Development project's in Kashmir by Indian Government

[Phoenix89]

I would request all my Indian brothers to use this thread and post past and future development projects in J&K. Let's use this opportunity to educate other's about the work that has been put up by Indian government in kashmir.

I have few friends from Jammu in my company and they told me some of district development plans by kashmir government that i found exciting. I will share them here. They said that they were happy with some of the developments but were not content with the pace of the progress.

Today Ratan Tata and some other major indian Business Tycoons were in J&K, i would love to see a TCS and Infy development center in J&K.

Please discuss your thoughts and Ideas here.

 

[Phoenix89]

Tunnels to cut Jammu-Srinagar travel time by 5 hours by 2016
(Source: ToI)

In the next five years, you can hope to travel to Srinagar by road even during harsh winter or at the height of monsoon, and that too at a high speed.

The feat will be realized, thanks to Asia's longest all-weather two twin tunnels being built on the NH-1A, which connects Jammu with Srinagar. The tunnels will reduce the distance between the two towns by almost S51km, lessening the travel time by at least five hours.

The tunnels will not only make the journey less risky, but will also help boost tourism in the border state that saw a revival of the industry this year after a long gap. The stretch is also of immense strategic importance.

The tunnels are being constructed by the National Highways Authority India (NHAI) at two points - Quazigund to Banihal and Chenani to Nishri, which are part of the widening of the Jammu-Srinagar highway project.

Two parallel 8.5km tunnels between Quazigund to Banihal are being built by Indian infrastructure major Navayuga Engineering Co. at 1,790m above the sea level. This will be the first project in India, where each tunnel will be dedicated for only one-way traffic.

"Though each of the tubes will have a 7-m carriageway, which is adequate for two lanes, we will allow traffic only on one lane. The other lane will be set aside for emergency. The two tubes will be inter-connected at a distance of every 500m," said an NHAI official.

A senior engineer overseeing the project said tunnel will have modern amenities, including provision to make emergency calls and a state-of-the-art ventilation system. Oxygen will be released into the tunnels, and there will be facility for release of the polluted air. "Since the tunnels will provide uniform gradient, the average speed of vehicles would be about 50-60kmph. Dedicated tubes will also make the travel smoother," the engineer explained.

The existing stretch on NH-1A in this corridor has blind curves, steep gradient and vehicles - with more than eight--tonne load - are not allowed. NHAI officials said the entire mountainous stretch between these two points sees frequent slope failures, rock falls and avalanche.

There will be toll plazas at the end of both tunnels, which will also regulate the entry of vehicles. On Monday, highways minister C P Joshi laid the foundation stone for this project, and said efforts would be made to complete it before the deadline.

The second twin tubes are being built between Chenani and Nashri at 1,300m above the sea level by Australian infrastructure major, Leighton. The 8.9km tubes built through the Patnitop hills will ensure non-stop traffic movement even in inclement weather. At present, snowfall at Patnitop area leads to closure of the Jammu-Srinagar highway. The stretch traverses through several hairpin curves.

NHAI officials said the two tubes would be of different width. While the main tube will be a 9-m carriageway for both up and down traffic, the other one will have a 5-m carriageway. "This second tube will be used only for emergency evacuation," said an NHAI official.

Both the Quazigund-Banihal and Chenani-Nashri tunnels are built with the help of New Australian Tunneling Method (NATM) technique, where a portion of the rock is cut and explosives are fixed. Then, controlled explosions are carried out to hollow out rocks for laying the road.

"We are using boomers and machines that cut the rock to fix explosives. Then, programmed blasts at interval of micro-seconds are carried out. Later, machines are used for processing of dry or wet mixtures to reinforce the vaulting of tunnels," said a highway engineer.

 

[Imran Khan]

in Indian occupied Kashmir

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

in occupied Kashmir

post in more bigger font and darker colors if it gives you any comfort.

 

[anilindia]

IT parks to be developed in Kashmir for boosting employment: Jammu and Kashmir government
SRINAGAR: Faced with the daunting task of providing jobs to over six lakh unemployed youth, Jammu and Kashmir government plans to develop Information Technology (IT) parks to generate employment in the state.

"The IT parks will be set up in various parts of the state to generate employment," Information Technology Minister Manohar Lal Sharma said while addressing a review meeting here yesterday.

