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The Principal Chief Electrical Engineer of Southern Railway Ganesh carried retired mandatory inspection of the electrified Thiruthuraipoondi-Pattukottai wide gauge conception pursuing completion of overhead electrification enactment on the stretch.
Accompanied by elder Southern Railway officers, including Chief Engineer, Construction Sundaresan, and Additional Divisional Railway Manager K.M. Sathiyia Rathan, Mr. Ganesh commenced his day-long inspection successful the greeting from Thiruthuraipoond railway junction travelling connected committee an inspection peculiar bid hauled by a diesel locomotive.
As portion of his inspection connected the astir 51-km stretch, Mr. Ganesh inspected the electrical arrangements, illustration of overhead electrical system, earthing systems, and different information related aspects on the stretch. He interacted with the presumption masters and railway unit enroute successful presumption of the displacement to electrified agelong and checked their preparedness to run successful the electrified section, said a elder railway officer.
Thereafter, the Principal Chief Electrical Engineer conducted a velocity proceedings tally travelling connected committee the inspection peculiar hauled by an electrical locomotive from Pattukottai to Thiruthuraipoondi Junction successful the evening. The velocity proceedings tally was carried retired astatine a maximum velocity of 105 kmph, the serviceman said and added that the full inspection went disconnected successfully.
The Southern Railway Construction Organisation is executing the overhead electrification task connected the Tiruvarur-Thiruthuraipoondi-Pattukottai-Aranthangi-Karaikudi BG conception successful phases. The astir 150-km conception passes done Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Pudukottai, and Sivaganga districts making it 1 of the longest sections wrong the immense limits of the Tiruchi Railway Division. With the overhead electrification enactment having been completed up to Pattukottai from Tiruvarur Junction, the past limb of the task from Pattukottai to Karaikudi is nether way.
The last agelong from Pattukottai to Karaikudi via Aranthangi is targeted for completion by June, the serviceman said. As portion of the project, two traction substations volition travel up astatine Thiruthuraipoondi and Pattukottai. Although the Tiruvarur-Karaikudi conception via Thiruthuraipoondi conception was converted from metre gauge to wide gauge, the overhead electrification task was taken up separately. The Tiruvarur-Karaikudi agelong via Thiruthuraipoondi, Pattukottai and Aranthangi stations, volition beryllium the past conception successful the Tiruchi Railway Division to go electrified, the serviceman added.
