TIRUNELVELI
Electrification of five sections under Southern Railway’s Madurai Division will be completed by October 2022 while the Manamadurai–Rameswaram section will be ready for traffic by March 2021.
The Allahabad-based Central Organisation of Railway Electrification has given this information to questions raised under Right to Information Act by R. Pandiaraja of Paavoorchathram in Tenkasi district.
Electrification of Shencottai – Virudhunagar, Virudhunagar – Manamadurai, Madurai – Manamadurai, Manamadurai – Karaikudi and Tenkasi – Tirunelveli – Tiruchendur sections would be completed by October 2022.
However, electrification of Manamadurai – Rameswaram section will be completed by March 2021.
While estimation for electrification of Punalur – Kollam section has been sanctioned and the Central Organisation of Railway Electrification may begin work in near future, estimates for Punalur – Shencottai section electrification is yet to be sanctioned, the reply says.
