Z-Morh Tunnel: A game-changer for Sonamarg tourism
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Z-Morh Tunnel: A game-changer for Sonamarg tourism

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to inaugurate the Z-Morh tunnel on the Srinagar-Sonamarg road on Monday, January 13. The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah shared pictures of the Z-Morh tunnel on X. Z-Morh Tunnel: Dimensions The Z-Morh Tunnel is a 6.5 km long, 2-lane road tunnel constructed between Gagangir and Sonamarg in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir. Z-Morh Tunnel: Cost of the project The project is reportedly built for ₹2,680 crore. Z-Morh Tunnel: Strategic importance of the project The Zojila tunnel area is important for the movement of goods and defence logistics to Ladakh.

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Z Morh Tunnel Inauguration: ‘Right things will happen at right time,’ says PM Modi after Omar’s statehood plea
1 day, 16 hours ago

Z Morh Tunnel Inauguration: ‘Right things will happen at right time,’ says PM Modi after Omar’s statehood plea

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on January 13 that Jammu and Kashmir is becoming a hub of tunnels, bridges and ropeways with world's highest tunnel, railroad bridge and rail lines are being built in the Union Territory. The world is in awe after seeing the engineering of the Chenab Bridge," Modi told the gathering Earlier, Modi inaugurated the ‘Z-Morh’ tunnel …

"J-K becoming hub of tunnels, bridge and ropeways": PM Modi at inaugural address of Sonmarg Tunnel
1 day, 16 hours ago

"J-K becoming hub of tunnels, bridge and ropeways": PM Modi at inaugural address of Sonmarg Tunnel

Op India  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that Jammu and Kashmir are becoming a hub of tunnels, bridges and ropeways, adding that the world’s highest tunnel, railroad bridge and rail lines are being built here. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Sonamarg Tunnel, PM Modi said, “Our Jammu and Kashmir is becoming a hub of tunnels, bridges and ropeways. As …

PM Modi inaugurates Z-Morh tunnel in J-K
1 day, 18 hours ago

PM Modi inaugurates Z-Morh tunnel in J-K

Deccan Chronicle  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the strategically important Z-Morh tunnel in the Sonamarg area of Jammu and Kashmir which will make the tourist resort accessible round the year.After inaugurating the Rs 2,700 crore project, the prime minister went inside the tunnel and interacted with the project officials. He also met the construction workers who worked meticulously amid harsh …

Modi inaugurates Z-Morh Tunnel, boosting year-round access to Sonamarg
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1 day, 18 hours ago

Modi inaugurates Z-Morh Tunnel, boosting year-round access to Sonamarg

Deccan Chronicle  

Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the strategically important Z-Morh tunnel in the Sonamarg area of Jammu and Kashmir which will make the tourist resort accessible round the year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the strategically important Z-Morh tunnel in the Sonamarg area of Jammu and Kashmir Union minister Nitin Gadkari, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor …

Z-Morh tunnel: All you need to know
1 day, 21 hours ago

Z-Morh tunnel: All you need to know

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurated the strategically important Z-Morh tunnel in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Built at a cost of ₹2,400 crore on the Srinagar-Leh National Highway, the strategic Z-Morh tunnel will be a major step towards making the Ladakh region accessible by road throughout the year. It will enhance all-weather connectivity between Srinagar and …

PM Modi to inaugurate Z-Morh Tunnel in J&K today. What makes the project strategically significant?
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2 days ago

PM Modi to inaugurate Z-Morh Tunnel in J&K today. What makes the project strategically significant?

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Z-Morh Tunnel in Sonamarg area of Jammu and Kashmir today, January 13. The National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited describes the Sonamarg Tunnel as a breakthrough that goes beyond simply connecting Gagangir and Sonamarg, unlocking the region's full potential for trade and tourism. ‘Eagerly Awaiting’ Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah …

Viral Video: CM Omar Abdullah enjoys skiing near Z-Morh tunnel ahead of PM visit, says ‘it will enable the development’
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2 days, 1 hour ago

Viral Video: CM Omar Abdullah enjoys skiing near Z-Morh tunnel ahead of PM visit, says ‘it will enable the development’

