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Chenab Bridge
Indian Railways conducts successful load test of Chenab Bridge in Jammu and Kashmir. Photo COurtesy: Wikimedia Commons

Jammu and Kashmir: Indian Railways conducts successful load test of Chenab Bridge

| @indiablooms | Dec 29, 2024, at 07:33 pm

The Indian Railways conducted a successful load test of the world’s highest railway bridge over the River Chenab in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.

The cable-stayed Anji Khad Railway Bridge is the world’s highest railway bridge and part of the Srinagar railway line, reported Greater Kashmir.

The Railways is scheduled to make the Srinagar-Jammu railway line fully operational.

Officials told the news portal that on Friday, a goods carrier train was moved over the railway bridge as part of a load test.

Many other tests on the bridge and the Katra-Reasi railway stretch were earlier conducted by keeping the focus on safety protocols.

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