Rameswaram, April 6 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country's first Vertical
Lift Railway Sea Bridge --the New Pamban Bridge--that connects Rameswara Island and the mainland,
in Tamil Nadu on Sunday.
In a symbolic launch of the vertical lift span bridge, he flagged off a new train service between Rameswaram and Tambaram and a Coast Guard ship, at a brief function held on the Pamban
Road Bridge.
Following his visit to Ramanathaswamy Temple on the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami,
Mr Modi officially dedicated to the Nation, the New Pamban Bridge and a host of Road and
National Highway projects to the tune of Rs 8,300 crore at a grand function held in Tamil Nadu Alayam Grounds.
A Southern Railway release said the new...