Agencies
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: The Pamban railway bridge, India's first vertical-lift bridge connecting the country's mainland with Rameswaram Island, will become operational very soon, Railway Board chairperson Jaya Varma Sinha said on Thursday. Varma, who recently visited Rameswaram to review the progress of the work, told PTI, "The re-construction work is going very well and we will be restoring the services very soon." "Our people have done a commendable job considering the multiple challenges that they have been facing in the bridge re-construction. Building a vertical-lift bridge, which is the first-of-its-kind in the country, on the sea which tends to get very rough is a very challenging task," the Railway Board chairperson and chief executive officer (CEO) said. The train services between Mandapam in the mainland and Rameswaram Island were suspended on December 23, 2022 after the existing rail bridge, which was built in 1913, was declared non-operational from the safety point of view.
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