Live Mint  

Ahead of PM Narendra Modi's visit to inaugurate the Sonamarg Tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir, CM Omar Abdullah made a quick stop at Gulmarg on Sunday to to review preparations. Later he told reporters, "Z-Morh tunnel will enable the development of Sonamarg resort in Ganderbal district as a winter sports destination, similar to the famous Gulmarg skiing resort town." Reacting …

Modi to inaugurate 6.4 km Z-Morh tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir on January 13
2 days, 2 hours ago

Modi to inaugurate 6.4 km Z-Morh tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir on January 13

New Indian Express  

SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday inaugurate the strategic 6.4-km Z-Morh tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir. This will give all-weather connectivity to the tourist destination Sonamarg in central Kashmir, allowing the travellers to visit the picturesque place throughout the year, boosting its tourism potential, and also reducing the travel time between J&K and Ladakh. The main tunnel is …

PM Modi inaugurates Z-Morh tunnel
2 days, 2 hours ago

PM Modi inaugurates Z-Morh tunnel

New Indian Express  

SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the Z-Morh tunnel at Sonamarg in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district. The main tunnel is 10.8 metres long with a modified horseshoe-shaped escape tunnel of 7.5 metres, D-shaped ventilation tunnel of 8.3 metres, two major culverts of 110 metres and 270 metres length, and one small culvert which is 30 metres long. …

PM to launch Sonamarg Tunnel in J&K today, Omar Abdullah says will boost tourism
2 days, 2 hours ago

PM to launch Sonamarg Tunnel in J&K today, Omar Abdullah says will boost tourism

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Monday to inaugurate the strategically important Sonamarg Tunnel in Ganderbal district. As per Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that the 6.5-kilometre-long tunnel, also known as the Z-Morh tunnel, will provide all-weather connectivity between Srinagar and Sonamarg, enabling the development of Sonamarg resort as a winter sports destination. …

Z-Morh Tunnel: Key highlights of J&K's landmark connectivity project
2 days, 2 hours ago

Z-Morh Tunnel: Key highlights of J&K's landmark connectivity project

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the eagerly awaited Z-Morh Tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district today, a transformative project that ensures year-round connectivity to the picturesque town of Sonamarg. Ahead of the inauguration, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah visited the site to oversee preparations, inspect the tunnel, and commend the engineers and workers for …

Loved aerial pics, videos: PM responds to Omar Abdullah's post on Sonamarg tunnel
4 days, 2 hours ago

Loved aerial pics, videos: PM responds to Omar Abdullah's post on Sonamarg tunnel

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said he was eagerly awaiting his visit to Jammu and Kashmir's Sonamarg for the inauguration of Z-Morh Tunnel, which will provide an all-weather link between Kashmir and Ladakh, on January 13. PM Modi's upcoming visit to Sonamarg comes at a time when Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, a politician from the National …

PM to open Z-Morh tunnel, key feature in strategic year-round Kashmir-Ladakh corridor
5 days, 7 hours ago

PM to open Z-Morh tunnel, key feature in strategic year-round Kashmir-Ladakh corridor

The Hindu  

The Z-Morh tunnel is set to become the first major milestone in the effort to build a strategic corridor between Kashmir and Ladakh which is open all through the year, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi slated to inaugurate it on January 13. Officials said a 7.57 metre-long horseshoe-shaped single-tube, two-lane tunnel will pass under the Zojila Pass between Ganderbal in …

World’s highest tunnel to boost connectivity to Ladakh: Modi
5 months, 2 weeks ago

World’s highest tunnel to boost connectivity to Ladakh: Modi

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday carried out the ‘first blast’ for the Shinku La tunnel in Ladakh, aimed at providing all-weather connectivity from Manali to Leh via the Nimmu-Padam-Darcha axis. The ‘first blast’ is significant as it marks the beginning of the tunnel’s construction by the Border Roads Organisation, which is at the centre of India’s forward infrastructure push. …

Modi to carry out ‘first blast’ for Shinku La tunnel in Ladakh today
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Modi to carry out ‘first blast’ for Shinku La tunnel in Ladakh today

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday carry out the “first blast” for the Shinku La tunnel in Ladakh, which is aimed at providing all-weather connectivity from Manali to Leh via the Nimmu-Padam-Darcha axis, officials aware of the matter said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi to carry out ‘first blast’ for Shinku La tunnel in Ladakh The tunnel at 15,800 ft, …

