Mr. Kharge, who laid the foundation stone here for the Rs. 350-crore railway line doubling work between Gulbarga and Hotgi railway stations, said that while Karnataka had 16 per cent railway lines for every 1,000 sq km of area, Bihar, which topped the country, had 38 per cent railway lines for 1,000 sq km area.
He said that Haryana and Assam were the two other States with high growth of railway infrastructure. While Haryana had 34 per cent of railway lines for every 1,000 sq km area, Assam had 31 per cent railway lines for every 1,000 sq km area. Andhra Pradesh had 19.4 per cent railway lines per 1,000 sq km and Maharashtra 18.20 per cent railway lines per 1,000 sq km.
“It would be impossible for Karnataka to match the kind of development that had taken place in Bihar, Haryana or Assam. It would take a great amount of investment to match the railway infrastructure available in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh,” Mr. Kharge said.
“I have very little time left before the next Lok Sabha elections but I have initiated steps to bridge the gap in railway infrastructure development in Karnataka,” he added. Mr. Kharge said that the line doubling between Gulbarga and Hotgi would help the Railways to increase the speed of existing trains and also run more new trains on the Mumbai-Chennai and Mumbai-Bangalore route. This work would be completed within 30 months, he said.
Referring to the Bidar-Gulbarga railway line which has been going on from the last 14 years and yet nowhere near completion, Mr Kharge claimed after taking over the reigns he has ensured adequate funds for the particular project in this year. “This year we have provided one fourth of the cost of the project. This year’s allocation is equal to cumulative allocations in the last 10 years. At this rate of funding, the Bidar-Gulbarga line may be completed in three and a half years’’ Mr Kharge explained
Mr. Kharge said that it had been decided to take up a survey to prepare a detailed project report for the proposed Wadi-Gadag new railway line to provide connectivity between Hyderabad Karnataka region and Mumbai Karnataka region. The project would be taken up on cost-sharing basis between the Union and State governments.
General Manager of Central Railways B.P. Khare welcomed the gathering. The former Chief Minister and MP N. Dharam Singh and MLC Allamprabhu Patil spoke.
18 comments
jagadish says:
Jan 6, 2014
fist of all thank u karge sir i have hope u will develope hydrabad karntaka
nagendra says:
Oct 25, 2013
Mr. Kharge sab, Hon’ble Union Railway Minister is having an opportunity to do something for his state and district over all railway development in a short span of time. I hope he is having that guts and will power to do may god bless him with good health,prosperity. Sir I request sincerely to announce push & pull train from gulbarga to pune which will be convenient to Maharashtra & Karnatak People since maximum people are working both side.
nagendra says:
Oct 25, 2013
Mr. Kharge sab, Hon’ble Union Minister is having an opportunity to do something for his state and district over all railway development in a short span of time. I hope he is having that guts and will power to do may god bless him with good health,prosperity. Sir I request sincerely to announce push & pull train from gulbarga to pune which will be convenient to Maharashtra & Karnatak People since maximum people are working both side.
D.NARAYANA says:
Oct 24, 2013
Dear sir,
Only passinger trains are running towards bellary,rayadurg,chitradurga line, I request that at least one express train towards this line from kachiguda to bagaloure.
With Regards
D.NARAYANA
abhishek v k says:
Oct 11, 2013
thank a lot for doing this many work within 5yr thank sir
nagendra says:
Oct 5, 2013
please it is better to start a train plying between gulbarga to pune since the trafic is huge between stations. practically now it is very difficult to go without reservation but reservation also not available. Further, the maharashtra squads are penalling only Karnataka people leaving maratha speaking people. To resolve this problem donot appoint at their own state and transfer them.
Raj says:
Sep 25, 2013
A new train between Gulbarga and Mangalore should be introduced via Guntakal, Bellary, Chikjajur, Arsikere and Hassan. In-addition, the KSK express should be routed via Raichur & Gulbarga.
Also, the Raichur – Gadwal section should be thrown open for passenger traffic and the recently announced Yeswantpur – Jabalpur / Lucknow trains should be routed via this route.
Anand says:
Sep 21, 2013
its nice intiative
Basavaraj says:
Sep 17, 2013
Request Shri Kharge Sir New Train Gulbarga To Bangalore & Raichur To Dada,
Tatkal Ticket Prablam All Railway Station Agent Prablam Please Reservation Counter CC Tv Atteche,
Venkatesh Shetty says:
Sep 16, 2013
New line Gadag wadi construction made for two line is good later it cost will increase it must busy line also. 2 line required from Hutagi to Gadag present line train speed is 30KM now Railway technical Dpt suggested for next line for Improving the train speed. Mahabubnagar Munirabad line construction speed is tortoise Convert it Horse speed Take a necessary action Please make two line also.Bangalore Miraj Pune line required for 2 Line for better connectivity.
New train required from Hydarabad to Vasco via Hutagi
Gururaj says:
Sep 13, 2013
Whatever opportunity Mr. Kharge has got he has always focused it on development of Gulbarga. He is a role model for all leaders especially for Gulbarga
varun says:
Sep 9, 2013
Gadag wadi line should be gadag gulbarga so that 4 different lines will originate from gulbarga and it can be a bigger junction else all major trains in future from gadag will go via wadi to hyderabad because gadag is already well conected to solapur and gulbarga will be bypassed
chetan says:
Sep 9, 2013
Along with karnataka rajdhani and karnataka sampark kranti diverted via gulbarga, also a new train connecting gulbarga to mangalore via guntakal bellary chikjujur hassan and out of 2 trains from jodhpur to bangalore which go via hubli, 1 should be diverted to via solapur gulbarga
WADIRAJ, GULBARGA says:
Aug 31, 2013
Thanks to Dr.Mallikarjun Kharge, for Developing our City, we hope he is the only person who develops Hyderabad Karnataka Div. Onceagain thanks to Kharge sir & pls continue your Development system.
satish says:
Aug 25, 2013
We whole heartily thank kharge ji for their endless efforts and projects to improve Karnataka, we are happy to see you as railway minister sir.
Sunil G says:
Aug 4, 2013
Thanks to Kharge Sir for working for the development of Railway network of Gulbarga and Karnataka region, which was neglected for long time. With the existing rail network, new services can be introduced by extension of following trains: 1. Hubli-Solapur express upto Gulbarga , 2. Kolhapur- Solapur express upto Gulbarga, 3. Any one of the 4-5 Pune-Solapur express upto Gulbarga. Also, some new trains can be introduced utilzing existing rail network: 1. Gulbarga-Hyderabad intercity express, 2. A new Gulbarga-Raichur-Guntakal-Bellary-Hospet-Hubli express. 3. All the new trains introduced recently between New Delhi and Bangalore are via Secunderbad. It is requested that if any new New Delhi-Bangalore train is introduced, it must be via Gulbarga-Solapur route.
Naveen KL says:
Jul 28, 2013
Thanks to Shri Khargeji for his work. Request that all pending works should be implemented soon.
N.H.Shinde says:
Jul 26, 2013
It is good news. We were expecting it since long. The Bidar line should get more speed because it is pending for a long. Wadi-Gadag line will also be a boost to north Karnataka. One more wish that one more new train from Mumbai to Bangalore will add more connectivity to Bangalore.