{"id":89402,"date":"2020-01-18T15:53:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T10:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=13055"},"modified":"2020-01-18T15:53:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T10:23:39","slug":"govt-awards-over-rs-2000-cr-for-completing-z-morh-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/govt-awards-over-rs-2000-cr-for-completing-z-morh-tunnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt awards over Rs 2000 cr for completing Z Morh Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Recently,a Concession Agreement for completing the 6.5-kilometre long Z-Morh tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir was signed between NHIDCL and APCO Amarnathji Tunnelway.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Z-Morh Tunnel:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Z-Morh Tunnel is a 6.5km long two-lane bi-directional road tunnel project constructed near Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir.<\/li><li>The tunnel is the first step towards ensuring all-weather connectivity between Srinagar and Kargil in Ladakh region of India.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The tunnel gets its name from its Z formation between Sonamarg and Gagangir.<\/li><li>The tunnel is also of high strategic importance for India as it would avoid the regions of snowfall and avalanches.<\/li><li>Further,along with Zoji-la Tunnel, the Z-Morh tunnel will ensure year-long road connectivity between Srinagar and Kargil.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Zoji-la Tunnel:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Zoji-la Tunnel is a 14.2-km long tunnel project in Jammu and Kashmir to provide all-weather connectivity between Srinagar, Kargil and Leh.<\/li><li>Once Constructed,the Zojila tunnel will be the longest bi-directional tunnel in Asia.<\/li><li>The project is being implemented by the ministry of road transport and highways(MoRT&amp;H) through the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited(NHIDCL).<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Recently,a Concession Agreement for completing the 6.5-kilometre long Z-Morh tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir was signed between NHIDCL and APCO Amarnathji Tunnelway. Facts: About Z-Morh Tunnel: Z-Morh Tunnel is a 6.5km long two-lane bi-directional road tunnel project constructed near Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir. The tunnel is the first step towards ensuring all-weather connectivity&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/govt-awards-over-rs-2000-cr-for-completing-z-morh-tunnel\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Govt awards over Rs 2000 cr for completing Z Morh Tunnel<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1760],"tags":[4395,6850],"class_list":["post-89402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polity-and-nation","tag-jammu-and-kashmir","tag-z-morh-tunnel","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700771336,"cached_date":1704883176},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89402","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}