Govt clears ₹457-cr rail line & bridge in Rameshwaram
The Union Government has approved laying a new broad gauge railway line and a bridge connecting Rameshwaram with Dhanushkodi, which is believed to be the starting point of Ram Sethu and a major pilgrim destination. Entailing an investment of Rs 457 crore, the 17-km line has been included in the umbrella work for new lines in the current financial year. The railway line may also push the plan for restoration of a rail-cum-sea route to Sri Lanka. The railways has also approved building a new bridge on Pamban channel, which will replace the 104-year-old structure over the sea, which was closed for traffic earlier this month. The vertical-lift bridge, to be built alongside the existing bridge at Rs 249 crore, will have the first vertical lift span in India. A vertical-lift bridge is automatic, electrically operated in which a span rises vertically while remaining parallel with the deck, whenever there is high tide or a ship has to pass through. It may be recalled that the Dhanushkodi railway station was destroyed after the 1964 Rameshwaram cyclone and remains unattended since then
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26 December 2018
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