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New Pamban Bridge: India’s first vertical-lift sea bridge

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: New Pamban Bridge: India's first vertical-lift sea bridge (GS3 · Infrastructure, 7 April 2025)

What happened

  • The new Pamban Bridge is India’s first vertical-lift railway sea bridge [PIB].

Background

  • It spans Pamban Strait to Rameswaram [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Building a lift bridge over the sea means fighting corrosion all the time.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Infrastructure: energy, ports, roads, airports, railways; investment models

  1. As per PIB (2025-04-07): the new Pamban Bridge is India's first vertical-lift railway sea bridge.
  2. Building a lift bridge over the sea means fighting corrosion all the time.
Quotable data point

The new Pamban Bridge is India's first vertical-lift railway sea bridge.

PIB: New Pamban Bridge, 7 Apr 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: Pamban.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Pamban bridge type

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerInfrastructure in India: Importance, Financing, PPP Models, National Infrastructure Pipeline and PM Gati Shakti (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: New Pamban Bridge, 7 Apr 2025

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