Govt. to decongest 143 level crossings
The Hindu
The State Government on Wednesday decided to enter into a tripartite agreement with the Union Ministry for Surface Transport and Union Ministry for Railways to decongest 143 level crossings in the Sta
The State Government on Wednesday decided to enter into a tripartite agreement with the Union Ministry for Surface Transport and Union Ministry for Railways to decongest 143 level crossings in the State by constructing underpasses and rail overbridges.
A Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan tasked the Public Works Department to finalise the list of railway level crossings that urgently require modernisation. Kerala has 428 level crossings speckled across the State. The Cabinet felt that the busiest 143 of them created bottlenecks for traffic flow and needed urgent modernisation.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.