PM Modi inaugurates Chenab rail bridge, bringing all-weather connectivity to Kashmir

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday inaugurated the Chenab rail bridge, the world’s highest railway arch bridge, marking the completion of a 42-year-old project to link Kashmir with the rest of the country via trains.

Of the last stretch of the 272-km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Line (USBRL), the 118-km Qazigund-Baramulla section was commissioned in October 2009, followed by an 18-km stretch between Qazigund and Banihal in June 2013, Udhampur-Katra (25 kms) in July 2014 and Banihal-Sangaldan (48.1 km) stretch in February 2024.