New Delhi, December 30: The 104-year-old Pamban Sea Bridge, connecting Rameswaram with mainland India, will be equipped with a high-tech bridge with "vertical lift" capacity. The bridge will replace a two-kilometre-long intersection -- to avoid which -- the cargo vessels and steamers had to take a longer route to reach the dock.

The project will cost Rs 250 crore, and is expected to be completed in the next four years, a senior government official said. The approval was granted by the Ministry of Railways on Monday.  Bogibeel Bridge: Narendra Modi Inaugurates India’s Longest Rail-Road Bridge, Measuring 4.94 KM, in Assam.

Railways Minister Piyush Goyal shared a demo on how the bridge will operate. Watch below:

Earlier in the month, the Pamban railway cantilever bridge was turned temporarily dysfunctional due to a technical snag.

Although repair works were carried out, the Railways had approached the government seeking nod for a new bridge.

The 100-year old meter gauge bridge had been modified some years ago to operate broad gauge trains and since then problems have cropped up, Southern Railway Chief Bridge Engineer Ravindra Babu.

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