West Coast Express vanishes via Valathoor
899 views · Published 26 May 2014 · 0:53 · Indexed 17 October 2026
Channel: Roji Railways · 2014 · Travel & Events
Location:Valathoor railway station,35KM away from Katpadi Jn and 49KM more to Jolarpettai Jn,Tamilnadu. Time:17th May 2014 14:07 16627 Chennai Central-Mangalore Central West Coast Express in superb form skips Valathoor and accelerates towards Melalathur. Valathoor is a village about 5 kilometres from the town of Gudiyattam in Vellore District. 15 years back there were some tanneries in this village. In 1996 these tanneries were closed. Recently from 2010, a shoe company is started by "Gopi Engineering Group". This village is one of the victims of the leather tanneries water pollution. The ground water was totally polluted and from 2011 onwards, the Valathoor Lake is polluted from the leather tanneries effluent water via the Palaru river.
