The Union Minister also visited the site of the steel bridge installation at NH 48, which is a key component of the project. Vaishnaw highlighted that the bridge weighed over 1100 tonnes.
The bridge was constructed on Bajwa-Chhayapuri line of Western Railways and is part of the Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor, and was completed on October 22.
India reaffirmed its support to Nepal by supplying the first consignment of components for 10 prefabricated steel bridges. This infrastructure support aims to restore road connectivity disrupted by recent devastating floods and landslides.
Another steel bridge of 100 m length has been launched for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project on August 25 near Silvassa in Dadra & Nagar Haveli, a press release stated.
The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) achieved a significant milestone by successfully erecting the first steel bridge, spanning an impressive 70 metres in length, across National Highway 53 in Surat, Gujarat.
"Many give me suggestions of building tunnels and flyovers. In the previous Siddaramaiah regime, they wanted to build a steel bridge, but there was a huge uproar and outrage over it. Siddaramaiah and KJ George George got scared. if I were in their positions I would not have budged and gone a
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have carried out a detailed simulation showing how a common type of bridge fails during large-scale earthquakes. They modeled "I-shaped girder" bridges, looking at the step-by-step mechanism by which they yield and deform under lateral forces, s