INDIA - ECONOMY -
INFRASTRUCTURE - J&K - CHENANI-NASHREE TUNNEL
Date-wise Events
May 23, 2011: The work on
the tunnel system was started on this day.
April 02, 2017:
Chenani-Nashri tunnel, India's longest highway tunnel, on
the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, was inaugurated by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on this day.
Description
The length of the tunnel is 9.28 km. The world's longest
highway tunnel is 24.51 km and is in Norway.
It will reduce the travel distance between Jammu and
Srinagar by 30.11 km, which will help save fuel worth Rs 27
lakh daily.
Built on the lower Himalayan range at a height of 1,200
metres, it will cut travel time between the two cities by at
least two hours.
The project cost is Rs 3,720 crore.
The main tunnel is 13 metre in diametre, the parallel
escape tunnel is 6 metre diametre and are connected by 29
cross passages at 300-metre gap.
The tunnel boasts of an integrated system that will
control communication, ventilation, video surveillance,
power supply, SOS call box, fire fighting and incident
detection and an FM signal repeater.
It is part of a 286-km-long four-lane project on the
Jammu-Srinagar highway.
It is meant to avoid stretches of National Highway 44
prone to avalanches and landslides. Patnitop, Kud, and
Batote will be bypassed now.
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