The world’s highest railway bridge, an ambitious piece of engineering across a mountain valley in Kashmir, was opened Friday by Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi, just weeks after a deadly tourist massacre in the Himalayan region sparked a brief conflict with neighboring Pakistan.

Kashmir valley got connected with the rest of India with the inauguration of the much-awaited and world's highest railway arch bridge over the river Chenab by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during

The bridge, a critical component of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link (USBRL) project, was officially opened alongside the launch of Anji Khad bridge and the two Vande Bharat Express trains connecting Katra to Srinagar, ushering in all-weather rail connectivity between Kashmir and the rest of India.