CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The country’s longest rail tunnel will also be developed along the Manipur railway line. The Madhya Pradesh government has issued an official notice, announcing that the name of Islam Nagar village in Bhopal district has been changed to Jagdishpur with immediate effect.

Detailed explanation-2: -Noney Bridge, the world’s highest pier railway bridge nears completion as part of the Jiribam-Imphal rail project. Till now, the gorgeous northeastern state of Manipur has no direct train service. This is soon going to change, thanks to the under-construction Noney Bridge.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chenab bridge: The world’s highest rail bridge in India is an engineering marvel. Indian railways took to their social media to share breathtaking pictures of Chenab bridge, the world’s highest rail bridge in Jammu and Kashmir.

Detailed explanation-4: -Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is undertaking the construction of the project. In addition to this, a bridge is being constructed near Noney which will become the tallest girder rail bridge in the world. At 141 metres, the bridge over river Iring will be as high as two Qutub Minar’s stacked on top of each other.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Jiribam-111 km long Tupul-Imphal rail line involves construction of a total 45 tunnels. Tunnel Number 12 with a length of 10.280 kilometres, will be the longest tunnel in the northeast and second in the country.