{"id":104191,"date":"2010-08-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/need-for-gauge-conversion-between-villupuram-and-katpadi-and-on-12-august-2010"},"modified":"2016-05-09T14:09:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T08:39:13","slug":"need-for-gauge-conversion-between-villupuram-and-katpadi-and-on-12-august-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/need-for-gauge-conversion-between-villupuram-and-katpadi-and-on-12-august-2010","title":{"rendered":"Need For Gauge Conversion Between Villupuram And Katpadi And &#8230; on 12 August, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Lok Sabha Debates<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Need For Gauge Conversion Between Villupuram And Katpadi And &#8230; on 12 August, 2010<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>                                                      an&gt; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=Title\">Title<\/a>: Need  for gauge conversion between Villupuram and Katpadi and construction of ROB at  crossing of National Highway on Tiruvannamalai-Puduchery section.  <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=%2ASHRI%20D.%20VENUGOPAL%20\">*SHRI D. VENUGOPAL <\/a>(<a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=TIRUVANNAMALAI\">TIRUVANNAMALAI<\/a>): Tiruvannamalai is an ancient pilgrimage town famous in Tamil Nadu and the Railways have currently undertaken the gauge conversion work in the section near Tiruvannamalai which is between Villupuram- Katpadi.\u00a0Completion of this work will take a long time because the work progresses at a snail\u2019s space.\u00a0 This work has been delayed beyond measure and at least four years behind the sechedule.\u00a0 Several newspapers have reported about it and this is being highlighted by media often.\u00a0At least now the work is being carried out near Tiruvannamalai.\u00a0 This needs to be speeded up as this traditional pilgrim town draws thousands of people not only from Tamil Nadu but from several parts of the country and also from different parts of the world.\u00a0\u00a0 Thousands of people throng only for the Karthigai Deepam but also for the monthly pournami (full moon) Giri Valam.\u00a0 For\u00a0 this monthly girivalam, lakhs of people gather in Tiruvannamalai and hence connectivity both by road and rail must be improved.\u00a0 As such the connectivity by train s tands disrupted.\u00a0 Hence thiere is a need to hasten the completion of gauge conversion work between Villupuram-Katpadi sections that ensures better rail connectivity to Tiruvannamalai.\u00a0 Considering the fact that this pilgrim center is famous for Ramana Maharishi Ashram, Arunagirinathar Swami Sthal, Seshdri Swamigal Mutt where these saints attained Mukthi thereby drawing devotees through out the year.\u00a0 Hare Rama Hare Krishna Bhakts also come to this town\u00a0 in big way.\u00a0 Hence you must improve railway connectivity\u00a0 and facility by way of completing gauge conversion work and resuming the rail service and also by modernizing Tiruvannamalai railway station.\u00a0 The Railway platform in Tiruvannamalai station of which length is about 500 metres must get platform shelter roof at least to the tune of about 250\u00a0 metres instead of the proposed 80 metres.\u00a0 The Computerized Advance Reservation Centre in Tiruvannamalai must be functional through out the day from 8 AM to 8 PM instead of 8 AM to 2 PM as at present.\u00a0 This will help the pilgrims in big way.\u00a0 Hence I urge upon the Railway Minister to provide the needed facilities in Tiruvannamalai Railway Station.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lok Sabha Debates Need For Gauge Conversion Between Villupuram And Katpadi And &#8230; on 12 August, 2010 an&gt; Title: Need for gauge conversion between Villupuram and Katpadi and construction of ROB at crossing of National Highway on Tiruvannamalai-Puduchery section. *SHRI D. VENUGOPAL (TIRUVANNAMALAI): Tiruvannamalai is an ancient pilgrimage town famous in Tamil Nadu and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-judgements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Need For Gauge Conversion Between Villupuram And Katpadi And ... on 12 August, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/need-for-gauge-conversion-between-villupuram-and-katpadi-and-on-12-august-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Need For Gauge Conversion Between Villupuram And Katpadi And ... on 12 August, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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