About Zojila Tunnel<\/b><\/h5>\n![\"Zojila](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/zoji_la.jpg?resize=511%2C251&ssl=1\")
Source: The Hindu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nZojila Tunnel <\/b>is a 14.15 km long <\/span>road tunnel under <\/span>Zoji La<\/span> pass. Once completed, it <\/span>will be India\u2019s longest road tunnel and Asia\u2019s longest bidirectional tunnel<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThis tunnel <\/b>along with a 6.5 km long <\/b>Z-Morh Tunnel<\/b> <\/a>will ensure year-long road connectivity between Srinagar and Kargil, which currently remains closed for about seven months due to heavy snowfall on the Zoji La pass.<\/span><\/p>\nConstruction Agency:<\/b> The Zojila Project is being executed by Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Ltd. (MEIL), and Gurgaon-based APCO Infra under the tender process conducted by National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.<\/strong>(NHIDCL).<\/span><\/p>\nAbout Zojila Pass<\/b><\/h5>\n
Zoji La is a high mountain pass in the Himalayas in the Indian Union Territory of Ladakh<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe pass connects the Kashmir Valley to its west with the Dras and Suru valleys to its northeast and the Indus valley further east.<\/span><\/p>\nThe National Highway 1<\/strong> between Srinagar and Leh in the western section of the Himalayan mountain range traverses the pass.<\/span><\/p>\nSource:<\/b> This post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cNo Amarnath Yatra but highway construction work keeps Sonamarg abuzz\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> Business Standard <\/b>on <\/span>30th Sep 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What is the News? The government is planning to complete the massive Zojila tunnel before Republic Day 2024. About Zojila Tunnel Zojila Tunnel is a 14.15 km long road tunnel under Zoji La pass. Once completed, it will be India\u2019s longest road tunnel and Asia\u2019s longest bidirectional tunnel.\u00a0 This tunnel along with a 6.5 km… Continue reading No Amarnath Yatra but highway construction work keeps Sonamarg abuzz<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Zojila Tunnel <\/b>is a 14.15 km long <\/span>road tunnel under <\/span>Zoji La<\/span> pass. Once completed, it <\/span>will be India\u2019s longest road tunnel and Asia\u2019s longest bidirectional tunnel<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This tunnel <\/b>along with a 6.5 km long <\/b>Z-Morh Tunnel<\/b> <\/a>will ensure year-long road connectivity between Srinagar and Kargil, which currently remains closed for about seven months due to heavy snowfall on the Zoji La pass.<\/span><\/p>\n Construction Agency:<\/b> The Zojila Project is being executed by Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Ltd. (MEIL), and Gurgaon-based APCO Infra under the tender process conducted by National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.<\/strong>(NHIDCL).<\/span><\/p>\n Zoji La is a high mountain pass in the Himalayas in the Indian Union Territory of Ladakh<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The pass connects the Kashmir Valley to its west with the Dras and Suru valleys to its northeast and the Indus valley further east.<\/span><\/p>\n The National Highway 1<\/strong> between Srinagar and Leh in the western section of the Himalayan mountain range traverses the pass.<\/span><\/p>\n Source:<\/b> This post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cNo Amarnath Yatra but highway construction work keeps Sonamarg abuzz\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> Business Standard <\/b>on <\/span>30th Sep 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? The government is planning to complete the massive Zojila tunnel before Republic Day 2024. About Zojila Tunnel Zojila Tunnel is a 14.15 km long road tunnel under Zoji La pass. Once completed, it will be India\u2019s longest road tunnel and Asia\u2019s longest bidirectional tunnel.\u00a0 This tunnel along with a 6.5 km… Continue reading No Amarnath Yatra but highway construction work keeps Sonamarg abuzz<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About Zojila Pass<\/b><\/h5>\n