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Kashmir Rail ProjectChallenges solutions and current status
Presented ByMeenakshi Gupta
Mahesh JainRitu Dubey
Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)bull To provide an alternative and reliable transportation system to
JampK
bull 345 km long railway line for linking the Kashmir Valley
bull Biggest project to be undertaken by IR since independence
bull Officially called Jammu-Udhampur-Katra-Quazigund-Baramulla link (JUSBRL)
bull Under construction since 1994 was given the status of a national project in 2002 under the Vajpayee government
bull The initial deadline was for 2009 Various delays pushed it to 2012 and now extended to 2017
Project Detailsbull There will be 30 stations and they will be served by 10 to 12
trains a day
bull Being built to the Indian standard gauge of 1676mm gauge laid on concrete sleepers with continuous welded rail and with a minimum curve radius of 676m
bull A ruling gradient of 1 has been set to provide a safe smooth and reliable journey
bull Maximum line speed is 100kmh (60mph)
bull Cross a total of over 750 bridges and pass through over 100 kilometres (62 mi) of tunnels
Challengesbull There are various constraints such as allowable
maximum speed high gradients sharp curves stations to be kept for optimum utilization safety and minimum maintenance need in future in addition to the basic need for providing the link with the rest of the network
bull Projects in mountainous regions are associated with special features such as deep cuttings high embankments tall piers and long span bridges across deep gorges and fast flowing flash flood rivers with big boulders and unusually long tunnels etc
Challenges
bull 345km route crosses major earthquake zones and is subjected to extreme temperatures of cold and heat as well as inhospitable terrain
bull Extreme winters with heavy snowfalls
bull Kashmir is an electricity scarce region at present
bull Young Himalayas where geology is poor and changes occur frequently
Challengesbull Katra-Quazigund leg is the most difficult stretch of this project
In this leg Salal to Quazigund stretch lies in the territory where virtually no habitation road or tracking path existed
bull In Katra-Quazigund a significant part of the project lies in tunnels with the longest being about 1096 km
bull There will be several bridges The tallest bridge is about 359 m above bed level and is over 13 km in length over river Chenab
bull Water ingress problems have been seen in the Udhampur to Katra section This has required some drastic solutions using steel arches and several feet of shotcrete
Security Challenges
bull the regions the line passes through are continuing to face terrorist challenges
bull The train will pass through some of the most vulnerable areas in the Valley such as Budgam Pulwama Srinagar and Anantnag districts to which militants have clear and easy access in the absence of security
bull The presence of the international border with Pakistan close by aggravates these challenges
bull Plans for close circuit cameras at all major bridges tunnels and railway stations have been made Lighting is provided on all major bridges and inside tunnels
Project Sub sectionsbull Jammu-Udhampur Rail Link Project (53 km) ndash Leg 0
ndash sub-mountainous region ndash It is 53 km long and has 10 km length of tunnels 36 major bridges and 122 minor bridgesndash his stretch has already been completed and commissioned in April 2005ndash The completion cost of this stretch is Rs 522 crore
bull Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project (202 km)
ndash Leg-1 ndash Udhampur-Katra section (25 km )bull involves about 109 km of tunneling Nine major bridges 29 minor bridges and 10
ROBRUBs in addition to about 3886 lac cum of earthworkbull approximate cost of this stretch is Rs 640 cr bull tallest bridge in this section is 90 m high (Br No 20) and the longest tunnel (T-80) is
315 km long
Project Sub sectionsbull Leg-2 ndash Katra-Quazigund (148 km)
ndash toughest sector ever been constructed on the Indian Railwaysndash full of tunnels and bridgesviaducts Terrain in this region is full of poor geology and
faults ndash On this section a bridge is being constructed across river Chenab which will have an
arched span of 465 m and a total length of the bridge is around 13 km This will be about 359 m above the bed level of the river
ndash The stretch between river Chenab and Banihal is through a virgin territory and requires construction of approximately 300 km of access roads of which about 110 km has already been constructed
ndash At Quazigund end of this stretch the longest tunnel on Indian Railways is being constructed (Pir Panjal Tunnel) This tunnel is 1095 km long and will pierce through the Pir Panjal range below the snow line
bull Leg 3-Quazigund-Baramulla (119 km)
ndash falls in the Kashmir Valley which is a natural bowl surrounded by the mountain rangesndash there are no tunnels heavy bridging is required across rivers canals and roadsndash 64 major bridges and 640 minor bridges in this sectionndash completed in October 2009
Rolling Stockbull Freight services conveying grain and petroleum products will run
in between 10- 12 passengers services that are planned to operate daily
bull An eight-coach DEMU will run on the Quazigund-Baramulla section of line Each coach will carry 90 passengers It will run twice a day in both directions
bull The train has been fixed with a snow cutter system for clearing snow on the track The temperature in coaches can also be maintained at 20degC during winter
bull Passenger services will be provided by the new aerodynamic High Power diesel multiple units with special features
Rolling Stock (contdhellip)bull The air-conditioned coaches have wide windows for a panoramic view
anti-skid flooring sliding doorways heating facilities an attractive colour scheme and executive class reclining seats inside
bull The drivers cabin has a heating and defogging unit to take care of cold climatic conditions and is fitted with single lookout glass windows to give a wider view
bull A snow-cutting type cattle guard has been attached at the driving end of the train for clearing snow from the tracks during winter In view of the peculiar climate of the valley the 1400-horsepower diesel engine for the train has been provided with a heating system for a quick and trouble-free start in the winters A public information system with display and announcement facilities are included in the coaches which have pneumatic suspension for better riding comfort There is also a compartment for physically challenged people with wider doors
bull Maintenance of all rolling stock and locomotives will be at the newly built Budgam workshop just north of Srinagar
Responsibilitybull Indian Railways is in charge of the Udhampur-Katra Section (25 km)
bull Konkan Railway Corporation Limited is in charge of the Katra-Laole Section (90 km) This is arguably the toughest portion of the railway with over 92 of the line either inside a tunnel or on a bridge The bridges comprise of 12 km the tunnels of 72 km and only a minuscule part of this tortuous stretch ie 6 km is on normal ground
bull IRCON a Public Sector railway construction company is in charge of the Laole-Baramulla Section (175 km) Another tough but less brutal section
bull HCC has won the tender to construct both the North and South Section of the 11 km Banihal tunnel across the Pir Panjal range for approx US$120 million Work is completed
bull AFCONS with Ultra Engineering (South Korea) will design and construct the Chenab Bridge for US$130 million
bull Gammon India with Archirodon Construction (South Africa) will build the Anji Khad Bridge for US$100 million
Financials
bull Till April 2011 7165 crore had already been spent While the budget for last year was 1000 crore it has been marginally raised to 1100 crore for current fiscal
bull Delay in the completion of the project led to an increase in the cost of requiring additional funds The Indian Government previously increased the projected cost of the railway line in 2007 upping the initial estimate of Rs307bn ($5693m) to Rs112bn ($21bn)
bull The Indian Government has cleared a proposal to earmark Rs190bn ($35bn) of additional funds (Jan 2012)
Infrastructure and constructionbull Total of over 750 bridges and over 100
kilometres (62 mi) of tunnels the longest of which is about 11 kilometres (68 mi) in length
bull The greatest engineering challenges involve the crossing of the Chenab river which involves building a 1315-metre-long (4314 ft) bridge 359 metres (1178 ft) above the river bed and the crossing of the Anji Khad which involves building a 657-metre-long (2156 ft) bridge 186 metres (610 ft) above the river bed
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull At 1096km long the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is Indias longest and Asias 2nd
longest tunnel
bull passes through the Pir Panjal mountain range in Jammu and Kashmir in India
bull aimed at reducing the travel distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km
bull cover the distance from the south to the north side of the mountain in 66 minutes
bull Completed in October 2011
bull cost of Rs10bn ($2018m)
bull Construction of the tunnel was carried out by Hindustan Construction Company and took over six years
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull 84m-wide and 73m-high tunnel and is up to 1 100 m below the surface
bull construction of a 3m-wide road that runs alongside the railway tunnel for maintenance and emergency evacuation
bull 100 percent water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length
bull construction of the tunnel started in November 2005 and was complete in 2011
bull The fascinating fact about the tunnel excavation is that the total excavated quantity was equal to one mountain
bull It runs 440m below the existing Jawahar Tunnel which is the only road link from the region to the rest of India meant for vehicular traffic only- which usually gets blocked during winters owing to heavy snowfall in the region
bull due to the changing geological strata of the young Himalayan rock New Australian Tunneling Methodology (NATM) was adopted for the construction
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)bull To provide an alternative and reliable transportation system to
JampK
bull 345 km long railway line for linking the Kashmir Valley
bull Biggest project to be undertaken by IR since independence
bull Officially called Jammu-Udhampur-Katra-Quazigund-Baramulla link (JUSBRL)
bull Under construction since 1994 was given the status of a national project in 2002 under the Vajpayee government
bull The initial deadline was for 2009 Various delays pushed it to 2012 and now extended to 2017
Project Detailsbull There will be 30 stations and they will be served by 10 to 12
trains a day
bull Being built to the Indian standard gauge of 1676mm gauge laid on concrete sleepers with continuous welded rail and with a minimum curve radius of 676m
bull A ruling gradient of 1 has been set to provide a safe smooth and reliable journey
bull Maximum line speed is 100kmh (60mph)
bull Cross a total of over 750 bridges and pass through over 100 kilometres (62 mi) of tunnels
Challengesbull There are various constraints such as allowable
maximum speed high gradients sharp curves stations to be kept for optimum utilization safety and minimum maintenance need in future in addition to the basic need for providing the link with the rest of the network
bull Projects in mountainous regions are associated with special features such as deep cuttings high embankments tall piers and long span bridges across deep gorges and fast flowing flash flood rivers with big boulders and unusually long tunnels etc
Challenges
bull 345km route crosses major earthquake zones and is subjected to extreme temperatures of cold and heat as well as inhospitable terrain
bull Extreme winters with heavy snowfalls
bull Kashmir is an electricity scarce region at present
bull Young Himalayas where geology is poor and changes occur frequently
Challengesbull Katra-Quazigund leg is the most difficult stretch of this project
In this leg Salal to Quazigund stretch lies in the territory where virtually no habitation road or tracking path existed
bull In Katra-Quazigund a significant part of the project lies in tunnels with the longest being about 1096 km
bull There will be several bridges The tallest bridge is about 359 m above bed level and is over 13 km in length over river Chenab
bull Water ingress problems have been seen in the Udhampur to Katra section This has required some drastic solutions using steel arches and several feet of shotcrete
Security Challenges
bull the regions the line passes through are continuing to face terrorist challenges
bull The train will pass through some of the most vulnerable areas in the Valley such as Budgam Pulwama Srinagar and Anantnag districts to which militants have clear and easy access in the absence of security
