India’s Longest Escape Tunnel on Banihal-Katra Rail Link Completed

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: December 19 2022

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India’s longest escape tunnel, which is 12.89 km long constructed on the 111 km under-construction Banihal-Katra railway line in Jammu and Kashmir was completed by the Indian Railways.
The escape tunnel ‘T-13’ has been constructed to facilitate rescue work in case of an emergency.
The longest tunnel is part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line (USBRL) project.
The tunnel is a modified horseshoe shape tunnel connecting the Sumber Station yard on the Southside and Tunnel T-50 after crossing Bridge no.04 over Khoda Nallah on the North side, at Khoda village.