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Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Captain Brijesh Chowta connected January 21 directed Mangaluru City Corporation and the Southern Railway to enactment successful unison to find a imperishable solution to predominant closure of the level crossing gates astatine Pandeshwar and Hoige Bazar.
In the intervening time, the Railways should minimise shunting of trains to and from the erstwhile Goods Shed astatine Bunder, the MP said portion chairing a gathering connected railway issues concerning Mangaluru astatine the District Office Complex. Mangaluru City South MLA D. Vedavyasa Kamath, Deputy Commissioner H. V. Darshan, elder officials from antithetic departments and the wide nationalist attended the meeting.
Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Captain Brijesh Chowta directed Mangaluru City Corporation and the Southern Railway to enactment jointly towards uncovering a imperishable solution for predominant closure of the level crossing gross astatine Pandeshwar for question of trains to Goods Shed Yard, astatine a gathering successful Mangaluru connected January 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Participants, including Capt. Chowta and Mr. Kamath, rued the terrible inconvenience being caused to radical by predominant closure of the level crossing to facilitate question of coaching trains to and from Bunder.
Mr. Kamath said the gates were closed astatine slightest 16 times a time for bid question arsenic the railways was utilizing Bunder Yard for stabling bare rakes aft shifting the freight operations to Ullal. Each closure lasting up to 15 minutes is causing immense postulation jams successful the bosom of the city, helium said.
Widen attack roads
Dakshina Kannada MP Captain Brijesh Chowta suggested installing treble barriers astatine Pandeshwar Level Crossing Gate to alteration Mangaluru City Corporation to widen the attack roads, thereby reducing postulation snarls, astatine a gathering successful Mangaluru connected January 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY
As a impermanent measure, the Railways could besides research installing LED screens astatine the approaches to the level crossing gates to denote bid question good successful advance, Capt. Chowta suggested.
Asking MCC and the Railways to hole a study for a imperishable solution to the issue, the MP said helium would get the recommendations implemented astatine the earliest.
He besides suggested to the Railways to instal treble barriers astatine the level crossing gates and alteration the MCC to widen the attack roads to 4 lanes to debar vehicular congestion.
Participants besides urged the Railways to see closing the Bunder Yard for bid operations altogether arsenic a imperishable solution to recurring postulation jams.
