TNPSC Thervupettagam

Pamban Rail Bridge

April 8 , 2025 11 days 136 0
  • Indian Prime minister inaugurated the Pamban Rail Bridge, which connects the mainland to Rameswaram.
  • The bridge is the country’s first vertical lift railway bridge.
  • It replaced the century-old Pamban Bridge whose operations were suspended in December 2022.
  • The construction work of old Pamban rail bridge began in June 1911 and was opened on February 24, 1914.
  • The bridge was aimed to promote tobacco trade by the growers in Sri Lanka.

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