India's longest river bridge ; India can now swiftly move Troops and Battle Tanks to China Border

[Hindustani78]

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...forces-army/story-jXgtS0MpnC3fEHYY7ViJBI.html

The Army has asked the government to consider building tunnels akin to the English Channel under the Brahmaputra because bridges can be targeted by enemy forces.

This recommendation comes less than a week before Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the 9.15-km Dhola-Sadiya bridge over the Lohit – a tributary of the Brahmaputra – on May 26. Once opened, it will be the longest bridge in the country.

Lt Gen DS Ahuja, commanding officer of an Army setup in Shillong, said enemies invariably target strategic bridges in a bid to snap communication and disrupt the movement of troops, supplies and weaponry. “Bridges become primary targets during wars. We could do with tunnels under the Brahmaputra, which virtually divides much of the Northeast into equal halves,” he said at a two-day road show of the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) in the Assam capital on Monday.

Constructing two tunnels near Guwahati and Dibrugarh would be ideal, he added.

India has witnessed a palpable straining of ties with Pakistan and China in recent times, and air chief marshall BS Dhanoa has already asked IAF officers to be combat-ready.

Naveen Verma, secretary of the Department of North Eastern Region, said the idea of building such tunnels had come up during an informal discussion. “It may be taken forward,” he added.

While India already has three bridges across the river, a fourth – Bogibeel – is under construction.

The IWAI is also focussing on reviving river shipping, which was the most popular mode of transportation in the Northeast before India’s partition in 1947. An agreement on passenger and cruise services along coastal and protocol routes between New Delhi and Dhaka has fuelled hopes of reviving river routes in the region.

“We are promoting business opportunities in areas such as dredging and cargo service on the Brahmaputra through Bangladesh. We are also negotiating with Bhutan to establish transport facilities on rivers such as Aie, Beki and Manas,” IWAI chairperson Nutan Guha Biswas told HT.

An 891-km stretch of the Brahmaputra, from Dhubri in the west to Sadiya in the east, has been designated as national waterway no 1. Southern Assam’s Barak river, which caters to Mizoram and Manipur, is another important national waterway.

If I were a hacker, I would've hacked an email of a DRDO employee or such. Or hacked an Indian military website, traced its IP address to a computer and hacked the computer. Or send a Trojan Horse at a number. I wouldn't be commenting for information at a public forum. This makes no sense whatsoever.

Firewalls are there to stop the hackers to get sensitive info but if the virus is loaded from within Republic of India then that will help the hackers who are operating from outside. We have learn alot after 26/11 attacks . DRDO servers will be located at secure locations in which sensitive info will be there and around the clock Military Intelligence IT professionals will keep 24/7 watch.

People copy from each other that's how the world develops, first you copy and then you innovate and make new things on your own. If you can't, don't blame others advancing faster than you. If you don't even bother to try, you will be stuck where you are for ever.

Rocket Corps of Mysore army was 5,000 strong in Tipu's time.

 

[Glockaholic]

How wide is this River

 

[Hindustani78]

Delhi Bridge

 

[SingaporeGuy]

No point, china will use the roads against india once china sweeps into india

 

[axisofevil]

The media is retarded.....this would be a prime target.....Indian media is just like Chinese media completely, totally stupid. This what happens when Congress gives away such opportunities/permits to friends and family like paid media and Bollywood. You get crap.... no wonder Bollywood cries when an outsider makes an Award winning movie when no Indian cannot. Bollywood is a cottage industry, which is controlled by a few families. NO talent and most actors are the children of older actors.....gtfoh.

 

[Hindustani78]

Written by Ajay Khape | Pune | Published:September 23, 2017 7:57 am

The old Sangam bridge on Mutha river is among the ones that will be ‘audited’. Express

"Earlier, the PMC had conducted the technical audit of 18 bridges, and taken up repair and restoration work. Now, we are in process of appointing a consultant for the audit of old bridges, flyover and ROBs that are more than 25 years old,” said PMC Chief Engineer Srinivas Bonala.

http://indianexpress.com/article/in...-technical-audit-of-bridges-flyovers-4856987/


As reports about bridges being washed away or damaged during the monsoon pour in from across the state, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has undertaken the inspection, testing and technical audit of old bridges, flyovers and railway overbridges (ROBs) in the civic jurisdiction.

The PMC has divided the bridges into two categories — Heritage bridges that were constructed before 1952, and those built after 1952.

The bridges include Bund-Garden river bridge on Mula-Mutha river, Holkar Old river bridge on Mula river, Bopodi Old river bridge on Mula river, Aundh-Wakad river bridge on Mula river, old Sangam river bridge on Mutha river, Bhide river bridge on Mutha river, Sawarkar flyover at Paud Road, Neelam Talkies flyover, Hadapsar Kirloskar Numatic railway flyover, Sadhu Vaswani ROB, Koregaon Park Alankar Talkies railway flyover, Sancheti railway flyover, and old Prince Agakhan flyover near the old Residency Club.

“Earlier, the PMC had conducted the technical audit of 18 bridges, and taken up repair and restoration work. Now, we are in process of appointing a consultant for the audit of old bridges, flyover and ROBs that are more than 25 years old,” said PMC Chief Engineer Srinivas Bonala.

He said the exercise will help maintain the bridges and make them safer for use by undertaking necessary repair works. The inspection of bridges would include analysing the protection work, foundation and flooring, sub-structure, superstructure, expansion joints, railing and approach road.

The agency will have to submit the report with details, along with a timeframe by which the bridges have to be repaired or rehabilitated.

“The PMC does not have complete detail plans of some of the old bridges, so the technical audit would involve fresh documents made with the latest technological tools. This will help the PMC maintain the bridges in the future,” said Bonala.

