SRINAGAR: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) on Sunday introduced that it achieved a major breakthrough within the building of the Golden Arc Street, significantly the 700-meter-long Naushera tunnel on the Akhnoor-Poonch Nationwide Freeway (NH-144A). This breakthrough is an important step in connecting the south Kashmir-Jammu area to the west of Jammu, as a part of the broader efforts to improve the Jammu-Poonch freeway.
“#ProjectSampark @BROindia has achieved a exceptional milestone with the breakthrough of the 700 meter lengthy #NausheraTunnel on the Akhnoor-Poonch Street (NH 144A) forward of schedule,” PRO Defence Jammu introduced on X. “Kudos to the hardworking staff for enhancing connectivity & making certain secure journey within the area!”
The Golden Arc Street, a strategic 200 km Rs 5,100-crore freeway, connects strategically very important border belts of Akhnoor, Rajouri, and Poonch. The Naushera tunnel, spanning a powerful 700 meters, is likely one of the 4 main tunnels on this stretch, the others being Kandi tunnel, Sungal tunnel, and BhimberGali tunnel. The breakthrough marks a milestone within the ongoing Undertaking Sampark, which goals to improve Nationwide Freeway-144A to enhance street connectivity and cut back journey time.
The Nationwide Freeway is being upgraded from two lanes to 4 lanes, main to raised, quicker, and all-weather street connectivity for the folks in border districts. The challenge is predicted to chop journey time between Poonch-Rajouri and Jammu, enhancing connectivity and facilitating the motion of defence automobiles alongside the Line of Management.
The breakthrough achievement within the 260-meter-long Kandi tunnel, achieved in late October 2023, is a testomony to the dedication and laborious work of the BRO. The completion of the complete challenge, together with the development of 4 tunnels and street widening, is predicted by 2026, forward of the desired time.
The challenge’s execution entails a number of packages, with the BRO and Undertaking Sampark dedicated to creating, connecting, and enhancing defence infrastructure alongside the Worldwide Border, Line of Management, and Line of Precise Management. The completion of those crucial street tasks aligns with the group’s dedication to constructing and upgrading strategic roads to foster socio-economic progress, adhering to the idea that ‘Roads Construct Nation.’
For quicker implementation of the challenge, the difficult street redevelopment and enlargement has been damaged into eight totally different stretches. Every of those packages addresses particular stretches of the freeway.
Stretch 1 begins from Akhnoor and ends at Chowki Choura, passing by means of Tanda. It contains the breakthrough achievement within the 260-meter-long Kandi tunnel, representing a major milestone within the challenge.
Stretch 2 encompasses the stretch from Chowki Choura to Bhamla and contains the continued building of a 2.78 km tunnel in Sungal, bypassing Kalidhar village.
Stretch 3 will take off from Bhamla and finish close to Bakhar with a 4-km bypass. This bundle entails the bypass of Sunderbani city.
Stretch 4 begins from Bakhar and ends close to Nowshera, passing by means of Thandapani, Siot, and Lamberi.
Stretch 5 extends from Nowshera to Kallar, passing by means of Narian and Chingus. It contains the development of a brand new bridge resulting in a 0.700 km tunnel, bypassing the present Tain bridge.
Stretch 6 begins from Kallar and ends at Dhari Dhara close to Manjakote, passing by means of Muradpur, Rajouri, Thandi Kassi, Gambhir, Rajdhani, and Patrara. It additionally incorporates a 2.7-km bypass round Manjakote city.
Stretch 7 takes off from Dhari Dhara to Bhatadhurian and contains the development of a 15-km new street and a 1.1-km tunnel at Bhatadhurian, offering an alternate route.
Stretch 8 begins from Bhatadurian and ends at Poonch Police Traces after passing by means of Jaran Wali Gali, Potha, Sanai, Lassana, Kalai, Chandak, Dingla, and Nangali. It entails the development of a brand new 7.6 km street from Kalai to Poonch through Nangali.
As soon as prepared, the space between Akhnoon and Poonch will cut back by 32 km and the journey time to 4.5 hours.
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