Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the Chenab railway bridge, the tallest rail bridge in the world. The engineering marvel is a key part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project, which now seamlessly connects the Kashmir Valley to the rest of India via rail.

PM Modi also flagged off two Vande Bharat Express trains between Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and Srinagar. Later in the day, the Prime Minister will also inaugurate India’s first cable-stayed railway bridge at Anji.

After arriving at the Air Force station in Udhampur, PM Modi took an aerial route to the Chenab bridge site, where he inaugurated the one-of-its-kind rail bridge. This is PM Modi’s first visit to Kashmir since Operation Sindoor, India's retaliatory military operation following the Pahalgam terror attack in April that left 26 dead.

The 1,315-metre-long Chenab bridge, towering at a height of 359 metres above the riverbed, is an architectural feat. Notably, the bridge surpasses the height of the Paris’ Eiffel Tower and forms a critical part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project.

Source: India Today