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New rail tunnel linking the troubled Kashmir Valley and Jammu region
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The new rail tunnel linking the troubled Kashmir Valley and Jammu region will help develop Jammu and Kashmir.
The section between Banihal in Jammu and Qazigund in Kashmir is 18 kilometres long.The Banihal-Qazigund section includes an 11-km-long tunnel – India’s longest, 2nd longest in Asia.The opening of the section marks the start of the rail service to the Kashmir Valley. Eight coach trains will run between Banihal and Baramulla from June 27 after the inaugural run on June 26. The section will reduce the distance from 35 km (by road) to 18 km. The rail link has been constructed at a cost of Rs 1,691 crore
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