valley is going to be connected to Kanyakumari by a rail link by the end of this year or in the first month of next year and on the other side in a significant development, the Northern Railway is all set to start work on the 50 kilo meter Baramulla-Uri stretch in Kashmir, for which tenders have been floated, officials said on Sunday.
Once the project is completed, the border area of Uri will get connected with the railways.
According to senior officials, Northern Railways is mulling to begin Final Location Survey for new Baramulla-Uri line and for which proposals are being invited by the Ministry.
“Tenders have been floated for Engineering survey work of a Railway line /roadway using modern survey techniques such as Aerial Survey and DGPS (Differential Global Positioning System) levelling and creation of DEM”, he said.
He said that the overall track from Baramulla to Uri will be 50 Kilometres.
Chief Area Manager (CAM) Kashmir Railways, Saqib Yousuf also confirmed the development. He said it is good news for the entire Kashmir.
Pertinently, the government has stated that Kashmir will be connected with Kanyakumari through rail link very soon. Earlier on May 11 the long pending demand for the Ratnipora Halt between Awantipora and Kakpora in Kashmir has now finally been fulfilled.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the additional halt between Awantipora and Kakpora in South Kashmir by Indian Railways “Good news for deepening connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir,” Modi said in a tweet while sharing the news of the addition of a train halt by the Ministry of Railways in South Kashmir.
