Jammu to Kashmir rail link likely to miss 2020 deadline

Linking Kashmir with the vast railway network outside Jammu and Kashmir has been further delayed due to a halt in construction of a vital bridge across Chenab, a part of the project that is already late by 16 years and facing a massive cost overrun of Rs 25,446 crore. According to the latest report of the union ministry of statistics and program implementation, work on this project was started in March 1995 and was initially proposed to be completed in 2002. Since then the project has missed several deadlines. In…

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