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Four in race for Rs 10,000-cr tunnel in Kashmir

Zojila tunnel would provide all-weather connectivity between Srinagar and Leh-Ladakh

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A picture taken from the mountainous Srinagar-Leh highway shows snow-covered mountain peaks at Zojila, 108 km (67 miles) east of Srinagar October 4, 2012. A foundation stone laying ceremony for a tunnel on 443-km-long highway connecting Kashmir with

Megha Manchanda New Delhi
Reliance Infrastructure in partnership with Dogus Construction of Turkey, Larsen and Toubro (L&T), IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company, and Jaiprakash Power Ventures have filed bids for the Rs 10,000-crore Zojila tunnel project in Jammu and Kashmir that would provide all-weather connectivity between Srinagar and Leh-Ladakh, currently cut off for almost half the year due to snow.

According to sources, National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL) had invited tenders for the Zojila tunnel project, under the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) mode, for constructing a road between Srinagar and Leh-Ladakh, which is covered in snow for most of the year, hence

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