Government's wish list includes seven new trains
Ahead of Railway Budget 2012, expectations are high among the people of the State as they pin hopes on Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa and Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, who has a close rapport with Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, to fulfil many of their aspirations.
Also, the budget comes amid a perception that Mr. Muniyappa, who has been a Minister of State since 2009, could have done more for the State that has the least railway network among southern States.
Principal among people's expectations are expeditious doubling of Bangalore-Mysore line (between Channapatna and Mysore); speedy completion of Bangalore-Hassan line (between Nelamangala and Shravanabelagola); commuter rail for Bangalore city; creation of railway divisions in Mangalore and Gulbarga; introduction of new trains between important cities in Karnataka and extension of Yeshwantpur-Kannur night train to Karwar/ Madgaon.
Lokesh, a resident of Bangalore, demanded that the Ministry give priority to completion of the new line between Bangalore-Hassan, which was announced during H.D. Deve Gowda's tenure as Prime Minister. Mr. Sadananda Gowda has already forwarded the government's wish list to the Ministry demanding inclusion of seven new lines in the budget as well as doubling of Bangalore-Mangalore line. He said the State government had been equally sharing the costs of new projects as well as some ongoing projects and therefore the Ministry should give primacy to those projects.
The lines demanded are, Gadag-Haveri (80 km); Almatti-Yadgir via. Muddebihal (150 km); Almatti-Koppal via. Koodalasangama (124 km); Raichur-Bagalkot; Tumkur-Tiptur-Arsikere (missing patch doubling) and Bijapur-Athani-Shedbal.
The government is prompt in acquiring and handing over required lands for the projects, Mr. Sadananda Gowda pointed out that of the 2,493 acres of land, 2,293 acres had been handed over to the Railways.
Insisting that the Gadag-Wadi and Srinivasapura-Madanapalle new should be included in the budget, Mr. Gowda said Gadag-Wadi line would provide connectivity between Bangalore-Mumbai line and would link the Hyderabad-Mumbai line.
Chairman of Infrastructure Committee, Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI), Prakash Mandoth has urged Mr. Trivedi to sanction several new inter-city and inter-state trains, which are being demanded for long.
They include Bangalore-Chikmagalur (after completion of the track); Shimoga-Hospet; Hubli-Bidar; Arsikere-Bangalore; Sholapur-Gulbarga-Bangalore; Bangalore-Belgaum-Miraj; Bidar-Bangalore; Bangalore-Chitradurga; Bangalore-Hospet; Bangalore-Tirupati; Shimoga-Bangalore; Hubli-Guntakal and Mysore-Nanjangud.
Mr. Mandoth urged the Minister to sanction inter-state trains connecting different parts of Karnataka with the rest of the country such as Bangalore-Mumbai Duranto, Bangalore-Varanasi, Bangalore-Jammu, Yeshwantpur-Amritsar, Yeshwantpur-Dehra Dun, Hubli-Pune and trains from Bangalore to Bhopal, Rameswaram, Bhopal, Indore and Shirdi.
He also demanded introduction of new trains connecting Mangalore-Chennai, Hubli-Manmad, Dharwad-Madurai, Mumbai-Mangalore-Bangalore, Hubli-Dadar, Mangalore-Bangalore-Howrah, Dharwad-Kanyakumari, Ernakulam-Jaipur via Mangalore, Bangalore-Shirdi via Bellary, Bagalkot-Solapur, Yeshwantpur-Bijapur, Mysore-Solapur via Hassan and Hubli, Hubli-Pune via Bagalkot, Bijapur and Solapur and Hubli-Mumbai.
Demanding that the Subramanya Road Station in Dakshina Kannada be made a terminating station facilitating introduction of new trains, Mr. Sadananda Gowda urged the Ministry to operate passenger trains between Sakleshpur-Subramanya Road and Mangalore-Subramanya to cater to pilgrims.
