Current Affairs6th & 7th April 2025
Current affairs 6th & 7th April 2025 by Saurabh Pandey Sir
 The New Pamban Bridge
The New Pamban Bridge is over 2 kilometres long and spans across the Palk Strait in Tamil Nadu, connecting Rameswaram island with Mandapam on the mainland. the
New Pamban Bridge – the country’s first verticallift sea bridge – in Tamil Nadu. The New Pamban Bridge is 2.07 kilometres long and spans across the Palk Strait in Tamil Nadu. It features a 72.5-metre navigational span that can be vertically lifted to 17 metres, allowing ships to pass below safely
The substructure can support two railway tracks, though it currently operates a single line.
It connects Pamban (Rameswaram) Island with Mandapam on the mainland. The bridge is cleared for train speeds up to 80 kmph and is built to handle increased rail traffic and heavier loads.
Constructed by Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), a Navratna PSU under the Ministry of Railways. The original Pamban Bridge, built in 1914 by British engineers, used a manually operated Scherzer’s span (a type of rolling lift bridge).
Tel River The Tel river flows in Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Balangir, Boudh Sonepur District of Odisha, India. Tel is an important tributary of the Mahanadi Kaliyattam festival
The Kaliyattam festival is an annual Theyyam festival held in the temples in Kerala’s Malabar region.
