northern railway is implementing the udhampur-srinagar-baramulla rail link project in jammu and kashmir. work on katra-banihal section of udhampur-srinagar-baramulla rail link project is in progress. 35 kms of tunnelling out of total of 95 kms has been completed; decongestion work on jalandhar-jammu line is underway and doubling of two bridges is to be commissioned by march 2016, while the other two bridges will be completed by 2016-17. tenders have been invited by ircon for construction of tunnel t74r-b (n) balance work at north portal from km 130.950 to km 133.910 (approx.) on katra-banihal section of udhampur-srinagar-baramulla new bg railway line project (package t-74r-b(n)) & for construction of tunnel t-77d (km 146.60 to 148.36 approx. (western side of bichelri river) on katra-banihal section of udhampur-srinagar-baramulla new bg railway line project (package: t- 77d). the last date for submission of bids is 17th march, 2016. [info as of: may 16] northern railway is implementing the udhampur-srinagar-baramulla rail link project in jammu and kashmir. part of civil work is in progress. for the remaining works, patel engineering, with age construction and trading inc., a turkish company has secured the following domestic item-rate contracts in the name of age-patel joint venture: 1) construction of tunnel t-2 (between km 33.212 & 38.375 approximately) on katra-banihal section of udampur-srinagar-baramulla-new bg railway line project (package t-2) at a total cost of rs. 6,546.1 million and 2) construction of tunnel t-15, part tunnel t-14 including bridge no. 61 (between km 73.785 to km 86.848 approximately) on katra-banihal section of udhampur-srinagar-baramulla-new bg railway line project (package t-15) at a total cost of rs. 17,222.4 million. the contracts have been awarded by ircon international. both the contracts are required to be completed within 36 months from the date of issue of loa. [info as of: jul. 16] northern railway is implementing the udhampur-srinagar-baramulla new bg railway line project in jammu and kashmir. part of civil work is in progress. ircon international, the implementing agency, has awarded a contract worth rs. 17,495.9 million to hindustan construction company (hcc) to construct two tunnels and a bridge on katra-banihal section of udhampur-srinagar-baramulla new bg railway line project. the contract involves construction of two main tunnels (t13 & part of t14) totaling 12.8 km along with parallel safety tunnels, a 200 mtrs bridge adjoining these two tunnels and a station yard at basindadhar. the contract will be completed in 30 months. [info as of: feb. 16]
