Munnar Monorail

Munnar Monorail Project is a monorail project of the government of Kerala in Munnar.[1] The monorail is to be constructed in the same area where the erstwhile Kundala Valley Railway ran nearly a century earlier. As part of the project, a preliminary study led by Devikulam MLA S Rajendran was conducted.[2] The study was submitted to railway department and railway will conduct feasibility study for review. The initial stage of the project aims at reviving 5 km of the original line.[3] Extension of the remaining 35 km will be done if the project succeeds.[4] The state Tourism minister Kadakmpally Surendran has said that the renewed railway line would draw more number of tourists to the hill stations.

Funding

The project would be developed under public-private-partnership model[5] and Tata Tea Limited will be the private partner in the state government's plan to revive the light railway in Munnar. The project will be designed similar to Darjeeling Rail model.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Munnar May Soon Get Train Service, Nearly A Century After The 'Great Flood Of 99' Destroyed It". IndiaTimes. June 24, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Devikulam MLA visit for the project". newsminute.
  3. ↑ "phase 1". the hindu.
  4. ↑ "After 95 years, Munnar-Mattupetty monorail service to be revived". travel manorama online. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Karun, Shenoy (June 23, 2019). "Munnar light railway: Tata to partner state government". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  6. ↑ "Monorail, the British-era engineering marvel, to be back in Munnar". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-05-31.

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