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Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Member of Parliament Kota Srinivas Poojary connected Wednesday urged the Union authorities to instrumentality up doubling of the Konkan Railway way betwixt Mangaluru and Mumbai if determination is simply a hold successful the merger of Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL) with the Indian Railways.
Raising the substance nether Rule 377 successful the Lok Sabha, Mr. Poojary said that KRCL is facing dearth of funds to instrumentality up the way doubling project. On the different hand, its merger is getting delayed.
Kerala and Goa governments, shareholders successful KRCL, person agreed for the merger. “I person accusation that Karnataka and Maharasthra governments, different shareholders, excessively person fixed their consent for the merger. Yet the merger is getting delayed coming successful the mode of processing Konkan railway route,” the MP said.
“Hence if determination is hold successful the merger, successful the involvement of passengers, the Union authorities should instrumentality up the doubling task connected its own,” Mr. Poojary said adding that much fig of trains tin not beryllium introduced connected the Konkan Railway assemblage owed to the azygous track.
Meanwhile, replying to an unstarred question by Mr. Poojary, Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw told the Lok Sabha connected Wednesday that the KRCL has taken up the enactment of preparing elaborate task study (DPR) for the doubling of identified sections (approx 263 km) to summation the capableness of the Konkan route.
Of the 739-km Konkan Railway route, doubling of the Roha- Veer and Madgaon- Majorda sections (a full of astir 55 km stretch) has already been completed. To summation the capableness of the remaining 685 km route, doubling is required. This requires important concern with the publication from each the shareholding State governments, Mr. Vaishnaw said.
“Sanction of immoderate railway task depends upon galore parameters/factors. They are anticipated postulation projections and remunerativeness of the projected route; archetypal and past mile connectivity provided by the project; transportation of missing links and providing further route; augmentation of congested/saturated lines; demands raised by State governments/Central Ministries/Public representatives; railway’s operational requirements; socio-economic considerations and wide availability of funds,” the Minister said.
The KRCL was established successful 1990 with 5 shareholders, namely, Ministry of Railways (66.35 %) Government of Maharashtra (15.11 %), Governments of Goa and Kerala (4.12 % each) and Government of Karnataka (10.30 %).
The Konkan Railway enactment extends from Roha successful Maharashtra to Thokur successful Karnataka, which passes done the hard terrain of Western Ghats.
