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| Will Lalu Prasad look upon State |
| Some of the projects have been dragging on for decades
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| INDIA
, 24-February-2007
2:12:44 AM |
| Will Karnataka get its due share in the Railway Budget on Monday? This is on the mind of all those who are feeling let down by the Centre.
There is a general feeling that new projects sanctioned for the State are limited in scope and very few of them are actually executed, with some dragging on for decades. On the other hand, neighbouring States not only get new projects but also a big share in the budget to complete those projects.
A glaring example is the saga of gauge conversion between Sakleshpur and Mangalore, sanctioned in 1994-95. Though the conversion work was over a year ago, regular train services are yet to resume connecting the State capital with the major port of the State. The delay in issuing the safety certificate by the Commissioner for Railway Safety has only helped the Railways to delay the resumption of services.
Different regions in the State have been demanding early completion of six lines, gauge conversion of five lines, sanction for at least two new lines, expeditious doubling of the Bangalore-Belgaum section (Bangalore-Tumkur sanctioned already) and doubling-cum-electrification of Bangalore-Mysore (Bangalore-Ramanagaram section sanctioned already) line.
They have been demanding speedy completion of Bangalore-Hassan line (via Shravanabelagola), Bidar-Gulbarga, Raichur-Gadwal, Munirabad-Mehboobnagar, Kottur-Harihar via Harapanahalli and Kadur-Chickmagalur-Saklesh-pur lines.
Repeated pleas by people of Karnataka for speedy completion of gauge conversion have fallen on deaf ears. The lines are Chickballapur-Kolar, Bagalkot-Gadag, Shimoga-Talaguppa, Chickaballapur-Chintamani-Srinivasapura-Madanapalle Road and Mysore-Chamarajanagar.
The new lines being sought are between K.R. Nagar and Kushalnagar via Periyapatna and between Shimoga and Harihar. Kodagu remains the only district not connected by trains though it is a hot tourist destination.
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