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India opens tunnel to China border, but won’t reduce troops despite thaw in boundary row

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Z-Morh or Sonmarg tunnel on January 13, 2025, providing all-weather access to contested border zones with China and Pakistan.
The tunnel, stretching 6.4 km, is part of an infrastructure drive aimed at improving connectivity in high-altitude regions.
Modi stated, 'With the opening of the tunnel here, connectivity will significantly improve,' emphasizing its strategic importance.
The project, costing US$313 million, took a decade to construct and aims to facilitate military supply deployment.

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The Express Tribune

Modi opens strategic tunnel to China border

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a strategic Himalayan road tunnel on Monday, pushing all-weather access northwards towards contested high-altitude border zones with rivals China and Pakistan. The Z-Morh or Sonmarg tunnel, stretching 6.4 kilometres (four miles) beneath a treacherous mountain pass cut off by snow for between four to six months a year, is part of a wider infrastructure drive in border zones. It helps connect IIOJK w…

1 month ago·Pakistan

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Lietuvos Radijas ir Televizija

Indian PM inaugurates strategic tunnel to China border

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated a strategically important tunnel that gives India all-weather access to disputed border areas with China and Pakistan.

1 month ago·Vilnius, Lithuania

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laverita.info

Competition between India and China is increasing in Afghanistan

Afghanistan is acquiring ever greater geopolitical weight. On the other hand, the competition between China and India passes (also) from their increasingly close relationship with the Taliban. Last Wednesday, Indian Foreign Minister Vikram Misri met the interim counterpart of the Ka regime in Dubai...

1 month ago

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VOA News

India's Modi inaugurates strategic tunnel in disputed Kashmir

The $932 million project includes a second tunnel and a series of bridges and high mountain roads that will link Kashmir with Ladakh, a cold desert region nestled between India, Pakistan and China that has faced territorial disputes for decades

1 month ago·United States

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News18 India

Promises Will Be Kept, Right Things Will Happen At Right Time: PM Modi In Jammu-Kashmir

The prime minister further said that Jammu and Kashmir is the crown of the country and he wants it to be beautiful and prosperous.

1 month ago·India

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Live Mint

Omar Abdullah showers praise on PM Modi for fulfilling poll promise: ‘My heart says you will soon restore J&K statehood’

Chief Minister Abdullah praised PM Modi for fulfilling election promises and expressed hope for the restoration of statehood during the Sonmarg tunnel inauguration ceremony.

1 month ago·New Delhi, India

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