{"id":107493,"date":"2026-06-10T13:25:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=107493"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:55:26","slug":"zojila-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/zojila-tunnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Zojila Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Zojila Tunnel Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Zojila Tunnel recently achieved its final breakthrough with the blast of the last five metres, marking a historic milestone in India\u2019s infrastructure story.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Zojila Tunnel<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a major under-construction road tunnel that will <\/span><b>connect Sonamarg in Jammu &amp; Kashmir to Drass in Ladakh.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated <\/span><b>under the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/zojila-pass\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zoji La pass<\/a> on the Srinagar-Leh Highway (NH-1).\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon completion, the tunnel will join the Ganderbal district of Jammu &amp; Kashmir and the Kargil district of Ladakh, providing <\/span><b>all-weather connectivity between the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is being constructed on the complex, rocky terrain at an elevation of <\/span><b>11,578 feet above sea level.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>horseshoe-shaped, single-tube tunnel <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be 9.5 metres wide, 7.57 metres high and <\/span><b>13 kilometres long.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>world\u2019s longest single\u2011tube bi\u2011directional road tunnel at the highest altitude.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once completed, it will <strong>r<\/strong><\/span><b>educe travel time across the Zojila stretch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from around <\/span><b>90 minutes to just 15 minutes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is being <\/span><b>constructed using the New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a method particularly<\/span><b> suited to fragile Himalayan geology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and variable rock conditions. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanchronicle.com\/nation\/ladakh-zojila-tunnel-breakthrough-marks-milestone-1962498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>DC<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zojila Tunnel is a major under-construction road tunnel that will connect Sonamarg in Jammu &#038; Kashmir to Dras in Ladakh. 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