Tender called for proposed new BG line between Rameswaram and Dhanushkodi-Proposed Construction of camp office at Rameswaram

Indian Railways has applied for Forest Clerance for restoring the rail connectivity between Rameshwaram & Dhanushkodi. There was a rail line between the two towns until the 1964 Cyclone destroyed everything..#TN #Infra

Railway Line to Dhanushkodi: Removal of thorns:In 1914, they built a railway bridge over the Pamban Sea and started rail transport to Rameswaram.After this, the train service from Rameswaram to Dhanushkodi was canceled due to storm damage in 1932. Following this, in the storm of 1964, the train service between Pomban and Dhanushkodi was stopped. Due to this, people used to travel to Dhanushkodi by road without train service to Dhanushkodi.Railway officials then inspected the old railway line to Rameswaram and Dhanushkodi. In this situation, the railway administration is removing the oak trees and thorns growing on the coast from Gothandramar...