On Tuesday, Director General of Police (DGP) R R Swain reviewed the security of the newly commissioned railway line between Banihal and Sangaldan in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir.
On February 20, in Jammu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the people the 48.1 km long Banihal-Sangaldan stretch along the country’s most ambitious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project.
Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project
The total length of the USBRL project is 272 km. 161 km was earlier commissioned in phases. In October 2009, the first phase (118-km Qazigund-Baramulla section) was commissioned, followed by 18-km Banihal-Qazigund in June 2013 and 25-km Udhampur-Katra in July 2014.
By May or June this year, the work on the remaining railway line between Katra and Sangaldan is likely to be completed, said the officials.
On Tuesday afternoon, the DGP reached Banihal railway station. He later conducted an inspection of the newly constructed railway track before chairing a review meeting with senior railway and police officers at railway station Sangaldan, they said.
“I have come to review the security of this national prestigious project,” said the police chief, reported PTI.
He was accompanied by the Additional Director General of Police, Jammu, Deputy Commissioner Ramban, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Ramban, SSP national highway traffic and railway, and government railway police officer.