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  Barge monster beats by dre crashes into pamban rail bridge
  
  
  The 100yearold pamban rail bridge, india first cantilever bridge across the palk strait, connecting the mainland with the rameswaram island, suffered damage as a barge rammed it early on sunday.But the railway officials cancelled the service before the train left madurai.Rastogi, who inspected the bridge, said pier no.121 suffered damage.Will be restored within seven days.Till then, train services will remain suspended, he told journalists.
  
  The railways would repair the pier and claim damages from a kolkatabased firm, the owner of the barge, he said.There were 10 crew members aboard the barge and they are all safe, informed sources said.None could be contacted about the mishap.
  
  On being alerted, officials went to the site on saturday night, railway sources said.However, they watched helplessly as the barge rammed the bridge.
  
  Pamban port officials claimed that major damage to the bridge was averted as they had pulled back the barge with the help of fishing boats.Half a dozen mechanised boats were pressed into the salvage operation.After hours of concerted effort, the barge was anchored at a safe distance.It suffered damage on the rear side.The high drama started with the arrival of a tugboat of the private company with the barge, which also came from kolkata.The tugboat was towing it to karwar when it met with the mishap.The company had planned to hand over the barge to the navy in karwar.
  
  The two vessels monster beats arrived on wednesday night and anchored on the northern side off pamban, awaiting clearance from port officials for crossing the bridge.Trouble began when the tug boat ran aground after anchor failure late on thursday evening.But they suffered a setback on saturday with the barge drifting towards the bridge and getting stuck close to it, following heavy winds.
  
  However, locals and politicians including bjp national council member k.Muralidharan told
  
  The hinduthe bridge has 145 pillars and a portion of it opens up like a pair of scissors to let ships pass under it.
  
  It was built in 1913 beats by dre cheap and thrown open for rail traffic in 1914.Set to celebrate its centenary, the bridge is regarded as one of the early heritage structures of the railways.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Barge <a href="http://www.nenviro.co.uk" rel="nofollow">monster beats by dre</a> crashes into pamban rail bridge <br /> <br /> <br /> The 100yearold pamban rail bridge, india first cantilever bridge across the palk strait, connecting the mainland with the rameswaram island, suffered damage as a barge rammed it early on sunday.But the railway officials cancelled the service before the train left madurai.Rastogi, who inspected the bridge, said pier no.121 suffered damage.Will be restored within seven days.Till then, train services will remain suspended, he told journalists. <br /> <br /> The railways would repair the pier and claim damages from a kolkatabased firm, the owner of the barge, he said.There were 10 crew members aboard the barge and they are all safe, informed sources said.None could be contacted about the mishap. <br /> <br /> On being alerted, officials went to the site on saturday night, railway sources said.However, they watched helplessly as the barge rammed the bridge. <br /> <br /> Pamban port officials claimed that major damage to the bridge was averted as they had pulled back the barge with the help of fishing boats.Half a dozen mechanised boats were pressed into the salvage operation.After hours of concerted effort, the barge was anchored at a safe distance.It suffered damage on the rear side.The high drama started with the arrival of a tugboat of the private company with the barge, which also came from kolkata.The tugboat was towing it to karwar when it met with the mishap.The company had planned to hand over the barge to the navy in karwar. <br /> <br /> The two vessels <a href="http://www.nenviro.co.uk" rel="nofollow">monster beats</a> arrived on wednesday night and anchored on the northern side off pamban, awaiting clearance from port officials for crossing the bridge.Trouble began when the tug boat ran aground after anchor failure late on thursday evening.But they suffered a setback on saturday with the barge drifting towards the bridge and getting stuck close to it, following heavy winds. <br /> <br /> However, locals and politicians including bjp national council member k.Muralidharan told <br /> <br /> The hinduthe bridge has 145 pillars and a portion of it opens up like a pair of scissors to let ships pass under it. <br /> <br /> It was built in 1913 <a href="http://www.nenviro.co.uk" rel="nofollow">beats by dre cheap</a> and thrown open for rail traffic in 1914.Set to celebrate its centenary, the bridge is regarded as one of the early heritage structures of the railways.</div>

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