bull The presence of the international border with Pakistan close by aggravates these challenges
bull Plans for close circuit cameras at all major bridges tunnels and railway stations have been made Lighting is provided on all major bridges and inside tunnels
Project Sub sectionsbull Jammu-Udhampur Rail Link Project (53 km) ndash Leg 0
ndash sub-mountainous region ndash It is 53 km long and has 10 km length of tunnels 36 major bridges and 122 minor bridgesndash his stretch has already been completed and commissioned in April 2005ndash The completion cost of this stretch is Rs 522 crore
bull Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project (202 km)
ndash Leg-1 ndash Udhampur-Katra section (25 km )bull involves about 109 km of tunneling Nine major bridges 29 minor bridges and 10
ROBRUBs in addition to about 3886 lac cum of earthworkbull approximate cost of this stretch is Rs 640 cr bull tallest bridge in this section is 90 m high (Br No 20) and the longest tunnel (T-80) is
315 km long
Project Sub sectionsbull Leg-2 ndash Katra-Quazigund (148 km)
ndash toughest sector ever been constructed on the Indian Railwaysndash full of tunnels and bridgesviaducts Terrain in this region is full of poor geology and
faults ndash On this section a bridge is being constructed across river Chenab which will have an
arched span of 465 m and a total length of the bridge is around 13 km This will be about 359 m above the bed level of the river
ndash The stretch between river Chenab and Banihal is through a virgin territory and requires construction of approximately 300 km of access roads of which about 110 km has already been constructed
ndash At Quazigund end of this stretch the longest tunnel on Indian Railways is being constructed (Pir Panjal Tunnel) This tunnel is 1095 km long and will pierce through the Pir Panjal range below the snow line
bull Leg 3-Quazigund-Baramulla (119 km)
ndash falls in the Kashmir Valley which is a natural bowl surrounded by the mountain rangesndash there are no tunnels heavy bridging is required across rivers canals and roadsndash 64 major bridges and 640 minor bridges in this sectionndash completed in October 2009
Rolling Stockbull Freight services conveying grain and petroleum products will run
in between 10- 12 passengers services that are planned to operate daily
bull An eight-coach DEMU will run on the Quazigund-Baramulla section of line Each coach will carry 90 passengers It will run twice a day in both directions
bull The train has been fixed with a snow cutter system for clearing snow on the track The temperature in coaches can also be maintained at 20degC during winter
bull Passenger services will be provided by the new aerodynamic High Power diesel multiple units with special features
Rolling Stock (contdhellip)bull The air-conditioned coaches have wide windows for a panoramic view
anti-skid flooring sliding doorways heating facilities an attractive colour scheme and executive class reclining seats inside
bull The drivers cabin has a heating and defogging unit to take care of cold climatic conditions and is fitted with single lookout glass windows to give a wider view
bull A snow-cutting type cattle guard has been attached at the driving end of the train for clearing snow from the tracks during winter In view of the peculiar climate of the valley the 1400-horsepower diesel engine for the train has been provided with a heating system for a quick and trouble-free start in the winters A public information system with display and announcement facilities are included in the coaches which have pneumatic suspension for better riding comfort There is also a compartment for physically challenged people with wider doors
bull Maintenance of all rolling stock and locomotives will be at the newly built Budgam workshop just north of Srinagar
Responsibilitybull Indian Railways is in charge of the Udhampur-Katra Section (25 km)
bull Konkan Railway Corporation Limited is in charge of the Katra-Laole Section (90 km) This is arguably the toughest portion of the railway with over 92 of the line either inside a tunnel or on a bridge The bridges comprise of 12 km the tunnels of 72 km and only a minuscule part of this tortuous stretch ie 6 km is on normal ground
bull IRCON a Public Sector railway construction company is in charge of the Laole-Baramulla Section (175 km) Another tough but less brutal section
bull HCC has won the tender to construct both the North and South Section of the 11 km Banihal tunnel across the Pir Panjal range for approx US$120 million Work is completed
bull AFCONS with Ultra Engineering (South Korea) will design and construct the Chenab Bridge for US$130 million
bull Gammon India with Archirodon Construction (South Africa) will build the Anji Khad Bridge for US$100 million
Financials
bull Till April 2011 7165 crore had already been spent While the budget for last year was 1000 crore it has been marginally raised to 1100 crore for current fiscal
bull Delay in the completion of the project led to an increase in the cost of requiring additional funds The Indian Government previously increased the projected cost of the railway line in 2007 upping the initial estimate of Rs307bn ($5693m) to Rs112bn ($21bn)
bull The Indian Government has cleared a proposal to earmark Rs190bn ($35bn) of additional funds (Jan 2012)
Infrastructure and constructionbull Total of over 750 bridges and over 100
kilometres (62 mi) of tunnels the longest of which is about 11 kilometres (68 mi) in length
bull The greatest engineering challenges involve the crossing of the Chenab river which involves building a 1315-metre-long (4314 ft) bridge 359 metres (1178 ft) above the river bed and the crossing of the Anji Khad which involves building a 657-metre-long (2156 ft) bridge 186 metres (610 ft) above the river bed
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull At 1096km long the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is Indias longest and Asias 2nd
longest tunnel
bull passes through the Pir Panjal mountain range in Jammu and Kashmir in India
bull aimed at reducing the travel distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km
bull cover the distance from the south to the north side of the mountain in 66 minutes
bull Completed in October 2011
bull cost of Rs10bn ($2018m)
bull Construction of the tunnel was carried out by Hindustan Construction Company and took over six years
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull 84m-wide and 73m-high tunnel and is up to 1 100 m below the surface
bull construction of a 3m-wide road that runs alongside the railway tunnel for maintenance and emergency evacuation
bull 100 percent water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length
bull construction of the tunnel started in November 2005 and was complete in 2011
bull The fascinating fact about the tunnel excavation is that the total excavated quantity was equal to one mountain
bull It runs 440m below the existing Jawahar Tunnel which is the only road link from the region to the rest of India meant for vehicular traffic only- which usually gets blocked during winters owing to heavy snowfall in the region
bull due to the changing geological strata of the young Himalayan rock New Australian Tunneling Methodology (NATM) was adopted for the construction
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Project Detailsbull There will be 30 stations and they will be served by 10 to 12
trains a day
bull Being built to the Indian standard gauge of 1676mm gauge laid on concrete sleepers with continuous welded rail and with a minimum curve radius of 676m
bull A ruling gradient of 1 has been set to provide a safe smooth and reliable journey
bull Maximum line speed is 100kmh (60mph)
bull Cross a total of over 750 bridges and pass through over 100 kilometres (62 mi) of tunnels
Challengesbull There are various constraints such as allowable
maximum speed high gradients sharp curves stations to be kept for optimum utilization safety and minimum maintenance need in future in addition to the basic need for providing the link with the rest of the network
bull Projects in mountainous regions are associated with special features such as deep cuttings high embankments tall piers and long span bridges across deep gorges and fast flowing flash flood rivers with big boulders and unusually long tunnels etc
Challenges
bull 345km route crosses major earthquake zones and is subjected to extreme temperatures of cold and heat as well as inhospitable terrain
bull Extreme winters with heavy snowfalls
bull Kashmir is an electricity scarce region at present
bull Young Himalayas where geology is poor and changes occur frequently
Challengesbull Katra-Quazigund leg is the most difficult stretch of this project
In this leg Salal to Quazigund stretch lies in the territory where virtually no habitation road or tracking path existed
bull In Katra-Quazigund a significant part of the project lies in tunnels with the longest being about 1096 km
bull There will be several bridges The tallest bridge is about 359 m above bed level and is over 13 km in length over river Chenab
bull Water ingress problems have been seen in the Udhampur to Katra section This has required some drastic solutions using steel arches and several feet of shotcrete
Security Challenges
bull the regions the line passes through are continuing to face terrorist challenges
bull The train will pass through some of the most vulnerable areas in the Valley such as Budgam Pulwama Srinagar and Anantnag districts to which militants have clear and easy access in the absence of security
bull The presence of the international border with Pakistan close by aggravates these challenges
bull Plans for close circuit cameras at all major bridges tunnels and railway stations have been made Lighting is provided on all major bridges and inside tunnels
Project Sub sectionsbull Jammu-Udhampur Rail Link Project (53 km) ndash Leg 0
ndash sub-mountainous region ndash It is 53 km long and has 10 km length of tunnels 36 major bridges and 122 minor bridgesndash his stretch has already been completed and commissioned in April 2005ndash The completion cost of this stretch is Rs 522 crore
bull Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project (202 km)
ndash Leg-1 ndash Udhampur-Katra section (25 km )bull involves about 109 km of tunneling Nine major bridges 29 minor bridges and 10
ROBRUBs in addition to about 3886 lac cum of earthworkbull approximate cost of this stretch is Rs 640 cr bull tallest bridge in this section is 90 m high (Br No 20) and the longest tunnel (T-80) is
315 km long
Project Sub sectionsbull Leg-2 ndash Katra-Quazigund (148 km)
ndash toughest sector ever been constructed on the Indian Railwaysndash full of tunnels and bridgesviaducts Terrain in this region is full of poor geology and
faults ndash On this section a bridge is being constructed across river Chenab which will have an
arched span of 465 m and a total length of the bridge is around 13 km This will be about 359 m above the bed level of the river
ndash The stretch between river Chenab and Banihal is through a virgin territory and requires construction of approximately 300 km of access roads of which about 110 km has already been constructed
ndash At Quazigund end of this stretch the longest tunnel on Indian Railways is being constructed (Pir Panjal Tunnel) This tunnel is 1095 km long and will pierce through the Pir Panjal range below the snow line
bull Leg 3-Quazigund-Baramulla (119 km)
ndash falls in the Kashmir Valley which is a natural bowl surrounded by the mountain rangesndash there are no tunnels heavy bridging is required across rivers canals and roadsndash 64 major bridges and 640 minor bridges in this sectionndash completed in October 2009
Rolling Stockbull Freight services conveying grain and petroleum products will run
in between 10- 12 passengers services that are planned to operate daily
bull An eight-coach DEMU will run on the Quazigund-Baramulla section of line Each coach will carry 90 passengers It will run twice a day in both directions
bull The train has been fixed with a snow cutter system for clearing snow on the track The temperature in coaches can also be maintained at 20degC during winter
bull Passenger services will be provided by the new aerodynamic High Power diesel multiple units with special features
Rolling Stock (contdhellip)bull The air-conditioned coaches have wide windows for a panoramic view
anti-skid flooring sliding doorways heating facilities an attractive colour scheme and executive class reclining seats inside
bull The drivers cabin has a heating and defogging unit to take care of cold climatic conditions and is fitted with single lookout glass windows to give a wider view
