KATRA/JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Jitendra Singh reached Katra in Reasi district on Thursday to review arrangements a day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, officials said.
On Friday, the prime minister is scheduled to inaugurate the Chenab bridge and the Anji bridge, India’s first cable-stayed bridge, the symbol of the country’s engineering excellence, before flagging off Vande Bharat trains to mark the completion of the 272-km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link (USBRL) that will provide direct train connectivity to the Kashmir valley.
He will also lay the foundation of and dedicate to the nation multiple development projects worth over Rs 46,000 crore at Katra, the base camp for the pilgrims visiting the Vaishno Devi shrine atop the Trikuta hills.