Emphasising on viable IT projects in a time-bound manner, he called for ensuring that already established Communication Information Centers (CICs) are fully operational and the proper utilisation of technically skilled persons who are working for them was being done.

"These CICs are very important for development and upgradation of technical skills," Sharma said while urging for policy formulation for regularisation of these trained technical workers.

An official spokesman said the meeting also discussed various measures for the promotion of IT sector in the state so that the potential of the educated youth can be utilised in an efficient manner.

The meeting discussed the computerisation of treasuries (e-treasury system) as well, and it was informed that presently seven major treasuries are being computerised.

Also, work on developing a computer-based database of 4.5 lakh state employees and 1.5 pensioners is in progress, he said.

IT parks to be developed in Kashmir for boosting employment: Jammu and Kashmir government - Economic Times

 

[Phoenix89]

330 MW Kishenganga hydro-electric power project

Italian tunnelling specialist SELI has celebrated its 60th Anniversary by manufacturing a 400-ton, 6.18m diameter DSU TBM painted gold, for the Kishanganga tunnel project in India. The gilded machine was delivered to the main contractor HCC (Hindustan Construction Company) today during an official ceremony at the company’s factory in Aprilia. The DSU TBM will bore 700-1000m under the Himalayas, crossing critical geological conditions of localised poor and squeezing rock as well of fault zones.The TBM has been specially designed to cope with the ground conditions and improve them through extensive pre-treatment works.

The TBM, is equipped with 8 no. AC motors of 315 kW each, generating a total cutterhead power of 2520kW, controlled by a VFD system. Main and auxiliary thrust have also been over-specified.

The TBM will have high conicity, to cope with squeezing rock, and the shields are equipped with a special bentonite injection system to lubricate the shield in contact with the rock to reduce shield friction. Overboring and overcutting facilities will create further increases in the clearance around the shields in bad rock conditions under high cover.

The gripper shield is equipped with 26 holes for probe drilling/grouting the rock ahead of the face, while the tail shield is equipped with an additional 8 holes.

Convergence measurements will be performed continuously during excavation through specific holes in the front shield.

Source: SELI 60th anniversary - TunnelTalk

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Very good thread. Development in Kashmir is one of the solutions to ending insurgency.

 

[anilindia]

this is going to blast

 

[Phoenix89]

Centre sanctions Rs 1,248 cr project for Jammu and Kashmir

SRINAGAR: The Centre has sanctioned road and bridges projects worth Rs 1,248 crore for Jammu and Kashmir helping to open up its far-flung and remote areas for economic betterment and welfare of the people there.

This would enable the state to initiate 484 road connectivity works and construction of 50 bridges involving total road length of 2651.23 kilometres, an official spokesman said today.

"The Union Ministry of Rural Development has accorded clearance to the proposals of Jammu and Kashmir Government pertaining to road connectivity under Phase-VIII New Connectivity of Bharat Nirman, PMGSY and long span bridges involving over Rs 1248.15 crore," the spokesman said.

The approved grants include Rs 310.37 crore under Bharat Nirman Stage-I, Rs 851.92 crore under PMGSY Stage-II, Rs 21.02 crore under normal PMGSY (for border blocks), Rs 55.39 crore for long span bridges and Rs 9.45 crore under roads and bridges Stage-II, he said.

The spokesman added it will help to cover 10 habitations of more than 1,000 population each, 63 habitations with over 500 population each and 42 habitations each with more than 250 population.

The projects were approved following a request from state Chief Minister Minister Omar Abdullah to Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh for expeditious clearance.

Expressing his gratitude to the Union leadership, Particularly Ramesh, for the assistance to the state, Omar said, it will help in a big way to open up far-flung and remote areas for economic betterment and welfare of the people. PTI

Centre sanctions Rs 1,248 cr project for Jammu and Kashmir - Economic Times

 

[Phoenix89]

this is going to blast

I hope not, i have my friends living there....I have opened this with good intentions.

I urge pakistanis bro's not to troll.

 

[Lenin]

Kashmir railway...

 

[Phoenix89]

NHAI Project

Approving the prestigious and most required duo projects involving an expenditure of about Rs 3000 crore at a high-level joint meeting of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and Jammu and Kashmir State R&B Department here, the Chief Minister directed the NHAI executing agency for the projects to formulate the Detailed Project Reports (DPR) and put up the proposals to the R&B Department for finalization, an official handout said.

