{"id":171416,"date":"2025-03-27T14:37:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T09:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=171416"},"modified":"2025-03-27T14:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T09:08:00","slug":"new-pamban-rail-bridge-will-inaugurated-by-prime-minister-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/new-pamban-rail-bridge-will-inaugurated-by-prime-minister-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"New Pamban Rail Bridge Will Inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The new Pamban rail bridge, which links Ramanathapuram to Rameswaram Island, is scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 6, 2025, right in time for Ram Navami. This impressive bridge, built at a cost of \u20b9531 crore, is set to significantly improve connectivity and railway infrastructure in the area. During the inauguration, the Prime Minister will also launch a new train service between Tambaram and Rameswaram and speak at a public gathering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Highlights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date of Inauguration:<\/strong>\u00a0April 6, 2025 (Ram Navami).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: New Pamban Rail Bridge, connecting Ramanathapuram and Rameswaram Island.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cost<\/strong>: \u20b9535 crore.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prime Minister\u2019s Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Inauguration of the new Pamban rail bridge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flagging off a new train service between Tambaram and Rameswaram.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public address in Rameswaram.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Inspection &amp; Safety<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Southern Railway General Manager R.N. Singh inspected the bridge on March 26, 2025. The test lifting of the central span was successfully conducted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Old Pamban Rail Bridge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Unfortunately, the bridge is in pretty bad shape and can&#8217;t be fully preserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 It will be taken apart, but some parts will be kept as heritage pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 As for the Rameswaram Railway Station Redevelopment, it&#8217;s on track to wrap up by September 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Pamban rail bridge, which links Ramanathapuram to Rameswaram Island, is scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 6, 2025, right in time for Ram Navami. This impressive bridge, built at a cost of \u20b9531 crore, is set to significantly improve connectivity and railway infrastructure in the area. During the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":171424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5364],"tags":[4916],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-171416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-march-2025","tag-national-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171425,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171416\/revisions\/171425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171416"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=171416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}