Challenges and Accomplishments of Chenab Railway Bridge: The Backbone of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla-Rail-Link (Usbrl) Project

The Kashmir valley of Jammu & Kashmir state is largely mountainous where accessibility and connectivity poses a challenge all along. The Northern Indian Railway has embarked the USBRL project in the construction of a mountain railway on the mission to minimize distances and create connectivity with the geographically isolated Kashmir Valley. The present study systematically defines and elaborates the Northern Indian Railways, brief profile of USBRL project and categorizes the work executions. The paper focuses on the challenges and accomplishments of mega sub project Chenab Railway Bridge. Further the paper highlights the scope of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla-Rail-Link (USBRL) project for Socio economic development of the J&K state.