Puducherry pushes four new rail lines

The local administration in Puducherry has called upon the railway ministry to expedite work on four rail projects connecting the Union Territory by laying new lines connecting Puducherry-Cuddalore, Chennai-Mahabalipuram-Puducherry-Cuddalore along the East Coast Road, Puducherry-Tindivanam and Karaikal-Peralam. The LG Kiran Bedi also asked the Railway Minister to help Puducherry, a popular tourist destination, to get better rail connectivity. She also called upon the heads of various departments to ensure the timely completion of the on-going projects and that managers and contractors have been asked to keep ready project details for all the planned infrastructure projects. The objective is to improve and sustain all-round progress and work together to avoid cost over-runs of projects and complete them within budgetary limits.