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India unveiled the world's tallest railway bridge, the Chenab Bridge, in Jammu & Kashmir, which enhances India's strategic military and surveillance capabilities in the region, potentially disrupting infiltration routes used by Pakistan and countering Chinese influence along the LAC.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the world's highest single-arch railway bridge over the Chenab River in Kashmir, a 20-year project that connects Kashmir to the rest of India by train for the first time, and is taller than the Eiffel Tower.
The world's highest railway bridge on the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir is set to be operational by the end of September. The bridge is part of the ambitious project of 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat' which will connect Kashmir to other states in India. The bridge will be useful for the armed forces deployed in the region and boost tourism. The bridge is the biggest civil-engineering challenge faced by any railway project in India and is part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link.