
Banihal/Jammu:
The construction of 12.89 km long tunnel in the 111 km long under-construction Banihal-Katra rail line in Jammu and Kashmir has been completed on Thursday. This is India’s biggest ‘escape’ tunnel. An escape tunnel has been built along with the main tunnel (12.75 km long). Provision of escape tunnel has been made to facilitate rescue and restoration works in case of emergency.