‘Will continue to focus on providing top-quality infrastructure’: PM Modi after inaugurating J-K’s Sonamarg Tunnel

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that his government’s focus would be on furthering ‘ease of living’ and providing top-quality infrastructure to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

In a post on X, the prime minister said that his government is fully committed to fulfilling the aspirations of the people of the Union Territory.

“Addressed a public meeting in Sonamarg. Our government is fully committed to fulfilling the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. We will continue focusing on furthering ‘Ease of Living’ and providing top-quality infrastructure,” he said in a post on X.

The Prime Minister today inaugurated the newly constructed Z-Morh tunnel in Sonamarg, located in Jammu and Kashmir.

Earlier in the day, after the inauguration, PM Modi said that Jammu and Kashmir is becoming a hub of tunnels, bridges and ropeways, adding that the world’s highest tunnel, railroad bridge and rail lines are being built here.

The Prime Minister said that the world is in awe after witnessing the marvellous engineering of the Chenab Bridge.

#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated by Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha and CM Omar Abdullah, in Sonamarg

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Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Sonamarg Tunnel, PM Modi said, “Our Jammu and Kashmir is becoming a hub of tunnels, bridges and ropeways. The highest tunnel in the world is being built here. The highest railroad bridge in the world is being built here. The highest rail lines in the world are being built here. The world is in awe after seeing the engineering of the Chenab Bridge.”

PM Modi said that there’s a time for everything, and all things will happen in their designated time. As PM Modi inaugurated the Sonamarg Tunnel today, he said that he had come here as ‘sevak.’Highlighting that this weather is called ‘Chilla-i-Kalan’ in the valley, the Prime Minister stated that this weather brings new opportunities for tourist destinations like Sonamarg, as tourists from all over the country are flocking here. (ANI)