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The coastal municipality of Velankanni successful Nagapattinam territory is poised to witnesser a large railway-related infrastructure development. The Railway Board, New Delhi, has sanctioned the instauration of a caller Coaching Depot with pit line, stabling line, sick line, and shunting enactment facilities astatine Velankanni Railway Station astatine a outgo of ₹48.96 crore.
An authoritative connection from the Railway Board approving this large task was sent to the Southern Railway General Manager a mates of days ago. The enactment is to beryllium executed nether the umbrella - “Development / Upgradation of attraction facilities for rolling stocks ( LHB Push Pull/ LHB)”, according to the communication.
Velankanni volition go the 3rd railway presumption successful Tiruchi Division to person a coaching depot with indispensable infrastructure aft Tiruchi and Villupuram railway junctions. The Tiruchi Railway Division had projected the constitution of a caller pit enactment on with different facilities for the attraction of coaching banal and a stabling enactment considering the increasing request for operating further trains successful the delta portion covering Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, and Mayiladuthurai districts too Karaikal.
The outgo of the task would screen expenditure towards civilian infrastructure, machinery, powerfulness proviso arrangements, investigating facilities for bid lighting, air-conditioning strategy of coaches, and proviso of points and crossings. In the archetypal phase, the task envisages the operation of 1 pit line, 1 stabling line, and a high-roof covered shed to transportation retired scheduled attraction and repair of coaches. In the 2nd phase, an further pit enactment on with 3 much stabling lines and covered sheds for some pit lines are to beryllium enactment successful place.
Infrastructure boost
The pit lines would beryllium susceptible of undertaking attraction of modern rolling banal and modern sets. The upcoming installation is expected to facilitate the instauration of further bid services successful the delta portion to supply a boost to tourism. The task marks a important measurement towards strengthening railway infrastructure successful the delta portion and enhancing rider convenience done improved attraction facilities.
The support from the Railway Board has gladdened obstruction users successful Nagapattinam and Velankanni towns who had for agelong been seeking the instauration of caller pitline and associated facilities astatine Velankanni — a large pilgrim centre and a tourer spot attracing devotees from assorted parts of the country.
Thanga Varadharajan, a BJP functionary hailing from Nagapattinam and an Independent Director of Ircon International Limited successful his societal media station has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Railway Board officials for according support for this caller project.
“The Railway Board support for the constitution of pit enactment and different facilities astatine Velankanni is so a precise affirmative improvement which we expect would yet pb to instauration of much trains successful aboriginal from this large pilgrim centre benefiting the delta portion arsenic a whole,” said S. Mohan, president, Nagore Nagapattinam Rail Users’ Association.
Velankanni is simply a terminal presumption for immoderate daily, bi-weekly, and play explicit trains. Daily rider trains are operated to Mayiladuthurai, Karaikal, and Nagapattinam too an explicit bid to Tambaram from Velankanni. A play work to Vasco-da-Gama, bi-weekly services to Ernakulam via Karaikudi and Sivaganga, a play work to Ernakulam via Tiruchi and Dindigul are the inter-State trains that are successful cognition from Velankanni astatine present.
