Jiribam-Imphal New Line Project: Indian Railways constructs Bridge on Barak river; Watch video

Bridge quantity 53 within the Jiribam – Imphal New Rail Line Challenge has been constructed on the Barak river.

Jiribam-Imphal New Line Challenge Replace: Work on Indian Railways’ formidable Jiribam – Imphal New Railway Line mission in northeast India is below progress. Based on the Railway Ministry, bridge quantity 53 within the Jiribam – Imphal New Rail Line Challenge has been constructed on the Barak river, which is understood to be the most important river of the northeastern state Manipur. The newly constructed bridge is located at a troublesome location the place the peak of the tallest piers is as excessive as 75 metres (larger than the world-famous Qutub Minar in Delhi). Right here, watch the video shared by the Railway Ministry on Jiribam-Imphal New Line Challenge:

Bridge no.53 within the Jiribam-Imphal New Line Challenge has been constructed on the river Barak; the most important river of Manipur.

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The bridge is located at a troublesome location the place the peak of the tallest Piers is as excessive as 75m (larger than Qutub Minar). pic.twitter.com/NOknAKm4AX

— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) July 11, 2021

Final 12 months in September, former Railway Minister Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a query in Lok Sabha had mentioned that the 110.625 km lengthy Jiribam – Imphal New Rail Line was included within the 2003-04 Funds. Based on the ministry, the newest anticipated price of this new rail line mission is Rs 12,264 crore. As much as March 2020, an expenditure of Rs 10,089 crore was incurred and for the monetary 12 months 2020-21, an outlay of Rs 800 crore was supplied.

He had additional mentioned that the completion of any railway mission relies on varied components like geological and topographical situations of space, fast land acquisition course of by the state authorities, forest clearance by forest division officers, statutory clearances from varied authorities, shifting of infringing utilities, legislation and order scenario within the mission web site space, variety of working months because of weather conditions, and so on. Based on him, all these components differ from mission to mission and have an effect on the mission’s completion time.

Indian Railways’ Jiribam-Imphal new line mission within the hilly terrain of younger Himalayas is a difficult mission having as many as 47 tunnels, 156 bridges together with 141 metre excessive pier bridge, and so on. The progress of the work on the web site has been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, he additional added.