Tirunelveli MP seeks allocation of funds for rail overbridge at Kulavanigarpuram manned level crossing
Tirunelveli MP C. Robert Bruce has requested ₹125 crore from the Tamil Nadu Government for a rail overbridge at the Kulavanigarpuram level crossing. This crossing, which is closed 16 times a day, causes significant traffic issues and poses risks to emergency vehicles. Additionally, he urged for funds to repair the Mathikettaan Channel and improve local infrastructure for farmers and schools.
- ▪The Kulavanigarpuram level crossing is closed 16 times a day, leading to severe traffic jams.
- ▪MP C. Robert Bruce has appealed for ₹125 crore for the construction of a rail overbridge.
- ▪The Tamil Nadu Government previously announced the project, but no funds have been allocated yet.
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Member of Parliament C. Robert Bruce has appealed to the Tamil Nadu Government to allocate ₹125 crore for the construction of rail overbridge at Kulavanigarpuram manned level crossing on the Tirunelveli – Tiruchendur section. The level crossing is closed 16 times a day and causes severe traffic snarl and untold hardship to the public.In a memorandum submitted to Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Maria Wilson recently, Mr. Robert Bruce said the Kulavanigarpuram manned level crossing near Palayamkottai Central Prison on the busy Thiruvananthapuram Highway is closed 16 times a day causing severe traffic jam along this road for more than a kilometre every time.As vehicles, including ambulances rushing patients to Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital, get trapped in this traffic snarl every time, at…
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