The great Scientists Albert Einstein once said: “Scientists are investigating what is already happening; Engineers are building what never has been before”. His names completely capture the meaning of the engineer and his importance to our country.
Scope of Civil Engineering in Indian Railways
As we move towards the vision of New India it is important to use the knowledge combined with the expertise of lakhs of engineering graduates who pass through India every year.
State engineers in particular have an important role to play in building New India and in the past, helping to transform the country into a modern economic powerhouse.
Construction engineers and architects play a key role in designing, constructing, and completing major infrastructure projects.
The scope of their work at India Railways is as great as our desire to transform the nation. Any engineer wishing to build feels comfortable in the Indian Railways family as the railway is the critical infrastructure of any modern industrial economy.
Here I share with you some of the challenging tasks performed by Indian Railways that show the opportunity, ability, scale and power of engineers working on Indian Railways.
Anji Bridge
The Anji bridge will be built on the Anji Khad, a tributary of the Chenab River
Which is 290m longest span and 196m height above river bed to formation
- The Anji bridge will be supported by 96 total cables
The first cable lined the bridge to be built on the Indian Railways in Jammu and Kashmir provinces
An asymmetrical cable bridge was selected as it was best suited for an engineering look because one side of the bridge is in an unstable area and the other side on stable ground
An integrated monitoring system that uses multiple sensors installed in designated areas to analyze real-time systematic life
USBRL Project Number Tunnel
USBRL Outstanding project to build a tunnel in the Katra-Banihal section of the Jammu-Udhampur-Katra-Quazigund-Baramulla railway line
- The tunnel Length is 12.7Km. Which is the longest travel tunnel in India
The tunnel's construction is done using the New Austrian Tunneling Method
The alignment of the tunnel discusses the Himalayas' most difficult terrain, where the area is gaps, remote and inaccessible and lacks basic infrastructure, making the project a major challenge.
The current state of artistic ventilation and public address systems should be used. Control rooms, CCTV and real-time collection and analysis of a program called SCADA will be used. The target for completion of March 2020
Bridge's Girder Bridge The World's Longest
Construction of a new BG line project from Jiribam to Imphal in Manipur district, bordering Myanmar
Bridge No. 164 crosses the Ijai River valley near Noney, with a length of 141m
It will be the longest railway line in the world of Girder Bridge, surpassing the existing 139m record of the Mala-Rijeka viaduct, Montenegro
Scheduled for completion in December 2019
Captions of Chenab Bridge
The Chenab Bridge is 359m high above the river bed and has 467m of single arch space across the main Chenab River.
Chenab Bridge is located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam
The length of the Chenab bridge is 1315m and the main arch of the Chenab river is 467m.
It will be the world's highest Railway Arch Bridge.
It will be 35 meters higher than the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Chenab bridge completed in July 2019. Bridge continuity is over 75%.
Bird's Eye View of Chenab Bridge – World Highest Railway Arch Bridge
Bridge No 39
Indian trains undertake the work of Jammu Udhampur Srinagar Baramulla Rail Link Projects, where a railway line (total length of 345 km) is being built to connect the Kashmir Valley with the rest of the country.
This bridge is a marvel of engineering with its rectangular, hollow, 490-foot-long [490 m] pipeline
95 feet [95 m] high and 22 feet [22 m] longer than New Delhi's Qutub Minar.
Despite many environmental and climatic challenges, the construction of the pier was completed during a 38-day recording period.
All of the aforementioned projects reflect the challenges faced by civil engineers in Indian Railways to build different types of infrastructure.