Jisha Surya
Thiruvananthapuram: Finally, stalemate over the development of Pettah railway overbridge (ROB) has been resolved. The ROB widening, which has been stuck up since 2006 as railways demanded a change in design which was not acceptable to Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company Limited (TRDCL), got a go ahead in a meeting held between Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB) and railways on Saturday.
Railways gave an in principle nod to the general arrangement drawing (GAD) submitted by TRDCL. General manager of KRFB N Sudharshanan Pillai said they got a positive reply from the railways to go ahead with the ROB widening. “A design was submitted in 2006. But, the railways were demanding a change in the design which was not acceptable to the TRDCL. Now it has given an in principle nod to the GAD after suggesting some minor modifications,” Pillai said.
The two-lane ROB at Pettah is creating a bottleneck at the 9.5-km stretch from Airport to Asan Square developed as part of City roads improvement project (Crip). The ROB, which connects two junctions in the busy corridor, has been creating traffic jams due to the congestion at two-lane ROB. The Pettah ROB will be developed by constructing another two-lane ROB of 10.5 metre width, parallel to the existing ROB. Span width of new ROB will be 23 metre.
An official of TRDCL said a follow-up meeting will be held again at Chennai next week, where the officials will discuss the design in detail. However, the TRDCL officials said it would take minimum three months to get things rolling. “It would take some more time to finalize the design. Also the Kerala Water Authority must remove pipe from the stretch,” the official said.
Principal chief engineer M Satheesh, Southern railway chief bridge engineer Lalloo Singh, KRFB general manager Sudharshanan Pillai and officials of TRDCL and KRFB attended the meeting.
The one at Pettah is the single rail overbridge selected for Crip, which also involves development of five minor bridges, two flyovers and one underpass along with road widening.
Thiruvananthapuram: Finally, stalemate over the development of Pettah railway overbridge (ROB) has been resolved. The ROB widening, which has been stuck up since 2006 as railways demanded a change in design which was not acceptable to Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company Limited (TRDCL), got a go ahead in a meeting held between Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB) and railways on Saturday.
Railways gave an in principle nod to the general arrangement drawing (GAD) submitted by TRDCL. General manager of KRFB N Sudharshanan Pillai said they got a positive reply from the railways to go ahead with the ROB widening. “A design was submitted in 2006. But, the railways were demanding a change in the design which was not acceptable to the TRDCL. Now it has given an in principle nod to the GAD after suggesting some minor modifications,” Pillai said.
The two-lane ROB at Pettah is creating a bottleneck at the 9.5-km stretch from Airport to Asan Square developed as part of City roads improvement project (Crip). The ROB, which connects two junctions in the busy corridor, has been creating traffic jams due to the congestion at two-lane ROB. The Pettah ROB will be developed by constructing another two-lane ROB of 10.5 metre width, parallel to the existing ROB. Span width of new ROB will be 23 metre.
An official of TRDCL said a follow-up meeting will be held again at Chennai next week, where the officials will discuss the design in detail. However, the TRDCL officials said it would take minimum three months to get things rolling. “It would take some more time to finalize the design. Also the Kerala Water Authority must remove pipe from the stretch,” the official said.
Principal chief engineer M Satheesh, Southern railway chief bridge engineer Lalloo Singh, KRFB general manager Sudharshanan Pillai and officials of TRDCL and KRFB attended the meeting.
The one at Pettah is the single rail overbridge selected for Crip, which also involves development of five minor bridges, two flyovers and one underpass along with road widening.
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