Enayam Port

Tamil Research Institute
RAPID TECHNO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF COLACHEL PORT AT TAMILNADU
FINAL REPORT
Kavalkinaru is expected to be the principal evacuation route for the Colachel port. This stretch would connect NH 47
to NH 7 which then would further connect to the key hinterland areas of the port. This stretch is expected to handle
approximately ~1 Mn trailers annually (import, export and empty trailers) by 2025 for the Colachel port. To ensure
that the road has the capacity to handle the trailer volumes generated by the container traffic in the Colachel port
without congestion, the planned road from Villukuri to Nagercoil to Kavalkinaru can be developed as a six lane road
under the current road expansion project. This project can further cover the extension of the six lane road till the
location of the Enayam port. Requisite land acquisition can be commenced along with the current land acquisition for
the broadening of NH 47.
10.4. IMPLICATIONS ON LAND RECLAMATION
These linkages run almost perpendicular to the shore, within the Vilavancode Taluk of Kanyakumari District and, as is
shown in the annexed drawing, they cross several villages of that taluk.
Specifically, the following villages will be affected:
• Karungal (TP) Midalam
• Keezhkulam
• Paloor
• Kylliyoor
• Nattalam
The table shows the initial rough estimates of the impacts of land acquisition for the railway and road links at each of
the affected villages, as shown in Drawing No 7, sheet 2 of 2. The areas have been calculated assuming a 60 m
wide corridor for road and a 40 m wide corridor for railway, as stated in previous sections.
VILLAGES
ROAD LINKAGE
RAILWAY LINKAGE
Length (m) Area (Sq.m) Length (m) Area (Sq.m)
Karungal (TP) Midalam 390 23,400 - -
Keezhkulam 2,765 165,900 3,813 152,500
Paloor 3,084 185,000 3,136 125,400
Kylliyoor 1,711 102,700 795 31,800
Nattalam 3,843 230,600 2,242 89,700
TOTAL 11,793 707,600 9,986 399,400
Table 42: Rough impact estimates on land acquisition.
The boundaries used to calculate affected distances and areas of each village have been taken from the Coastal
Zone Management Plan (CZMP) of Tamil Nadu, developed by Department of Environment of the Government of
Tamil Nadu. In turn, the CZMP has used the Cadastral Map of scale 1:5000, and other complementary sources.
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