bull A snow-cutting type cattle guard has been attached at the driving end of the train for clearing snow from the tracks during winter In view of the peculiar climate of the valley the 1400-horsepower diesel engine for the train has been provided with a heating system for a quick and trouble-free start in the winters A public information system with display and announcement facilities are included in the coaches which have pneumatic suspension for better riding comfort There is also a compartment for physically challenged people with wider doors
bull Maintenance of all rolling stock and locomotives will be at the newly built Budgam workshop just north of Srinagar
Responsibilitybull Indian Railways is in charge of the Udhampur-Katra Section (25 km)
bull Konkan Railway Corporation Limited is in charge of the Katra-Laole Section (90 km) This is arguably the toughest portion of the railway with over 92 of the line either inside a tunnel or on a bridge The bridges comprise of 12 km the tunnels of 72 km and only a minuscule part of this tortuous stretch ie 6 km is on normal ground
bull IRCON a Public Sector railway construction company is in charge of the Laole-Baramulla Section (175 km) Another tough but less brutal section
bull HCC has won the tender to construct both the North and South Section of the 11 km Banihal tunnel across the Pir Panjal range for approx US$120 million Work is completed
bull AFCONS with Ultra Engineering (South Korea) will design and construct the Chenab Bridge for US$130 million
bull Gammon India with Archirodon Construction (South Africa) will build the Anji Khad Bridge for US$100 million
Financials
bull Till April 2011 7165 crore had already been spent While the budget for last year was 1000 crore it has been marginally raised to 1100 crore for current fiscal
bull Delay in the completion of the project led to an increase in the cost of requiring additional funds The Indian Government previously increased the projected cost of the railway line in 2007 upping the initial estimate of Rs307bn ($5693m) to Rs112bn ($21bn)
bull The Indian Government has cleared a proposal to earmark Rs190bn ($35bn) of additional funds (Jan 2012)
Infrastructure and constructionbull Total of over 750 bridges and over 100
kilometres (62 mi) of tunnels the longest of which is about 11 kilometres (68 mi) in length
bull The greatest engineering challenges involve the crossing of the Chenab river which involves building a 1315-metre-long (4314 ft) bridge 359 metres (1178 ft) above the river bed and the crossing of the Anji Khad which involves building a 657-metre-long (2156 ft) bridge 186 metres (610 ft) above the river bed
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull At 1096km long the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is Indias longest and Asias 2nd
longest tunnel
bull passes through the Pir Panjal mountain range in Jammu and Kashmir in India
bull aimed at reducing the travel distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km
bull cover the distance from the south to the north side of the mountain in 66 minutes
bull Completed in October 2011
bull cost of Rs10bn ($2018m)
bull Construction of the tunnel was carried out by Hindustan Construction Company and took over six years
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull 84m-wide and 73m-high tunnel and is up to 1 100 m below the surface
bull construction of a 3m-wide road that runs alongside the railway tunnel for maintenance and emergency evacuation
bull 100 percent water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length
bull construction of the tunnel started in November 2005 and was complete in 2011
bull The fascinating fact about the tunnel excavation is that the total excavated quantity was equal to one mountain
bull It runs 440m below the existing Jawahar Tunnel which is the only road link from the region to the rest of India meant for vehicular traffic only- which usually gets blocked during winters owing to heavy snowfall in the region
bull due to the changing geological strata of the young Himalayan rock New Australian Tunneling Methodology (NATM) was adopted for the construction
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Challengesbull There are various constraints such as allowable
maximum speed high gradients sharp curves stations to be kept for optimum utilization safety and minimum maintenance need in future in addition to the basic need for providing the link with the rest of the network
bull Projects in mountainous regions are associated with special features such as deep cuttings high embankments tall piers and long span bridges across deep gorges and fast flowing flash flood rivers with big boulders and unusually long tunnels etc
Challenges
bull 345km route crosses major earthquake zones and is subjected to extreme temperatures of cold and heat as well as inhospitable terrain
bull Extreme winters with heavy snowfalls
bull Kashmir is an electricity scarce region at present
bull Young Himalayas where geology is poor and changes occur frequently
Challengesbull Katra-Quazigund leg is the most difficult stretch of this project
In this leg Salal to Quazigund stretch lies in the territory where virtually no habitation road or tracking path existed
bull In Katra-Quazigund a significant part of the project lies in tunnels with the longest being about 1096 km
bull There will be several bridges The tallest bridge is about 359 m above bed level and is over 13 km in length over river Chenab
bull Water ingress problems have been seen in the Udhampur to Katra section This has required some drastic solutions using steel arches and several feet of shotcrete
Security Challenges
bull the regions the line passes through are continuing to face terrorist challenges
bull The train will pass through some of the most vulnerable areas in the Valley such as Budgam Pulwama Srinagar and Anantnag districts to which militants have clear and easy access in the absence of security
bull The presence of the international border with Pakistan close by aggravates these challenges
bull Plans for close circuit cameras at all major bridges tunnels and railway stations have been made Lighting is provided on all major bridges and inside tunnels
Project Sub sectionsbull Jammu-Udhampur Rail Link Project (53 km) ndash Leg 0
ndash sub-mountainous region ndash It is 53 km long and has 10 km length of tunnels 36 major bridges and 122 minor bridgesndash his stretch has already been completed and commissioned in April 2005ndash The completion cost of this stretch is Rs 522 crore
bull Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project (202 km)
ndash Leg-1 ndash Udhampur-Katra section (25 km )bull involves about 109 km of tunneling Nine major bridges 29 minor bridges and 10
ROBRUBs in addition to about 3886 lac cum of earthworkbull approximate cost of this stretch is Rs 640 cr bull tallest bridge in this section is 90 m high (Br No 20) and the longest tunnel (T-80) is
315 km long
Project Sub sectionsbull Leg-2 ndash Katra-Quazigund (148 km)
ndash toughest sector ever been constructed on the Indian Railwaysndash full of tunnels and bridgesviaducts Terrain in this region is full of poor geology and
faults ndash On this section a bridge is being constructed across river Chenab which will have an
arched span of 465 m and a total length of the bridge is around 13 km This will be about 359 m above the bed level of the river
ndash The stretch between river Chenab and Banihal is through a virgin territory and requires construction of approximately 300 km of access roads of which about 110 km has already been constructed
ndash At Quazigund end of this stretch the longest tunnel on Indian Railways is being constructed (Pir Panjal Tunnel) This tunnel is 1095 km long and will pierce through the Pir Panjal range below the snow line
bull Leg 3-Quazigund-Baramulla (119 km)
ndash falls in the Kashmir Valley which is a natural bowl surrounded by the mountain rangesndash there are no tunnels heavy bridging is required across rivers canals and roadsndash 64 major bridges and 640 minor bridges in this sectionndash completed in October 2009
Rolling Stockbull Freight services conveying grain and petroleum products will run
in between 10- 12 passengers services that are planned to operate daily
bull An eight-coach DEMU will run on the Quazigund-Baramulla section of line Each coach will carry 90 passengers It will run twice a day in both directions
bull The train has been fixed with a snow cutter system for clearing snow on the track The temperature in coaches can also be maintained at 20degC during winter
bull Passenger services will be provided by the new aerodynamic High Power diesel multiple units with special features
Rolling Stock (contdhellip)bull The air-conditioned coaches have wide windows for a panoramic view
anti-skid flooring sliding doorways heating facilities an attractive colour scheme and executive class reclining seats inside
bull The drivers cabin has a heating and defogging unit to take care of cold climatic conditions and is fitted with single lookout glass windows to give a wider view
bull A snow-cutting type cattle guard has been attached at the driving end of the train for clearing snow from the tracks during winter In view of the peculiar climate of the valley the 1400-horsepower diesel engine for the train has been provided with a heating system for a quick and trouble-free start in the winters A public information system with display and announcement facilities are included in the coaches which have pneumatic suspension for better riding comfort There is also a compartment for physically challenged people with wider doors
bull Maintenance of all rolling stock and locomotives will be at the newly built Budgam workshop just north of Srinagar
Responsibilitybull Indian Railways is in charge of the Udhampur-Katra Section (25 km)
bull Konkan Railway Corporation Limited is in charge of the Katra-Laole Section (90 km) This is arguably the toughest portion of the railway with over 92 of the line either inside a tunnel or on a bridge The bridges comprise of 12 km the tunnels of 72 km and only a minuscule part of this tortuous stretch ie 6 km is on normal ground
bull IRCON a Public Sector railway construction company is in charge of the Laole-Baramulla Section (175 km) Another tough but less brutal section
bull HCC has won the tender to construct both the North and South Section of the 11 km Banihal tunnel across the Pir Panjal range for approx US$120 million Work is completed
bull AFCONS with Ultra Engineering (South Korea) will design and construct the Chenab Bridge for US$130 million
bull Gammon India with Archirodon Construction (South Africa) will build the Anji Khad Bridge for US$100 million
Financials
bull Till April 2011 7165 crore had already been spent While the budget for last year was 1000 crore it has been marginally raised to 1100 crore for current fiscal
bull Delay in the completion of the project led to an increase in the cost of requiring additional funds The Indian Government previously increased the projected cost of the railway line in 2007 upping the initial estimate of Rs307bn ($5693m) to Rs112bn ($21bn)
bull The Indian Government has cleared a proposal to earmark Rs190bn ($35bn) of additional funds (Jan 2012)
Infrastructure and constructionbull Total of over 750 bridges and over 100
kilometres (62 mi) of tunnels the longest of which is about 11 kilometres (68 mi) in length
bull The greatest engineering challenges involve the crossing of the Chenab river which involves building a 1315-metre-long (4314 ft) bridge 359 metres (1178 ft) above the river bed and the crossing of the Anji Khad which involves building a 657-metre-long (2156 ft) bridge 186 metres (610 ft) above the river bed
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull At 1096km long the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is Indias longest and Asias 2nd
longest tunnel
bull passes through the Pir Panjal mountain range in Jammu and Kashmir in India
bull aimed at reducing the travel distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km
bull cover the distance from the south to the north side of the mountain in 66 minutes
bull Completed in October 2011
bull cost of Rs10bn ($2018m)
bull Construction of the tunnel was carried out by Hindustan Construction Company and took over six years
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull 84m-wide and 73m-high tunnel and is up to 1 100 m below the surface
bull construction of a 3m-wide road that runs alongside the railway tunnel for maintenance and emergency evacuation
bull 100 percent water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length
bull construction of the tunnel started in November 2005 and was complete in 2011
bull The fascinating fact about the tunnel excavation is that the total excavated quantity was equal to one mountain
bull It runs 440m below the existing Jawahar Tunnel which is the only road link from the region to the rest of India meant for vehicular traffic only- which usually gets blocked during winters owing to heavy snowfall in the region
