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The railways volition conception a caller 332-km-long Mangaluru-Sringeri-Shivamogga railway line, Minister of State for Railways V. Somanna said present connected Saturday.
Speaking to reporters aft inspecting the Manglauru Junction Railway Station betterment project, the Minister said that the task is estimated to outgo ₹3,300 crore.
The last determination survey of the task has been completed. The railways volition invitation bids soon to instrumentality up the project, helium said.
Railway presumption adjacent MIA
The Minister said that a feasibility survey has been taken up for gathering a railway presumption adjacent Mangaluru International Airport.
Alignment fixation and the mentation of a elaborate task study for the doubling of the Hassan-Mangaluru railway enactment are nether consideration. The survey enactment for gathering the 3rd and 4th railway lines betwixt Shoranur and Mangaluru has been completed, and the task volition beryllium taken up shortly, helium added.
On gathering a crossing astatine Arebetta connected the Subrahmanya Road-Sakleshpur Ghat conception of the Mangaluru-Bengaluru railway line, Mr. Somanna said the onshore is not acceptable to person a crossing. The railways volition question a caller proposal, helium said.
The Minister said Karnataka is an important State for the Union government, and railway projects to the tune of ₹52,000 crore are nether mode successful the State. Of these, 14 are caller railway projects. Due value is being fixed to the improvement of the railway web crossed the country, helium said.
