The NHIDCL shortlisted three firms -- L&T Construction, MEIL and railways’ PSU Ircon International Limited (IRCON) -- on Tuesday. The project, which will be implemented in two sections, involves the construction of a connecting road from Z-Morh Tunnel to Zojila Tunnel and a 14.150 km long bi-directional tunnel across Zojila Pass on the Sonamarg-Kargil section of NH-01 on Engineering, Procurement, Construction mode. “MEIL has become an L-1 in the most prestigious Zoji-la pass tunnel in Jammu Kashmir-Ladakh in Himalayan region. On 30th July, three companies submitted the bids to NHIDCL, and the finance bids opened on 21st August. Under these circumstances, the road tunnel was proposed between Sonamarg to Leh and Ladakh via Kargil long back,” it added.

Source: Hindustan Times August 21, 2020 18:18 UTC