bull due to the changing geological strata of the young Himalayan rock New Australian Tunneling Methodology (NATM) was adopted for the construction
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Challenges
bull 345km route crosses major earthquake zones and is subjected to extreme temperatures of cold and heat as well as inhospitable terrain
bull Extreme winters with heavy snowfalls
bull Kashmir is an electricity scarce region at present
bull Young Himalayas where geology is poor and changes occur frequently
Challengesbull Katra-Quazigund leg is the most difficult stretch of this project
In this leg Salal to Quazigund stretch lies in the territory where virtually no habitation road or tracking path existed
bull In Katra-Quazigund a significant part of the project lies in tunnels with the longest being about 1096 km
bull There will be several bridges The tallest bridge is about 359 m above bed level and is over 13 km in length over river Chenab
bull Water ingress problems have been seen in the Udhampur to Katra section This has required some drastic solutions using steel arches and several feet of shotcrete
Security Challenges
bull the regions the line passes through are continuing to face terrorist challenges
bull The train will pass through some of the most vulnerable areas in the Valley such as Budgam Pulwama Srinagar and Anantnag districts to which militants have clear and easy access in the absence of security
bull The presence of the international border with Pakistan close by aggravates these challenges
bull Plans for close circuit cameras at all major bridges tunnels and railway stations have been made Lighting is provided on all major bridges and inside tunnels
Project Sub sectionsbull Jammu-Udhampur Rail Link Project (53 km) ndash Leg 0
ndash sub-mountainous region ndash It is 53 km long and has 10 km length of tunnels 36 major bridges and 122 minor bridgesndash his stretch has already been completed and commissioned in April 2005ndash The completion cost of this stretch is Rs 522 crore
bull Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project (202 km)
ndash Leg-1 ndash Udhampur-Katra section (25 km )bull involves about 109 km of tunneling Nine major bridges 29 minor bridges and 10
ROBRUBs in addition to about 3886 lac cum of earthworkbull approximate cost of this stretch is Rs 640 cr bull tallest bridge in this section is 90 m high (Br No 20) and the longest tunnel (T-80) is
315 km long
Project Sub sectionsbull Leg-2 ndash Katra-Quazigund (148 km)
ndash toughest sector ever been constructed on the Indian Railwaysndash full of tunnels and bridgesviaducts Terrain in this region is full of poor geology and
faults ndash On this section a bridge is being constructed across river Chenab which will have an
arched span of 465 m and a total length of the bridge is around 13 km This will be about 359 m above the bed level of the river
ndash The stretch between river Chenab and Banihal is through a virgin territory and requires construction of approximately 300 km of access roads of which about 110 km has already been constructed
ndash At Quazigund end of this stretch the longest tunnel on Indian Railways is being constructed (Pir Panjal Tunnel) This tunnel is 1095 km long and will pierce through the Pir Panjal range below the snow line
bull Leg 3-Quazigund-Baramulla (119 km)
ndash falls in the Kashmir Valley which is a natural bowl surrounded by the mountain rangesndash there are no tunnels heavy bridging is required across rivers canals and roadsndash 64 major bridges and 640 minor bridges in this sectionndash completed in October 2009
Rolling Stockbull Freight services conveying grain and petroleum products will run
in between 10- 12 passengers services that are planned to operate daily
bull An eight-coach DEMU will run on the Quazigund-Baramulla section of line Each coach will carry 90 passengers It will run twice a day in both directions
bull The train has been fixed with a snow cutter system for clearing snow on the track The temperature in coaches can also be maintained at 20degC during winter
bull Passenger services will be provided by the new aerodynamic High Power diesel multiple units with special features
Rolling Stock (contdhellip)bull The air-conditioned coaches have wide windows for a panoramic view
anti-skid flooring sliding doorways heating facilities an attractive colour scheme and executive class reclining seats inside
bull The drivers cabin has a heating and defogging unit to take care of cold climatic conditions and is fitted with single lookout glass windows to give a wider view
bull A snow-cutting type cattle guard has been attached at the driving end of the train for clearing snow from the tracks during winter In view of the peculiar climate of the valley the 1400-horsepower diesel engine for the train has been provided with a heating system for a quick and trouble-free start in the winters A public information system with display and announcement facilities are included in the coaches which have pneumatic suspension for better riding comfort There is also a compartment for physically challenged people with wider doors
bull Maintenance of all rolling stock and locomotives will be at the newly built Budgam workshop just north of Srinagar
Responsibilitybull Indian Railways is in charge of the Udhampur-Katra Section (25 km)
bull Konkan Railway Corporation Limited is in charge of the Katra-Laole Section (90 km) This is arguably the toughest portion of the railway with over 92 of the line either inside a tunnel or on a bridge The bridges comprise of 12 km the tunnels of 72 km and only a minuscule part of this tortuous stretch ie 6 km is on normal ground
bull IRCON a Public Sector railway construction company is in charge of the Laole-Baramulla Section (175 km) Another tough but less brutal section
bull HCC has won the tender to construct both the North and South Section of the 11 km Banihal tunnel across the Pir Panjal range for approx US$120 million Work is completed
bull AFCONS with Ultra Engineering (South Korea) will design and construct the Chenab Bridge for US$130 million
bull Gammon India with Archirodon Construction (South Africa) will build the Anji Khad Bridge for US$100 million
Financials
bull Till April 2011 7165 crore had already been spent While the budget for last year was 1000 crore it has been marginally raised to 1100 crore for current fiscal
bull Delay in the completion of the project led to an increase in the cost of requiring additional funds The Indian Government previously increased the projected cost of the railway line in 2007 upping the initial estimate of Rs307bn ($5693m) to Rs112bn ($21bn)
bull The Indian Government has cleared a proposal to earmark Rs190bn ($35bn) of additional funds (Jan 2012)
Infrastructure and constructionbull Total of over 750 bridges and over 100
kilometres (62 mi) of tunnels the longest of which is about 11 kilometres (68 mi) in length
bull The greatest engineering challenges involve the crossing of the Chenab river which involves building a 1315-metre-long (4314 ft) bridge 359 metres (1178 ft) above the river bed and the crossing of the Anji Khad which involves building a 657-metre-long (2156 ft) bridge 186 metres (610 ft) above the river bed
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull At 1096km long the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is Indias longest and Asias 2nd
longest tunnel
bull passes through the Pir Panjal mountain range in Jammu and Kashmir in India
bull aimed at reducing the travel distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km
bull cover the distance from the south to the north side of the mountain in 66 minutes
bull Completed in October 2011
bull cost of Rs10bn ($2018m)
bull Construction of the tunnel was carried out by Hindustan Construction Company and took over six years
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull 84m-wide and 73m-high tunnel and is up to 1 100 m below the surface
bull construction of a 3m-wide road that runs alongside the railway tunnel for maintenance and emergency evacuation
bull 100 percent water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length
bull construction of the tunnel started in November 2005 and was complete in 2011
bull The fascinating fact about the tunnel excavation is that the total excavated quantity was equal to one mountain
bull It runs 440m below the existing Jawahar Tunnel which is the only road link from the region to the rest of India meant for vehicular traffic only- which usually gets blocked during winters owing to heavy snowfall in the region
bull due to the changing geological strata of the young Himalayan rock New Australian Tunneling Methodology (NATM) was adopted for the construction
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Challengesbull Katra-Quazigund leg is the most difficult stretch of this project
In this leg Salal to Quazigund stretch lies in the territory where virtually no habitation road or tracking path existed
bull In Katra-Quazigund a significant part of the project lies in tunnels with the longest being about 1096 km
bull There will be several bridges The tallest bridge is about 359 m above bed level and is over 13 km in length over river Chenab
bull Water ingress problems have been seen in the Udhampur to Katra section This has required some drastic solutions using steel arches and several feet of shotcrete
Security Challenges
bull the regions the line passes through are continuing to face terrorist challenges
bull The train will pass through some of the most vulnerable areas in the Valley such as Budgam Pulwama Srinagar and Anantnag districts to which militants have clear and easy access in the absence of security
bull The presence of the international border with Pakistan close by aggravates these challenges
bull Plans for close circuit cameras at all major bridges tunnels and railway stations have been made Lighting is provided on all major bridges and inside tunnels
Project Sub sectionsbull Jammu-Udhampur Rail Link Project (53 km) ndash Leg 0
ndash sub-mountainous region ndash It is 53 km long and has 10 km length of tunnels 36 major bridges and 122 minor bridgesndash his stretch has already been completed and commissioned in April 2005ndash The completion cost of this stretch is Rs 522 crore
bull Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project (202 km)
ndash Leg-1 ndash Udhampur-Katra section (25 km )bull involves about 109 km of tunneling Nine major bridges 29 minor bridges and 10
ROBRUBs in addition to about 3886 lac cum of earthworkbull approximate cost of this stretch is Rs 640 cr bull tallest bridge in this section is 90 m high (Br No 20) and the longest tunnel (T-80) is
315 km long
Project Sub sectionsbull Leg-2 ndash Katra-Quazigund (148 km)
ndash toughest sector ever been constructed on the Indian Railwaysndash full of tunnels and bridgesviaducts Terrain in this region is full of poor geology and
faults ndash On this section a bridge is being constructed across river Chenab which will have an
arched span of 465 m and a total length of the bridge is around 13 km This will be about 359 m above the bed level of the river
ndash The stretch between river Chenab and Banihal is through a virgin territory and requires construction of approximately 300 km of access roads of which about 110 km has already been constructed
ndash At Quazigund end of this stretch the longest tunnel on Indian Railways is being constructed (Pir Panjal Tunnel) This tunnel is 1095 km long and will pierce through the Pir Panjal range below the snow line
bull Leg 3-Quazigund-Baramulla (119 km)
ndash falls in the Kashmir Valley which is a natural bowl surrounded by the mountain rangesndash there are no tunnels heavy bridging is required across rivers canals and roadsndash 64 major bridges and 640 minor bridges in this sectionndash completed in October 2009
Rolling Stockbull Freight services conveying grain and petroleum products will run
in between 10- 12 passengers services that are planned to operate daily
bull An eight-coach DEMU will run on the Quazigund-Baramulla section of line Each coach will carry 90 passengers It will run twice a day in both directions
bull The train has been fixed with a snow cutter system for clearing snow on the track The temperature in coaches can also be maintained at 20degC during winter
bull Passenger services will be provided by the new aerodynamic High Power diesel multiple units with special features
Rolling Stock (contdhellip)bull The air-conditioned coaches have wide windows for a panoramic view
anti-skid flooring sliding doorways heating facilities an attractive colour scheme and executive class reclining seats inside
bull The drivers cabin has a heating and defogging unit to take care of cold climatic conditions and is fitted with single lookout glass windows to give a wider view
