Kamral was a village trapped between the railway line and a river. There was no way to cross the track except for a roundabout route. The only access to the 60-70 households had to the village road was a small water path under the railway line, used mainly by pedestrians and two-wheelers.
Thanks to the doubling work underway between Londa and Vasco Da Gama on South Western Railway, a new underpass has been built to ease access for residents of Kamral village. With the construction of this Underpass, it is now possible to take 4 wheelers to the landlocked part of the village.
With time, many villages and small towns have sprouted up along the 100-year-old railway line between Vasco-da-Gama and Castle Rock stations. Access to these towns is limited by level crossings at very few locations.
As part of the doubling work, SWR has also taken up construction of underpasses to replace level crossings at two other villages; Curchorem and Chandor at a cost of 6.5 crores. Rail Vikas Nigam Limited was the executing agency for this work. SWR will also construct roads to connect these underpasses at a cost of another five crore rupees by March.
The first underpass was launched on Feb. 3, the second on Feb. 6, and the third on Feb 10 at Curchorem, Cahndor and Kamral respectively. Rail traffic was suspended for five hours for construction of the underpasses.
Railways is also planning to construct connecting roads at both the locations, which is estimated to cost around Rs. 5 Cr. Railways plan to complete work of these roads within by March.
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The doubling work has facilitated improvements to station buildings, provision of foot over bridges, platform shelters, toilets, and construction of rail over or under bridges along the route.