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INFRASTRUCTURE Currently, Indian Railways is working on the country’s first vertical This will the first time, when stainless steel cable trays will be
INDIAN RAILWAYS: WORK ON INDIA’S FIRST VERTICAL
LIFT RAILWAY SEA BRIDGE IS IN PROGRESS, 64 GIRDERS
implemented in an Indian Railway project. We congratulate
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the Indian Railways on executing this engineering marvel by
overcoming various topographical challenges, and appreciate
lift bridge which will connect Rameswaram in the Arabian Sea to
its decision to choose stainless steel for developing a robust, long-
mainland India. The bridge will help the railways to operate trains
lasting, and sustainable railway infrastructure.”
Jindal Stainless’ service centre arm, Jindal Stainless Steelway
at higher speed, carry more weight and increase the volume of
traffic between Pamban and Rameswaram. It will also allow the
stainless steel grade in 2B finish for the project owing to its high
ships and streamers to pass through without any obstacles.
Today, Indian Railways has given an update on the same. Indian Limited (JSSL), will be supplying EN 1.4404/316L (dual certification)
corrosion resistance, high strength-to-weight ratio, and a lower
Railways has tweeted some photographs of the new Pamban life cycle cost.
Bridge and informed that the construction work of India’s first USBRL has been declared a project of national importance and
vertical lift railway sea bridge, the New Pamban Bridge is going is the biggest one in the construction of a mountain railway since
on in full swing at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. The work on the independence. It is also the highest altitude railway network and
substructure has been completed and 65 out of 99 girders have the most challenging railway project undertaken by the Indian
been launched. It is expected that the new Pamban Bridge Railways. The newly constructed railway line will provide an all-
will be operational from March Next Year. However, the Indian weather and reliable connectivity to Jammu & Kashmir.
Railways has not given any specific date of the completion of the
construction work on the bridge. NAGPUR RAILWAY STATION TO BE REDEVELOPED; TO
The cost of the bridge will be around `250 crores. The bridge is INCREASE SEATING CAPACITY, PARKING FACILITIES
more than 2 KM long and will have a 63 metre stretch which will Nagpur Junction Railway Station will soon be equipped with an
lift up while remaining parallel to the deck to allow access to the enhanced waiting area and sitting capacity, a parking facility
ships. The bridge is located 12.5 metre above sea level and is for two-wheelers and cars, 30 lifts, and 31 escalators to provide
6,776 ft (2,065 m) long. This bridge is planned to be constructed a world-class travel experience to passengers & boost socio-
in automotive mode, allowing two ships to pass this bridge at economic development in and around the station. The Indian
the same time.In comparison to existing manual operation railways in a tweet mentioned that the railway station will be built
and control, the new bridge will have manual operation and with the vision of New India.
control systems which will be interlocked with the train control The redeveloped station will accommodate 9000 passengers
system. Other than this, the new bridge will have many other new during peak hour traffic and will be constructed on EPC
technologies like stainless steel reinforcement, composite sleeper (engineering, procurement, and construction) mode.
and a long-life painting system. The Railway Land Development Authority (RLDA) had on June 11
floated the tenders for the up-gradation of the station, which is
ASHOKA BUILDCON SECURES LOI FOR ROAD PROJECT expected to cost around `536 crores. RLDA, which undertakes the
Ashoka Buildcon Limited had submitted its bid in Joint Venture to development of railway lands has four key mandates as a part of
the Department of Information Technology & Communication, its development plan, namely leasing commercial sites, colony
Govt. of Rajasthan for the Project viz. ‘Request for proposal for and station up-gradation, and multi-functional complexes.
selection of agency for construction and maintenance of Rajiv According to Ved Prakash Dudeja, vice-chairman, RLDA, the re-
Gandhi Fintech Digital Institute located atJodhpur’. The Company developed station will be designed as a green building. It will also
has received Letter of Intent from the Authority and the accepted have a green building certification have various features such as
Bid Project Cost for the Project is `599.99 crore against quoted Cost solar panels and rain-water harvesting.
of `611 crore. The share of the Company in Joint Venture is 65%. In the current scenario, the number of passengers at the Nagpur
The estimated construction period is 18 months from station is around 7,700 but after the station’s redevelopment, it will
commencement date, the company said. be able to accommodate over 9,700 passengers. The west side
and east side buildings will be extended and the parking facility
JINDAL STAINLESS TO PROVIDE 3,500MT STAINLESS STEEL will be increased too. In addition, the station will have 30 lifts and
FOR USBRL RAILWAY TUNNEL PROJECT IN J&K 26 escalators.
Jindal Stainless will provide 3,500 MT stainless steel for the The station is located at the junction of the Howrah-Mumbai, Delhi-
construction of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula Rail Link (USBRL) Chennai, and Mumbai trunk lines of the Indian Railways. It is one of Quality Changes the World and many more...
Tunnel Project. This prestigious project of national importance by the busiest stations in the state and is classified as a non-suburban
the Indian Railways is a 272 km-long railway link in Jammu and station. It belongs to A1 category stations and is one of the top
Kashmir. This will be the first-ever application of stainless steel cable 100 booking stations of Indian Railways.
trays in an Indian railway project. Lauding this major development, Moreover, Heritage Conservation Committee has approved the SUPPORTED BY PLATINUM PARTNER SILVER PARTNER
Managing Director, Jindal Stainless, Abhyuday Jindal, said, “We redevelopment plan of Nagpur Railway station, to be conducted
are government’s partner in progress and are committed to by the Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Limited www.nhai.org
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA
developing a state-of-the-art railway infrastructure. USBRL is a (IRSDC). The plan proposes to minimize cross-movement and
prominent project of the Indian Railways that will be a milestone clutter during peak hours and segregate passenger flows in the SUPPORTING ASSOCIATIONS
in improving the economic landscape of Jammu & Kashmir. railway station.

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