Hubballi: Karnataka has were given a budget outlay of Rs 3,353 crore in this yr's rail funds. The doubling of the Baiyyappanahalli-Hosur and Yeswanthpur-Channasandra railway strains had been sanctioned, except for electrification of the 989km line worth Rs 919 crore.
Giving details of the budgetary allocations here on Tuesday, South Western Railway normal manager AK Gupta mentioned the Bengaluru suburban rail will assist scale back congestion and save commuting time of passengers.
"The doubling of the 48-km Baiyyappanahalli-Hosur line will be taken up at an estimated cost of Rs 375.7 crore while 21.7km Yeswanthpur-Channasandra line will be done at a cost of Rs 169.7 crore. The 41.5km doubling of Penukonda-Dharmavaram line will be taken up at an estimated cost of Rs 294.7 crore. We had made the proposals which have now been approved," he added.
Though there were many demands for the sanctioning of recent surveys, the survey of 216km lengthy Gadag-Krishnar by means of Kotumachagi, Naregal, Gajendragad, Hanumasagar, Ilkal and Lingsugur has been sanctioned. He mentioned that priority has been given for passenger amenities, traffic amenities, signalling and telecommunication, track renewals, bridge works and ROBs/ RUBs. He mentioned Rs 420 crore had been allotted for brand spanking new strains, Rs 474 crore for track renewals, Rs 18 crore for equipment and plant, Rs 34 crore for workshop and manufacturing units, Rs 69 crore for passenger amenities and Rs 731 crore for EBR-IF. "The budgetary allocation was Rs 3,174 crore last year and it's Rs 3,354 crore this year," he added.
The GM mentioned 252km of recent strains had been completed. The doubling of 277-km route and 665-km line electrification has been completed. Installation of bio-toilets in coaches will be completed this yr. "We have already introduced 88 new trains including Hamsafar and trains with modern LHB coaches. All unmanned LC gates have been eliminated," he mentioned.
Giving details of the budgetary allocations here on Tuesday, South Western Railway normal manager AK Gupta mentioned the Bengaluru suburban rail will assist scale back congestion and save commuting time of passengers.
"The doubling of the 48-km Baiyyappanahalli-Hosur line will be taken up at an estimated cost of Rs 375.7 crore while 21.7km Yeswanthpur-Channasandra line will be done at a cost of Rs 169.7 crore. The 41.5km doubling of Penukonda-Dharmavaram line will be taken up at an estimated cost of Rs 294.7 crore. We had made the proposals which have now been approved," he added.
Though there were many demands for the sanctioning of recent surveys, the survey of 216km lengthy Gadag-Krishnar by means of Kotumachagi, Naregal, Gajendragad, Hanumasagar, Ilkal and Lingsugur has been sanctioned. He mentioned that priority has been given for passenger amenities, traffic amenities, signalling and telecommunication, track renewals, bridge works and ROBs/ RUBs. He mentioned Rs 420 crore had been allotted for brand spanking new strains, Rs 474 crore for track renewals, Rs 18 crore for equipment and plant, Rs 34 crore for workshop and manufacturing units, Rs 69 crore for passenger amenities and Rs 731 crore for EBR-IF. "The budgetary allocation was Rs 3,174 crore last year and it's Rs 3,354 crore this year," he added.
The GM mentioned 252km of recent strains had been completed. The doubling of 277-km route and 665-km line electrification has been completed. Installation of bio-toilets in coaches will be completed this yr. "We have already introduced 88 new trains including Hamsafar and trains with modern LHB coaches. All unmanned LC gates have been eliminated," he mentioned.
Karnataka gets Rs 3,353 crore in rail budget; priority is doubling, electrification
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