In a historic milestone for Kashmir’s transport network, the Northern Railway will witness the arrival of the first -stuffed freight train at Anantnag railway station.
This landmark event marks the operational debut of the Udampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project, Banihal-Sangadan-Riya-Katra section.
With this development, the Kashmir Rail Network is now originally integrated along the corridor of Indian Railways freight, which can lead to direct movement of goods in the valley from across the country.
This development is determined by creating new business opportunities, reducing transport costs for businesses and essential commodities, ensuring year -round supply distribution and promoting economic activity to strengthen regional connectivity within the national rail structure.
The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) total length 272 km project has recently been commissioned. The USBRL project includes the districts of Udhampur, Rasi, Ramban, Srinagar, Anantnag, Pulwama, Budgam and Bermula in Jammu and Kashmir.
The USBRL project is one of the most difficult new railway line projects after independence in the country. The area passes through the youth Himalayas, which is full of geological surprises and many problems. In this project, the Railways has built the world’s highest railway bridge over the Chenab River in Rasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. The iconic Chenab Bridge is 1315 meters long, with an arc span of 467 meters and a height of 359 meters above the river bed. In this project, the first cable-station bridge of Indian Railways has been constructed above Fil Khad. Its bridge deck is 331 meters above the deck river bed level and its main pylon is 193 meters.
The USBRL project has made sufficient socio-economic contribution to the region, in which employment generation is an important aspect of its impact. The project has produced more than 5 crore. Human day of employment. Another important aspect of the socio-economic development efforts of the USBRL project has been the construction of roads over 215 km, including the construction of a tunnel and 320 small bridges. This road network has helped local population in improving their connectivity along with other sectors and improvement in socio-economic states.
According to international norms, adequate security provisions have been placed in the USBRL project. All tunnels with a length of more than 2 km have been provided with mechanical ventilation systems to ensure air quality. The firefighting system, which includes firefight hydrant and fire extinguishers, has been provided to immediately address possible fire incidence in all tunnels. In addition, to ensure the safety of passengers, escape tunnels are also built where the length of the tunnel is more than 3 km. A total of 66 km of escape tunnels have been built in this project. (AI)
