Stone laid for underpass at Kannur Railway station

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P. K.Sreemathy, MP, laying the foundation stone for an underpass at the Kannur Railway station on Sunday. —Photo: S. K. Mohan

The foundation stone for the first underpass connecting the three platforms in the Kannur railway station was laid by P.K. Sreemathy, MP, at a function here on Sunday.

The Railway authorities said that the underpass would be completed by March 2016. The 23-metre long and 4.5-metre wide is estimated to cost Rs. 1.75 crore.

The underpass would be constructed using cut-and-cover method.

Divisional Railway Manager (DRM - Palakkad) Anand Prakash, who was present at the function, said that the underpass is designed to provide unhindered and easy passenger movement between station platforms.

Noting that the underpass would be a solution to the rush of passengers over the foot overbridge at the railway station, he said that with the completion of the underpass as also the works for installing lifts and escalators, platform accessibility of passengers at the station would be vastly improved.

The facilities coming up at the station would also be helpful to differentially-abled people and senior citizens as also passengers with children and luggage, he added.

The DRM also said that the installation works of two escalators and lifts at the platforms had already started. The civil works for installing the lifts would be completed in February 2016, he added.

A.P. Abdullakutty, MLA, and Kannur Mayor E.P. Latha were among those present at the function.