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Chenani Nashri Tunnel in its final stages of completion 11/12/2016 11:44:49 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 12: India's longest road tunnel, connecting Chenani in Udhampur district and Nashri in Ramban, is likely to be thrown open soon as the tunnel work is in final stages with almost 98% completion of the civil work while the MEP work is in progress and the building works is almost through as told by Sibbat Parvaiz to Jammu Links News. The fresh deadline given is December 10 and the same was decided after review of ongoing and pending works of the project, during a meeting by J&K chief secretary Braj Raj with the officers of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Concessionaire, Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) at Chenani. An integrated tunnel control system has also been established which will monitor the traffic control, CCTV, access control, fire alarm, power supply, communication, tunnel lighting, toll and other systems and it will be the first time that a gas-based insulation system is been used in a tunnel project. The tunnel when functional will provide better connectivity besides reducing the distance between Jammu and Srinagar by 31 km and the journey time by two hours. (Agencies)   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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