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Chenab and Anji bridges open in J&K

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Chenab and Anji bridges open in J&K (GS3 · Infrastructure, 6 June 2025)
Asked by UPSCPrelims 2026, 20192 PYQs

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What happened

  • The PM inaugurated the Chenab bridge, the world’s highest railway arch bridge, and the Anji bridge, India’s first cable-stayed rail bridge [PIB].
  • He launched projects worth over ₹46,000 crore in J&K and flagged off Vande Bharat trains [PIB].

Background

  • Both bridges are on the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail line [PIB].

Why it matters

  • All-weather rail access to the Valley changes trade and troop logistics.

How to use this in Mains

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

  1. As per PIB (2025-06-06): the PM inaugurated the Chenab bridge, the world's highest railway arch bridge, and the Anji bridge, India's first cable-stayed rail bridge.
  2. All-weather rail access to the Valley changes trade and troop logistics.
Quotable data point

He launched projects worth over ₹46,000 crore in J&K and flagged off Vande Bharat trains.

PIB: PM in Jammu and Kashmir, 6 Jun 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: Chenab, Anji bridges.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

India's first cable-stayed rail bridge

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: PM in Jammu and Kashmir, 6 Jun 2025

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