1.20 lakh
railway bridges in India of which 43 per cent
are 100 years old and 57 per cent 80 years old
Current State
: Monitoring using huge equipment, takes
days to setup.
Frequent
Monitoring next to impossible.
Analysis
done online , data cannot be easily stored.
A Well
developed system can be extensible to
other
applications .
Infrastructure
can be
used
for
other purposes.
Motivation : Excerpts from Railway budget 2004-2005
“
Special Railway Safety Fund (SRSF)
of
Rs. 17,000 crore was
created w.e.f. 1.10.2001 to wipe out
arrears in renewal of overaged
assets viz., track, bridges, rolling
stock & signalling gears besides
safety enhancement works over a
six-year period. “
“
Railways have given very high
priority to the work of
rehabilitation and strengthening of
old bridges. Of the
2700
bridges to be
rehabilitated or rebuilt through
Special Railway Safety Fund, 1306
bridges have been completed upto
31-3-2004. In the current year, 411
bridges are to be rehabilitated. “
