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| J&K Roll Ball Team Wins Gold in U-17 North Zone Championship | | | | Srinagar, Dec 15: The Jammu and Kashmir Roll Ball team secured a gold medal at the U-17 North Zone Roll Ball Championship held at Parade Ground Stadium, Dehradun, from December 13 to 15, 2024. The team's performance highlighted their dedication, teamwork, and skill on the court.
Notable contributors to this victory include Qurat Yaseen and Aleeza Makhdoomi from the PMDP Roll Ball Center at KNS Stadium, Khanyar. Both players have been selected to represent Jammu and Kashmir at the national level.
This achievement was supported by the leadership of Nuzhat Gul, Secretary J&K Sports Council, the guidance of the team’s coaches, and the efforts of the Roll Ball Association of J&K.
Authorities in the Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) construction company responsible for the construction of Zojila Tunnel said that the work was going on in full swing despite the challenging conditions including the terrain and weather.
“The Zojila Tunnel project works are progressing despite heavy snowfall and frigid temperatures. We have installed advanced weather stations to monitor the changing weather conditions. Kudos to our engineers and workforce working to complete the all-weather connectivity tunnel,” the MEIL construction company officials said.
“We are working hard to complete the tunnel before its deadline. For this everyone including the company management and employees – workers, drivers, or engineers – are putting in their efforts,” a senior project engineer with MEIL said.
Officials said that about 60 to 70 percent of the tunnelling work had been completed which includes excavation work, construction of bridges and roads besides a few mini tunnels ahead of the main Zojila Tunnel.
The area witnessed fresh snowfall and more than a foot of snow accumulated near the tunnel site, making it more challenging for the workers and the team.
The 14.5-km Zojila tunnel, once completed, will be India’s longest road tunnel, and Asia’s longest bi-directional tunnel.
Several bridges are being constructed along this route, and work is being done at a brisk pace.
Once the tunnel is completed, it will provide all-weather connectivity between Ladakh and J&K.
Travel between Srinagar and Leh throughout the year will also become a reality.
While the distance will be reduced from Baltal to Minamarg from 40 km to 13 km, travel time too will be reduced by 1.5 hours.
The journey will be less strenuous as the roads will be evenly paved.
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