Railway underpass construction: The Ministry of Railways has planned to build underpasses in mission mode to prevent accidents while crossing track. These underpasses will be constructed at locations where there is a settlement on one side of the railway track and fields, schools, cremation grounds, or other important and commonly used places on the other side.
On Thursday, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw directed that such underpasses be built across the country at locations where a large number of people cross the tracks in their daily lives.
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The Union Minister instructed officials to design such underpasses in a way that they become a lifesaving alternative for people crossing railway tracks. According to Railways, these underpasses will ensure that common people can easily carry bicycles, motorcycles and other work-related items along with them.
The initiative will help prevent accidents during track crossings across the country and will prove to be a boon for a large section of the population, it said.
Railways to construct underpasses in just 12 hours (Image: Ministry of Railways)
Design of Railway underpasses/subways
These underpasses will be designed in such a way that their construction across railway tracks can be completed within just 12 hours. Vaishnaw also directed officials to resolve this major issue within the next 5-6 years.
Here’s how Railways’ subways/underpasses will be completed in 12 hours
According to the Railways, once the structure is manufactured, it will be transported to the installation site. A traffic block will then be taken, during which the track will be cut and the structure installed within 12 hours, making it ready for use.
“The structures will be pre-fabricated in advance and then installed at the site within a 12-hour block period,” the Ministry of Railways said.
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Vaishnaw also emphasised that the design should be user-friendly so that people do not hesitate to use them, and that the structures should not be affected by waterlogging.
