Two-day safety inspection of Reasi-Banihal rail link starts

The Commissioner of Railway Safety on Monday carried out the inspection of the rail track from Reasi to Banihal town which is the final connecting rail track for the Vande Bharat train service expected to become operational by January 2025.

With the final inspection of the vital Reasi-Banihal rail track scheduled in the first week of January 2025, the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project would become fit for operations.

The two-day inspection started on Monday and will continue on Tuesday as part of the technical safety approval procedure by the Commissioner of Railway Safety.

Dinesh Chand Deswal, Commissioner of Railway Safety, is accompanied by a team of rail safety experts who will check and approve every detail of the project’s infrastructure. The final trial run of the Katra-Banihal section was performed in June this year when the train chugged between Sangaldan to Reasi railway stations. Tuesday’s inspection includes Kodi to Katra link which includes the cable bridge over Anji Khad.