New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today gave a huge gift to Jammu and Kashmir. He inaugurated the world’s highest Chenab railway bridge in Reasi district. He also inaugurated the country’s first cable-sted fig bridge bridge. The PM also flagged off the Vande Bharat Express trains from Srinagar and Srinagar to Katra from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra. Before the inauguration, PM Modi inspected the Chenab Railway Bridge and later moved to the bridge with the tricolor. PM Modi has given a clear message mainly to China and Pakistan without saying anything to the opponents of India by waving the tricolor on the world’s highest bridge.
Jammu and Kashmir: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inauches The Chenab Bridge and Tours the Bridge Deck pic.twitter.com/kkipvdxoewe
– IANS (@ians_india) June 6, 2025
This bridge built on the Chenab River is the highest railway bridge in the world. The Chenab Bridge has a height of 359 meters (about 1,178 ft) and is higher than the Eiffel Tower in Dubai. This bridge is an important part in the Chenab Bridge Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project. Through this, there will be a big change in rail connectivity from Jammu to Kashmir Valley. At the same time, local people will benefit from running the train as well as tourists, pilgrims will also get a comfortable journey experience. It will now take only three hours to reach Srinagar from Katra. The 272 km long Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway link is being considered a boon for the Kashmir Valley. During this, many dignitaries including Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Central Rail Ashwini Vaishnav, Union Minister Jitendra Singh were present.
VIDEO | Jammu and Kashmir: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) Visits Chenab Rail Bridge Deck. He will inaugurate the bridge shortly.
(Source: third party)
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– Press Trust of India (@Pti_News) June 6, 2025
Union Minister Jitendra Singh told PM Modi, you are welcome again at the feet of Goddess Vaishno Devi on this holy land of Katra. This was the place just 11 years ago, this was the platform and this was the railway department and you came here for the inauguration of Katra railway station. Perhaps the creator was allowed that the inauguration of the world’s highest rail bridge should be inaugurated today, which is the Noor of all of us today. This is the same mountain where the bullet of terrorists used to hear at one time, today the horn of the rail sounds there.
