Final rock falls at Zojila: India completes breakthrough in world's longest bi-directional road tunnelIndia has achieved a monumental breakthrough with the completion of excavation for the 13.153-km Zojila Tunnel. This engineering marvel, co...
09 Jun, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
40% work on Zojila tunnel over; terrain, weather challenges push completion deadline to 2030The deadline for completion of the 13 km-long Zojila Tunnel, the longest of its kind in Asia and at the highest altitude, has been pushed b...
08 Jun, 2026, 07.41 PM IST
BRO plans tunnels, passes to ensure all-weather connectivity in eastern LadakhThe Border Roads Organisation is advancing plans to construct tunnels and high-altitude passes in eastern Ladakh, ensuring year-round road ...
02 Aug, 2025, 05.55 PM IST
From roads to railways: Govt shares key updates on how Ladakh’s transport network is changingRoad connectivity and infrastructure in Ladakh have seen significant progress since it became a Union Territory in 2019. Over Rs 20,660 cro...
24 Mar, 2025, 03.24 PM IST
Z-Morh Tunnel in Sonamarg: Check cost, length, location and more herePrime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Z-Morh tunnel in Sonamarg, Jammu and Kashmir, improving all-weather access between Srinagar an...
13 Jan, 2025, 06.16 PM IST
PM Modi to inaugurate Z-Morh tunnel: Security forces intensify area domination exercise in KashmirOn Sunday, security forces ramped up efforts in Kashmir ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to inaugurate the Z-Morh tunnel in Ga...
12 Jan, 2025, 02.33 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi carries out first blast of Shinkun La Tunnel Project in LadakhThe Shinkun La Tunnel Project consists of a 4.1-kilometre-long twin-tube tunnel that will be constructed at an altitude of around 15,800 fe...
26 Jul, 2024, 03.50 PM IST
Nyoma Airfield in Eastern Ladakh would prove to be game-changer for Armed Forces: Defence Minister Rajnath SinghThe Nyoma Airfield will be built at a cost of around Rs 200 crore and is located just 35 km from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Ea...
12 Sep, 2023, 10.15 PM IST
Tenders for all weather Mughal road, Amarnath Marg in Kashmir to be floated this year: Nitin GadkariGadkari, while reviewing the progress of 13.14 kms long Zojila tunnel, which is the Asia’s longest tunnel that connects Sonamarg with the K...
11 Apr, 2023, 12.21 PM IST
Zojila-tunnel to Ladakh may be ready in 2025, a year ahead of sept 2026 scheduleThe engineering team engaged in the projects said the project involves 18-km tunnels, including a 13-km single tube tunnel falling in the f...
10 Apr, 2023, 02.41 PM IST
Work on Zojila tunnel in full swing, over 40 pc drilling achieved; project to be complete by December 2026The tunnel project - through the mighty Zojila Pass at an altitude of 11,578 feet on the Srinagar-Kargil-Leh National highway - is of strat...
10 Apr, 2023, 02.38 PM IST
Union Cabinet approves construction of Shinkun La tunnel to provide all-weather connectivity to LadakhThe Shinkun La tunnel will provide all-weather road connectivity to Ladakh and this will be the shortest route to the border areas of the U...
15 Feb, 2023, 07.45 PM IST
One year after Galwan: BRO accelerates work to connect with China borderBesides keeping the critical mountain passes in Ladakh and the North East open for much longer last year to facilitate the movement of mili...
12 Jun, 2021, 08.34 AM IST
Hill station more enchanting than Davos being planned near Zojila: Nitin Gadkari"We are planning to make a hill city, more attractive than Davos on the picturesque high-altitude 18 km terrain between Zojila tunnel and Z...
20 Dec, 2020, 05.09 PM IST
LG seeks Centre's help to exploit full economic potential of Pashmina produced in LadakhMathur raised the issue during a meeting with Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) ...
11 Nov, 2020, 03.51 PM IST
Megha Engineering lowest bidder for Zojila tunnel, quotes Rs 4,509 cr for projectAmong the three bidders in the race including Larsen & Toubro and Ircon International JV, the Hyderabad-headquartered company had quoted th...
21 Aug, 2020, 07.13 PM IST
Fresh bids invited for Zojila Tunnel, Ladakh roadThe government invited fresh bids on Wednesday for building the Zojila Tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir and a road from the under-construction Z...
11 Jun, 2020, 09.01 AM IST