Keywords: Railway Budget
What about completion of Doubling track between Mysore and Bangalore?
pls provide service between talauppa-bangalore 3 times in a day which
was demand from sagar, hosanagr, talaguppa, bhatkal, siddapur, sirsi,
sorab,yellapur,honnavar,kumta,andpur,manay turist also. we shocked
that its near to jogfalls very attactive turist place and having super
demand for banglore-talaguppa service but shocked why our karnataka
ministers silent. sad story from many years. change mysore -talaguppa
time bec it reach mysore11pm. So better to leave tlaguppa at 1.30 bec
it has demand so.. talaguppa-honnavar for mumbai, goa, shimoga
connect. talaguppa-hubli forshimoga,hubli,pune, and also manglore-
hubli via talaguppa demnding.
Respected Sir
This IS Kumaravelu from Karaikkal district of Puducherry U.T. In this
region train service was commenced after 28 years on 18.12.2011
flagged by Honorable Railway minister for states Mr. K.H. Muniappa
under the request from Honourable union minister for states Mr.
Narayanasamy. During the opening ceremony they said new routes
projects mainly like laying new line between Karaikkal and Peralam
which will pave the way for freight and passenger services for various
places from Karaikkal. As you all know Karaikkal is one of the growing
industrial regions of Puducherry State. Morever, World famous Lord
Saneeshwara Temple at Tirunallar is situated here. And the pilgrim
centres like Saint Basilica Church at Velankanni, Nagore Andavar Darga
at Nagore is also around us. Daily thousands of Pupil is visiting all
the places but we have not got proper train facilities from these
places. Trichy is nearest railway junction were many trains are
available to many places but due to the inc
We need more trains between delhi and bangalore
Bullet train between Bangalore to Chennai is waste of money,what people
in Karnataka wants is more connectivity between Bangalore and other Districts within Karnataka,I hope all MP's from Karnataka will act on this.
Railway Department should also think to extend Bangalore to Shimoga train till Talagauppa. This will be helpful for many people who travel from Siddapura, Sagara, Shimoga to Bangalore.
Karnataka lacks the basic infrastructure in Railways.. There is no
Tracks for many Districts where as Other Under developed states Has
Double Tracks along with electrification.. Hope at least this time
things will change!! Mysore-Bangalore doubling is something pending from Ages!! Hope it will not be Railway budget to Bengal again..
This is the last chance for MP's from Karnataka to do something for Gulbarga region. If not its unlikely that they would be getting elected again!. Check Bidar - Gulbarga railway track implementation taking place from generations, humble request to all MP's from state inaugurate this line within your lifetime!
One more route is Bangalore - Cuddalore via Hosu-Dharmapuri-Salem-Athoor-Virudhachalam-Cuddalore for those visiting the famous Chidambaram-Pichavaram - Sirkazhi and other pilgrim centres around Thanjavur- Kumbakonam-Nagapattianam-Nagore-Karaikal-Puducherry. The present Mysore- Mayiladuthurai is almost always overbooked. The new rout suggested will increase the usage of the newly laid Salem-Athoor route and will serve a direct link to places around Athoor-Virudhachalam to Bangalore.
Introduction of Bangalore- Rameswaram via Salem-Erode-Tiruchirappali-Karaikudi-Manamadurai-Paaaramakudi-Ramanathapuram will be a big booster for pilgrims wanting to visit Rameswaram and other pilgrim centres. From Rameswaram one can travel to Madurai- Tirunelveli-Nagercoil-Kanyakumari and Tiruvnanthapuram down south to make a circular pilgrimage as train service from Rameswaram is already available to Kanyakumari.
The Railways need to undertake Thalguppa - Bhatkal railway line (
this was stopped by the British during world war II ) which is about 50
KMs ( this is 15 KM crows fly) this will give access to Bangalore with
Ports like bhatkal karwar etc and also connect the Konkan rail line with
rest of karnataka there is need to connect shimoga with Harihar
There is only one weekly train between Goa and chennai that too via
Bangalore, Quite a few trains exist between Chennai Bangalore and
Bangalore Goa
No train is there to chennai by Shortest route that is via gadag,
hospet, bellary
Will some one look into this
This will give tourist advantage for Chennai and down south to reach
Hampi, Badami, bansankari etc
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