Katra-Banihal railway link to be complete by 2022

Railway Board reported that the attempts to connect every part of Jammu and Kashmir to the railway are underway at full speed, and the Katra-Banihal rail link project will likely to be completed by December 2022.

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The Jammu–Baramulla line is a railway track being laid to connect the Kashmir Valley in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir with Jammu railway station and thence to the rest of the country.

The 356 km railway track will start from Jammu and ends at Baramulla. It is in the jurisdiction of the Firozpur railway division of Indian Railways’ Northern zone.

It is worth mentioning that the Railways is constructing the arch bridge on Chenab river as part of the rail link project and India’s first cable-stayed rail bridge, ‘Anji Bridge’ also plays a huge role in it and it has been designed to handle heavy storms of strong winds.

The Railway Board Chairman expressed the hope that the project, despite the challenges being posed due to the treacherous terrain, bad weather and troubled law and order situation and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, will be completed within time and will connect a large portion of the Union Territory with the rail link.

Construction of the route faced natural challenges including major earthquake zones, extreme temperatures and inhospitable terrain.