The proposed Ring Road project for Srinagar will start at Galandar near Pampore and meet the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway near Narbal junction in its Phase-I.

The road will be 4-lane with 6-lane future projection. Under the Phase-II of the project, a two-way road will start at Narbal and meet the Srinagar-Leh highway near Ganderbal.

The project is likely to cost Rs 1195 crore in Phase-I and Rs 448 crore in the Phase-II. The road length in the Phase-I will be 34.72 kilometers and in the Phase-II, 27.2 kilometers. There will be a Toll Plaza at Narbal junction.

In the proposed 4-lane road project from Galandar to Narbal there will be 155 culverts, two road-over bridges, two flyovers, five major junctions, 17 minor junctions and one Toll Plaza.

The two-lane road from Narbal to Ganderbal will have 135 culverts, 5 major junctions and 9 minor junctions.

The Chief Minister said that the projects should keep room for widening from 4-lanes to 6-lanes and from 2-lanes to 4-lanes to cater to futuristic needs.

The Jammu 4-lane Ring Road involving an expenditure of Rs 1355 crore will have one Toll Plaza in each of the homogenous sections. It will start near Vijaypur (Raipur) and meet the highway at Akhnoor where from it will go up to Nagrota Bye-Pass.

The road project will be about 60 kilometers in length. It will have 4 major bridges in Phase-I and 4 similar bridges in Phase-II while the number of minor bridges in Phase-I will be 5 and 4 in Phase-II. The number of culverts in Phase-I will be 215 and in Phase-II 102. There will be two flyovers in each package while as two overhead bridges will be constructed in the Package-II.

Under the Package-I the road length from Raipur to Akhnoor will be 43 kilometers and in Package-II it will be 16.9 kilometers.

Omar said that upto mark ring roads for the cities of Srinagar and Jammu are need of the hour and to cater to the futuristic requirements of the two capitals growing on faster pace.

The Project Director NHAI in a PowerPoint presentation explained the salient features of the proposed road projects and highlighted the main features of the projects.

Source: http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2...r-jammu-66.asp

 

[anilindia]

I hope not, i have my friends living there....I have opened this with good intentions.

I urge pakistanis bro's not to troll.

I mean there will be too many stories here to discuss... chill.....

 

[Phoenix89]

Very good thread. Development in Kashmir is one of the solutions to ending insurgency.

Its also about winning the hearts of the people living in the valley.

 

[Imran Khan]

330 MW Kishenganga hydro-electric power project

Italian tunnelling specialist SELI has celebrated its 60th Anniversary by manufacturing a 400-ton, 6.18m diameter DSU TBM painted gold, for the Kishanganga tunnel project in India. The gilded machine was delivered to the main contractor HCC (Hindustan Construction Company) today during an official ceremony at the company’s factory in Aprilia. The DSU TBM will bore 700-1000m under the Himalayas, crossing critical geological conditions of localised poor and squeezing rock as well of fault zones.The TBM has been specially designed to cope with the ground conditions and improve them through extensive pre-treatment works.

The TBM, is equipped with 8 no. AC motors of 315 kW each, generating a total cutterhead power of 2520kW, controlled by a VFD system. Main and auxiliary thrust have also been over-specified.

The TBM will have high conicity, to cope with squeezing rock, and the shields are equipped with a special bentonite injection system to lubricate the shield in contact with the rock to reduce shield friction. Overboring and overcutting facilities will create further increases in the clearance around the shields in bad rock conditions under high cover.

The gripper shield is equipped with 26 holes for probe drilling/grouting the rock ahead of the face, while the tail shield is equipped with an additional 8 holes.

Convergence measurements will be performed continuously during excavation through specific holes in the front shield.

Source: SELI 60th anniversary - TunnelTalk

lolz man

In 2010, Pakistan appealed to the Hague's Permanent Court of Arbitration (CoA), complaining that the Kishanganga Hydroelectric Plant violates the Indus River Treaty

the court asked India late September to stop constructing any permanent works that would inhibit restoration of the river. While India cannot construct the dam, they can continue on the tunnel and power plant in hopes that the court will allow the project