<p class="title">Railways have reached a ‘major milestone’ by constructing a 100-meter long pier in the World’s tallest railway bridge, which is being constructed near Noney in Manipur.</p>.<p>The bridge is being constructed over River Ijai near Noney as part of the 111-km Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal new broad gauge railway project, under Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR).</p>.<p>The pier with a height of 141-meter will surpass the existing record of 139-meter of Mala-Rijeka viaduct near Montenegro in Europe.</p>.<p>The total length of the bridge will be 703-meter, senior public relations officer of NFR Construction Organization, S K Ojah said, in a statement.</p>.<p>“The piers of the bridge are constructed using hydraulic augers, the tall piers needed specially designed 'slip-form technique' to ensure efficient and continual construction. 'Self-erecting' electric lifts at each pier cater to the safe and speedy conveyance of men and materials to the top. The steel girders are pre-fabricated in a workshop, transported in segments and erected at the site by cantilever launching scheme,” Ojah said.</p>.<p>Construction work of the project began in 2014.</p>.<p>The project picked up momentum in the last three years after it was declared a national project.</p>.<p>“There are total 45 tunnels in the project— the longest one is 10.28-kilometer. This will be the longest railway tunnel in the Northeast,” he said.</p>.<p>The alignment of the railway line passes through steep rolling hills of the Patkai region in the eastern trail of the Himalayas.</p>.<p>Jiriban, a small town situated along Assam-Manipur border is located at 37-meter above mean sea level while Imphal, Manipur's capital is situated at 780-meter above mean sea level.</p>.<p>It was decided to construct the tunnels of 54-km to maintain suitable gradient as the alignment will traverse through several deep gorges and several rivers flowing at low ground level.</p>.<p> A Saibaba, chief engineer of NFR Construction, is in-charge of the project, Ojah said.</p>
<p class="title">Railways have reached a ‘major milestone’ by constructing a 100-meter long pier in the World’s tallest railway bridge, which is being constructed near Noney in Manipur.</p>.<p>The bridge is being constructed over River Ijai near Noney as part of the 111-km Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal new broad gauge railway project, under Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR).</p>.<p>The pier with a height of 141-meter will surpass the existing record of 139-meter of Mala-Rijeka viaduct near Montenegro in Europe.</p>.<p>The total length of the bridge will be 703-meter, senior public relations officer of NFR Construction Organization, S K Ojah said, in a statement.</p>.<p>“The piers of the bridge are constructed using hydraulic augers, the tall piers needed specially designed 'slip-form technique' to ensure efficient and continual construction. 'Self-erecting' electric lifts at each pier cater to the safe and speedy conveyance of men and materials to the top. The steel girders are pre-fabricated in a workshop, transported in segments and erected at the site by cantilever launching scheme,” Ojah said.</p>.<p>Construction work of the project began in 2014.</p>.<p>The project picked up momentum in the last three years after it was declared a national project.</p>.<p>“There are total 45 tunnels in the project— the longest one is 10.28-kilometer. This will be the longest railway tunnel in the Northeast,” he said.</p>.<p>The alignment of the railway line passes through steep rolling hills of the Patkai region in the eastern trail of the Himalayas.</p>.<p>Jiriban, a small town situated along Assam-Manipur border is located at 37-meter above mean sea level while Imphal, Manipur's capital is situated at 780-meter above mean sea level.</p>.<p>It was decided to construct the tunnels of 54-km to maintain suitable gradient as the alignment will traverse through several deep gorges and several rivers flowing at low ground level.</p>.<p> A Saibaba, chief engineer of NFR Construction, is in-charge of the project, Ojah said.</p>