Security heightened in Kashmir as PM Modi inaugurates ‘engineering marvel’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Sonamarg tunnel on Monday morning in Jammu and Kashmir.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.

To inaugurate the strategically important Z-Morh or Sonamarg tunnel in Ganderbal district, for which elaborate security arrangements were put in place, with PM's security team having taken over the venue of the event.

Jammu and Kashmir Police, paramilitary forces and the Army were part of the security apparatus for Monday's inauguration, officials cited in a news agency PTI report said, adding that extensive area domination exercises, searches and patrols were being conducted for the smooth conduct of the event.