BAILEY BRIDGE
- Army may build Bailey bridges in Kaziranga to protect rhino’s domain
- The Army may help build Bailey bridges in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve for faster movement of forest guards in strategic, vulnerable pockets of the one-horned rhino domain.
- The Bailey bridges sought would essentially replace wooden structures in flood-prone vulnerable pockets in the park which is a UN World Heritage Site.
- The bridges are expected to shorten the routes to the vulnerable pockets and facilitate better coordination among the forest guards manning the anti-poaching camps.
What is Bailey bridge?
- A Bailey bridge is a type of portable, pre-fabricated, truss bridge.
- It was developed by the British for military use during the Second World War.
- A Bailey bridge has the advantages of requiring no special tools or heavy equipment to assemble.
- The wood and steel bridge elements were small and light enough to be carried in trucks and lifted into place by hand, without the use of a crane.
| SOURCE: THE HINDU, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, PIB |