CHENNAI: With the Ministry of Railways getting prepared to present the vote-on-account, the Southern Railway has presented a ‘Wish list’ before the ministry.
This list includes various proposals made by the Southern Railway to get support for continuing the infrastructure development in passenger and goods transportation.
“The priority areas are like improving passenger amenities, renewed security measures and increasing the height of the platforms,” said Neenu Ittyearh, official spokesperson for the railways.
It is informed that the proposal includes Rs 130.4 crore for freight terminals, Rs 47.6 crore for manning level crossings, Rs 50.7 crore for building road over bridges and Rs 145 crore for passenger amenities.
The amount will be spent on the freight terminals at Salem, Erode, Trichy and Kazhakuttam.
Level crossings will be manned at Chennai, Salem, Trichy, Trivandrum and Madurai divisions.
Road over bridge works will be at Shoranur- Kollam, Trichy-Dindugal, Villupuram- Trichy, Madurai-Tirunelveli and others sectors.
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