Enayam Port

Tamil Research Institute
RAPID TECHNO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF COLACHEL PORT AT TAMILNADU
FINAL REPORT
7.6. TRANSPORT LINKAGES
7.6.1. Road links
Use
Lacs/acre
Beach and Shoreline -
Sand Dune Vegetation 0.20
Dense Coconut Tree plantation 30
Dense Coconut - Fruit Trees 20
Sparse Coconut - Fruit Trees sparsely populated 10
Arable Crops 5
Sparse Fruit Trees 10
Altered, bare soil, disseminated trees 1
Pond -
Urban area 1 8
Urban area 2 3
The closest main road to the port is the National Highway NH47, which connects Nagercoil and
Thiruvananthapuram. It is about 10 km from the coastline as the crow flies. At present, it has two lanes (one in
each direction) and it runs through numerous built-up areas, which means that traffic congestion is quite normal. A
tender to build a new four-lane highway that will run parallel to this road is expected in the short term.
The National Highway NH7 is the road that connects by road the west coast of Tamil Nadu State –where the
port is located- to the rest of the State of Tamil Nadu. The traffic on this four-lane highway runs smoothly.
A new road is also due to be built along the eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, which may well improve connectivity
with the production centres in the hinterland.
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