New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the New Pamban Bridge – the nation’s first vertical-lift sea bridge – in Tamil Nadu on the event of Ram Navami.
PM Modi additionally flagged off a Coast Guard ship – which handed below the bridge – and the brand new Rameswaram-Tambaram (Chennai) prepare.
In line with the Ministry of Railways, the two.07-kilometer-long bridge, spanning the Palk Strait in Tamil Nadu, stands as a testomony to India’s engineering prowess and visionary infrastructure improvement.
Positioned within the Ramanathapuram district, the bridge connects Rameswaram Island with Mandapam on the mainland. Constructed at a value of over Rs 700 crore by Rail Vikas Nigam Restricted (RVNL) – a Navratna PSU below the Ministry of Railways – the bridge incorporates a 72.5-metre navigational span that may be vertically lifted to 17 metres, permitting ships to go under safely.
The bridge can even help two railway tracks, although it presently operates on a single line. It’s cleared for prepare speeds as much as 80 kmph and is constructed to deal with elevated rail site visitors and heavier hundreds.
In line with a authorities launch, the brand new bridge has a projected lifespan of 100 years.
It has been constructed with particular engineering methods that cut back the necessity for frequent upkeep, and makes use of stainless-steel reinforcement, totally welded joints, high-grade protecting paint, and a polysiloxane coating to guard towards corrosion within the harsh marine surroundings.
The Pamban Bridge is being in comparison with well-known ones just like the Golden Gate Bridge within the USA, Tower Bridge within the UK, and the Oresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden due to its trendy design and know-how.
The previous Pamban Bridge was in-built 1914 by British engineers. It used a operated by hand Scherzer’s span (a kind of rolling raise bridge). The go over was shut to rail site visitors as a consequence of security considerations.
PM Modi, who arrived in Tamil Nadu after a three-day go to to Sri Lanka, will shortly carry out a puja on the Ramanathaswamy temple in Rameswaram after which lay the inspiration stone of assorted rail and highway tasks price over Rs 8,300 crore within the state.
PM Modi witnesses Ram Setu
On the best way again from Sri Lanka, PM Modi witnessed the Ram Setu and shared an aerial video.
“On the best way again from Sri Lanka a short time in the past, was blessed to have a Darshan of the Ram Setu. And, as a divine coincidence, it occurred similtaneously the Surya Tilak was going down in Ayodhya. Blessed to have the Darshan of each. Prabhu Shri Ram is a uniting pressure for all of us. Might His blessings at all times stay upon us,” he wrote in a put up on X.
On the best way again from Sri Lanka a short time in the past, was blessed to have a Darshan of the Ram Setu. And, as a divine coincidence, it occurred similtaneously the Surya Tilak was going down in Ayodhya. Blessed to have the Darshan of each. Prabhu Shri Ram is a uniting pressure for… pic.twitter.com/W9lK1UgpmA
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 6, 2025
Ram Setu, often known as the Adams Bridge, is a sequence of shoals linking India and Sri Lanka. It stretches 48 km between Rameswaram Island, off the southeast coast of India, connecting the Mannar Island in Sri Lanka. It separates the Gulf of Mannar (south), an inlet of the Indian Ocean, from the Palk Strait (north), an inlet of the Bay of Bengal.