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PM Modi Inaugurated New Pamban Bridge, India’s 1st Vertical-Lift Sea Bridge

Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the New Pamban Bridge on the occasion of Ram Navami.

About New Pamban Bridge

  • New Pamban Bridge is India’s first vertical-lift railway sea bridge.
  • The bridge is 05 km long, featuring a unique 72-m vertical lift span for ship movement.
  • It connects Rameswaram on Pamban Island to Mandapam on the mainland in Tamil Nadu.
  • It will replace the iconic Pamban Bridge, India’s first sea bridge, which opened in 1914.
  • The new pamban bridge is being built parallel to the old Pamban Bridge by Rail Vikas Nigam Limited.

New Pamban Bridge

Lapses Identified by the CRS

  • The lift span girder was designed using foreign codes rather than RDSO.
  • The standard procedure of forming a Technical Advisory Group for large infrastructure projects was bypassed.
  • Welding of primary stressed members ( bottom and top chords) occurred at the site, violating the Welded Bridge Code (set of guidelines for the use of metal-arc welding in the construction of steel bridges).
Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO)
  • It is the sole Research and Development organisation of Indian Railways headquartered in Lucknow (UP).
  • The KAVACH system was developed by RDSO.
  • RDSO was the first Institution to be declared a Standard Developing Organization (SDO) under the One Nation One Standard mission of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
  • Functions:
    • Technical advisor to the Railway Board, Zonal Railways and Production Units.
    • Develops new and improved designs for railway equipment.
    • Develops standards for materials and products, and provides detailed technical specifications for vendors.

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