The Udhampur-Katra rail section will get operational by the year-end, providing a direct link to the pilgrims visiting the Vaishno Devi shrine to the Katra base camp. While the Katra station is almost ready, work on the Udhampur-Katra line is under way and is expected to be commissioned by December, 2012, said the Adviser to the Chief Minister, Mubarak Gul, while chairing a meeting convened to review the progress of land acquisition cases under various state and centrally-sponsored development schemes here on Saturday.