Goyal updated on rail project link to the Kashmir valley
Tenders worth Rs.915 crore and Rs.234 crore have been invited by IRCON & KRCL for the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail link Project (USBRL), according to an update given to Piyush Goyal, Minister for Railways, who reviewed the project progress through Video conferencing on 25 May 2021.
Since Feb.’21, KRCL & IRCON have finalised Rs.580 crore and Rs.32.84 crore of tenders, respectively, said the Ministry.
The budget of USBRL for year 2021-22 is Rs.4,200 crore.
Goyal was also told that a balance tender of Rs.435 crore is awaited for issue of NIT in June 21, which shall be expedited to adhere to the set target of the project.
Completion date of the entire project is April-2023.
Electrification of Banihal- Baramulla section:
The 136 km railway line from Banihal to Baramulla has already been commissioned and its electrification work has also been sanctioned.
All tenders have been awarded and S&T plans have also been approved and work is under progress. The target for completion of Railway Electrification works in Banihal-Baramulla section is March 2022.
The 272-km USBRL is to join the Kashmir valley with rest of the country and has been declared as National Project in 2002; 106-km of the project has been completed and commissioned.
Status of work sub-divided into three legs is as under:
Udhampur – Katra – 25 km (commissioned in July 2014)
Quazigund – Baramulla – 118 km (commissioned in Oct., 2009)
Banihal – Quazigund – 18 km (commissioned in June 2013)
Katra to Banihal – 111 km in progress (Target 2022-23)
Status of the Katra – Banihal Section of USBRL Project:
The work on intervening stretch of Katra-Banihal section (111 km) is in progress and this section predominantly involves tunnelling i.e. 97 km out of 111 km (i.e. 87%) of length of Katra-Banihal section is in tunnels and maximum length of tunnel T-49 is 12.75 km.
There are 27 Main tunnels of 97.6 km and 8 escape tunnel of 66.4 km, with cumulative length of about 164 km of tunneling are being constructed in Katra- Banihal section. At present 140.81 km of tunnelling i.e. 84.2 km (20 nos.) out of 97.6 km (27 nos.) of Main tunnel and 56.61 km (3 nos.) out of 66.4 km (8 nos.) have been completed).
There are 37 bridges (combined length of 7 km) – 26 major bridges and 11 minor bridges.
At present 13 major bridges and 10 minor bridges have been completed and work on all fronts are in progress.
These bridges include the iconic Chenab Bridge (Overall length 1,315 m, Arch span of 467 m and height of 359 m above river bed) which will be the highest railway bridge in the world. Arch Launching of Chenab bridge was completed on 5 April 2021.
Indian railway’s first cable-stayed bridge is also being constructed on Anji-Khad and 130 m of Main Pylon out of 193m have been cast and an ancillary viaduct portion of Anji Bridge has been completed. Launching of Other Major bridges 39 & 43 is in progress and 310m and 260m of launching have been completed, respectively.
Major Achievement during April 21 & May 21
Chenab Bridge- Arch closure of world highest Railway Bridge was successfully carried out in April. Launching of 58 MT in April 2021 and 163 MT in May 2021 has been achieved. Cumulative Launching achieved is 10,619 MT. However due to increased covid cases, the area around kauri end of this bridge has recently been declared as a micro containment zone imposing certain restrictions.
Anji Bridge – Main Pylon concreting: 4m lift in April 2021 and 4m lift May 2021 (up to 24). Total progress of Main Pylon is 130m completed out of 193m. Cumulative assembly of segments (55m) and launching of 30m has been achieved.
At Bridge 39 in Reasi area, launching of 32m length done in April 21 and 15m in May 2021.
Bridge 43 in Bakkal (Reasi) area, launching of 42.5m length in April 2020 and 9m in May 2021 (up to 21).
1.46 km Tunnel Mining (MT+ET) done in April 2021 and 0.78 km in May 21 (up to 24)
Major Achievement of 2020-21
Total Tunnel Mining of 14.97 km (MT +ET) done in Year 2020-21.
Breakthrough of Tunnel T2 (Main tunnel) having a length of 5093m length achieved on 3rd Aug 2020.
Break Through of Tunnel No T-74R (Main Tunnel) having length of 8.6 km achieved on 3 Oct 2020, which is 2nd longest tunnel constructed on USBRL Project after PirPanjal Tunnel (11.2 km).
Break Through of Tunnel No T-74R (Escape Tunnel) having length of 7.41 km achieved on 5 Dec 2020.
Bridge 88 (1×45.7m) was completed in Oct 2020.
Bridge 138 3x 30.5 m has been completed in the month of Nov 2020.
Bridge 59 (1×30.5 + 1×45.7 + 1×30.5m) has been completed in March 2020.
Total Bridge Fabrication of 15,480 MT was achieved during this financial year, which is the record highest fabrication achieved so far in any financial year.
Total Bridge Launching/Erection of Superstructure of 15,520 MT was achieved during FY 2020-21, which is record highest launching so far in any financial year. #tenders #projects #contracts #tunnels #infrastructure #banking /fiinews.com