Zoji La Tunnel To Enhance Army’s Movement Between Kashmir & Ladakh | ABP LIVE
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Zoji La Tunnel To Enhance Army’s Movement Between Kashmir & Ladakh | ABP LIVE

ABP News  

Watch Nayanima Basu's ground-report for ABP LIVE from the Zoji La Tunnel, also known as the Z-Morh Tunnel, which is said to be Asia’s longest of its kind that will provide all-year, all-weather connectivity between Srinagar and Leh. Once completed, the tunnel is expected to have a huge strategic significance as it will connect the Line of Control in Kashmir …

Zojila tunnel construction | 40% work over; terrain, weather challenges push completion deadline to 2030
1 year, 5 months ago

Zojila tunnel construction | 40% work over; terrain, weather challenges push completion deadline to 2030

The Hindu  

Difficult terrain and weather challenges have pushed the deadline for completion of the Zojila tunnel, which will provide all-weather connectivity between the Kashmir valley and the Ladakh region, to December 2030, according to officials. Officials said that while 40% of work on the 13-km-long tunnel is already over, the challenges posed by the terrain and weather are such that the …

19 tunnels worth Rs 25L crore to connect J&K
1 year, 9 months ago

19 tunnels worth Rs 25L crore to connect J&K

Deccan Chronicle  

SRINAGAR: As many as 19 tunnels will be built in Jammu and Kashmir at a cost of Rs 25 lakh crore to boost road connectivity. On Monday, after inspecting the work underway on the Zoji-la Tunnel, Asia's longest tunnel that will establish an all-weather connectivity between the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh, he said tourism will increase by many fold and …

Nitin Gadkari calls for speeding up work on strategic Zojila Tunnel to open ahead of deadline
1 year, 9 months ago

Nitin Gadkari calls for speeding up work on strategic Zojila Tunnel to open ahead of deadline

The Hindu  

Union Minister for Transport and Roadways Minister Nitin Gadkari, who inspected the strategically important Zojila Tunnel that connects the Kashmir valley with the Union Territory of Ladakh on Monday, said it will realise the dream to have an all-weather road from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Mr. Gadkari said efforts are being made to open the tunnel for traffic ahead of its …

Meet the work force behind India's strategic connectivity push in Ladakh
2 years ago

Meet the work force behind India's strategic connectivity push in Ladakh

India Today  

“Our chiefs say we have plans to continue working throughout this winter and we are proud to be part of this world-class project,” says a gleaming staff part of the Zojila Pass tunnel construction project. Such are the testimonials from construction workers, part of many infrastructure projects along our borders which help connect critical and strategic places of interest for …

Strategic Zojila tunnel to see defence forces crossing into Ladakh 2 years ahead of deadline
2 years, 9 months ago

Strategic Zojila tunnel to see defence forces crossing into Ladakh 2 years ahead of deadline

The Hindu  

With the military confrontation with China in Ladakh putting extra pressure on mobilisation of men and machinery in the past two years, around 1,000 workers this winter stayed put in snow-bound Sonamarg in central Kashmir to reduce the deadline by two years to have an all-weather connectivity with Ladakh through 18-km long multiple tunnels to the cross treacherous Zojila mountain …

30 Road Links, Tunnels Worth Rs 50,000 Cr to Give Jammu and Kashmir Big Infrastructural Push
3 years, 1 month ago

30 Road Links, Tunnels Worth Rs 50,000 Cr to Give Jammu and Kashmir Big Infrastructural Push

News 18  

A big infrastructural push of 30 important road links and tunnels worth Rs 50,000 crores is expected to unleash huge economic windfall in Jammu and Kashmir in the next decade. Big push in Chenab valley A 2142 crore rupees project named Goha-Khellani-Chatroo-Khanbal road will provide better connectivity to Doda, Kishtwar, and Kashmir valley from Jammu. The Chenani-Sudh Mahadev link that …

India builds tunnels to link Kashmir Valley with strategic Ladakh
3 years, 3 months ago

