Land acquisition delay hits Vizhinjam rail line work
T'puram: The tunnel portion of the railway line from Balaramapuram to Vizhinjam port is not progressing as expected due to land acquisition issues. Of the 10.7km railway line, 9.02km is underground.
The project was approved by the railways and the environment ministry. However, not much has happened since the state cabinet approved the project in March.
The issue was discussed at a meeting MPs had with
Southern railway
officials recently. Sources said that MPs raised the issue of the railway line connecting Vizhinjam port, but railways informed them that not much has progressed after it received the state govt approval and land was earmarked.
MPs decided to take it up with the state govt. The project, prepared by Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd (KRCL), will cost Rs 1,482.92 crore and is scheduled for completion in 2028. A GO has to be issued and a project execution chart will be prepared before work can commence by the KRCL. Development of Balaramapuram railway station will be taken up first and then tunnel boring work and rail opening at Vizhinjam will be carried out simultaneously.
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Kodikunnil Suresh, MP, told reporters after the meeting that work on the Vizhinjam railway line is not progressing because land acquisition is slow. He said that state govt should do its part quickly for such projects, including the Sabari railway line.
A rail link to Vizhinjam is crucial for the port to start moving transhipment cargo by surface transport. The railway line will go inside the port and a loading and unloading yard will be constructed in front of the space marked in the port parallel to the container handling area.
Currently, containers brought by motherships are moved to other ports across the country using feeder ships.
The port, which is handling around 1 lakh to 1.10 lakh containers per month, is now planning to move containers by road as soon as the highway entry point is ready. This will be a temporary measure until the proposed cloverleaf flyover is built at the junction where NH-66, the port's approach road and the outer ring road intersect.
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