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While Ministry of Railways has sanctioned a full of 127 ROB (Road Over Bridge) projects successful Kerala, 105 of these projects are yet to beryllium commenced owed to delays successful onshore acquisition and finalising alignment. In effect to a question raised by Kodikunnil Suresh MP astatine Lok Sabha, the Ministry has informed that arsenic of November 1, 2025, 127 ROBs person been sanctioned crossed railway tracks successful Kerala, covering the Thiruvananthapuram, Madurai, and Palakkad Divisions, with projects presently successful assorted stages of readying and execution. Of these, 106 works are sanctioned connected a cost-sharing basis, portion 21 works are financed wholly by the Railways. Delays successful the 105 ROB projects are chiefly attributed to issues from the State government.
“Urgent coordination betwixt the Railways and the State authorities is indispensable to code the monolithic hold successful ROB projects successful Kerala. This slowness is hampering cardinal infrastructure works successful the State. The information that lone 2 ROB/RUB projects person been completed successful the existent fiscal twelvemonth up to October 2025 underscores the urgency for speedy intervention,” said Mr Suresh.
The Ministry observed that the completion and commissioning of ROB works are babelike connected assorted factors including the practice of State governments successful providing consent for the closure of Level Crossings (LCs), fixing the attack alignment, support of the General Arrangement Drawing (GAD), onshore acquisition, removal of encroachment, shifting of infringing utilities, obtaining statutory clearances from assorted authorities, the instrumentality and bid concern successful the task sites, and the duration of the moving play disposable successful a twelvemonth for the peculiar task owed to climatic conditions.
Among the 105 ROB projects, determination are 37 cases wherever onshore acquisition was delayed portion 63 cases are awaiting finalisation of alignment by State government. Two projects were stalled owed to nationalist protests and tribunal cases and successful 3 cases bureau is yet to beryllium fixed. “The semipermanent delays successful ROB operation are affecting lakhs of regular commuters, causing changeless postulation congestion and information hazards astatine engaged level crossings. Coordination betwixt the State authorities and Railway authorities indispensable beryllium strengthened to expedite onshore acquisition, inferior shifting, and GAD approvals,” said the MP.
