****Important development for Southern Tamilanadu******
It will reduce the distance by 45 km for Southern TN to Bangalore and North india
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Karur-Mohanur BG line trial run conducted
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Southern Railway undertook a trial run on the newly-laid broad gauge track between Karur and Mohanur in Namakkal district on Thursday.Chief Engineer (Construction) A. K. Khandelwal, along with a battery of officials , inspected the new track and the trial run with a diesel locomotive from Karur to Mohanur. The stability of the track every 100 metres, their structure and various parameters were inspected in the to and fro trial run.Special poojas were performed for the diesel locomotive prior to the run. Works for laying a new broad-gauge line between Karur and Salem commenced in 1996. It has been going on in bouts of pace ever since.Right from land acquisition to completion of civil works and allied activities, the work progressed at snail's pace.The new route would cut the distance between Karur and Salem by around 45 km. At present, the trains proceed from Karur to Salem via Erode, consuming more time.With the efforts of M.Thambi Durai, MP, who stressed for the expedition of the project, the Railways allotted Rs.135 crore for the project.In the first phase, the Railway decided to complete the 50-km Salem-Namakkal stretch. While the works were to be completed before the end of the current year, traffic might commence in the next fiscal.