Nurpur, June 26
The flash flood in the Chakki rivulet following rain washed away
protection steps of six pillars of the Chakki railway bridge on the
Pathankot-Jogindernagar narrow gauge railway line, near here, this
morning. These cemented steps had been built by the Railway Department
by spending lakhs of rupees a few months ago to render protection cover
to all 22 supporting pillars of the Chakki bridge.
Pillar number 4 of this bridge was washed way in August 2011 and
pillars numbers 5, 6 and 10 were partially damaged in flash floods in
the Chakki rivulet. The railway traffic on this line remained suspended
for about a year. Mining in the Chakki riverbed was considered to be a
major cause of pillar damage in the past. Fourteen trains (up and down)
have been providing economical traffic facility to thousands of
commuters daily on this railway route connecting Pathankot (Punjab) with
the Kangra valley.
Manjeet Goyal, Assistant Engineer, Railway,
admitted that due to a cloud burst in Chamba district and a flash flood
in the Chakki rivulet, protection steps of pillars (5 to 7) of the
Chakki bridge had been washed away today and these would be constructed
or repaired soon.
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