{"id":15540,"date":"2024-06-21T07:55:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T02:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15540"},"modified":"2025-10-10T12:39:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T07:09:45","slug":"chenab-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chenab-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Chenab Rail Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Chenab Rail Bridge<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: It is located between Bakkal and Kauri in the Reasi district of <strong>Jammu and Kashmir<\/strong> (J&amp;K).<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>1.3-km-long<\/strong> bridge is located 359 metres <strong>above the Chenab<\/strong> riverbed.<\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>highest single-arch railway bridgein the world.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>part of<\/strong> the <strong>Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link project<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The construction of the Chenab bridge has been a <strong>collaborative effort,<\/strong> involving various international organizations and renowned Indian institutions, including the Indian Institutes of Technology (<strong>IITs<\/strong>), the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/defence-research-and-development-organisation-drdo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/geological-survey-of-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Geological Survey of India<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It consists of 17 spans, with the main arch spanning an impressive 467 metres, making it the longest of its kind.<\/li>\n<li>The arch consists of steel boxes. Concrete has been filled in the boxes to improve stability.<\/li>\n<li>The bridge consists of 93 deck segments, each weighing approximately 85 tonnes.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The bridge has been designed with a <strong>life span of 120 years.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It has been designed to <strong>withstand high wind speeds<\/strong> of up to 266 Kmph.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is built to be \u2018<strong>blast-proof\u2019<\/strong> and is <strong>capable of withstanding<\/strong> the nation\u2019s maximum intensity <strong>zone-V earthquake forces.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key Facts about Chenab River<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>major river of India and Pakistan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>tributary of the Indus<\/strong> River.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Course<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Origin<\/strong>: It is <strong>formed by<\/strong> the <strong>confluence of<\/strong> two streams, <strong>Chandra and Bhaga<\/strong>, at Tandi in the <strong>upper Himalayasin<\/strong> the Lahaul and Spiti Districts of <strong>Himachal Pradesh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In its upper reaches, it is <strong>also known as the Chandrabhaga.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>flows west through Jammu and Kashmir<\/strong> union territory, <strong>between<\/strong> the steep cliffs of the <strong>Siwalik Range<\/strong> (south) <strong>and the Lesser Himalayas<\/strong> (north).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Turning southwest, it continues into Pakistan<\/strong>, descending from the uplands into the broad alluvial lowlands of Punjab province.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>After receiving the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/jhelum\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jhelum River<\/a><strong> near Trimmu<\/strong>, the Chenab <strong>empties into <\/strong>the <strong>Sutlej River,<\/strong> a tributary of the Indus River.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Its total length is about 605 miles (974 km), and it feeds several irrigation canals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tributaries<\/strong>: The tributaries of the Chenab River include <strong>Miyar Nalla, Sohal, Thirot, Bhut<\/strong> Nalla, Marusudar, and Lidrari.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link project?<\/h3>\n<p>The USBRL Project involves the construction of a railway line from Udhampur to Baramulla joining the Kashmir valley with the Indian Railways network. It aims to connect Kashmir to the rest of the country and give a push to development in the Valley.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> Times of India<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chenab Rail Bridge located between Bakkal and Kauri in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir (J&#038;K) is the highest single-arch railway bridge in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}