RAJYA SABHA
Upgradation of technology
and modernization of various systems is a continuous process on
Indian Railways. As part of the process, presentations were arranged
from various firms from abroad on modern bridge inspection and
management system. Many of the emerging areas of new technologies
now being applied in areas like underwater inspection of bridges,
nondestructive testing of bridges and bridge management systems
were noted. A proposal to set up a task force to study the needs
for upgrading and modernization of bridge inspection and management
systems especially under water inspections and nondestructive
testing of bridges was mooted in March this year. The task force
was formally set up in September 2002. Since techniques and equipment
for such inspections are not available in the country, it was
considered necessary to study their actual functioning abroad.
As a part of the terms of reference of task force it was asked
to visit countries abroad for on the spot study of the systems
abroad. The team went abroad for the study tour recently.
This information
was given by Shri Bandaru Dattatraya Minister of State for Railways
in a written reply to a question by Shri Dipankar Mukherjee in
the Rajya Sabha.