bull A snow-cutting type cattle guard has been attached at the driving end of the train for clearing snow from the tracks during winter In view of the peculiar climate of the valley the 1400-horsepower diesel engine for the train has been provided with a heating system for a quick and trouble-free start in the winters A public information system with display and announcement facilities are included in the coaches which have pneumatic suspension for better riding comfort There is also a compartment for physically challenged people with wider doors
bull Maintenance of all rolling stock and locomotives will be at the newly built Budgam workshop just north of Srinagar
Responsibilitybull Indian Railways is in charge of the Udhampur-Katra Section (25 km)
bull Konkan Railway Corporation Limited is in charge of the Katra-Laole Section (90 km) This is arguably the toughest portion of the railway with over 92 of the line either inside a tunnel or on a bridge The bridges comprise of 12 km the tunnels of 72 km and only a minuscule part of this tortuous stretch ie 6 km is on normal ground
bull IRCON a Public Sector railway construction company is in charge of the Laole-Baramulla Section (175 km) Another tough but less brutal section
bull HCC has won the tender to construct both the North and South Section of the 11 km Banihal tunnel across the Pir Panjal range for approx US$120 million Work is completed
bull AFCONS with Ultra Engineering (South Korea) will design and construct the Chenab Bridge for US$130 million
bull Gammon India with Archirodon Construction (South Africa) will build the Anji Khad Bridge for US$100 million
Financials
bull Till April 2011 7165 crore had already been spent While the budget for last year was 1000 crore it has been marginally raised to 1100 crore for current fiscal
bull Delay in the completion of the project led to an increase in the cost of requiring additional funds The Indian Government previously increased the projected cost of the railway line in 2007 upping the initial estimate of Rs307bn ($5693m) to Rs112bn ($21bn)
bull The Indian Government has cleared a proposal to earmark Rs190bn ($35bn) of additional funds (Jan 2012)
Infrastructure and constructionbull Total of over 750 bridges and over 100
kilometres (62 mi) of tunnels the longest of which is about 11 kilometres (68 mi) in length
bull The greatest engineering challenges involve the crossing of the Chenab river which involves building a 1315-metre-long (4314 ft) bridge 359 metres (1178 ft) above the river bed and the crossing of the Anji Khad which involves building a 657-metre-long (2156 ft) bridge 186 metres (610 ft) above the river bed
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull At 1096km long the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is Indias longest and Asias 2nd
longest tunnel
bull passes through the Pir Panjal mountain range in Jammu and Kashmir in India
bull aimed at reducing the travel distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km
bull cover the distance from the south to the north side of the mountain in 66 minutes
bull Completed in October 2011
bull cost of Rs10bn ($2018m)
bull Construction of the tunnel was carried out by Hindustan Construction Company and took over six years
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull 84m-wide and 73m-high tunnel and is up to 1 100 m below the surface
bull construction of a 3m-wide road that runs alongside the railway tunnel for maintenance and emergency evacuation
bull 100 percent water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length
bull construction of the tunnel started in November 2005 and was complete in 2011
bull The fascinating fact about the tunnel excavation is that the total excavated quantity was equal to one mountain
bull It runs 440m below the existing Jawahar Tunnel which is the only road link from the region to the rest of India meant for vehicular traffic only- which usually gets blocked during winters owing to heavy snowfall in the region
bull due to the changing geological strata of the young Himalayan rock New Australian Tunneling Methodology (NATM) was adopted for the construction
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Security Challenges
bull the regions the line passes through are continuing to face terrorist challenges
bull The train will pass through some of the most vulnerable areas in the Valley such as Budgam Pulwama Srinagar and Anantnag districts to which militants have clear and easy access in the absence of security
bull The presence of the international border with Pakistan close by aggravates these challenges
bull Plans for close circuit cameras at all major bridges tunnels and railway stations have been made Lighting is provided on all major bridges and inside tunnels
Project Sub sectionsbull Jammu-Udhampur Rail Link Project (53 km) ndash Leg 0
ndash sub-mountainous region ndash It is 53 km long and has 10 km length of tunnels 36 major bridges and 122 minor bridgesndash his stretch has already been completed and commissioned in April 2005ndash The completion cost of this stretch is Rs 522 crore
bull Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project (202 km)
ndash Leg-1 ndash Udhampur-Katra section (25 km )bull involves about 109 km of tunneling Nine major bridges 29 minor bridges and 10
ROBRUBs in addition to about 3886 lac cum of earthworkbull approximate cost of this stretch is Rs 640 cr bull tallest bridge in this section is 90 m high (Br No 20) and the longest tunnel (T-80) is
315 km long
Project Sub sectionsbull Leg-2 ndash Katra-Quazigund (148 km)
ndash toughest sector ever been constructed on the Indian Railwaysndash full of tunnels and bridgesviaducts Terrain in this region is full of poor geology and
faults ndash On this section a bridge is being constructed across river Chenab which will have an
arched span of 465 m and a total length of the bridge is around 13 km This will be about 359 m above the bed level of the river
ndash The stretch between river Chenab and Banihal is through a virgin territory and requires construction of approximately 300 km of access roads of which about 110 km has already been constructed
ndash At Quazigund end of this stretch the longest tunnel on Indian Railways is being constructed (Pir Panjal Tunnel) This tunnel is 1095 km long and will pierce through the Pir Panjal range below the snow line
bull Leg 3-Quazigund-Baramulla (119 km)
ndash falls in the Kashmir Valley which is a natural bowl surrounded by the mountain rangesndash there are no tunnels heavy bridging is required across rivers canals and roadsndash 64 major bridges and 640 minor bridges in this sectionndash completed in October 2009
Rolling Stockbull Freight services conveying grain and petroleum products will run
in between 10- 12 passengers services that are planned to operate daily
bull An eight-coach DEMU will run on the Quazigund-Baramulla section of line Each coach will carry 90 passengers It will run twice a day in both directions
bull The train has been fixed with a snow cutter system for clearing snow on the track The temperature in coaches can also be maintained at 20degC during winter
bull Passenger services will be provided by the new aerodynamic High Power diesel multiple units with special features
Rolling Stock (contdhellip)bull The air-conditioned coaches have wide windows for a panoramic view
anti-skid flooring sliding doorways heating facilities an attractive colour scheme and executive class reclining seats inside
bull The drivers cabin has a heating and defogging unit to take care of cold climatic conditions and is fitted with single lookout glass windows to give a wider view
bull A snow-cutting type cattle guard has been attached at the driving end of the train for clearing snow from the tracks during winter In view of the peculiar climate of the valley the 1400-horsepower diesel engine for the train has been provided with a heating system for a quick and trouble-free start in the winters A public information system with display and announcement facilities are included in the coaches which have pneumatic suspension for better riding comfort There is also a compartment for physically challenged people with wider doors
bull Maintenance of all rolling stock and locomotives will be at the newly built Budgam workshop just north of Srinagar
Responsibilitybull Indian Railways is in charge of the Udhampur-Katra Section (25 km)
bull Konkan Railway Corporation Limited is in charge of the Katra-Laole Section (90 km) This is arguably the toughest portion of the railway with over 92 of the line either inside a tunnel or on a bridge The bridges comprise of 12 km the tunnels of 72 km and only a minuscule part of this tortuous stretch ie 6 km is on normal ground
bull IRCON a Public Sector railway construction company is in charge of the Laole-Baramulla Section (175 km) Another tough but less brutal section
bull HCC has won the tender to construct both the North and South Section of the 11 km Banihal tunnel across the Pir Panjal range for approx US$120 million Work is completed
bull AFCONS with Ultra Engineering (South Korea) will design and construct the Chenab Bridge for US$130 million
bull Gammon India with Archirodon Construction (South Africa) will build the Anji Khad Bridge for US$100 million
Financials
bull Till April 2011 7165 crore had already been spent While the budget for last year was 1000 crore it has been marginally raised to 1100 crore for current fiscal
bull Delay in the completion of the project led to an increase in the cost of requiring additional funds The Indian Government previously increased the projected cost of the railway line in 2007 upping the initial estimate of Rs307bn ($5693m) to Rs112bn ($21bn)
bull The Indian Government has cleared a proposal to earmark Rs190bn ($35bn) of additional funds (Jan 2012)
Infrastructure and constructionbull Total of over 750 bridges and over 100
kilometres (62 mi) of tunnels the longest of which is about 11 kilometres (68 mi) in length
bull The greatest engineering challenges involve the crossing of the Chenab river which involves building a 1315-metre-long (4314 ft) bridge 359 metres (1178 ft) above the river bed and the crossing of the Anji Khad which involves building a 657-metre-long (2156 ft) bridge 186 metres (610 ft) above the river bed
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull At 1096km long the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is Indias longest and Asias 2nd
longest tunnel
bull passes through the Pir Panjal mountain range in Jammu and Kashmir in India
bull aimed at reducing the travel distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km
bull cover the distance from the south to the north side of the mountain in 66 minutes
bull Completed in October 2011
bull cost of Rs10bn ($2018m)
bull Construction of the tunnel was carried out by Hindustan Construction Company and took over six years
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull 84m-wide and 73m-high tunnel and is up to 1 100 m below the surface
bull construction of a 3m-wide road that runs alongside the railway tunnel for maintenance and emergency evacuation
bull 100 percent water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length
bull construction of the tunnel started in November 2005 and was complete in 2011
bull The fascinating fact about the tunnel excavation is that the total excavated quantity was equal to one mountain
bull It runs 440m below the existing Jawahar Tunnel which is the only road link from the region to the rest of India meant for vehicular traffic only- which usually gets blocked during winters owing to heavy snowfall in the region
bull due to the changing geological strata of the young Himalayan rock New Australian Tunneling Methodology (NATM) was adopted for the construction
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Project Sub sectionsbull Jammu-Udhampur Rail Link Project (53 km) ndash Leg 0
ndash sub-mountainous region ndash It is 53 km long and has 10 km length of tunnels 36 major bridges and 122 minor bridgesndash his stretch has already been completed and commissioned in April 2005ndash The completion cost of this stretch is Rs 522 crore
bull Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project (202 km)
ndash Leg-1 ndash Udhampur-Katra section (25 km )bull involves about 109 km of tunneling Nine major bridges 29 minor bridges and 10
ROBRUBs in addition to about 3886 lac cum of earthworkbull approximate cost of this stretch is Rs 640 cr bull tallest bridge in this section is 90 m high (Br No 20) and the longest tunnel (T-80) is
315 km long
Project Sub sectionsbull Leg-2 ndash Katra-Quazigund (148 km)
ndash toughest sector ever been constructed on the Indian Railwaysndash full of tunnels and bridgesviaducts Terrain in this region is full of poor geology and
