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As Indian Railways powers through an unprecedented infrastructure boom, with sprawling projects featuring hundreds of tunnels snaking through challenging terrains, a groundbreaking digital tool is set to transform how the network safeguards its vital bridges and tunnels. In an exclusive conversation with Newsstation.media, Siddharatha, the station's Editor, sat down with Dilip Kumar Jain, Principal Project Engineer at the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), to demystify the Bridge and Tunnel Management System (BMS/TuMS)—a cutting-edge IT solution designed to monitor remote assets in real-time, ensuring passenger safety amid the world's fourth-largest rail network spanning over 100,000 km.
Jain, speaking candidly about the system's inception and impact, emphasized the sheer scale of the challenge. "Our Indian Railways network is the fourth largest globally, traversing unstable Himalayan terrains, rivers, and mountains. Passenger safety is non-negotiable—it's the top priority for our Rail Minister and the Chairman of the Railway Board," he said. With the Indian Railways' safety theme this year laser-focused on prevention, BMS/TuMS emerges as a game-changer, replacing cumbersome manual files with automated alerts and dashboards accessible from a single platform.
At the heart of the system is proactive monitoring for India's staggering 180,000 bridges—including 38,000 heritage structures from 1986 or earlier—alongside 13,500 tunnels and 4,800 foot-over bridges (FOBs) and road-over bridges (ROBs). Consider the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL): Over a 111-km stretch from Katra to Banihal, more than 90% of the track plunges through tunnels, demanding vigilant oversight in isolated, high-risk zones where constant human presence is impossible.
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