"Two decades ago it was a difficult journey from one village to another. But once the railways started working on the track, everything started to come up, though slowly, now everything looks great," he says looking towards the village Kauri where the bridge is. "A high-class road, a railway bridge, and jobs for the locals. Sometimes I wonder how it all happened so quickly," he says, surprised by the change.
Chenab Bridge which was completed in March this year is the highest railway bridge in the world constructed by M/S Konkan Railways standing at a height of 1,177 feet. And it is the pride of the area. For the villagers of Salal Kot, Kanthan and other adjoining villages it is a pleasure to see people coming to see the bridge. Though the number of visitors is very less, they feel in the coming years it might become a tourist attraction.