For bridges constructed after 1952, it is necessary to observe the cracks, deflection, and surface deteriorations in the sub-structure and also in the concrete. If any repairs have been done in the past, the repair spots have to be observed, and reports prepared on how they are holding up.

“Based on the results of various tests, the consultant should prepare a repair and rehabilitation scheme, and furnish an estimate for the same,” he said, adding that the PMC has also asked for an audit of concrete bridges that were constructed and opened to traffic before 2003. Bridges constructed after 2003, which have “developed distresses”, may also be inspected, said the PMC official.

 

[Hindustani78]

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...afety-audit/story-PFkSkUHv9iSY9jUORETN7M.html
The 9.15-km-long Bhupen Hazarika Setu over Lohit, a tributary of the Brahmaputra, in Assam was inaugurated on May 26 this year.
india Updated: Dec 12, 2017 14:49 IST

Utpal Parashar
Guwahati, Hindustan Times

The bridge, which allows for quick movement of troops to the frontier, is considered one of the country’s most strategic on the border with China. (PIB)

The Bhupen Hazarika Setu, India’s longest bridge, will remained closed for two days this week for a safety audit, seven months after it was thrown open to the public.

The 9.15-km-long bridge over Lohit, a tributary of the Brahmaputra, was inaugurated on May 26 this year.

“The bridge will remain closed for all vehicular traffic on December 13 and December 14 while a private firm authorised by the Union road transport and highways ministry conducts tests,” Biswajit Phukan, sub-divisional officer of Sadiya in Assam, said.

The bridge, which allows for quick movement of troops to the frontier, is considered one of the country’s most strategic on the border with China.

Since its inauguration, the Bhupen Hazarika Setu has become a major tourist attraction, with people thronging the area.

“We have taken alternative measures to connect both banks through the Kakopathar-Dirak-Tezu raod while the bridge remains closed. Ferry service has also been resumed as an emergency step,” said Phukan.

The test to be carried out by TPF Engineering Private Limited, a Mumbai-based engineering solutions provider, will take a look at all aspects of the structure, including a quality assurance test.

“Some tests that are conducted routinely need only partial closure of the bridge. But the one that will be done at Bhupen Hazarika Setu will require a complete halt to vehicular movement,” informed Prasanta Bhattacharya, team leader with TPF Engineering.

While officials term the test routine, locals have raised questions about the quality of the bridge.

 

[Hindustani78]

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-awaits-longest-road-rail-bridge/article24904321.ece

India awaits longest road-rail bridge
GUWAHATI, September 08, 2018 21:58 IST
Updated: September 08, 2018 22:17 IST

A view of the Bogibeel bridge over the Brahmaputra river near Dibrugarh. | Photo Credit: PTI


Bogibeel will span the Brahmaputra in eastern Assam
The Brahmaputra was till 1962 the only river in India that had not been bridged along its entire length either for road or railway, according to a 1988 book co-authored by former railwayman and IIT Madras teacher S. Ponnuswamy.

The river, more than 10 km wide in several stretches, now awaits the completion of its fourth and easternmost span — the country’s longest road-rail bridge at 4.94 km — that India’s defence forces and residents of the eastern half of the Northeast have been demanding for almost five decades.

“The Bogibeel bridge will usher in a new era of economic development in the region, apart from strengthening national security in the border areas,” Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said, following a recent visit to inspect progress on the construction of the bridge.

Sited about 17 km downstream of Dibrugarh town, the bridge will facilitate road and rail connectivity between the north and south banks of the Brahmaputra in the eastern part of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

“A lot of emotion is attached to this bridge because it was part of the Assam Accord of 1985, but it is taking a long time,” said Lurinjyoti Gogoi, general secretary of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU).

For the construction wing of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) that is undertaking the project, it is better late than never given the unpredictability of the Brahmaputra and instability of its banks.

Training the river
While former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda laid the foundation stone for the Bogibeel bridge in January 1997, work started only in April 2002, when Atal Bihari Vajpayee inaugurated the construction.

With several deadlines having been missed over the past 16 years, impatience has grown in the area. The NFR had set a June target, which was pushed back to October, and the latest indications are that the formal inauguration might be delayed by another couple of months more.

The protracted delay has resulted in the project’s cost increasing more than threefold to ₹5,800 crore, from the initial estimate of ₹1,767 crore.

At Bogibeel, the unpredictable river needed to be trained first for diversion through a narrower channel by constructing a total of 4.83 km of guide bunds, while flood dykes had to be raised and strengthened 9 km upstream and 7 km downstream on both banks.

Strategic span
“The actual work on the bridge began in 2011, and by that time we knew the guide bunds and dykes could withstand the river’s might,” a railway engineer, who did not wish to be named, said. The bridge has been designed for carrying very heavy loads and features dual broad-gauge tracks and a three-lane road.

“This is very strategic from the defence point of view, and the Army has been demanding it for years,” retired Brigadier Ranjit Barthakur told The Hindu. “The bridge classification is on the higher side for movement of heavy military equipment. It will drastically cut time for induction of troops and logistics during a war-like situation,” he added.

At present, troops moving between Dhemaji and Dibrugarh — districts on opposite banks — have to travel more than 600 km via the 3.015 km Kaliabhomora bridge, west of Bogibeel.

Special Correspondent from Guwahati adds:

Ferry services could be hit
The Inland Water Transport (IWT) Department of Assam fears that the Bogibeel bridge will impact ferry services to a large extent. At present, one government vessel and 24 private boats ferry 2,500 people, 146 cars and 84 two-wheelers on an average every day, said Bharat Bhushan Dev Choudhury, director, IWT Department.

“We have to think of other ways to remain in business, such as long-distance cargo movement that works out cheaper than road transport,” Mr. Choudhury said.