Indian Rail has opened the country's longest rail tunnel, 11.7km through the Pir Panjal mountain range, linking Quazigund in Kashmir to Banihal in Jammu. Construction was carried out by the Hindustan Construction Company at a cost of $US201.8 million and took over six years. Measuring 8.4m wide and
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