Railway Ministry sanctions survey for 7 rail projects with high-speed potential in Kerala

To amended the railway web successful Kerala, the Ministry of Railways has sanctioned surveys for mentation of elaborate task study (DPR) for 7 projects with high-speed imaginable of 160 kilometres per hour.

The 7 projects see the 307-km-long Shoranur-Mangaluru 3rd and 4th line, 99-km Coimbatore-Shoranur 3rd and 4th line, 106-km Shoranur-Ernakulam 3rd enactment and the 115-km Ernakulam-Kayamkulam 3rd enactment (via Kottayam), an authoritative merchandise connected Friday said.

The different projects see the 105-km Kayamkulam-Thiruvananthapuram 3rd line, the 71-km Thiruvananthapuram-Nagercoil 3rd line, and the 46-km Turavur-Ambalappuzha doubling, it said. After firming up of the DPR, sanctioning of the projects requires consultation with assorted stakeholders, including State governments and indispensable approvals similar appraisal of NITI Aayog, Ministry of Finance, etc., the merchandise said.

“As sanctioning of projects is simply a continuous and dynamic process, nonstop timelines cannot beryllium fixed,” it added.