Construction of Tunnel T-49A on Dharam – Qazigund Section of USBRL Project in Highly Adverse Geological Conditions : A Case Study
With the intent to ease the day–to-day life of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and to connect them through a railway network to the world outside the valley, it became necessary to create a passage through the mountains. Hence, the Indian Railways decided to implement the most economic rail linking project, officially known as the Udhampur Srinagar Baramulla Rail Link Project (USBRL), in which the entire track passes through an insurmountably adverse Himalayan geology. About 70% of the track is covered by a series of tunnels between Udhampur and Qazigund, with lengths ranging from a few hundred meters to 12.78 kms.
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Published on:
07 November 2025
Published in: NBM&CW NOVEMBER 2025
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