ADGP Jammu reviews USBRL security status

Jammu, Nov 3: Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Jammu zone Anand Jain Sunday reviewed the security status of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link project.

Official sources stated that ADGP, joined by other senior officers of Police, travelled from Reasi to Sangaldan section of the project to assess security parameters.

Jain was briefed by concerned officials about the security preparedness vis-a-vis this project of national importance.

In July this year, the Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw had announced that the long-awaited Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project was nearing completion and very soon it would be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In a press conference in the union capital, he had said, “The project has almost reached its completion stage and only work between Katra and the Reasi section was remaining. Chenab bridge in Reasi and up to Sangaldan, it is already operational.”

The Centre allocated Rs 3694 Cr for railway projects in J&K, in the union budget for the Financial Year 2024-25.