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Vallarpadam rail link work is on
Staff Reporter
KOCHI: Ground-breaking ceremony for the rail link to the proposed International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT) on Vallarpadam Island was held here on Friday in the presence of a large number of people and officials from Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), that is executing the rail link project, Cochin Port Trust, India Gateway Terminals Limited (IGTL), Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA) and the district administration.
The 8.86-km track will cost a total of Rs.246 crore and is expected to be completed by March 2009. The track will take off from the proposed Vallarpadam yard, crosses existing road linking the Goshree bridges 2 and 3, enters the backwaters and moves via Mulavukad, reaches Vaduthala. From here it will cross the Chittoor road to reach Edappally.
An official communication here said that the rail-bridge track would not affect the existing road traffic in any way. While RVNL is doing the rail link work, the physical work is being carried out by Afcons Infrastructure Limited.
Chairman of the Cochin Port Trust N. Ramachandran, District Collector A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish and Additional Railway Divisional Manager H.S. Mushathique were among those present at the occasion.
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Finally the anti-development fringe gave in. The works is said to be 3 months ahead of schedule.
As the 4-lane road works have already moved ahead, this will provide a major infrastructure relief for the city.
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Originally Posted by DileepKS
But my concern with all the parks around,
WHERE ARE THE ROADS?
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For Ambalamugal campus of FACT Airport-Seaport corridor, when fully executed, can serve. The AS Corridor was
basically designed to connect these areas from a different perspective - disaster management. As the current
plans are to take up the phase II (extensions) and the phase III (widening) together, this must serve the need
of Tech parks too.