Question

The Sharavati bridge built for the Konkan railway is ________ kms long.
a. 3.2
b. 2.2
c. 1.8
d. 1.2

Answer 1

Hint:
On 26 January 1998, the Konkan Railway company began full train operations. It was the first passenger train to operate on the Konkan railway line between Udupi and Mangalore on 20 March 1993.

Complete answer:
Konkan railway -
- The Konkan Railway is a railway operated by the Konkan Railway Company, headquartered in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, at CBD Belapur. On 20 March 1993, the first passenger train ran between Udupi and Mangalore on the Konkan railway tracks.
- The Konkan Railway is an Indian Railway Subsidiary Zone. Unlike other railway regions in India, it is one of the 17 zones of the Indian Railways, but without any divisional structure. It is run by Konkan Railway Company based in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, at CBD Belapur.
- The Konkan area is a part of the Western Ghats, the western coastal strip of India. In independent India, it is the largest railway construction effort and India's first railway service to provide an intermodal freight transport service called the Roll on-Roll off (Ro-Ro) service.
- The Konkan Railway is an Indian Railway Subsidiary Zone. Unlike other railway regions in India, it is one of the 17 zones of the Indian Railways, but without any divisional structure. It is run by Konkan Railway Company based in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, at CBD Belapur.
Sharavati bridge -
The Sharavati Bridge is a railway bridge which was completed in 1994, south of Honnavar, in the state of Karnataka, India. It carries the Konkan Railway over the Sharavati river. It is the longest bridge on the railway and the longest railway bridge in the province, and it is 2,060 metres long.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Note:
It is recognised around the globe as an engineering wonder. Konkan Railways has over 2,000 bridges and 91 tunnels constructed through some of the toughest terrain. During this century, the project was considered to be the biggest and perhaps most complicated railway undertaking, at least in this part of the world.