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Economic Times6/9/2026Infrastructure2 min readIndia

Zojila Tunnel Breakthrough: A Golden Day for India's Infrastructure

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari hails the 14 km Zojila tunnel as a lifeline for Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, ensuring all-weather connectivity

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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari marks the breakthrough of the 14 km Zojila tunnel as a transformative moment in India's infrastructure, promising all-weather connectivity for Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, with completion of the tunnel approach by February 2028.

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The Zojila tunnel is part of India's efforts to enhance connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday described the breakthrough in the Zojila tunnel as a golden day in the infrastructure history of the country... (rest of the cleaned article with preserved quotation marks and paragraph breaks)

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  • Reduced travel time from Jammu to Srinagar to three hours

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  • Exact completion date of the full tunnel

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This article was originally published by Economic Times.

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