SUCCESS TRACKER

It’s another record in Indian Railways history! With Chief Engineer A Saibaba taking the lead, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has constructed the country’s tallest pier – the 100-m pier of the world’s tallest railway bridge near Noney in Manipur. The 141-m bridge is part of a new broad gauge line being constructed to connect the north-eastern state with the rest of the country. The total length of the bridge is 703 m and the piers of the bridge are being constructed using hydraulic augers. Moreover, surpassing the existing record of the 139-m Mala-Rijeka viaduct at Montenegro in Europe, the piers of the Noney bridge are designed with the help of slip-form technique to ensure efficient and continual construction. While NFR is facing several hurdles for the construction of the bridge, the project has picked up momentum in the past three years owing to its importance as a national project. While the project is expected to be completed by June 2020, kudos to Saibaba and his team for having achieved this 
major advancement and successfully crossing the 100-m mark, making this India's tallest pier.