New Delhi: The work of the new Pamban Rail Bridge is likely to be completed in September, after which it will be made operational for rail traffic. The construction work is on the final leg, with preparations underway for the launching of the lifting span and various electrical tasks in progress at the towers set up to operate the lifting span, a senior official of Southern Railways told ETV Bharat on Saturday.
Disclosing details of the new bridge, a senior official of Southern Railways told ETV Bharat, “The work of the new Pamban Rail Bridge is expected to finish in September and will be commissioned for rail traffic. The construction work has almost completed. The launching of the lifting span and the various electrical and signalling works are in progress at the towers set up to operate the lifting span that work is likely to be completed in August.”
According to railways, the new Pamban Bridge, which will be the country's first vertical lift sea bridge, is being built parallel to the existing Pamban Bridge at Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu. A load test was recently conducted using duel locomotives on the new Pamban Rail Bridge at Mandapam end in the presence of Anil Kumar Khandelwal, Member Infrastructure, Railway Board, and a review meeting was also conducted by the members on the development of this bridge, a senior official of Southern Railway said.