India builds tunnels to link Kashmir Valley with strategic Ladakh

Al Jazeera  

High in a rocky Himalayan mountain range in the Indian-administered Kashmir, hundreds of people are working on an ambitious project to drill tunnels and construct bridges to connect the Kashmir Valley with Ladakh, a cold, desert region isolated for half of the year because of massive snowfall. The $932m project’s last tunnel, about 14km long, will bypass the challenging Zojila …

AP PHOTOS: India builds strategic tunnel project in Kashmir
3 years, 3 months ago

AP PHOTOS: India builds strategic tunnel project in Kashmir

Associated Press  

SONAMARG, India — High in a rocky Himalayan mountain range in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir, hundreds of people are working on an ambitious project to drill tunnels and construct bridges to connect the Kashmir Valley with Ladakh, a cold-desert region isolated half the year because of massive snowfall. Officials say a 6.5-kilometer tunnel, the first of four, is already …

Why Z-Morh and Zojila tunnels in Kashmir, providing all-year connectivity, hold strategic importance
3 years, 3 months ago

Why Z-Morh and Zojila tunnels in Kashmir, providing all-year connectivity, hold strategic importance

Firstpost  

Work for the infrastructure projects, which aim to bring Ladakh and Srinagar closer, is being carried out a fast pace, and is expected to be completed before their target dates Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday reviewed the construction work of strategically important Z-Morh and Zojila tunnels on the Srinagar-Leh highway. Z-Morh tunnel The 6.5 km-long Z-Morh Tunnel between Gagangir …

Why Union Minister Nitin Gadkari wants Zojila tunnel project to be completed before 2024 Lok Sabha polls
3 years, 3 months ago

Why Union Minister Nitin Gadkari wants Zojila tunnel project to be completed before 2024 Lok Sabha polls

India Today  

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday reiterated that the prosperity of Jammu and Kashmir and its people lies in the road connectivity of this region. #PragatiKaHighway pic.twitter.com/ceSPP9vpFd— Nitin Gadkari September 28, 2021 The Zojila tunnel between Baltal and Minamarg on the Srinagar-Leh section will provide all-year connectivity between Leh and Srinagar. The Zojila tunnel and …

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari reviews construction of Zojila, Z-Morh tunnels on Srinagar-Leh highway | Photos
3 years, 3 months ago

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari reviews construction of Zojila, Z-Morh tunnels on Srinagar-Leh highway | Photos

India TV News  

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday reviewed the construction work of strategically important Zojila and Z-Morh tunnels on the Srinagar-Leh highway. Image Source : PTI Security personnel stand guard during Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkaris visit to review and inspect the work on Zojila and Z-Morh tunnels, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. Image Source : PTI Union …

Nitin Gadkari launches work on Zojila tunnel; project to provide year-round connectivity between Srinagar-Leh
4 years, 2 months ago

Nitin Gadkari launches work on Zojila tunnel; project to provide year-round connectivity between Srinagar-Leh

Firstpost  

Once completed, the tunnel, projected as Asia’s longest, would reduce the travel time from 3 hours to 15 minutes with avalanche-free travel on the Srinagar-Leh section of NH1 New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday launched the construction work on the Zojila tunnel and exuded confidence that the strategic project which will provide all-year connectivity between Srinagar valley and …

Tunnel works worth over Rs 1 lakh cr to be undertaken in next five years; need to relax tech, financial bid parameters: Nitin Gadkari
4 years, 11 months ago

Tunnel works worth over Rs 1 lakh cr to be undertaken in next five years; need to relax tech, financial bid parameters: Nitin Gadkari

Firstpost  

There is a need for tunnels in the country, especially at the strategic locations, to provide all-weather connectivity, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said New Delhi: India needs sound tunnel systems at strategic locations, and tunnel works worth over Rs 1 lakh crore will be undertaken in the next five years, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday. …

NHAI extends deadline for bids for 3rd tranche of highways under TOT: Chairman
5 years, 3 months ago

NHAI extends deadline for bids for 3rd tranche of highways under TOT: Chairman

Live Mint  

The NHAI, which is eying an estimated ₹4,995 crore from monetisation of third bundle of highway assets, has extended the deadline for receiving bids by a month on demand from investors, its Chairman NN Sinha said on Friday. He said the fourth bundle of projects to be monetised is The National Highways Authority of India had invited bids for the …

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