The Prime Minister has lauded the completion of Arch closure of the Chenab Bridge, World’s highest Railway Bridgein Jammu & Kashmir by Indian Railways.
In a tweet, Shri Modi said that capability and trust of the countrymen is setting an example before the world. This feat of construction does not only showcase growing prowess of India in the field of modern engineering and technology but also is an example of changing work culture marked by the ethos of ‘sankalp se siddhi’.
देश के जन-जन का सामर्थ्य और विश्वास आज दुनिया के सामने एक मिसाल पेश कर रहा है। यह निर्माण कार्य न केवल अत्याधुनिक इंजीनियरिंग और टेक्नोलॉजी के क्षेत्र में भारत की बढ़ती ताकत को प्रदर्शित करता है, बल्कि संकल्प से सिद्धि की देश की बदली हुई कार्य संस्कृति का भी उदाहरण है। https://t.co/Hup2RByHYM
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 5, 2021
The Business Standard reported that the 1.3-kilometre-long bridge aims to boost connectivity to the Kashmir Valley and it is being constructed at a cost of ₹1,486 crore as part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link (USBRL) project. The bridge, which is 35-metre higher than the Eiffel Tower in Paris, is expected to be completed within a year.
The Railway Ministry said that the 5.6-metre last piece of metal (closure segment) was fitted at the highest point of the arch on Monday. It joined the two arms of the arch that currently stretch towards each other from both banks of the Chenab, it said.
(Source: PIB & Business Standard)
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