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SAIL (Steel Authority of India Ltd) Supplies 60,000 Tonnes of Steel For
111 km Long Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal Railway Project in Manipur
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teel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has supplied
around 60,000 tonnes of steel material for
the 111-km-long Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal new
broad gauge railway project. The project was
taken up in 2008 and was declared a National
Project. Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR)
is undertaking the construction of the project in Manipur,
India. SAIL has supplied mainly TMT rebars and Structurals
along with HR Plates and Sheets, Plate Mill Plates, etc. for
this project, which bears the distinction of having in its ambit
construction of not only India’s longest tunnel but also the
tallest girder rail bridge in the world.
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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 river will be as high as
two Qutub Minars stacked on top of each other.
The project is being developed in two sections.
The first section involves the construction of 84 kms of railway
line connecting Jiribam to Tupul which is on the verge of
completion.
The second section of 27 kms connecting Tupul to Imphal is
expected to be completed by 2019.
SAIL’s Branch Sales Office at Guwahati has been supplying
the materials which are produced from its state-of-the-art new
mills at Durgapur, IISCO, Rourkela and Bokaro steel plants
The project involves the construction of 111-km long broad
gauge railway line which includes 9 stations along the way
at Dolakhal, Kaimai Road, Kambiron, Thingou, Khongsang,
Noney Tupul, Haochang Road and Imphal, 148 bridges & 45
tunnels (of which Tunnel No. 12 is 11.55-km long,