81% WORK COMPLETED FOR INDIA'S FIRST VERTICAL LIFT RAILWAY SEA BRIDGE - "PAMBAN"

By constructing railway linkages, Indian Railways has been attempting to improve connectivity to remote places. The organisation recently finished construction on the highest railway bridge in the world, which is located in Kashmir, and is currently working on another groundbreaking project.

In particular, the Indian Railways has completed 81 percent of the work on the Pamban Bridge, which connects the rail linkages in Tamil Nadu at Rameswaram and Dhanushkodi. This is the nation's first railway bridge with a vertical lift. After construction, the bridge will make it easier for railways to move heavier loads with greater route speed and volume of traffic present. The bridge will also enable ships and streamers to pass through owing to its height.

Sharing the update on Twitter, the Ministry of Railways said, "India's 1st vertical lift Railway Sea Bridge- Pamban Bridge connecting the mainland of India with Rameswaram Island." While adding the updates, the ministry said, "81 percent work completed, All 333 piles completed, Pile cap and sub-structure: All 101 completed, 76 out of 99 girders launched." It is to be noted that there are also multiple pictures of the project in the tweet.

It is projected that the new Pamban Bridge would become operational in March of next year. The completion date for the bridge's construction, however, has not been specified by the Indian Railways.

The bridge will cost roughly Rs 250 crores. To allow access to the ships, a 63-meter segment of the bridge's more than 2 KM-long spans will lift up while still being parallel to the deck. The bridge is 12.5 metres above sea level and 6,776 feet (2,065 m) long. This bridge's planned automobile building will let two ships to cross it at the same time.

In a statement to ANI, the General Manager of Southern Railway said, "The old Pamban bridge was commissioned on February 24, 1914. So, almost 108 years passed, and now the time has come to move forward with new technologies. The estimated cost of the new bridge is ₹250 crore and the target is to complete it this year only."