New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL), one of India's most challenging post-independence railway projects, has generated more than 5 crore man-days of employment, Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
The 272-km-long USBRL project, recently commissioned in full, has officially connected the Kashmir Valley with the rest of the country through an all-weather, high-reliability rail network. The ambitious project spans the districts of Udhampur, Reasi, Ramban, Srinagar, Anantnag, Pulwama, Budgam and Baramulla.
Vaishnaw described the USBRL as "one of the most difficult railway line projects undertaken in independent India", given the treacherous terrain of the young ...