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Lok Sabha
Khanna Committee (1999) in their report had recommended that distressed bridges, bridges over 100 years in age and Early Steel bridges should be further inspected by Task Force (Senior Administrative grade level). No specific list of bridges was mentioned by Committee in their report. However, Committee had noted about 262 distressed bridges existed on Indian Railway as on April 1, 1999. In pursuance of their recommendation, all above distressed bridges were got inspected by Territorial Chief Engineers of the Railways and their rehabilitation/rebuilding taken up. The activity of rehabilitation/rebuilding of these distressed bridges and fresh accruals has got a fillip since the sanction of Special Railway Safety Fund (SRSF) in 2001-2002 and a total of 927 distressed bridges have been rebuilt/rehabilitated in last five years.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Railway Shri R. Velu in a written reply to a question from Shri Ganesh Singh in the Lok Sabha today.
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