faults ndash On this section a bridge is being constructed across river Chenab which will have an
arched span of 465 m and a total length of the bridge is around 13 km This will be about 359 m above the bed level of the river
ndash The stretch between river Chenab and Banihal is through a virgin territory and requires construction of approximately 300 km of access roads of which about 110 km has already been constructed
ndash At Quazigund end of this stretch the longest tunnel on Indian Railways is being constructed (Pir Panjal Tunnel) This tunnel is 1095 km long and will pierce through the Pir Panjal range below the snow line
bull Leg 3-Quazigund-Baramulla (119 km)
ndash falls in the Kashmir Valley which is a natural bowl surrounded by the mountain rangesndash there are no tunnels heavy bridging is required across rivers canals and roadsndash 64 major bridges and 640 minor bridges in this sectionndash completed in October 2009
Rolling Stockbull Freight services conveying grain and petroleum products will run
in between 10- 12 passengers services that are planned to operate daily
bull An eight-coach DEMU will run on the Quazigund-Baramulla section of line Each coach will carry 90 passengers It will run twice a day in both directions
bull The train has been fixed with a snow cutter system for clearing snow on the track The temperature in coaches can also be maintained at 20degC during winter
bull Passenger services will be provided by the new aerodynamic High Power diesel multiple units with special features
Rolling Stock (contdhellip)bull The air-conditioned coaches have wide windows for a panoramic view
anti-skid flooring sliding doorways heating facilities an attractive colour scheme and executive class reclining seats inside
bull The drivers cabin has a heating and defogging unit to take care of cold climatic conditions and is fitted with single lookout glass windows to give a wider view
bull A snow-cutting type cattle guard has been attached at the driving end of the train for clearing snow from the tracks during winter In view of the peculiar climate of the valley the 1400-horsepower diesel engine for the train has been provided with a heating system for a quick and trouble-free start in the winters A public information system with display and announcement facilities are included in the coaches which have pneumatic suspension for better riding comfort There is also a compartment for physically challenged people with wider doors
bull Maintenance of all rolling stock and locomotives will be at the newly built Budgam workshop just north of Srinagar
Responsibilitybull Indian Railways is in charge of the Udhampur-Katra Section (25 km)
bull Konkan Railway Corporation Limited is in charge of the Katra-Laole Section (90 km) This is arguably the toughest portion of the railway with over 92 of the line either inside a tunnel or on a bridge The bridges comprise of 12 km the tunnels of 72 km and only a minuscule part of this tortuous stretch ie 6 km is on normal ground
bull IRCON a Public Sector railway construction company is in charge of the Laole-Baramulla Section (175 km) Another tough but less brutal section
bull HCC has won the tender to construct both the North and South Section of the 11 km Banihal tunnel across the Pir Panjal range for approx US$120 million Work is completed
bull AFCONS with Ultra Engineering (South Korea) will design and construct the Chenab Bridge for US$130 million
bull Gammon India with Archirodon Construction (South Africa) will build the Anji Khad Bridge for US$100 million
Financials
bull Till April 2011 7165 crore had already been spent While the budget for last year was 1000 crore it has been marginally raised to 1100 crore for current fiscal
bull Delay in the completion of the project led to an increase in the cost of requiring additional funds The Indian Government previously increased the projected cost of the railway line in 2007 upping the initial estimate of Rs307bn ($5693m) to Rs112bn ($21bn)
bull The Indian Government has cleared a proposal to earmark Rs190bn ($35bn) of additional funds (Jan 2012)
Infrastructure and constructionbull Total of over 750 bridges and over 100
kilometres (62 mi) of tunnels the longest of which is about 11 kilometres (68 mi) in length
bull The greatest engineering challenges involve the crossing of the Chenab river which involves building a 1315-metre-long (4314 ft) bridge 359 metres (1178 ft) above the river bed and the crossing of the Anji Khad which involves building a 657-metre-long (2156 ft) bridge 186 metres (610 ft) above the river bed
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull At 1096km long the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is Indias longest and Asias 2nd
longest tunnel
bull passes through the Pir Panjal mountain range in Jammu and Kashmir in India
bull aimed at reducing the travel distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km
bull cover the distance from the south to the north side of the mountain in 66 minutes
bull Completed in October 2011
bull cost of Rs10bn ($2018m)
bull Construction of the tunnel was carried out by Hindustan Construction Company and took over six years
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull 84m-wide and 73m-high tunnel and is up to 1 100 m below the surface
bull construction of a 3m-wide road that runs alongside the railway tunnel for maintenance and emergency evacuation
bull 100 percent water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length
bull construction of the tunnel started in November 2005 and was complete in 2011
bull The fascinating fact about the tunnel excavation is that the total excavated quantity was equal to one mountain
bull It runs 440m below the existing Jawahar Tunnel which is the only road link from the region to the rest of India meant for vehicular traffic only- which usually gets blocked during winters owing to heavy snowfall in the region
bull due to the changing geological strata of the young Himalayan rock New Australian Tunneling Methodology (NATM) was adopted for the construction
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Project Sub sectionsbull Leg-2 ndash Katra-Quazigund (148 km)
ndash toughest sector ever been constructed on the Indian Railwaysndash full of tunnels and bridgesviaducts Terrain in this region is full of poor geology and
faults ndash On this section a bridge is being constructed across river Chenab which will have an
arched span of 465 m and a total length of the bridge is around 13 km This will be about 359 m above the bed level of the river
ndash The stretch between river Chenab and Banihal is through a virgin territory and requires construction of approximately 300 km of access roads of which about 110 km has already been constructed
ndash At Quazigund end of this stretch the longest tunnel on Indian Railways is being constructed (Pir Panjal Tunnel) This tunnel is 1095 km long and will pierce through the Pir Panjal range below the snow line
bull Leg 3-Quazigund-Baramulla (119 km)
ndash falls in the Kashmir Valley which is a natural bowl surrounded by the mountain rangesndash there are no tunnels heavy bridging is required across rivers canals and roadsndash 64 major bridges and 640 minor bridges in this sectionndash completed in October 2009
Rolling Stockbull Freight services conveying grain and petroleum products will run
in between 10- 12 passengers services that are planned to operate daily
bull An eight-coach DEMU will run on the Quazigund-Baramulla section of line Each coach will carry 90 passengers It will run twice a day in both directions
bull The train has been fixed with a snow cutter system for clearing snow on the track The temperature in coaches can also be maintained at 20degC during winter
bull Passenger services will be provided by the new aerodynamic High Power diesel multiple units with special features
Rolling Stock (contdhellip)bull The air-conditioned coaches have wide windows for a panoramic view
anti-skid flooring sliding doorways heating facilities an attractive colour scheme and executive class reclining seats inside
bull The drivers cabin has a heating and defogging unit to take care of cold climatic conditions and is fitted with single lookout glass windows to give a wider view
bull A snow-cutting type cattle guard has been attached at the driving end of the train for clearing snow from the tracks during winter In view of the peculiar climate of the valley the 1400-horsepower diesel engine for the train has been provided with a heating system for a quick and trouble-free start in the winters A public information system with display and announcement facilities are included in the coaches which have pneumatic suspension for better riding comfort There is also a compartment for physically challenged people with wider doors
bull Maintenance of all rolling stock and locomotives will be at the newly built Budgam workshop just north of Srinagar
Responsibilitybull Indian Railways is in charge of the Udhampur-Katra Section (25 km)
bull Konkan Railway Corporation Limited is in charge of the Katra-Laole Section (90 km) This is arguably the toughest portion of the railway with over 92 of the line either inside a tunnel or on a bridge The bridges comprise of 12 km the tunnels of 72 km and only a minuscule part of this tortuous stretch ie 6 km is on normal ground
bull IRCON a Public Sector railway construction company is in charge of the Laole-Baramulla Section (175 km) Another tough but less brutal section
bull HCC has won the tender to construct both the North and South Section of the 11 km Banihal tunnel across the Pir Panjal range for approx US$120 million Work is completed
bull AFCONS with Ultra Engineering (South Korea) will design and construct the Chenab Bridge for US$130 million
bull Gammon India with Archirodon Construction (South Africa) will build the Anji Khad Bridge for US$100 million
Financials
bull Till April 2011 7165 crore had already been spent While the budget for last year was 1000 crore it has been marginally raised to 1100 crore for current fiscal
bull Delay in the completion of the project led to an increase in the cost of requiring additional funds The Indian Government previously increased the projected cost of the railway line in 2007 upping the initial estimate of Rs307bn ($5693m) to Rs112bn ($21bn)
bull The Indian Government has cleared a proposal to earmark Rs190bn ($35bn) of additional funds (Jan 2012)
Infrastructure and constructionbull Total of over 750 bridges and over 100
kilometres (62 mi) of tunnels the longest of which is about 11 kilometres (68 mi) in length
bull The greatest engineering challenges involve the crossing of the Chenab river which involves building a 1315-metre-long (4314 ft) bridge 359 metres (1178 ft) above the river bed and the crossing of the Anji Khad which involves building a 657-metre-long (2156 ft) bridge 186 metres (610 ft) above the river bed
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull At 1096km long the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is Indias longest and Asias 2nd
longest tunnel
bull passes through the Pir Panjal mountain range in Jammu and Kashmir in India
bull aimed at reducing the travel distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km
bull cover the distance from the south to the north side of the mountain in 66 minutes
bull Completed in October 2011
bull cost of Rs10bn ($2018m)
bull Construction of the tunnel was carried out by Hindustan Construction Company and took over six years
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull 84m-wide and 73m-high tunnel and is up to 1 100 m below the surface
bull construction of a 3m-wide road that runs alongside the railway tunnel for maintenance and emergency evacuation
bull 100 percent water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length
bull construction of the tunnel started in November 2005 and was complete in 2011
bull The fascinating fact about the tunnel excavation is that the total excavated quantity was equal to one mountain
bull It runs 440m below the existing Jawahar Tunnel which is the only road link from the region to the rest of India meant for vehicular traffic only- which usually gets blocked during winters owing to heavy snowfall in the region
bull due to the changing geological strata of the young Himalayan rock New Australian Tunneling Methodology (NATM) was adopted for the construction
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Rolling Stockbull Freight services conveying grain and petroleum products will run
in between 10- 12 passengers services that are planned to operate daily
bull An eight-coach DEMU will run on the Quazigund-Baramulla section of line Each coach will carry 90 passengers It will run twice a day in both directions
bull The train has been fixed with a snow cutter system for clearing snow on the track The temperature in coaches can also be maintained at 20degC during winter
