All About Zoji la Tunnel
With the rapid opening of the 11,500-foot-long (three,485-meter) Zojila Tunnel, India will soon add yet another incredible engineering feat to its resume. Masses of people are working on a daring project to build bridges and dig tunnels high in the rocky Himalayan mountain range in Kashmir to connect the Kashmir Valley with Ladakh, a frigid wilderness region cut off for half of the year due to heavy snowfall. Here is information about the Zojila Tunnel, which might connect Kashmir and Ladakh.
The Zojila section of the tunnel will be operational in 2026, but Nitin Gadkari, India’s minister of roads and transport, said during a visit to the project website on Tuesday that he expects the painting may be finished before the 2024 general election. Kashmir to Ladakh via the Zojila Tunnel | AFP longest and largest tunnel in India One of the most significant infrastructure projects in the United States and the most significant in the UTs of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is the 14.4 km Zojila tunnel. The Zojila tunnel is anticipated to be Asia’s longest bi-directional tunnel when it is finished.
AFP Zojila tunnel project was approved in 2018 The Zoji La tunnel project was approved by the Indian government in January 2018, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially launched the project’s graduation from production in May 2018.
The first of four tunnels, a 6.5-kilometer (four-mile) long one, is already finished, according to officials, and it may be possible to go to Sonamarg during the winter for the first time. Kashmir to Ladakh via the Zojila Tunnel | AP Zojila tunnel project expense Previously, the cost of building the tunnel was, following the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
The Zojila tunnel project is designed to be an intelligent tunnel; it will include modern security features such as a completely transversal airflow system, uninterrupted energy supply, emergency lighting, CCTV surveillance, variable message signs, site visits recording devices, and tunnel radio system. Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd., located in Hyderabad, is building the Zojila Tunnel to shorten the travel time between Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh (MEIL).
The construction of the Zojila tunnel will make the Srinagar-Kargil-Leh section of NH-1 free from avalanches, improve safety, and cut the tour time from more than three hours to fifteen minutes. Ladakh shares de facto borders with Pakistan and China and now depends on air supplies for almost six months of the year, making the Zojila tunnel strategically important. The tunnel project is viewed by Indian army strategists as being extremely important for Ladakh. According to experts, it will give the army logistical flexibility as well as tactical and strategic mobility.
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