Build rly gate or ROB to ease congestion, access: Residents

AS a solution to their traffic woes and to enhance accessibility and safety, the residents of several wards of the Thoothukudi corporation have been demanding a new railway gate or a rail overbridge connecting Nikilesan Nagar and VMS Nagar along the Thoothukudi-Tirunelveli railway line.

- S GODSON WISELY DASS @ Thoothukudi

They said a new railway gate at the level crossing would provide easier transport access to the people living in approximately 20,000 houses on either side of the track, and ease congestion at the fourth railway gate near the New Bus Stand.

The Thoothukudi-Tirunelveli railway line, which divides the Thoothukudi city in two, leads to the century-old railway station near the Thoothukudi Beach. Within the corporation limits, four level crossings with railway gates are located along the line. An increase in the number of vehicles and city expansion, among other factors, have generated a demand for the fifth railway gate, a rail over bridge, or a subway at the intersection.