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| Misfortune for Kauri | | | Early Times Report
Jammu | Sep 12
Unfortunately Kauri in Reasi failed to have a tryst with destiny. Few would have even heard of Kauri, a small and virtually inaccessible hamlet in newly created district of Reasi which earlier this year geared up for being enlisted as the place where world’s tallest bridge is being constructed by the Konkan Railways.
A joint venture of Indian-European partnership and the flagship project of the Konkan Railways, the Chenab Bridge, on its completion would have been located at the height of 359 metres above the bed of the mighty and tumultuous Chenab, with Kauri emerging as the country’s attraction centre.
Surpassing the record of the Mailo Road Bridge in France, the Chenab Bridge in linking Kauri and Bakkal hamlets was billed as yet another engineering marvel of the Konkan railways that has been adding to the list of it’s accomplishments after constructing the Anji Bridge over the Anji rivulet situated only 25 kms away from the famous pilgrimage centre of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine.
The failed engineering wonder, the Chenab River situated in the highly sensitive seismic zone with a total length of 1315 metres was being constructed at an estimated cost of over Rs 600 crore and was supposed to be completed by December 2009. The project was to use an estimated 25,000 MTS of steel, most of which of Grade C that can withstand the freezing temperatures of -20 degree Celsius to avoid any cracks by way of contraction.
The project was though not seen commercially viable by some experts at the initial stage, yet for the Indian railways it was matter of pride and prestige as Train to Kashmir would link Jammu and Kashmir to the already laid 68000 kms of rail network of the country.
The main hazard that had delayed the construction of the project, which was going to take almost five years for its construction, was that in executing the project the Konkan railways had to construct a total of 118.87 kms of road network to reach the designated and beneficial Kauri.
Located at the height of 859 metres above the sea level, Kauri inhabited with just about 25 families, is scenically also a place worth watching. Surrounded on all the three sides by the middle Shivaliks and Trikuta hills, Kauri, figures as a plateau zone in which Chenab is running agog all along its surroundings thereby adding to its charm and bestowing the place the serene and soothing environs. |
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