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The only places in the districts which the proposed Railway would traverse and which are important both from a civil and commercial point of view and which are at present not served by a railway even within a reasonable distance are Perambalur, Ariyalur, Udaiyarpalayam and Jayankondasholapuram in the Trichinopoly District; Vriddachellam, Ulundurpet, Tiagadurgam and Kallakuruchi in the South Arcot District. Any railway proposed would, in these circumstances, be expected to serve either all of them or as many of them as possible. Serving all the places is impracticable for obvious reasons, the only alternative left then being to serve as many of them as possible.

On a careful and close scrutiny of the population map of the districts concerned having this fact and the boundaries laid down by the Railway Board especially in view and judging from the Branch lines which the Presidents of the Trichinopoly, South Arcot and Salem District Boards have proposed from time to time in their respective districts, and the several populous places and trading centres in the territory, the following possible alignments between Trichinopoly and Villupuram suggest themselves for consideration, besides the one already surveyed and reported upon

These routes formed the subject of discussion with the following persons interested in the development of transport facilities with a view to ascertain which of them would serve the requirements best :-