Srinagar– The longest railway tunnel of the nation on the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Hyperlink (USBRL) was opened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday as he flagged off the primary electrified trains of the Kashmir valley.
“Prime Minister Modi was current in Jammu and he just about flagged off two electrified trains concurrently — one from Srinagar to Sangaldan within the down route and the opposite from Sangaldan to Srinagar within the up route,” a railway official stated.
He added that the prime minister additionally inaugurated the 48.1-km-long Banihal-Khari-Sumber-Sangaldan part. “This longest tunnel, which is 12.77-km lengthy and often known as T-50, falls between the Khari-Sumber part,” the official stated.
In accordance with the Northern Railway (NR), trains can now run from Baramulla to Sangaldan by way of Banihal, which was once the final or originating station earlier.
T-50 is meant to be probably the most difficult of the 11 tunnels within the Banihal-Khari-Sumber-Sangadal part.
In accordance with railway officers related to the mission, the tunnel work began round 2010 and it took nearly 14 years to operationalise it.
“All security measures have been taken contained in the tunnel to fulfill emergency conditions. An escape tunnel has been constructed parallel to T-50 to evacuate passengers in case of any emergency,” an official stated.
“At each 375 metres, a connecting passage between the escape tunnel and T-50 has been made in order that the passengers will be delivered to the escape tunnel after which, carried to their desired locations in automobiles,” he added.
The official informed PTI that as a way to sort out a hearth incident, water pipes have been laid on either side of the tunnel with a gap valve supplied at each 375 metres in order that water will be sprayed on a prepare from either side to douse the flames.
“Escape tunnels have been created for different larger tunnels too,” he stated.
In accordance with NR officers, the opening up of the Banihal-Khari-Sumber-Sangaldan part has introduced them a step nearer to attaining the dream of operating a prepare from the Kasmir valley within the north to Kanyakumari on the southern tip of the nation.
“Earlier, eight diesel trains (4 every from one aspect) had been working between Baramulla and Banihal. At this time, Prime Minister Modi not solely inaugurated the extension of the Banihal path to Sangaldan by way of Khari and Samber, but in addition flagged off the primary electrified trains on the entire route from Baramulla to Sangaldan,” the official stated.
Now, eight electrified trains have began operating between Baramulla and Banihal and 4 of these have been prolonged to Sangaldan.
“The 4 different trains may also be prolonged as much as Sangaldan after a few months,” the official added.
In accordance with specialists related to the mission, the primary part of the USBRL — the Quazigund-Baramulla part — was operationalised by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) authorities in 2009. In July 2013, the Banihal-Quazigund part, which included the operationalisation of the 11.2-km-long T-80 Pir Panjal tunnel, was opened.
“As soon as the entire USBRL opens within the coming months, passengers will get pleasure from infrastructural marvels, such because the Chenab bridge, the best railway bridge on the earth, and the Anji bridge, which is the primary cable-stayed bridge of the Indian Railways,” an NR official stated, including that the whole size of the USBRL is 272 km and the price of the mission is Rs 41,119 crore.
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