CHENNAI: In a move forward, Southern Railway has proposed to take up construction of a 79-km new broad gauge line from Tindivanam to Arani as part of the Tindivanam–Nagari new railway line project at an estimated cost of Rs 856 crore. The Railway plans to execute the work in two packages, from Tindivanam to Cheyyar (51.5 km) and from Cheyyar to Arani (27.5 km), under the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode.

This marks the second tender under the project. In May this year, the Southern Railway floated tenders for constructing the Arani–Ranipet (28.5 km) and Sholinghur–Podatturpet (32.6 km) sections of the same corridor on EPC mode at a cost of Rs 736.14 crore.

The new line will connect Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai, Ranipet and Tiruvallur districts in Tamil Nadu with Chitto

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