GUWAHATI:
The works for Jiribam-Imphal new railway line project is going on in full swing to connect Imphal, the capital city of Manipur, to the rest of the country.
The Jiribam-Imphal new railway line project is one of the crucial connectivity projects for the Northeastern region that is at an advanced stage of completion.
“Construction of the Jiribam-Imphal new line railway project is of about 110 km in length. It involves multiple tunnels and bridges in tough terrains,” said a senior official of Northeast Frontier Railway here.
“Out of 52 tunnels, tunnel no 12 is the longest tunnel of this project. It is having a total length of 10.275 km including a 529 metre RCC Ramp with a parallel safety tunnel of length 8.30 km. Tunnel no 12 is passing through the most complex geological condition having fragile soil type condition,” the official said.
Tunneling work in this stretch is one of the most challenging jobs and NF Railway is putting their full effort by working 24X7 for the completion of work with all the challenges like heavy rainfall and other logistic hindrances.
“The vertical shaft construction technology has been adopted for the first time in NF Railway history, for these complex tunneling works. Normally this technology is used only in the Metro Projects. Considering the complex geological condition of Imphal valley and to reduce the construction time of balance tunneling stretch, vertical shafts are being constructed. This will help in expediting the progress of the tunnel work,” the official said.
All the tunneling activities will be done through vertical shafts with the help of Gantry Crane and other modern machineries.
NF Railway has been consistently achieving success in the execution of infrastructure marvels in the most challenging area of Northeastern States.
“The railway has taken up tunneling work in a big way with the successful completion of High altitude and Mountainous tunnels in Jiribam-Imphal Project,” he added.