MADURAI: Madurai MP Su Venkatesan has urged chief minister M K Stalin to permit soil quarrying for speedy completion of important railway projects carried out in the southern districts. In a letter to the CM, Venkatesan said that the affected projects include the 160km Madurai – Tuticorin line and 102km Vanchi Maniyachi – Nagercoil section.
The other projects are the formation treatment of the 11.5km Virudhunagar – Vanchi Maniyachi section, the 23km Peralam – Karaikal new line, gauge conversion of the 37km Thiruthuraipundi – Agasthiyampalli, embankment flattening work in the 9km Nagapattinam – Velankanni section and gauge conversion of the rest of the 90.4km Madurai – Bodinayakanur stretch and Pattukottai goods platform works.
