Revised design clears hurdle for Pavangad ROB approach road
Construction of the Pavangad railway overbridge approach road is set to resume following a revised design that avoids damaging underground power cables. The modification allows the project to proceed within the existing budget by increasing the number of piles at specific locations.
Why it matters
This resolves a long-standing infrastructure delay that has left a completed bridge unusable for over a decade.
The construction of the approach road to the Pavangad–Puthiyappa railway overbridge (Pavangad ROB) is set to resume after the Roads and Bridges Development Corporation of Kerala (RBDCK) approved a revised design to overcome the hurdle posed by underground power cables.
The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) had served a notice to the Public Works Department (PWD) directing it to stop piling work after 110-kV and 11-kV underground power cables were found passing through the site where the approach road was being constructed. The cables were detected during trial piling work.
KSEB had initially proposed shifting about 350 metres of the cables from the construction site to the service road. The relocation was estimated to cost around ₹5.5 crore, creating a substantial additional financial burden and making it difficult to complete the approach road using the funds already sanctioned.
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