bull Passenger services will be provided by the new aerodynamic High Power diesel multiple units with special features
Rolling Stock (contdhellip)bull The air-conditioned coaches have wide windows for a panoramic view
anti-skid flooring sliding doorways heating facilities an attractive colour scheme and executive class reclining seats inside
bull The drivers cabin has a heating and defogging unit to take care of cold climatic conditions and is fitted with single lookout glass windows to give a wider view
bull A snow-cutting type cattle guard has been attached at the driving end of the train for clearing snow from the tracks during winter In view of the peculiar climate of the valley the 1400-horsepower diesel engine for the train has been provided with a heating system for a quick and trouble-free start in the winters A public information system with display and announcement facilities are included in the coaches which have pneumatic suspension for better riding comfort There is also a compartment for physically challenged people with wider doors
bull Maintenance of all rolling stock and locomotives will be at the newly built Budgam workshop just north of Srinagar
Responsibilitybull Indian Railways is in charge of the Udhampur-Katra Section (25 km)
bull Konkan Railway Corporation Limited is in charge of the Katra-Laole Section (90 km) This is arguably the toughest portion of the railway with over 92 of the line either inside a tunnel or on a bridge The bridges comprise of 12 km the tunnels of 72 km and only a minuscule part of this tortuous stretch ie 6 km is on normal ground
bull IRCON a Public Sector railway construction company is in charge of the Laole-Baramulla Section (175 km) Another tough but less brutal section
bull HCC has won the tender to construct both the North and South Section of the 11 km Banihal tunnel across the Pir Panjal range for approx US$120 million Work is completed
bull AFCONS with Ultra Engineering (South Korea) will design and construct the Chenab Bridge for US$130 million
bull Gammon India with Archirodon Construction (South Africa) will build the Anji Khad Bridge for US$100 million
Financials
bull Till April 2011 7165 crore had already been spent While the budget for last year was 1000 crore it has been marginally raised to 1100 crore for current fiscal
bull Delay in the completion of the project led to an increase in the cost of requiring additional funds The Indian Government previously increased the projected cost of the railway line in 2007 upping the initial estimate of Rs307bn ($5693m) to Rs112bn ($21bn)
bull The Indian Government has cleared a proposal to earmark Rs190bn ($35bn) of additional funds (Jan 2012)
Infrastructure and constructionbull Total of over 750 bridges and over 100
kilometres (62 mi) of tunnels the longest of which is about 11 kilometres (68 mi) in length
bull The greatest engineering challenges involve the crossing of the Chenab river which involves building a 1315-metre-long (4314 ft) bridge 359 metres (1178 ft) above the river bed and the crossing of the Anji Khad which involves building a 657-metre-long (2156 ft) bridge 186 metres (610 ft) above the river bed
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull At 1096km long the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is Indias longest and Asias 2nd
longest tunnel
bull passes through the Pir Panjal mountain range in Jammu and Kashmir in India
bull aimed at reducing the travel distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km
bull cover the distance from the south to the north side of the mountain in 66 minutes
bull Completed in October 2011
bull cost of Rs10bn ($2018m)
bull Construction of the tunnel was carried out by Hindustan Construction Company and took over six years
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull 84m-wide and 73m-high tunnel and is up to 1 100 m below the surface
bull construction of a 3m-wide road that runs alongside the railway tunnel for maintenance and emergency evacuation
bull 100 percent water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length
bull construction of the tunnel started in November 2005 and was complete in 2011
bull The fascinating fact about the tunnel excavation is that the total excavated quantity was equal to one mountain
bull It runs 440m below the existing Jawahar Tunnel which is the only road link from the region to the rest of India meant for vehicular traffic only- which usually gets blocked during winters owing to heavy snowfall in the region
bull due to the changing geological strata of the young Himalayan rock New Australian Tunneling Methodology (NATM) was adopted for the construction
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Rolling Stock (contdhellip)bull The air-conditioned coaches have wide windows for a panoramic view
anti-skid flooring sliding doorways heating facilities an attractive colour scheme and executive class reclining seats inside
bull The drivers cabin has a heating and defogging unit to take care of cold climatic conditions and is fitted with single lookout glass windows to give a wider view
bull A snow-cutting type cattle guard has been attached at the driving end of the train for clearing snow from the tracks during winter In view of the peculiar climate of the valley the 1400-horsepower diesel engine for the train has been provided with a heating system for a quick and trouble-free start in the winters A public information system with display and announcement facilities are included in the coaches which have pneumatic suspension for better riding comfort There is also a compartment for physically challenged people with wider doors
bull Maintenance of all rolling stock and locomotives will be at the newly built Budgam workshop just north of Srinagar
Responsibilitybull Indian Railways is in charge of the Udhampur-Katra Section (25 km)
bull Konkan Railway Corporation Limited is in charge of the Katra-Laole Section (90 km) This is arguably the toughest portion of the railway with over 92 of the line either inside a tunnel or on a bridge The bridges comprise of 12 km the tunnels of 72 km and only a minuscule part of this tortuous stretch ie 6 km is on normal ground
bull IRCON a Public Sector railway construction company is in charge of the Laole-Baramulla Section (175 km) Another tough but less brutal section
bull HCC has won the tender to construct both the North and South Section of the 11 km Banihal tunnel across the Pir Panjal range for approx US$120 million Work is completed
bull AFCONS with Ultra Engineering (South Korea) will design and construct the Chenab Bridge for US$130 million
bull Gammon India with Archirodon Construction (South Africa) will build the Anji Khad Bridge for US$100 million
Financials
bull Till April 2011 7165 crore had already been spent While the budget for last year was 1000 crore it has been marginally raised to 1100 crore for current fiscal
bull Delay in the completion of the project led to an increase in the cost of requiring additional funds The Indian Government previously increased the projected cost of the railway line in 2007 upping the initial estimate of Rs307bn ($5693m) to Rs112bn ($21bn)
bull The Indian Government has cleared a proposal to earmark Rs190bn ($35bn) of additional funds (Jan 2012)
Infrastructure and constructionbull Total of over 750 bridges and over 100
kilometres (62 mi) of tunnels the longest of which is about 11 kilometres (68 mi) in length
bull The greatest engineering challenges involve the crossing of the Chenab river which involves building a 1315-metre-long (4314 ft) bridge 359 metres (1178 ft) above the river bed and the crossing of the Anji Khad which involves building a 657-metre-long (2156 ft) bridge 186 metres (610 ft) above the river bed
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull At 1096km long the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is Indias longest and Asias 2nd
longest tunnel
bull passes through the Pir Panjal mountain range in Jammu and Kashmir in India
bull aimed at reducing the travel distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km
bull cover the distance from the south to the north side of the mountain in 66 minutes
bull Completed in October 2011
bull cost of Rs10bn ($2018m)
bull Construction of the tunnel was carried out by Hindustan Construction Company and took over six years
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull 84m-wide and 73m-high tunnel and is up to 1 100 m below the surface
bull construction of a 3m-wide road that runs alongside the railway tunnel for maintenance and emergency evacuation
bull 100 percent water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length
bull construction of the tunnel started in November 2005 and was complete in 2011
bull The fascinating fact about the tunnel excavation is that the total excavated quantity was equal to one mountain
bull It runs 440m below the existing Jawahar Tunnel which is the only road link from the region to the rest of India meant for vehicular traffic only- which usually gets blocked during winters owing to heavy snowfall in the region
bull due to the changing geological strata of the young Himalayan rock New Australian Tunneling Methodology (NATM) was adopted for the construction
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Responsibilitybull Indian Railways is in charge of the Udhampur-Katra Section (25 km)
bull Konkan Railway Corporation Limited is in charge of the Katra-Laole Section (90 km) This is arguably the toughest portion of the railway with over 92 of the line either inside a tunnel or on a bridge The bridges comprise of 12 km the tunnels of 72 km and only a minuscule part of this tortuous stretch ie 6 km is on normal ground
bull IRCON a Public Sector railway construction company is in charge of the Laole-Baramulla Section (175 km) Another tough but less brutal section
bull HCC has won the tender to construct both the North and South Section of the 11 km Banihal tunnel across the Pir Panjal range for approx US$120 million Work is completed
bull AFCONS with Ultra Engineering (South Korea) will design and construct the Chenab Bridge for US$130 million
bull Gammon India with Archirodon Construction (South Africa) will build the Anji Khad Bridge for US$100 million
Financials
bull Till April 2011 7165 crore had already been spent While the budget for last year was 1000 crore it has been marginally raised to 1100 crore for current fiscal
bull Delay in the completion of the project led to an increase in the cost of requiring additional funds The Indian Government previously increased the projected cost of the railway line in 2007 upping the initial estimate of Rs307bn ($5693m) to Rs112bn ($21bn)
bull The Indian Government has cleared a proposal to earmark Rs190bn ($35bn) of additional funds (Jan 2012)
Infrastructure and constructionbull Total of over 750 bridges and over 100
kilometres (62 mi) of tunnels the longest of which is about 11 kilometres (68 mi) in length
bull The greatest engineering challenges involve the crossing of the Chenab river which involves building a 1315-metre-long (4314 ft) bridge 359 metres (1178 ft) above the river bed and the crossing of the Anji Khad which involves building a 657-metre-long (2156 ft) bridge 186 metres (610 ft) above the river bed
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull At 1096km long the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is Indias longest and Asias 2nd
longest tunnel
bull passes through the Pir Panjal mountain range in Jammu and Kashmir in India
bull aimed at reducing the travel distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km
bull cover the distance from the south to the north side of the mountain in 66 minutes
bull Completed in October 2011
bull cost of Rs10bn ($2018m)
bull Construction of the tunnel was carried out by Hindustan Construction Company and took over six years
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull 84m-wide and 73m-high tunnel and is up to 1 100 m below the surface
bull construction of a 3m-wide road that runs alongside the railway tunnel for maintenance and emergency evacuation
bull 100 percent water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length
bull construction of the tunnel started in November 2005 and was complete in 2011
bull The fascinating fact about the tunnel excavation is that the total excavated quantity was equal to one mountain
bull It runs 440m below the existing Jawahar Tunnel which is the only road link from the region to the rest of India meant for vehicular traffic only- which usually gets blocked during winters owing to heavy snowfall in the region
bull due to the changing geological strata of the young Himalayan rock New Australian Tunneling Methodology (NATM) was adopted for the construction
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Financials
