IL&FS is all set to handover the tunnel project to National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) soon after its formal inauguration by the Prime Minister.
meters and for checking the height special sensors have been installed just before the toll points at both ends.
"Besides providing mobile network of telecom operators including Airtel, Idea and BSNL, 92.7 FM Radio channel facility is also functional inside the tunnel," he said.
IL&FS is all set to handover the tunnel project to National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) soon after its formal inauguration by the Prime Minister.
NHAI awarded the strategic tunnel project to IL&FS Transportation Network Limited and it includes four laning of Chenani to Nashri sector between Jammu and Srinagar of NH-1A by constructing the two-tube tunnel.
"The tunnel provides an all-weather route that will result in significant time saving for motorists travelling along NH1 between Jammu and Srinagar", Rathore said.
The tunnel project involves construction of nine- kilometre-long two lanes (13 metre diameter) of main tunnel along with parallel escape tunnel (6 metre diameter) interconnected with 29 cross passages at 300 meter interval "In-spite of many odds, we have been able to complete excavation for 19 km for main tonnel, nine km of escape tunnel and one km of cross section passages) in less than four years time, which is a record," Rathore said.
"The tunnel will provide safe and an all-weather route that will result in a significant time savings to motorists travelling along highway between Jammu and Srinagar, which is prone to frequent and long period traffic jams due to landslides, snow and sharp curves breakdown of vehicles and accidents", he said.
Rs 27 lakh worth of fuel is likely to be saved per day, he added.
The tunnel will also ensure preservation of pristine forest in ecological sensitive Patnitop area and will provide for better integration of Jammu not only with people of Kashmir but also with Kishtwar, Doda and Bhaderwah by providing better connectivity.
The project has provided employment to about 2,000 unskilled and skilled youth of Jammu and Kashmir as 94 per cent of the work force has employed from the state.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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