Jammu-Poonch highway

Recently, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) achieved a breakthrough in a vital tunnel along the 250-km long and strategically important National Highway (NH) 144A in Jammu and Kashmir.

Border Roads Organisation (BRO) was formed on 7 May 1960 to secure India’s borders and develop infrastructure in remote areas of the north and north-east states of the country.

National Highway, NH-144A is a 2-lane road which starts from Jammu and goes up to Poonch districts. It also provides road connectivity to Akhnoor sub division.

The tunnel forms part of NH upgradation project under Prime Minister’s Development Package announced in November 2015 as Reconstruction Plan for Jammu and Kashmir.

Breakthrough is a point, where the tunnel from both the ends meet.

Upgradation – The NH 144A is being upgraded from the existing 2 lanes to 4 lanes.
Implementation
- NHIDCL executes the 4-laning of the highway from Jammu to Akhnoor.
- BRO executes the remaining work from Akhnoor to Poonch under the Project Sampark.

National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) is a fully owned company of the Government of India, set up in 2014 for managing a network of over 10,000 km of National Highways out of 1,15,000 km in India.

Civilian significance – It provides speedy and all-weather road connectivity to people living in the border districts.

It helps to manage and control the increase in vehicular traffic and frequent road accidents.
It results in socio-economic growth.

Defence significance – The road touches the border areas, and thereby essential for national security.

It allows speedy movement of defence vehicles to areas along the Line of Control (LOC).

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