The submission was made during the hearing of a public interest litigation petition filed by Villupuram resident, seeking a direction to construct a ROB instead of a RUB across a level crossing at Nedimozhiyanur village in the district.
The Southern Railway on Monday informed the Madras High Court that decisions on constructing either a Rail Over Bridge (ROB) or Road Under Bridge (RUB) across railway crossings are taken depending upon the traffic density in the localities concerned.
First Division Bench of Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy were told by Southern Railway counsel P.T. Ramkumar that a RUB costs approximately Rs.2.5 crore while it costs over Rs. 10 crore to construct a ROB across a railway crossing.
The submission was made during the hearing of a public interest litigation petition filed by E. Venkadesan of Tindivanam Taluk in…
