GS PAPER III: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.

Context: Indian Railways completed the Arch closure of the iconic Chenab Bridge.

About Chenab Bridge:

• It is the world's highest railway bridge
• Part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project (USBRL), it set an important construction milestone with completion of the steel arch of the iconic Chenab Bridge.
• This was one of the most difficult part of the bridge over Chenab.
  • Chenab is a tributary of Indus river.
• This achievement is a major leap towards the completion of the 111 k.m. long winding stretch from Katra to Banihal.
• Constructed at a cost of Rs 1,486 crore, an arch bridge between the Bakkal and Kauri in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir is hailed as a major step towards seamless railway connectivity to the Kashmir valley.
• It will symbolise the Kashmir rail link, to be ready for at least a century.
• In other words, a train from Kanyakumari can reach all the way to Kashmir uninterrupted.
• The bridge, which can withstand wind speeds of over 266 kmph is higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/chenab-arch-bridge-kashmir-7264526/

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1709652

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