Chattergala Tunnel, is an under Construction
road tunnel
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in
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union territory of
India
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The tunnel will be 6.8 km long and will connect
Kathua
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and
Doda districts of
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via Basohli-Bani through Chattergala.
The tunnel is expected to be completed in about 4 years and its construction cost is around Rs. 3,000 crore.
The tunnel will facilitate all-weather road connectivity between the two distant regions Doda and
Kathua
Kathua is a city and municipal council located in Kathua district of Jammu Division of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, near its border with Punjab, India and Himachal Pradesh. The city is headquarters of Kathua district and is ...
of
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to:
* Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent
* Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory
* Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...
.
After completion of this tunnel, the travel time from Lakhanpur to Doda would be reduced to four hours.
See also
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Jawahar Tunnel
Jawahar Tunnel, also called Banihal Tunnel is a road tunnel in Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Named after the first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, it was constructed for round-the-year surface transport between 1954 ...
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Banihal Qazigund Road Tunnel
Banihal Qazigund Road Tunnel is a road tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located in the Lower Himalayas, on National Highway 44 (India), National Highway 44. Its Construction started in 2011 and was ...
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Nandni tunnels
Nandni tunnels are the series of four highway tunnels built inside the Nandni Wildlife Sanctuary on NH44 Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Jammu and Kashmir in India. Built between Jammu and Udhampur cities with a combined length of 1.4 k ...
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Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel
The Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel or Qazigund railway tunnel is an long railway tunnel located in Pir Panjal Range of middle Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir, India, south of Qazigund town. It is a part of the Jammu–Baramulla line.
The north p ...
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Zoji-la Tunnel
Zoji La Tunnel is an under-construction 9.5 m wide, 7.57 m high and 14.2 km long, horseshoe-shaped single-tube, 2 lane road tunnel at the height of 11,575 feet (3,528 m) above sea level which passes under the Zoji La pass in the Himalayas ...
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Z-Morh Tunnel
The Z-Morh Tunnel is an under-construction 6.5 km long 2-lane road tunnel between Gagangair and Sonamarg in Ganderbal district of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in India. It is named after the Z-shaped stretch of road that the tunn ...
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Atal Tunnel
Atal Tunnel (also known as Rohtang Tunnel), named after former Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee is a highway tunnel built under the Rohtang Pass in the eastern Pir Panjal range of the Himalayas on the Leh-Manali Highway in Himacha ...
References
Road tunnels in Jammu and Kashmir
Proposed road tunnels in Asia
Proposed road infrastructure in India
Kathua district
Doda district
Buildings and structures under construction in India
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