Dahej Bhavnagar railway sea link bridge
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The Dahej Bhavnagar railway sea link bridge is a planned bridge in Gujarat, India.
Background
[edit]In 2004, the original idea of building a railway bridge between Dahej and Ghogha in Gujarat was first proposed to Railway Ministry by mechanical engineer Vikram Zaveri. Details of the project were published in a Gujarati newspaper Janmabhoomi on 2 August 2004.[1] In 2009, ferry service was approved by the Gujarat State Government on the same location and was inaugurated by PM Modi in 2017.[2]
The 2004 proposal for the railway bridge was sent again to PM Modi in 2017, who forwarded it to S. C. Jain of Executive Director Works, Railway Bhavan. His response was posted on pgportal.gov.in on 23 April 2018.[1]
On 26 February 2025, Ravi Varma (@RailDuniya on X) and on 13 March 2025 "Mantavya News", "DeshGujarat" and others announced that Railway Ministry has approved 1 Cr. (INR 10 million) for Final Location Survey (FLS) of 40 km Dahej Bhavnagar railway Sea Link project, and 23.1 Crs. (INR 231 million) for FLS of three related coastal line projects (924 Km).[1][3] These two survey projects appear in Western Railway Document > Latest Status of Project & Survey 2025.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Zaveri, Vikram. "Dahej Bhavnagar railway sea link bridge: How original idea was proposed". www.researchgate.net. ResearchGate. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "What is ro-ro ferry service that PM Narendra Modi inaugurated at Ghogha?", India Today, 22 October 2017
- ^ "Railway board approves final location survey for Dahej-Bhavnagar sea-link rail". Bhaskar English. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Western Railway > Latest Status of Project & Survey 2025". pp. 30 & 31. Retrieved 30 May 2025.