Sea change in Pamban rail bridge

RAMANATHAPURAM: Every great era has its transition. Quite similar is the story of the Pamban railway sea bridge, which connects Rameswaram island to the mainland. If the thought of Sachin’s farewell speech makes one emotional, the Scherzer-designed wonder in the Bay of Bengal too creates a bridge to the past. Similarly, the old rail bridge too went off the track when a cyclone washed away the Pamban-Dhanushkodi passenger train along with sections of the bridge on December 23, 1964. When the time came Sachin handed on the baton to the likes of King Kohli whose drive, talent and ability to rise to the big occasion separated him from the boys, likewise the old Pamban bridge has also given way to a new state-of-the-art bridge built with a cutting-edge technology, bringing a sea change in infrastructure projects.