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Shimoga-Konkan rail route awaitsMoEF clearanceShimoga, July 10, DH News Service:
State will give Rs 2,500 crore for extending rly network: CM
Clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest is awaited for
the proposal to connect Shimoga with Konkan Railway, said Union Minister
of State for Railways K H Muniyappa.
It may be mentioned here that the Union Government has sanctioned for survey
work to extend Shimoga-Talaguppa railway line upto Honnavar and thereby connect
Malnad with Konkan Railway in the last budget.
Speaking after waving off the green flag for Shimoga-Anandapuram train in the City
on Saturday, he said Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest Jairam
Ramesh also has been approached over the issue.
20-km-long tunnel
As the proposed route will pass through thick forest, including Sharavathi Wildlife
Sanctuary, he informed that of the 82-km stretch, tunnels as long as 20 km will be
constructed to minimise the loss of forest.
Muniyappa said that much ‘circus’ has been done to convince Jairam Ramesh on
the need to implement the project. He informed that the project to connect
Shimoga-Talaguppa with Konkan Railway will cost Rs 2,000 crore.
The survey report on Shimoga-Harihar train route has been submitted to the
Railway Board.
The viability and feasibility factors will be carefully examined.
The gauge conversion work along Shimoga-Talaguppa line will be completed by
October.
Train service along the route will ensure easy access to Jog Falls, he stated. Chief
Minister B S Yeddyurappa who inaugurated Shimoga-Anandapuram railway lane
informed that the State Government will provide Rs 2,500 crore in five years for
extending the railway network.
Rs 300 crore for rly work
The State Government has provided Rs 300 crore towards railway work in the year
2009-10 while Rs 600 crore has been earmarked for 2010-11. On connecting
Talaguppa with Konkan Railway, he said that the State Government will bear 50 per
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