NEW DELHI -- India's opening of its first railway connecting the Kashmir Valley in the north with the rest of the country earlier this month will transform mobility in the region, giving a boost to trade and tourism, the government says, and enhancing the military's logistics capabilities, according to analysts.
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India's Kashmir railway to boost tourism, trade, military logistics
Long-awaited project opens world's highest railway arch bridge
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves a flag to send a train to Kashmir on June 6 in Katra, Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. (Press Information Bureau of India)
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