Consider the following statements: 1. The British constructed the first railway line in the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from Jammu to Sialkot. 2. Banihal-Sangaldan railway line is a part of the Jammu–Poonch Railway Line project. 3. Banihal-Sangaldan railway line includes India’s longest tunnel. Which of the statements given above are correct? |ForumIAS

Q. Consider the following statements:
1.The British constructed the first railway line in the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from Jammu to Sialkot.
2.Banihal-Sangaldan railway line is a part of the Jammu–Poonch Railway Line project.
3.Banihal-Sangaldan railway line includes India’s longest tunnel.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

[A] 1 and 2 only

[B] 2 and 3 only

[C] 1 and 3 only

[D] 1, 2 and 3

Answer: C

Notes:

Explanation –

Statements 1 and 3 are correct. The British constructed the first railway line in the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir in 1897. It stretched over a distance of 40-45 km between Jammu and Sialkot in the plains. The Banihal-Sangaldan railway line includes the country’s longest tunnel, the 12.77-km-long T-50 tunnel.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The Banihal-Sangaldan railway line is part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project. Over 90% of this 48 km line runs through tunnels in the hilly Ramban district.

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