Rs 96.67- cr invested on electrification of Tiruchi broad gauge section

Tiruchi: Electrification work of the Villupuram-Tiruchi broad gauge section is in full swing, with the railway authorities carrying out the project in stretches.

Sanctioned by the Railway Board in July 2006, the electrification project is being carried out by the Central Organisation for Railway Electrification at an estimated cost of Rs 96.67 crore.

The wiring works — as part of the total 254 km-long broad gauge section — has been completed up to Ariyalur railway station, where a traction sub-station is to be established. Besides Ariyalur, traction sub-stations will also be set up at the Tiruchi and Vriddhachalam junctions.

With the mast erection works completed up to Tiruchi (Town) railway station, the next stage of wiring works from Ariyalur to Tiruchi has now commenced, top railway officials said.