Srinagar, Oct 07: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highway, Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said that a 250-metre viaduct has been completed in Jammu and Kashmir, which along with Maroge tunnel will reduce the travelling time and bypass slide-prone areas on Srinagar-Jammu national highway.

โ€œIn Jammu & Kashmir, we have successfully Completed the Construction of a ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ-meter Viaduct (๐Ÿ-lane) in Conjunction with a ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ“-meter (๐Ÿ-lane) Maroge Tunnel, at an estimated cost of โ‚น82 Crores,โ€ Gadkari said in a post on X.

He said this infrastructure is situated along the Ramban to Banihal Section of NH-44.

https://x.com/nitin_gadkari/status/1710497839065735253?s=46

โ€œThis 645-meter segment, as part of the larger project, will not only shorten the travel distance by 200 meters, reducing steep gradients, but also ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐›๐ฒ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐š ๐‘๐š๐ฆ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐š. ๐…๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž, ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐›๐ฒ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐  ๐€๐ซ๐ž๐š ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ,โ€ he added.

โ€œUnder the visionary leadership of Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi, we steadfastly uphold our commitment to delivering exceptional highway infrastructure to Jammu & Kashmir. ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง’๐ฌ ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ž๐ง๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.โ€