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The Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the broad improvement of the Kadambattukonam-Senkottai National Highway 744, with a monolithic estimated outlay of ₹21,000 crore, has been submitted to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for last support pursuing rigorous method reviews, N.K. Premachandran, MP, has said aft a high-level discussions successful New Delhi.
The ₹21,000-crore mega infrastructure task spans 3 cardinal reaches, 2 of which tally done Kerala. These see the 2nd scope connecting Senkottai to Edamon and the 3rd scope stretching from Edamon to Kadambattukonam, portion the archetypal scope from Rajapalayam to Senkottai is located successful Tamil Nadu. “A insignificant information of the alignment moving done the 2nd scope required biology clearance, and the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the aforesaid person already been officially approved,” said the MP.
The 23-km Senkottai-Edamon conception is estimated to outgo ₹10,033 crore and features a highly blase alignment designed to bypass steep gradients and sharp, treacherous curves. To minimise biology and ecological interaction connected the surrounding wood land, the alignment includes 4 large tunnels passing done rocky terrain, covering a combined region of 10.5 km. Additionally, the blueprint for this conception incorporates elevated highways built crossed 20 monolithic pillars.
The 3rd reach, covering the 39-km region from Edamon to Kadambattukonam, has an estimated fund of ₹7,015 crore. Recognising the unsocial ungraded characteristics and terrain topography, engineers person planned 26 viaducts for this stretch. This strategical structural displacement was decided aft analysing erstwhile information hazards wherever dense ungraded filling and earthen retaining walls led to terrible landslides. To warrant semipermanent safety, elevated pillar structures volition beryllium constructed successful each areas wherever the ungraded prime is deemed weak.
The engineering plan of the task is presently acceptable to acquisition adjacent scrutiny by the Project Appraisal Technical Committee. Once their method recommendations are integrated, the finalised draught volition beryllium forwarded to the Public-Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC), a sheet chaired by the Secretary of Economic Affairs and comprising the Secretaries of Law, Expenditure, Road Transport and Highways, on with the CEO of NITI Aayog. Upon receiving the definitive proposal from the PPPAC, the task volition beryllium presented to the Union Cabinet for last administrative sanction.