bull Till April 2011 7165 crore had already been spent While the budget for last year was 1000 crore it has been marginally raised to 1100 crore for current fiscal
bull Delay in the completion of the project led to an increase in the cost of requiring additional funds The Indian Government previously increased the projected cost of the railway line in 2007 upping the initial estimate of Rs307bn ($5693m) to Rs112bn ($21bn)
bull The Indian Government has cleared a proposal to earmark Rs190bn ($35bn) of additional funds (Jan 2012)
Infrastructure and constructionbull Total of over 750 bridges and over 100
kilometres (62 mi) of tunnels the longest of which is about 11 kilometres (68 mi) in length
bull The greatest engineering challenges involve the crossing of the Chenab river which involves building a 1315-metre-long (4314 ft) bridge 359 metres (1178 ft) above the river bed and the crossing of the Anji Khad which involves building a 657-metre-long (2156 ft) bridge 186 metres (610 ft) above the river bed
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull At 1096km long the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is Indias longest and Asias 2nd
longest tunnel
bull passes through the Pir Panjal mountain range in Jammu and Kashmir in India
bull aimed at reducing the travel distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km
bull cover the distance from the south to the north side of the mountain in 66 minutes
bull Completed in October 2011
bull cost of Rs10bn ($2018m)
bull Construction of the tunnel was carried out by Hindustan Construction Company and took over six years
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull 84m-wide and 73m-high tunnel and is up to 1 100 m below the surface
bull construction of a 3m-wide road that runs alongside the railway tunnel for maintenance and emergency evacuation
bull 100 percent water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length
bull construction of the tunnel started in November 2005 and was complete in 2011
bull The fascinating fact about the tunnel excavation is that the total excavated quantity was equal to one mountain
bull It runs 440m below the existing Jawahar Tunnel which is the only road link from the region to the rest of India meant for vehicular traffic only- which usually gets blocked during winters owing to heavy snowfall in the region
bull due to the changing geological strata of the young Himalayan rock New Australian Tunneling Methodology (NATM) was adopted for the construction
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Infrastructure and constructionbull Total of over 750 bridges and over 100
kilometres (62 mi) of tunnels the longest of which is about 11 kilometres (68 mi) in length
bull The greatest engineering challenges involve the crossing of the Chenab river which involves building a 1315-metre-long (4314 ft) bridge 359 metres (1178 ft) above the river bed and the crossing of the Anji Khad which involves building a 657-metre-long (2156 ft) bridge 186 metres (610 ft) above the river bed
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull At 1096km long the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is Indias longest and Asias 2nd
longest tunnel
bull passes through the Pir Panjal mountain range in Jammu and Kashmir in India
bull aimed at reducing the travel distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km
bull cover the distance from the south to the north side of the mountain in 66 minutes
bull Completed in October 2011
bull cost of Rs10bn ($2018m)
bull Construction of the tunnel was carried out by Hindustan Construction Company and took over six years
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull 84m-wide and 73m-high tunnel and is up to 1 100 m below the surface
bull construction of a 3m-wide road that runs alongside the railway tunnel for maintenance and emergency evacuation
bull 100 percent water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length
bull construction of the tunnel started in November 2005 and was complete in 2011
bull The fascinating fact about the tunnel excavation is that the total excavated quantity was equal to one mountain
bull It runs 440m below the existing Jawahar Tunnel which is the only road link from the region to the rest of India meant for vehicular traffic only- which usually gets blocked during winters owing to heavy snowfall in the region
bull due to the changing geological strata of the young Himalayan rock New Australian Tunneling Methodology (NATM) was adopted for the construction
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull At 1096km long the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is Indias longest and Asias 2nd
longest tunnel
bull passes through the Pir Panjal mountain range in Jammu and Kashmir in India
bull aimed at reducing the travel distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km
bull cover the distance from the south to the north side of the mountain in 66 minutes
bull Completed in October 2011
bull cost of Rs10bn ($2018m)
bull Construction of the tunnel was carried out by Hindustan Construction Company and took over six years
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull 84m-wide and 73m-high tunnel and is up to 1 100 m below the surface
bull construction of a 3m-wide road that runs alongside the railway tunnel for maintenance and emergency evacuation
bull 100 percent water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length
bull construction of the tunnel started in November 2005 and was complete in 2011
bull The fascinating fact about the tunnel excavation is that the total excavated quantity was equal to one mountain
bull It runs 440m below the existing Jawahar Tunnel which is the only road link from the region to the rest of India meant for vehicular traffic only- which usually gets blocked during winters owing to heavy snowfall in the region
bull due to the changing geological strata of the young Himalayan rock New Australian Tunneling Methodology (NATM) was adopted for the construction
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull At 1096km long the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is Indias longest and Asias 2nd
longest tunnel
bull passes through the Pir Panjal mountain range in Jammu and Kashmir in India
bull aimed at reducing the travel distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km
bull cover the distance from the south to the north side of the mountain in 66 minutes
bull Completed in October 2011
bull cost of Rs10bn ($2018m)
bull Construction of the tunnel was carried out by Hindustan Construction Company and took over six years
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull 84m-wide and 73m-high tunnel and is up to 1 100 m below the surface
bull construction of a 3m-wide road that runs alongside the railway tunnel for maintenance and emergency evacuation
bull 100 percent water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length
bull construction of the tunnel started in November 2005 and was complete in 2011
bull The fascinating fact about the tunnel excavation is that the total excavated quantity was equal to one mountain
bull It runs 440m below the existing Jawahar Tunnel which is the only road link from the region to the rest of India meant for vehicular traffic only- which usually gets blocked during winters owing to heavy snowfall in the region
bull due to the changing geological strata of the young Himalayan rock New Australian Tunneling Methodology (NATM) was adopted for the construction
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)bull 84m-wide and 73m-high tunnel and is up to 1 100 m below the surface
bull construction of a 3m-wide road that runs alongside the railway tunnel for maintenance and emergency evacuation
bull 100 percent water-proof and is also equipped with fire fighting system throughout its entire length
bull construction of the tunnel started in November 2005 and was complete in 2011
bull The fascinating fact about the tunnel excavation is that the total excavated quantity was equal to one mountain
bull It runs 440m below the existing Jawahar Tunnel which is the only road link from the region to the rest of India meant for vehicular traffic only- which usually gets blocked during winters owing to heavy snowfall in the region
bull due to the changing geological strata of the young Himalayan rock New Australian Tunneling Methodology (NATM) was adopted for the construction
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Chenab Bridgebull The Chenab Bridge will be the highest railway structure of its kind in the world
35 m higher than the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
bull The Chenab bridge is 13 km long and has the third largest arch span in the world At 1178 feet it will be the highest bridge in the world once completed
bull Located near the Salal Hydro Power Dam the bridge was originally planned as a 1315 metre-long bridge having 17 spans
bull Afcons Infrastructure Limited was awarded the contract for the bridge
bull While deciding to stop all construction works on the Katra-Qazigund section in 2008 the Railway Ministry had proposed a change in the location of the bridge from the gorge to a wide valley two to three kilometers upstream of the original location Since the newly proposed location had a higher bed level the height of the bridge had it been constructed there would have come down to about 120-150 meters from river bed
bull The Railways decided to stick to the location it had originally chosen to construct the Chenab Bridge mdash billed as the highest in the world at a height of 359 metres from the river bed At 343 metres Millau Viaduct in France is the tallest bridge in the world
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Operational Accidents amp Casualitiesbull June 2004 mdash Sudhir Kumar Pundir an IRCON Engineer and his brother Sanjay
were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the valley
bull June 2005 mdash Altaf Hussain A laborer working in a Tunnel at Tathyar (HCC) was killed by a collapse Two others were injured
bull May 16 2007 mdashdaughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay and daughter of Mohammad Ayub Wani (9 amp 7 yrs)drowned in a ditch constructed by Railway Company
bull Feb 14 2008 mdash A Nepali labourer Tika Ram Balwari son of Tuya Narayan was killed after a boulder hit him in at Uri Varmul presumably on the Kashmir rail project for HCC
bull Apr 18 2008 mdash Six labourers of a private company engaged with the Katra-Qazigund railway line project were killed and two others received injuries when a tipper carrying them rolled down into a deep gorge in Lower Juda Morh near Kouri in Reasi district late at night
bull Mar 27 2011 mdash Two workers were killed at an under-construction railway bridge over the Chenab in Reasi district as a basket attached to a crane carrying them unhooked and fell from a height of more than 100 metres
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Current Status
bull The USBRL project is divided into four sections
bull Leg 0 extending 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Jammu to Udhampur completed in April 2005
bull Leg 1 extending 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Udhampur to Katra Under construction may open in 2013
bull Leg 2 extending 148 kilometres (92 mi) from Katra to Qazigund Under construction may open in 2017
bull Leg 3 extending 119 kilometres (74 mi) from Qazigund to Baramulla completed in October 2009
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Inauguration of Kashmir rail linkDate Section Length km
April 2005 Jammu - Udhampur Current Status
53
October 2008 Anantnag - Mazhom 66
February 2009 Mazhom - Baramulla 35
October 2009 Quazigund - Anantnag 18
Delayed owing to construction difficulties
Udhampur - Quazigund 167
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Inauguration of Final section KVRbull Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh flagged off a train from Anantnag to Quazigund to inaugurate the final 18 km of the railway through the Kashmir Valley on October 28 2009
bull The currently isolated line will eventually be joined to the Indian rail network at Udhampur providing an all -weather transport link between the state of Jammu amp Kashmir and the rest of India which has been designated as a national priority
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-
Thanks
- Kashmir Rail Project Challenges solutions and current status
- Kashmir Railway Project (KRP)
- Project Details
- Slide 4
- Challenges
- Slide 6
- Slide 7
- Security Challenges
- Project Sub sections
- Slide 10
- Rolling Stock
- Rolling Stock (contdhellip)
- Responsibility
- Financials
- Infrastructure and construction
- Pir Panjal Tunnel(T-80)
- Slide 17
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Chenab Bridge
- Slide 21
- Operational Accidents amp Casualities
- Slide 23
- Current Status
- Slide 25
- Inauguration of Final section KVR
- Thanks
-