Jammu: In a historic second, the Indian railways has linked the 2 ends of the principle arch of the world’s highest bridge on the Chenab river in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir which can present direct connectivity to Kashmir Valley.
This arch is being lauded as an vital feat by way of its engineering whereas the bridge constructed on this arch is claimed to be able to withstanding any terrorist assault.
The work on the arch backside has been accomplished to assemble the world’s highest railway bridge within the Kodi district of Reasi, about 120 km from Jammu, for the formidable challenge that may join the Kashmir Valley by rail. The bridge that may cross over this arch formed like a half-moon will soar 359 metres above the mattress of the river, which is 35 meters greater than the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
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This arch, which is linked via two lakh bolts, is taken into account no in need of an engineering miracle. Deputy Chief Engineer of Konkan Railway RR Malik, who’s enjoying an vital function in constructing this bridge, has termed the challenge as a serious problem which felt like a miracle after having accomplished.
According to the Konkan Railways, the size of the arch is 309 meters with a basis as broad as half of a soccer floor. Konkan Railways additionally acknowledged that that there’s a lot of motion within the mountains on which this bridge is constructed and to make sure that it doesn’t trigger any harm to this bridge, IITs have been consulted with many skilled engineers contributing to the challenge.
The Chenab bridge is claimed to have the flexibility to resist earthquakes of magnitude as excessive as 8 on the Richter scale.
The work on this challenge started in 2013. The bridge is being constructed at a price of Rs 1330 crore. In phrases of top, it’s 359 meters excessive.
After the development of this bridge, the rail community will join Katra to Reasi, Reasi to Salal, Salal to Dugga, Dugga to Bashinder and Bashinder to Sangaldan.
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The Reasi district, situated within the distant hilly areas of Jammu, has additionally been a goal of terrorists. In such a scenario, this bridge has been constructed in a manner that makes it able to coping with pure disasters and additionally it is made blastproof and fireproof giving it the flexibility to resist any explosion.
For the frequent individuals of Reasi district who’ve suffered the menace of terrorist actions, this bridge is a minimum of a boon. The building of this bridge has not solely elevated the enterprise actions on this space however for the individuals right here, it’s creating many alternatives by way of employment.
The Konkan Railway has estimated that after the development of this arch backside of Chenab Bridge, the arch higher of the engineering marvel can be prepared by March subsequent 12 months.
