Anil Kumar Khandelwal, Member Infrastructure, Railway Board, on Friday inspected the redevelopment at Rameswaram Station and the progress on the brand new bridge, in accordance with Southern Railway.
For the Railways, it’s a prestigious challenge within the Bay of Bengal. Just like the outdated cantilever bridge, the brand new one constructed at a price of round ₹540 crore, can be an architectural marvel, facilitating the motion of ships throughout the railway bridge. The navigational span will be lifted as much as a top of 17 m utilizing an electro-mechanical system, not like handbook operations within the outdated one.
Work on the brand new bridge constructed by Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd began in February 2020. It’s going to have 100 spans throughout the ocean and can be 3 m increased than the prevailing bridge.
The outdated ‘nice’ Pamban cantilever bridge was commissioned in 1914 and stood for over a century, bridging peninsular India and the Gulf of Mannar. The navigational span, referred to as the Scherzer rolling carry span, was named after the railroad engineer who invented it.
The bridge was initially constructed for Metre Gauge trains and subsequently strengthened to Broad Gauge customary in 2006-07. The Scherzer rolling span expands and permits cruisers and ships to go by way of. It additionally transports pilgrims visiting Ramanathaswamy Temple.
E Sreedharan, the metro man of India, is synonymous with the Pamban rail bridge, which was devastated by a cyclone on December 23, 1964. Nevertheless, in simply 46 days, he and his staff achieved the near-impossible activity of restoring the bridge to totally operational state.
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