New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- In a major push to improve rail connectivity in border regions of Jammu and Kashmir, Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) have been prepared for the Qazigund-Srinagar-Budgam doubling project (118 km) and the Baramulla-Uri new railway line (40 km), Parliament was informed on Thursday.

Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, said the proposals aim to further strengthen rail infrastructure in strategically important and remote areas.

He said that to extend rail connectivity beyond the existing Srinagar-Baramulla section, a survey for a Sopore-Kupwara new line (34 km) had earlier been sanctioned and a DPR pr...