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Southern Railway has decided to instal metallic obstruction and conception bound walls astatine chosen locations on the engaged Tiruchi-Dindigul wide gauge conception amid recurring instances of cattle run-over connected the track.
The implicit 85-km electrified conception successful the Madurai Railway Division has witnessed galore cattle run-over cases successful the past 3 years. The fencing task is aimed astatine enhancing information successful obstruction operations arsenic an contiguous measure.
The Madurai Railway Division has floated a tender for the enactment connected the Tiruchi-Manapparai-Ayyalur agelong on the Tiruchi-Dindigul section, said railway sources.
The project, to beryllium completed successful 24 months, is estimated to outgo ₹65 crore. The operation of bound partition and metallic benignant fencing volition beryllium taken up successful the up and down enactment sections. The W-beam benignant metallic fencing on the Tiruchi-Manapparai-Ayyalur agelong would beryllium for a magnitude of 73.60 km portion the bound partition with prestressed precast panel, precast column, and precast RCC instauration volition beryllium for a magnitude of 46.4 km.
The areas wherever the bound partition oregon metallic obstruction are to beryllium constructed adjoining the way on the Tiruchi-Manapparai-Ayyalur agelong person been identified by the railway authorities. The sources said a full of 13 caput of cattle were tally implicit by trains from 2022 to November 2025 connected Tiruchi-Pungudi; Kolatur-Pungudi; Manapparai-Kolatur; Ayyalur-Kalpattichatram and Kalpattichatram-Ayyalur stretches.
Major explicit trains, including Pandian, Vaigai, Nellai, Pearl City, Kanyakumari, and the 2 Vande Bharats, tally connected the Tiruchi-Dindigul wide gauge line. Inter-State trains, including Chennai-Kollam Ananthapuri Express and Chennai-Guruvayur Express too freight trains, are operated connected this section.
Cattle deed not lone poses a menace to railway information but besides affects punctuality besides causing fiscal nonaccomplishment to carnal owners. The task is aimed astatine enhancing information successful obstruction operations, the sources added.
