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Zojila Pass
Zojila Pass
Zojila Pass
Zojila Pass
Zojila Pass
Zojila Pass
Zojila Pass
Zojila Pass
Zojila Pass
Zojila Pass
Zojila Pass
Zojila Pass
Zojila Pass
Zojila Pass
Zojila Pass
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+91 70605 07245

Address:
1 Indian National Highway | Srinagar District, Sonamarg 191203, India

Zoji La Tunnel is a 14.2 km long road tunnel under Zoji La pass on the Himalayas between Sonmarg and Dras town of Kargil district of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, currently under construction. The tunnel along with 6.5 km long Z-Morh Tunnel, will ensure year-long road connectivity between Srinagar and Leh which currently remains closed for about seven months due to heavy snowfall on the Zoji La pass which is situated at an altitude of 3,528 m on Srinagar-Kargil-Leh highway. Zoji La is 15 km from Sonamarg and provides a vital link with Drass and Kargil in Ladakh but remains closed during winters. The Zoji La tunnel project was approved by the government of India in January 2018 and the commencement of its construction was inaugurated by the prime minister in May 2018. It takes more than 3 hours to cross the pass but the tunnel will reduce the time to only 15 minutes. This tunnel was a strategic requirement of the army and the Ladakhi people as the pass is close to LOC and vulnerable to hostile actions by terrorists. Zoji La was re-captured from Pakistani raiders under Operation Bison.The tunnel will be built under EPC mode wherein Government of India will provide the money and the executing agency will do the construction and will later hand over the project to Government of India. Earlier it was supposed to be built under PPP mode where private player was supposed to make the investment and later recover via toll tax but despite calling for bids five times since 2013, no bid came for one time and for rest only single private player showed interest thus each time bid was cancelled.
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