Pedestrians compelled to cross railway strains at Veppampattu station in Tiruvallur district. File
After over a decade, work to assemble the rail overbridge (ROB) at Veppampattu has not too long ago resumed with the contractor conducting the bhumi puja. It was held earlier than the mannequin code of conduct kicked in. The contractor has begun clearing the location.
Sources within the highways division mentioned that since work on one facet couldn’t be taken up because of a keep, they constructed on the opposite facet. The authorized battle took some years to resolve and solely final 12 months the way in which was cleared. Then a recent design and estimate have been drawn up for the reason that new construction is to be built-in with the previous one and prices of supplies and labour would have gone up manifold. Know-how has modified too, the official added.
The federal government had sanctioned ₹29 crore in 2011 for the 1,045-metre-long ROB, which incorporates 32.40 m of railway portion, which is able to exchange degree crossing 14. In February, the State authorities sanctioned ₹44.55 crore for the remaining work.
Round 40% of the work has been accomplished. The railways has additionally completed its portion of the work over the tracks. Either side of the ROB need to be joined with the railway’s construction. It can take the contractor 12 months to finish the work, defined official sources.
Residents, who welcomed the resumption of labor, mentioned it might assist pace up journey time and they might not have to attend on the Puliyamarathu gate for it to open. At current, motorists haven’t any choice however to take the RoB at Thiruninravur, which is 7 km away, or wait on the gate for no less than half-hour to cross the railway strains.
