South Western Railway General Manager Sanjeev Kishore and other officials watching the live telecast of the Railway Minister’s press conference on railway allocations in Hubballi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: KIRAN BAKALE
In the interim budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman on Thursday, the outlay for railway projects in Karnataka has been increased to ₹7,524 crore, with South Western Railway garnering ₹7,329 crore of it.
According to a press release, of the allocation made to railway projects in the State, ₹2,286 crore has been given for new lines, ₹1,531 crore for track doubling and ₹987 crore for passenger amenities.
Under Amrit Bharat Scheme, 48 railway stations under South Western Railway have been chosen for redevelopment.
A sum of ₹341 crore has been allocated for safety works, including road overbridges and road underbridges. While the allocation for traffic facilities works is ₹126.11 crore, allocation for survey of new lines, doubling and quadrupling projects is ₹22 crore.
Some of the allocations for the new lines and ongoing works are as follows: Gadag (Talkal)-Wadi ₹380 crore, Ginigera-Raichur ₹300 crore, Tumakuru-Davangere (via Chitradurga) ₹300 crore, Tumakuru-Rayadurga (via Kalyandurga) ₹250 crore, Bagalkot-Kudachi ₹410 crore, Shivamogga-Shikaripura-Ranbennur ₹200 crore, Belagavi-Dharwad (via Kittur) ₹50 crore and Kadur-Chikkamagaluru-Hassan ₹160 crore.
Doubling works
Gadag-Hotgi ₹197 crore, Baiyappanahalli-Hosur ₹150 crore, Yesvantpur-Channasandra ₹150 crore, Londa-Miraj ₹200 crore, Hubballi-Chikjajur ₹94 crore, Bengaluru Cantonment-Whitefield Quadrupling ₹260 crore, Hosapete-Tinaighat-Vasco-da-Gama ₹400 crore and Hosur-Omalur ₹100.1 crore.
