Srinagar, Aug. 7 -- The first of these is the ambitious four-lane highway project from Samba to Udhampur, with an estimated cost of Rs 7,418 crore. The Detailed Project Report (DPR) for this stretch is already prepared and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has set a target to complete the construction within the next three years.
Once operational, this highway will drastically reduce the travel time between Pathankot and Udhampur, cutting the current journey, which takes over four hours via existing routes passing through two military areas, to just about two hours.
Spanning 43 km from Samba to Udhampur, this new route will also provide an alternative for tourists heading to Srinagar, allowing them to bypass Jammu entirely. Th...
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