The long-pending demand of people of Basohli in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, for which they even held several agitations, was fulfilled on Thursday with the inauguration of a cable-stayed bridge over river Ravi. The 592 m-long bridge, built at a cost of Rs 200 crore by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), will prove a pivotal communication link for three states — J&K, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh — as it connects Basohli town in J&K with Dunehra in Punjab, reducing the distance to Pathankote from 100 km to 45 km, and Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh from 180 km to 45 km. Earlier, people of Basohli had to travel to Punjab or Himachal Pradesh via Lakhanpur, a distance of nearly 80 km.
from https://in.news.yahoo.com/j-k-town-gets-cable-013900575.html
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