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| Final breakthrough made in longest transportation tunnel | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Oct 17: Ircon International Limited, executing the Dharam-Qazigund-Baramulla Rail Project, achieved another milestone with final breakthrough of Pir Panjal Railway tunnel on 14th October 2011, which took place in the presence of A.P.Mishra, Member Engineering, Railway Board, Mohan Tiwari, Managing Director, IRCON, B.D.Garg, Chief Administrative Officer, Northern Railway and other officials from Ministry of Railways, IRCON and Northern Railway members traveled through the entire tunnel after the breakthrough.
This Tunnel with a length of 11.176 KM is not only the longest Transportation Tunnel in the country but has also the highest point (1753 Mtrs above M.S.L.) on Broad Gauge Railway System in the country.
IRCON had planned the execution of this tunnel after extensive geotechnical investigations, with geotech boring upto 640 mtrs, terrestrial survey across the Pir Panjal Mountain range and construction planning through NATM (New Australian Tunneling Method) approach.
This methodology planned in year 2003-2005, is now being adopted for many long tunnels across the Himalayan Ranges in the country.
This tunnel shall be fully lined and equipped with state of the art ventilation and its control system, air quality monitoring system, fire detection and rescue plan, CCTV, communication system and Tunnel Control Room at both the ends with provision for a service road by the side of a single line BG Railway track.
After laying of track and completion of adjacent railway works, it will be possible to run train form Kashmir Valley, to Banihal on the other side of Pir Panjal Range.
These works are expected to be completed by December 2012.
With the operation of Railway line upto Banihal, there will be an all weather Rail route across the Pir Panjal Mountains benefiting the entire Kashmir Valley.
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