A Kutty (Short) Story with Satellite Images about a hamlet near Tirunelveli, #TamilNadu

In 2003, the hamlet can be seen (marked in orange). It is next to Tirunelveli - Madurai railway line. There's a crossing (marked in black) through which people went to the nearby main road
Around 2018, Railways decided to build an underpass for this village so that they can double track this corridor. Concrete boxes can be seen in the image
And they started constructing the underpass by digging as seen in this satellite image
But when they did more, ground water seepage started! Water began stagnating in the underpass..
Ground water never ceased!
Even in the middle of 2020, the underpass is stil having lot of water in it!! during summer as well!

This meant that the villagers can't cross the railway line anymore by foot as the old path was also closed later....
Now they have to take an alternative route to go to main road from village (in orange X) increasing the distance by many kilometers
And now an article today morning where the villagers are saying that many have been moving out as life has been made very difficult for them. The untold miseries.....

Who pays for these engineering debacles?
dinakaran.com/News_Detail.as…
A common problem across the country? Audit required I guess.
Another case based on a comment to the thread - Krishnapuram
Remember that this is not the same as rainwater stagnating in such underpasses. That is a different story. This is ground water coming in! Occurs when same engineering solution is provided for every case without studying the locality in which it is applied.

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