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The Jammu and Kashmir government will set up control rooms at the offices of Chief Engineers of major road projects in the state to monitor their progress and resolve issues. Control rooms will be set up in the offices of Chief Engineers of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sevak Yojana (PMGSY), Roads and Borders (R&B), Mechanical Engineering Department (MED), Jammu and Kashmir ...

The foundation stone was recently laid for the construction of a 6.5km long tunnel along National Highway1 (NH1) which connects Leh and Srinagar. The tunnel, which gets its name from a Z formation along its path, will help motorists to avoid harsh conditions such as snowfall and avalanches which currently force the closure of roads to vehicular traffic for about ...