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It reduces the distance between Jammu and Srinagar by 30 km and travel time by two hours. It is named after Syama Prasad Mookerjee , who served as the Minister for Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet and later founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh .
It is one of the longest tunnels in India, with a length of 8.45 km (5.25 mi). The tunnel reduces the distance between the cities of Srinagar and Jammu by 16 km. [1] It also reduces the travel time between these cities from 6 hours to 5.5 hours. [2] The tunnel consists of two parallel tunnels, one for each direction of travel.
The railway has eased traffic on the highway. The distance between Qazigund, north of the Pir Panjal Range, and Banihal, south of the range, is 35 km by road but only 17 km by railway, and may cut time and costs by three-quarters. From Banihal, there is bus service south to Udhampur and Jammu.
A need was felt to construct another tunnel at a lower elevation. The new 8.5 km long tunnel with two tubes of two-lane road in each direction at elevation of 1,790 m (5,870 ft), 400 m lower than Jawahar Tunnel, was constructed in 2011-2019 and opened in 2021. It reduced the distance from Jammu to Srinagar by 16 km.
Chenani is well-connected with other places in Jammu and Kashmir and India by the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway or the NH 44 alongside other intra-district roads. The Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Tunnel or Chenani–Nashri tunnel is a 9.2 km long tunnel bypassing Patnitop. When completed, the NH 44 will be re-routed through this tunnel.
The bus runs a distance of 170 kilometres (110 mi). [3] The bus service was officially launched on 7 April 2005 and was flagged-off by the Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh . [ 1 ] [ 3 ] In India, all citizens would have to apply at the Regional Passport Office in Srinagar , which was the designated authority to evaluate applications ...
National Highway 44 (NH 44) is a major north–south National Highway in India and is the longest in the country.. It passes through the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in addition to the states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.
A bus service connecting Poonch (India) with Rawalkote (Pakistan) over 55 km was also launched on 20 June 2006. On 5 June 2008 the passenger quota on the Poonch–Rawalkote bus was doubled. Bus services connecting Kargil (India) with Skardu (Pakistan), Jammu (India) with Sialkot (Pakistan) and Mirpur (Pakistan) are also being planned. [10] [11]