GRSE, NHIDCL, signs MoU for Supply of Double Lane Modular Bridges
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE), achieved yet another momentous milestone by securing a groundbreaking deal with the National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL) for the fabrication, supply and launching of Double-Lane Class 70 modular steel & Bailey bridges.
The MoU was signed between Dr. Krishan Kumar, IAS, Managing Director, NHIDCL, and Cmde PR Hari, IN (Retd.), CMD, GRSE in the August presence of Shri Anshu Manish Khalkho, IDAS, (Director, A&F), NHIDCL and DIG Subrato Ghosh, ICG (Retd.), Director (Personnel), GRSE, and other senior officers of GRSE & NHIDCL.
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This landmark agreement entails the construction and delivery of Class 70R DoubleLane Bridges, designed exclusively by GRSE, to enhance connectivity in critical forward areas along India’s borders, facilitating seamless troop and equipment deployment.
Under a similar MoU signed with the Border Roads Organization (BRO), GRSE has already supplied 44 nos. Bridges Pan -India.
The first bridge of this kind was constructed at Flaghill, Dokalam, Sikkim at an altitude of 11,000 feet under Project Swastik of the BRO, inaugurated by Hon’ble Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh on 28 December 2021.
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The bridges have a carriageway width of 7.5 meters, permitting plying of two-way traffic in compliance with specifications laid down by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH). High tensile steel of Grade E-410 ensures high strength, long life, and low-temperature applications.
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