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00:00to make Jammu and Kashmir a happy, prosperous and prosperous place.
00:05Businesses should come here, tourism should be promoted,
00:10youth should get employment here,
00:13and poverty should be eradicated.
00:16We are trying to develop this infrastructure with the same spirit.
00:21Today is a very historic day.
00:25In the development of Jammu and Kashmir,
00:28the Honourable Prime Minister has inaugurated the Sonmarg Tunnel.
00:35It was inaugurated in 2012.
00:39Later, there were many difficulties and problems.
00:43Today, I am happy that this work has been completed.
00:47Because of this tunnel,
00:50especially the road from Srinagar to Ladakh,
00:56for 5-6 months, the road is completely closed.
01:02People do not get food, gas or petrol.
01:08Many things have to be stored here.
01:11Today, our Sonmarg Tunnel is being completed.
01:14It is 6.5 km long and costs 27 billion rupees.
01:19In addition to this, we are building the Chaujila Tunnel,
01:24which is 14 km long and is 18 km from the road.
01:30Its cost is 6,800 crore rupees.
01:34Prime Minister, I am happy to tell you that
01:38when we took out the tender for the fifth time,
01:42the government decided that the cost would be 12,000 crore rupees.
01:49Now, we are going to complete this work in 6,800 crore rupees,
01:55which is about 5,000 crore rupees.
01:59We studied many things from technology for a year.
02:03This tunnel is being built at the highest point of Asia.
02:07The time between Srinagar and Leh will be less than 3.5 hours.
02:16This is an all-season road.
02:20I am very happy that the people of Srinagar
02:25will have a sustainable life due to this all-season road.
02:36In J&K, we are spending 50,000 crore rupees
02:41between J&K and Srinagar to build four corridors.
02:46The first corridor is J&K-Udhampur-Srinagar road,
02:50which is 16,000 crore rupees and is 250 km long.
02:53We are trying to complete this work by December this year.
03:00We have to build 33 tunnels in this corridor.
03:05We have built 15 tunnels.
03:0718 tunnels are yet to be built.
03:09Nine of these tunnels will be completed by December 2025.
03:26The second corridor is J&K-Anantnag road,
03:32which is 14,000 crores and is 202 km long.
03:34We will complete this work by December 2025.
03:39The distance between these five tunnels will be less than 68 km.
03:45The tunnel to Khelani and Darbhashala will be completed by 2025.
03:52All three tunnels will be awarded by June 2025.
03:57The third corridor is J&K-Sofia-Baramulla-Uri road,
04:05which is 10,000 crore rupees and is 303 km long.
04:09We will complete this work by December 2027.
04:14It will be convenient for people from J&K to reach Srinagar.
04:20There will be direct connectivity from Jammu to Baramulla.
04:25The DPR of 197 km has started.
04:29We will award this work soon.
04:31The fourth corridor is J&K-Akhnoor-Surankot-Punch.
04:37These are the lifelines of J&K.
04:39It is 5,000 crores and is 203 km long.
04:43The DPR has also started.
04:46We will complete this work soon.
04:49There will be direct connectivity from J&K to Punch.
04:53It will be convenient for people from J&K to reach Srinagar.