India is now home to the world’s tallest railway bridge.
Some 35 meters taller than the Eiffel Tower, the Chenab Bridge sits 359 meters above the Chenab River in India’s contentious Jammu and Kashmir region. After decades of construction, the bridge in northern India will be open to visitors by the end of December 2023 or January 2024, the Ministry of Railways said in a March press release. The 1,315 meter-long bridge is part of a broader project to make the Kashmir Valley accessible by the Indian Railway network.
” According to Singh, “the hope historically” was that the railway link, including the Chenab Bridge, would make Kashmir “feel more as a part of India.” But Singh told CNN it “remains to be seen” whether the expanded connectivity from the bridge and rail link is seen as a positive by Kashmiris, given that “in recent years, Kashmir has been undermined by policies taken by Prime Minister Modi and his government which have really alienated the Kashmiris.
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