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7 YEARS TRANSFORMATION
Building a New India THROUGH TECHNOLOGY

BOGIBEEL BRIDGE:
BOGIBEEL BRIDGE:

A promising future for Assam
A promising future for Assam

The completion of the Bogibeel bridge
signals India's growing technological
driving force in scripting India's growth 4.94
prowess in developing infrastructure
projects which is emerging as the

story. There are a plethora of success The demand for the Bogibeel
bridge was being raised since
stories from across the country be it kilometres-long 1965. For the completion of this
the East, the Northeast or the South. bridge between project 30 Lakh sacks of cement
The Bogibeel bridge in Assam has Dhemaji and have been used which includes
become the country's longest rail and Dibrugarh districts constructing 39 girder spans of
road bridge whereas the Pamban sea has cut short the 125 metres in length.
bridge in the South which connects distance from 500 This is a one of its kind
Rameswaram to Mandapam in km to 100 km which project completed by the
Tamil Nadu has re-established earlier used to take Indian Railways in the recent
India's technological dominance and a travel time of 24 past which highlights its
expertise. hours technological accomplishments

Rs 5,900 Crore has been spent on building this rail-cum-road bridge
which consists of a double railway line in the lower deck
and a three-lane road network in the upper deck through
which even heavy military tanks can pass easily

The under-construction new
Pamban sea bridge in Tamil
Nadu will replace the previous
PAMBAN SEA 105-year-old bridge which is
expected to be completed
BRIDGE: by December this year. This
is the country’s first Vertical

A fresh impetus to the
A fresh impetus to the Lift Railway Sea Bridge which
development of Tamil Nadu
development of Tamil Nadu has been built using the Span
technology
The Pamban sea bridge will
not only just allow the fast
movement of trains but also
enable them to carry more
freights. Every year Lakhs of
tourists visit Rameshwaram
and Dhanushkodi which is
expected to get a further
boost with the coming up of
the Pamban bridge