Security personnel conducting drills
Today, security forces showed their agility at the Chenab railway bridge, the world’s highest railway bridge and a major infrastructure of the country, in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. Security forces remained uninterrupted for two hours on the more than 1.3 kilometer-long bridge. An officer gave this information.
The bridge is more than 1.3 kilometers long.
Various security agencies carried out a mock drill on Tuesday at the world’s highest railway bridge and the country’s vital infrastructure Chenab railway bridge in Reasi district, the official said. The over 1.3 km long bridge is an important link on the 111 km route from Katra to Banihal, which is part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla section of the Kashmir Railway Project.
The event lasted more than 2 hours.
The police officer further said, “Reasi district police in collaboration with various security agencies successfully carried out a comprehensive drill for over two hours at Chenab railway bridge in Kauri.” Police officers including Special Operations Group (SOG), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), General Railway Police (GRP), Railway Protection Force (RPF), State Response Force participated in the drill. to Disasters (SDRF) and the Village Defense Group (VDG). 7 security agencies participated.
The medical team also participated
Fire and emergency services, as well as medical teams, participated in the drill in Kori. The objective of the exercise was to assess the readiness of the forces to respond quickly and effectively to possible threats from anti-national elements. “This was a proactive step to protect critical infrastructure,” the official said.
8 reactors can withstand a scale earthquake
Railway officials said that the Chenab bridge is a steel and concrete arched structure, which connects Baramulla to Jammu through Udhampur-Katra-Qazigund route, and its travel time is about six and a half hours. This bridge, 35 meters higher than the Eiffel Tower in Paris, is designed to withstand the explosion of 40 kg of TNT and an earthquake of magnitude 8 on the Richter scale. It can withstand winds of up to 260 km/h and has an estimated useful life of 120 years.
will be completed soon
Let us inform you that the construction of the bridge began in 2002, but was stopped in 2008-09 to address safety concerns of railway passengers due to strong winds in the area. Now this project will be completed in 2024. On June 20 this year, Indian Railways also successfully conducted a trial run of 8-car MEMU train at Chenab Bridge, paving the way for the start of train services on the route of Reasi to Baramulla in Kashmir.
