The new Director General of Border Road Organisation (BRO)on January 5, 2021 briefed Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region Dr.Jitendra Singh about the various ongoing and proposed road and bridge projects in Jammu & Kashmir.
- The proposed Chattergala tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir will connect district Kathua with district Doda enroute the new Highway via Basohli-Bani through Chattergalla to touch Bhaderwah and Doda.
- This is going to be a historic landmark project providing all-weather alternate road connectivity between the two distant regions and reducing the travel time from Doda to Lakhanpur on the Punjab border to just around four hours.
- The Feasibility Survey for the 6.8 Km long Chattergala tunnel has already been conducted by Border Road Organisation (BRO).
