{"id":234610,"date":"2023-03-27T19:22:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T13:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=234610"},"modified":"2023-03-27T19:22:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T13:52:49","slug":"trains-to-ply-on-worlds-highest-rail-bridge-in-2024-railway-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/trains-to-ply-on-worlds-highest-rail-bridge-in-2024-railway-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Trains to ply on \u2018world\u2019s highest rail bridge\u2019 in 2024: Railway Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


\nSource: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cTrains to ply on \u2018world\u2019s highest rail bridge\u2019 in 2024: Railway Minister\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> The Hindu <\/b>on 27th March 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Chenab bridge is expected to have trains plying on it by January-February 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Chenab Bridge?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Chenab Bridge is the world’s highest railway bridge and is part of the Udhampur -Srinagar- Baramulla rail link project(USBRL).<\/span><\/p>\n

The bridge is being constructed over the Chenab River. It is 1315 m long and at a height of 359 m over the river bed level.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the unique features of Chenab Bridge?<\/b><\/h2>\n

\u2013 Bridge designed to withstand high wind speed up to 266 Km\/Hour.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Bridge designed for blast load in consultation with DRDO for the first time in India.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Bridge designed to bear earthquake forces of highest intensity zone-V in India.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 For the first time on Indian Railways, Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing machine was used for testing of welds.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 First time on Indian Railways, National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accredited lab established at site for weld testing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Concerns: <\/b>The construction of Chenab bridge raised several questions on the environmental impact of the project along the course of Chenab river.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Chenab River?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Chenab River is a major river that flows in India and Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is formed by the union of two headwaters, Chandra and Bhaga, which rise in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul region of Himachal Pradesh, India.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Chenab flows through the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir into the plains of Punjab, Pakistan, before ultimately flowing into the Indus River.<\/span><\/p>\n

The waters of the Chenab were allocated to Pakistan under the terms of the Indus Waters Treaty. India is allowed non-consumptive uses such as power generation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cTrains to ply on \u2018world\u2019s highest rail bridge\u2019 in 2024: Railway Minister\u201d published in The Hindu on 27th March 2023. What is the News? Chenab bridge is expected to have trains plying on it by January-February 2024. What is Chenab Bridge? Chenab Bridge is the world’s highest… Continue reading Trains to ply on \u2018world\u2019s highest rail bridge\u2019 in 2024: Railway Minister<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-234610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":2,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698306777},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}