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flag India completes rail project reports for Jammu and Kashmir, pending approvals.

flag The Ministry of Railways has completed Detailed Project Reports for two rail projects in Jammu and Kashmir: the 118-km Qazigund-Srinagar-Budgam doubling and the 40-km Baramulla-Uri new line, aimed at improving border region connectivity. flag These follow the recently commissioned 272-km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link, which created over 5 crore man-days of employment and built 215 km of approach roads. flag A proposed Sopore-Kupwara line was dropped due to infeasibility. flag The new projects await stakeholder consultations and government approvals, including from NITI Aayog and the Ministry of Finance, with no fixed timelines. flag Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw highlighted the USBRL’s transformative impact on regional development and integration.

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